what was your first BMX bike?

[SK6]

a 1980 Raleigh R1

Man I loved that bike!!! It had a toughneck neck, HKK hooker chain, what a great bike!!!!

[Yossarian]

Schwinn

A GT a couple of years later.

[Squeak]

First real BMX bike was a Diamond Back Silver Streak! When that got stolen I got a Diamond Back Formula One. When that got stolen I got out of biking untill I was college because of monitary issues.

[Jester]

my first bmx bike was a TNT xlz, it was cool it had a split seat tube. now i got a S&M bennet.

[ELi]

Not sure of year...1983-1984, yellow Huffy with yellow Skyway Tuff Wheels. Beat that thing to death! Ah, those were the days...

:thumb:
1 gear- NO STINKIN DERAILLEURS!!
tight chain- no dropping
coaster brakes
nothing sealed- had to constantly lube everything! (Wolf's Head lube, of course!)
:thumb:

I've even got a pic somewhere of me jumping the thing...no helmet, no pads, no NOTHING! (Also no scanner... :mad: )

ELi

[BMXman]

I think it was a CW Stu Thompson edition...I didn't have it very long, someone broke into my garage and stole it after about 3 months....bastards!

[Froggy]

First was a Diamond Silver Streak, then I got sponsored by DB and got Harry Leary Turbo Lite. Sweet bike 1 1/8 sew ups 3pc tintanium cranks, painted black with sliver decals, racing the NBL National Circuit mmm those were the days. 12 expert racing "Chicken" George Severs or something like that. I remember going to the Grands....man that brings back memories. Now it's DH :)

[ska todd]

My first real bmx bike was a 1986 Haro Sport w/ Skyway Tuff IIs. I was like the most popular kid in the 5th grade that year when I got that bike. Even though I couldn't ride to save my life, that bike was my pride and joy. Made me into the bike geek I am today.

-ska todd

[Squeak]

Originally posted by Froggy
First was a Diamond Silver Streak, then I got sponsored by DB and got Harry Leary Turbo Lite. Sweet bike 1 1/8 sew ups 3pc tintanium cranks, painted black with sliver decals, racing the NBL National Circuit mmm those were the days. 12 expert racing "Chicken" George Severs or something like that. I remember going to the Grands....man that brings back memories. Now it's DH :)

I wanted that Harry Leary soooooo bad! I had forgotten what that bike was named. Harry Leary Turbo! Kick a**!

[Damn True]

Schwinn Stingray.
Tuff wheels
Ashtabula forks.
generic bars, knobbies and a 10 speed seat.

I still have it.

[Yanick]

i don't recal the name of the bike, "chevette" i think. Steel Only, it was heavier like hell.
then i had a Leader(very cheap),a Raleigh. (was Ok), GT Mach one (my first real race bike), then a Free Agent (really cool) and my last one, and Elf Double Cross.

tha about it

Yanick

[Squeak]

Here is a pic of the DB silver streak.

There is a bunch of stuff at bmxmuseum.com. I just found that site and its bringing back alot of memories. :)

[spincrazy]

Wow, I had a SilverStreak too! DiamondBack was this shiite back then.

My first BMX bike was a Redline, then I had a Mongoose at some point, and then there was this other one, can't quite remember Bear something? Anyone remember something like this. It's been so long...!

I used to get a weekly allowance and spend all of it every other weekend on bike parts. I used to build bikes all the time. I haven't built a bike since I was twelve or so. Hmmm....next project perhaps.

[Squasher]

Mine was a RedLine ProLine2 with SkyWays and a UniSeat. Man does that bring back Memeroies.........

[Yossarian]

Originally posted by Squasher
Mine was a RedLine ProLine2 with SkyWays and a UniSeat. Man does that bring back Memeroies.........

I am looking for a Uni Seat for my rebuild.

[spincrazy]

Yeah, I'd like one too for a cruiser I have in mind. Anyone still make em?

[Squasher]

If you get in contact with these ppl (http://bergdesign.net/uni_seats.htm) maybe they can find you an origonal.

