BMX value knowledge....

[DBasher]

Originally Posted by JayR

I can take a guess how it got tweaked, Dan. Giant man on little bike + ten drinks= Bent rim....... Am I close?

Way off. No drinks just some single track and a log that I didn't clear....I need a mountain bike so the cruiser can stick to the booze cruises, just say when.

[rustomatic]

It's so weird (or not) that this thread cropped up after the in-depth BMX bike discussion I had with somebody at Thunderhill (USCA)--it was the guy on the cool Torker cruiser. There's sooo much bitchin' 80s cred here...

I happen to live in mountain bike mecca, but my mountain bike is basically a 29er BMX bike, being that it's a hardtail singlespeed. I've even got a half-done mini trail system in my yard..

Here's the hipster road bike I sometimes ride on lake trails (bought new in 2004):

[DBasher]

That would be Steve on the Torker, he's the one who pushed me to get my GT and is also a founding member of the BeerMX crew. Jason's Jedi mind tricks were too powerful for him, he's got a race bike and is known to follow people around the track watching their lines....I'm not sure if anyone has told him it's a one lap race!

[Motormouth]

Yes Basher I am slow around the BMX track, but Im okay with that, it is pretty damn fun though!

[JayR]

Originally Posted by rustomatic

It's so weird (or not) that this thread cropped up after the in-depth BMX bike discussion I had with somebody at Thunderhill (USCA)--it was the guy on the cool Torker cruiser. There's sooo much bitchin' 80s cred here...

I happen to live in mountain bike mecca, but my mountain bike is basically a 29er BMX bike, being that it's a hardtail singlespeed. I've even got a half-done mini trail system in my yard..

Here's the hipster road bike I sometimes ride on lake trails (bought new in 2004):

I dig the hipster bike and share your love of mountain bikes too. I have a Diamond Back for long hauls and a Trek single speed dirt jumper

Originally Posted by DBasher

That would be Steve on the Torker, he's the one who pushed me to get my GT and is also a founding member of the BeerMX crew. Jason's Jedi mind tricks were too powerful for him, he's got a race bike and is known to follow people around the track watching their lines....I'm not sure if anyone has told him it's a one lap race!

Come on out anytime, Dan and see how easy it isn't.

Originally Posted by Motormouth

Yes Basher I am slow around the BMX track, but Im okay with that, it is pretty damn fun though!

Speaking of, we haven't seen you in a while at the track, Buddy. Do I have to "reprogram" you again?

[DBasher]

Only one way to settle this J.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i2LboRlGabs

[JayR]

Originally Posted by DBasher

Only one way to settle this J.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i2LboRlGabs

LMAO! Tricks are for kids. I RACE bikes

[glassman]

So, a buddy of mine has a circa 79'? Nickel plated Mongoose with "Tuffy's",he'll never sell it (it is pretty bad-a$$), what is something like that worth?

[JayR]

Originally Posted by glassman

So, a buddy of mine has a circa 79'? Nickel plated Mongoose with "Tuffy's",he'll never sell it (it is pretty bad-a$$), what is something like that worth?

Does it have Skyway Tuff Wheels or Mongoose Motomags? Definitely worth more with Motomags but still not quite Hutch or Haro money because they made so many Mongooses. Mongeese? LOL

[rustomatic]

I had a Mongoose Californian with Skyway Tuff IIs (Skyway was actually part of a display they had in the CA state capitol building in the mid-80s), circa 1983. It was a mixed-metals frame (from Taiwan), with the rear made of mild steel instead of chromoly--it was all chome (like my present Bianchi). Of stupid things to eat at a person, this really annoyed me at times...

That bike was stolen twice, and recovered by the cops twice. Talk about a hot bike...

My current (dirt) bike evokes the white-paint thing that caught on (and stuck with me) in the mid-to-late '80s--you can't forget the Redlines, Profiles, Hutches, GTs (freestyle), and whatnot in white...