The BMX (and other bikes) thread

[Tadracket]

I picked up (actually the wife did) the Nirve Night Owl last Friday. I have not ridden a bike in over a year and my physique shows it. We put almost 2 miles on it that night then went about 7 miles on Sunday. This thing is awesome. And it is not black. I thought it was but it is a stealth blue. The shade of the paint changes with light. In bright light, you can see the blue but as it gets darker, the paint looks black. I love it. It is bad and rides great. I may put some apes on it later but for now, it feels like a huge BMXer. And I have to convert it to a 3 speed. I am hugely impressed with this bike.

[MelvinsArmy]

Awesome Tad, may seem weird but it always puts a smile on my face when I hear about someone getting excited about riding bikes.

I'm planning to leave the PFT nearly as is. NO restoration. Just going to replace the perishable parts and ride the snot out of it. I already replaced the brake pads, I've got lower gyro cables on the way, replaced the front cable, and put a NOS downtube sticker on, the one it came with was really chewed up on one side. Oh, and I've got an '85 style seat on the way, that Dominator is cracked. The only part that was really bugging me was the paint problem on the bars, so I've got a NOS set of Dyno pretzel bars (like the ones on that D-Tour above) in white on the way. I had a set on my black PFT, and on my Dyno as a kid too, always been a big fan. I think I'm going to take these chipped bars and hang them on my wall as-is. They look really cool, I just think that the massive amount of paint loss takes away from an otherwise super-clean survivor. Hoopty, yeah I was super stoked about those levers. I'm not planning to thrash this bike by any means, but I do plan to ride it and at least re-learn the old tailwhips and such, I'm a little nervous about having such valuable and fragile parts hanging off it. But, I love the idea of keeping it as original as possible, so I'm just going to have to be careful.

Anthony, I managed to score one NOS gumwall off ebay. It looks okay on the bike, but I agree the solid white looks better. Also, I think it's correct for 87 GT's and Dynos to have the white/white freestyle tires. The tires on this bike were pretty bald. The front looked like it would last a while longer, but I definitely had to do something about the back.

[ra272]

Hi, look what I've found at a local garage sale:



1985 GHP pro 2 frame, SE Landing Gear fork, Redline stem, Boss bars, Hutch seat clamp, Shimano DX pedals, GT hubs and Araya rims...got it for 30$.

I gave it to a good friend who is very interested in vintage BMX for his birthday. He was very happy .

[MelvinsArmy]

Awesome score, looks like it's in incredible shape. I bet you friend was thrilled.

[ra272]

yes he was
He also offers me 450 $ for my PL24.
A good day for him, vintage american bmx are rare in France.

Now, I don't have anymore BMX....

But I've ordered this one:

[knucklebuster]

I've been meaning to add a couple of pics to this section. If I only kept all the parts.

Funny, I had alot of white bike parts too... Skyway Tuff IIs, Z rims, Uni seat/post. The Z rims and Uni seat were on a baby blue Redline. I found this super hard epoxy? paint in an aerosol can that was tough as nails. I think the paint was intended for appliances. I know, baby blue appliances, right? My paint jobs always turned out perfect though (I became compulsive at a young age). I think my parents have a picture of me pulling a lawnmower (the trick, not the equipment) on that bike. They should also have a picture of me on my first bike, a Schwinn, at 3 years old with out training wheels. Yeah, I was pretty bad on a bike.

Too bad these are the only old school bikes I kept. I also have an 18" GT Zaskar.

[MelvinsArmy]

knucklebuster, no baseball symbol means it is a US Trickstar. Serial number is on the left inside dropout right? If it's there, without a baseball, it's American.

Speaking of which, check out what I just scored on craigslist today!

[knucklebuster]

knucklebuster, no baseball symbol means it is a US Trickstar. Serial number is on the left inside dropout right? If it's there, without a baseball, it's American.

Speaking of which, check out what I just scored on craigslist today!

Thanks for the info MelvinsArmy. Nice score!!!

[Bormac]

Oh man this thread is ACE! It takes me back to where it all began.I was big on BMX FREESTYLE back in the day and most everything that could be done flatland style I had to have a go at it. Riding street scapes were just coming in over here then we progressed to vert ramps and skate bowls. Me and my buddies were infected with BMX Freestyle and after trading my original Mongoose BMX for the first a HARO Sport white framed bikes I pretty much lived on that thing. Who remembers 'SKYWAY' tuffs? Man those were the days. Peregrine triple bar handle bars,centre pull brakes were barely around back then.I remember snarring a set of GT 3 peice cranks that cost me aroud $300 back then-must have been mid to late 80's. The U.S. had the big scene too,we would watch any kind of Freestyle video back to back,pausing,rewinding and watching again in hope of learning the fresh tricks. Man those were the days!

[Volumiza]

You guys inspired me to find the freestyle bike I had as a kid. My original one was stolen when I briefly left it outside a store.
It is a 1987 Dyno D-tour. It needs proper GT tires, layback seatpost, and a white upper gyro cable to be back to stock. I'd like to add a GT box/mallet stem and another set of white pegs.
-Anthony

Aconsola, my wife has just bought a dyno off a bloke thats restored one. it looked okay on the internet pictures but i wasnt prepared for what i was actuall like. b-e-a-utiful.

[Volumiza]

oh, and melvin, i've just bought a gt performer too

[R-NO]

As a few members on the board are into BMX, I thought you would enjoy those scans from a ’94 RCCA issue.
Jon Anderson is an ex-pro BMX rider who worked at Losi in the ‘90s. His name is not as famous as Francis or Kinwald but he was (still is) a very fast SoCal driver, fast enough to be considered by many as a contender for the ’93 Worlds in the U.K. Things didn’t materialized for him unfortunately.
I consider Jon’s paint scheme combined with the custom Losi decals on this pic one of coolest deco ever.

Here is cool shot too. On the bike is Mongoose pro rider Brian Schmith


Jon is still in the industry, now at OFNA/Jammin. Here is a picture of his truggy I shot at KZ Speedway in Sun Valley, CA last May.

[MelvinsArmy]

Haha, I've got the issue somewhere in my parent's attic, I remember very well.

Today I'd put all my money on a brushless T4 beating any BMXer around the track.

[Dr. Robotnik]

Wow can you post the rest of that article please? I'd love to see how it turned out.

[R-NO]

here it is