[Yossarian]

not to my knowledge, they pop up on ebay every now & then, but i keep getting outbid. Plus I am being particular, it must be Blue and it must be a Turbo model, not the stumpy little mini model.

[Yossarian]

Originally posted by Squasher
I you get in contact with these ppl (http://bergdesign.net/uni_seats.htm) maybe they can find you an origonal.

Cool. Thanks Squasher.

[Squasher]

No prob. This is the one you are lookin for I'm sure. I just found a pic of it on the web. I had drilled so many holes in it to make it lighter when I was kid. What was I thinking....lol

[Squasher]

oops forgot to attach the pic

[Yossarian]

that is the one. I want it, I want it. I also want the "chrome" pad covers that my GT came with, those were the ****e. Mine were the only ones I ever saw.

[RideMonkey]

My first bike was a CW Stu Thompson edition that I nabbed outta some suckers garage.

[spincrazy]

FUnny RM.

But, also not so funny. I had a total of six different bikes stolen from me when I was a kid, and 4 of them were stolen from my garage. I got into skateboarding after that, and there began the broken bones saga.

[Squasher]

My first bike was a CW Stu Thompson edition that I nabbed outta some suckers garage :eek: :eek: :eek: Wow,,, RM has a darkside? Who woulda thought? (note hint of sarcasm there):D

[seth399]

my first bike was a bmx that was reeeeeeeeeal tiny, it was a Kent, i had like 3 ofthose at all times and broke them repeatedly

[Ian F]

I had a few no-name bikes during the mid 70's.. then got a Murry for Christmas in 1978 (I think...).

The first BMX bike I got and actually raced on was a Schwinn Predator for Christmas 1982 - which later recieved many mods and I still have it (but it's too small for me to ride).

Currently, I have a slightly hopped up Gary Fisher Lush Rush that doesn't get ridden enough...

[gecko]

My first was when I was 4 and it had hard rubber tire with no air. My first real bmx was a Mongoose, which I loved until I bent it in half down some stairs :eek:

[axel]

mongoose mitygoose...16in wheels...yup that was the shizznipp. then a trek SUB-atomic, bent the ****outa that thing...now a s&m dirtbike classic....SwEeT bike..i love the thing

[grommet]

RaceINC with Tuff wheels and a Uni seat

[BMXman]

Originally posted by ridemonkey
My first bike was a CW Stu Thompson edition that I nabbed outta some suckers garage.

and now I have come back to return the favor....muuuuhahahahaha....

[Internal14]

The first one was an old junky Schwinn Stingray. Green. Was cool though with the twinn "rails" going from in front of the headtube all the way back to the rear triangle all in one swoop. Had these bullet caps at the front tips. Totally cool! Next was another Army Navy surplus bike that I never knew the name of. The third or fourth bike was a white Hutch racer bike. It had this smoked out colored chainguide, man I thought that was the cats meow! Curved rear end and everything. I learned so much about taking bikes apart and puttign them back together with that bike. I'd tear it down in a million different peices, and then HAVE to get it back together myself, cause my dad would NOT help me, nor would he PAY for someone to fix what I had screwed up. he he
Then I got this Auburn BMX bike. Sweet. It was one of the first ones. The bolt on rear triangle. 4130 front and rear. I think they only did the chromed rearends for a year or two before they swithed to Aluminum Rearends.
That one lasted for about three years before someone stole it.
Which is how I got into mountain bikes! Got the homeowners to pay for it. Then worked a deal with a friend who worked at a shop. He sold me his old mnt. bike.
There ya have it. Now I'm a Monkey Brother.

[MMike]

I never had one...I always had 10 spds. Sigh...

My little bro had BMX's. I would steal them all the time. He had an orange Canadian Tire Supercycle with a coaster brake. And then he had a Raleigh sumthinerother and then a Fox. He had it set up for flat-land freestyle. Too bad none of use could anything more than endos...

[omniphile]

factory kuwahara, teardrop frame.

i still have it and ride it, all original except new tires and seat. at the bmx track, the kids freak out 'cause it is older than most of them.

[ATXjimATX]

i think it was around 1978 or 79 but i am not so sure... (my old brain ain't so good at stuff like that.
I was a diamondback; but among the early ones with the forks with 2 sets of dropouts -- one in front and one a straight below the fork leg. anyone remember these?
O_D_D

[Brian Peterson]

A Schwinn Preditor..... Nice light cro-mo... broke the down tube after about 5yrs...:eek:

[rideoncycle.com]

SE rules. I had to buy one cause Mike Buff was the Sh*t.

[ATXjimATX]

awww man, i was building up a PK before i got my diamondback.. i was real young and money was tight so the beautiful, beautiful PK went bye bye. It was a deep midnight blue with gold stickers, had redline flight cranks, .... that was a sad day. Just recently sold my OM Flyer........ (but the guy who is a friend) has not really done much in the way of paying me yet so i may have to get it back and look for a new home for it...... ( he owns a shop and is supposed to set me up w/a new bmx at cost.)
yeah SE was the $h!t
always wanted a quadangle

check out the guys from SE in their new company:
http://www.alliantbicycles.com/ (http://www.alliantbicycles.com)
looks more race oriented than anything else; but some of the frames look pretty cool.
O_D_D

[FrazzledBanana]

My First bike was a white huffy with Red parts, but when the parents saw I was REALLY into it I got a Quadangle. Man that bike was IT! Few years later it was a red JMC with Uni seat. That was a light bike!

[-BB-]

1st was a Yellow and Blue Huffy w/ Yellow Mags

Later on I got a CW...
A few years after that, a Dyno Pro-performer

[bmx818]

I had a trek submission. nOW I GOT A SE pk.ripper

[fubar5]

I have had a deprived childhood...No Bmx bike here. Now I'm 17 and still no BMX....I am going to try to save up for a Nirve if I can!!

[VanityBMX]

My first bike was a KENT, it even came with a neon green padset. I remember asking my dad "what are these" he told me they're pads "for what" for when you race. After he said race, all I could think about was being CRU Jones and riding Hell Track. I could have beat him on my 16" KENT

[WillP]

Schwinn Predator Pro
All the schwinn parts that came on it
Got the whole deal for 75 bucks
And I still have it, although it is partially dismantled.

[Dog Welder]

1983 Royce Union that my Mom bought for me for my 5th birthday at Pep Boys...when they still sold bikes.

[jimmydean]

PK Ripper with Landing Gear Forks, Redline Flight cranks, KKT Lightning peddals, CW bars... That was one sweet ride. They say you will allways remember your first.

[Big John]

Originally posted by grommet
RaceINC with Tuff wheels and a Uni seat
I still have a Race Inc. aluminum frame and a 1977 Cycle Pro Aluminum Foiler(made by Race Inc.) and a 1979 Mongoose.

My first BMX bike was homemade since there bmx really didn't exist as it is today. Got my first mongoose in 75 then the Cycle Pro in 77 and raced it for 3 years. (still have it).
Anybody remeber making freewheels out of coaster brake hubs?? I do oooh too well.

[bomberz1qr20]

Yamaha Moto Bike
saw one on ebay a few days ago...

this is the thread I posted about it:

http://www.ridemonkey.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7467&highlight=moto+bike

[Ian F]

Originally posted by Big John
Anybody remeber making freewheels out of coaster brake hubs?? I do oooh too well.

Yeah! I did that all the time for the other kids in my neighborhood. I was like 12 back then, and already ripping my bike apart and putting it back together... I still have (and occasionally use) the tools I got back then in my tool box.

[Leethal]

I had a sweet silver royce union that I put fake Mongoose rims on that had diamond cut outs between the spokes, the bike was replaced witha GT soon after I started racing.

[-BB-]

Originally posted by ELi
Not sure of year...1983-1984, yellow Huffy with yellow Skyway Tuff Wheels. Beat that thing to death! Ah, those were the days...

:thumb:
1 gear- NO STINKIN DERAILLEURS!!
tight chain- no dropping
coaster brakes
nothing sealed- had to constantly lube everything! (Wolf's Head lube, of course!)
:thumb:

I've even got a pic somewhere of me jumping the thing...no helmet, no pads, no NOTHING! (Also no scanner... :mad: )

ELi


SAME HERE!!!

Yellow and Blue? Yellow Mags... Blue writing?

[Steen Good Legs]

Originally posted by spincrazy
FUnny RM.

But, also not so funny. I had a total of six different bikes stolen from me when I was a kid, and 4 of them were stolen from my garage. I got into skateboarding after that, and there began the broken bones saga.

I Had a Raleigh Chrome "Silver" Burner for some two years, and my dad gave it to me in birthday present- after some half year of begging:rolleyes: , in 1984... untill some punk stole it from me... i remember crying my heart out for weeks, intill i found the bastard SOB [approx. half a year later] and beat the brown stuff out of him with half a brick!....

http://members.tripod.co.uk/magburner/1984chromeburner.jpg

I'm usually a very calm, non violent type of guy- but this wanker was way bigger and older than me- so i opted for a "weapon", and took the first brick i could find on this buildingsite where i spotted him riding around, and went for it....:angryfire ... after that little incident- i had it for some 4 years, untill i gave it to a friends little kid [in 1992 i think?], who actually still has it this very day;) [he's now 16- and a killer mtb'er!]

[SK6]

Does ANYONE remember that gimick bike in the late 70's early eighties that had the shocks on it, and it was mad to look like Evil Knenvil (sp?) bike?

I remember them being real mushy.. anyone remember those?

They had the 2 posts that atached to the rear rim bolts, and they were springs, and the front was made to look like a motorcycle shock. The front shocks actually worked, but theis was stricktly a K-Mart Special!!

[Stinky Monkey]

A mongoose supergoose in the early '80's.

[pornking]

First bmx was a triumph from K-mart in 77-78, my first real bike was a Norco Spitfire Turbo in 83, my most favorite bike was my Hutch Pro Star in 86. Don't know if you guys remember the hutch pro star and my favorite dirtjumper was my hutch judge, I got my prostar complete and honestly slept with it or on it for the first 2 weeks I owned it. It had hutch everything accept chrome araya rims, spokes and tubes. Frame/Fork, hubs, tires, pedals, crank, stem, bars, grips, seat, seatpost clamp.... everything was hutch.....

I would pay some serious cash for someone to produce this bike for me....

[bomberz1qr20]

Originally posted by sirknight6
Does ANYONE remember that gimick bike in the late 70's early eighties that had the shocks on it, and it was mad to look like Evil Knenvil (sp?) bike?

I remember them being real mushy.. anyone remember those?

They had the 2 posts that atached to the rear rim bolts, and they were springs, and the front was made to look like a motorcycle shock. The front shocks actually worked, but theis was stricktly a K-Mart Special!!

Scroll up and look at my link to the Moto Bike thread...

[DUBER]

Redline 440 still got it, all the ones before that were frankenbikes

[SK6]

Originally posted by bomberz1qr20


Scroll up and look at my link to the Moto Bike thread...

yup, but the one I'm talkin about was set up to look like that Evil Knevil bike with white, But same exact thing!!!

thanks!!!

[Ian F]

Originally posted by sirknight6
yup, but the one I'm talkin about was set up to look like that Evil Knevil bike with white, But same exact thing!!!


I remember that! Man, did I want one of thsoe as a kid! I loved Evil Knevil sooo much... Almost bought one of those Hoffman bikes last year...

Now who remembers the Huffy Mono-shock bike? :think: was that a piece of work...

[don]

First BMX bike was a Columbia. Supposed to have been made in the next town over from me (Westfield, MA). All mild steel, weighed about 40 lbs, and weak as sh!t.

My first real bike was a Hutch Pro Racer that I built from the replaced parts (alloy wheels, ACS stem, etc) on the Columbia.

My house had 8 acres of woods in the back yard and we built some pretty cool trails along with a race track complete w/ a 2 man gate. I also had a 1/4 pipe then a half pipe for a while.

Those were the days. Go to school, come home and dig and ride. If only I had access to those woods again...

[axel]

Originally posted by don
Supposed to have been made in the next town over from me (Westfield, MA). you dont still live in the area? if you do, have you ridden the westfield race track? its not bad IMO. i raced there a bit last year...its pretty fun.

[don]

I used to race at Westfield, aka Whip City, all the time back in the day (1982-1988). It was a good track at the time. They even had a National there a couple of years.

I remember at one Nat'l jumping with Mike "Hollywood" Miranda and a bunch of other dudes out of this pit behind the stables/barns. He was pretty rad. I ending up flat spotting the rim on my cruiser on that jump...

I've been dying to go back and check out the track but don't get up to Mass that often.

[axel]

its not that bad, i didnt go this year, i worked all summer, but when i went before it was pretty fun. although there is always the issue of little kids racing( 5 years and some 4 year olds) so everything has to be not that big, and aall rollable(not that i have a problem w/ kids racing, i say go for it, learn young) but check it out if you get up here, i think the races are still friday nights all summer, and part of the spring and fall.

[Bikerpunk241]

2000 Schwinn Automatic Trail. But now, I'm trying to get a new bike, maybe a call girl.

[streetweapon_dh]

1990 mongoose decade pro, more of a freestyler. It had the locking rear hub that i never used. I still have it and let me tell you it is gay looking. for those who remember-pink front, chrome in back. gotta love those dia-compe 990's. they were the shiznit! HAHAHAHA

[DJNakamura]

Mine was a BMX turbo, I still got it.

[NJPhil]

My first bmx bike was a Schwinn,

Then I got a Hutch Trickstar, that was such a sweet bike :D , I wish I still had that bike :angryfire .

[narlus]

still pending...

maybe when my son is old enough for one, i'll get a 20" machine as well.

[Nizmeister]

It was called a Raleigh 'Chrome Burner'.

I have actually found a picture of it.

[Nizmeister]

Originally posted by Nizmeister
It was called a Raleigh 'Chrome Burner'.

I have actually found a picture of it.

[Sgt Brown]

My dad found a blue webco in the trash in about 1981. That was my first bmx bike. After that I got a GT, and just about every other bike under the sun. I checked out that bmxmuseum.com, that some guy posted earlier. Check out this SE racing add with Lopes and Toby Henderson! Too funny.:D

[shocktower]

Die ,I`am so glad I poped over to the BMX side , what a blast ,my first BMX was , I franken bike ,you would go and buy some bars and number plate and you now have a bmx bike ,then in 79 -80 I bought a Schwinn ,don`t even remeber the name ,then I got the shiyat , a Schwinn sting 2 , ,and then I started in the Bike industry ,I worked for the master BH ,only for a short time ,Man ,I wish I could find another red line cruiser ,that was my favorite bike ,with flight cranks :thumb: :thumb:,Man what`s really F-ed up is it was 20 fricking years ago :eek: ,I know because my B-day is soon

[ATXjimATX]

Originally posted by shocktower
,Man ,I wish I could find another red line cruiser ,that was my favorite bike ,with flight cranks :thumb: :thumb:,Man what`s really F-ed up is it was 20 fricking years ago :eek: ,I know because my B-day is soon

check the Proline Cruiser at www.redlinebicycles.com
24" steel frame with flights
looks pretty cool!

[SLOPE]

My first bike "back in the day" was a shiny metallic blue Team Mongoose, 1978 I think. God I miss that bike. :)

[Big John]

Originally posted by SLOPE
My first bike "back in the day" was a shiny metallic blue Team Mongoose, 1978 I think. God I miss that bike. :)

Hey Slope we are getting a shuttle ride together for this saturday, you interested?? E-mail me if so.

[butthead]

First "real" bmx bike:

SE Quadangle w/ Landing Gear fork and Skyway Tuffwheel II's

[Storz]

diamond back viper :cool:

[Metal]

My first bike was a DiamondBack. I an not sure what the name was, but it had mags, pegs and a gyro. I don't have a pic of it, but I have a pic of my current bike.