bmx bikes

[tkblazer]

i'm going to be purchasing one in a few weeks and wanted to see what you guys currently have or have owned in the past. I know this is opening up a lot of memories of good times, so lets see those bikes! It will be interesting to see how the times have changed in regards to bike setup, parts and the like.
I'm currently trying to decide on which bike to get and whether or not i should get a nice beginner bike or just go for a sweet setup or hell, just go custom. I'm leaning towards a nice beginner bike and seeing how "into" the bmx thing i get. Pretty much all the bikes i'm looking at have 3pc cranks, full cromo frame and forks, 14mm axles. Not sure if i'll want a gyro setup as i think the bikes look cleaner with just a single line... hell i wouldn't mind going brakeless

list of candidates from cheaper to a little more mula

DK 6 pack, one of the highly recommended bmx completes for around $300

http://www.westmorelandbikesupply.co...5d1c2127fdfbce

Eastern Element $380

• 20.75 Toptube
• Full chromoly Frame and Fork
• Integrated seatpost clamp & seattube cut-out
• Internal headset & sealed Spanish BB
• 3pc chromoly cranks
• 14mm Axles
• 48-hole high-wall alloy rims
• Cassette hub with 25/9 gearing
• Eastern seat, stem and grips
• weight 27.57 lbs. (Without pegs)

Fit Team Park $530

20.5” top tube
100% 4130 cromo frame
Press fit Mid BB
Integrated head tube with removable Gyro tabs
4130 cromo fork
Mid handlebar
Fit S3 style stem, removable aluminum Gyro plate
SNAFU Mobeus Detangler with Astro Glide Teflon bearing
Tubular cromo three piece 175mm cranks
36h Sun Ditchwitch rims
14mm rear, 3/8” front axles
Fit Key Logo 36t alloy sprocket
13t Odyssey freewheel
Tektro U-brake and hinged lever
S&M 101 pedals
Fit Key Logo grips
Two 100mm cromo pegs
Available in Green/White or Black/Red

Eastern Ace of Spades $530

• Colors: Black or Brown
• 20.5 Toptube
• Full chromoly frame
• Eastern Atom fork
• Integrated seatpost clamp & seattube cut-out
• Internal headset & sealed Spanish BB
• 3pc forged alloy cranks & Medusa sprocket
• 48-hole, 14mm rear/ 36 hole, 3/8" front
• Cassette hub with 25/9 gearing
• Eastern seat, alloy post, stem and grips
• Removable detangler tabs
• weight 27.25 lbs. (Without pegs)

i'll mainly be riding street, but i do work about 2 minutes from the etnies park so i'll probly be there when the bmx slot opens.

[Neccros]

Are you planning on racing at all?? or just DJ'ing/park riding???

[guero]

i dont have any pix, but here is a brief rundown of my former bmx steed:

cycle pro (dont even know what model) was my first bmx bike, i got it when i was around 7, it was all red, red knobbies with yellow pads

gt interceptor, chrome (got it for my 12th birthday, i tink the frame is still hanging in my parents garage, i wonder if its worth anything...)

free agent limo frame, chrome; transferred most parts from gt interceptor to it (some time in high school)

[Neccros]

Originally Posted by guero

gt interceptor, chrome (got it for my 12th birthday, i tink the frame is still hanging in my parents garage, i wonder if its worth anything...)

In good condition im sure it is to some "vintage" BMX guy.... but then again, I dont know how old the frame is...

[guero]

Originally Posted by Neccros

In good condition im sure it is to some "vintage" BMX guy.... but then again, I dont know how old the frame is...

true, i'd have to look and see, im sure it has some minor rust. have you been to that A-1 bike shop over on Goldenwest & Westminster, across from the Jack N the Box? that guy has some cool stuff! even has old photo albums with the local kids from the 80's.

[tkblazer]

Originally Posted by Neccros

Are you planning on racing at all?? or just DJ'ing/park riding???

i won't be racing seriously... i think it would be funny to take it out to the orange track from time to time.. i figure it will be a good way to learn cornering, pumping the bike and what i really need help on, standing up and pedaling like a madman.

[Neccros]

Ok... you might want to get one with an aluminum frame of you do plan on racing, but if you really dont see yourself racing more than a few times a year, then stick with a chromoly frame...

Originally Posted by guero

have you been to that A-1 bike shop over on Goldenwest & Westminster, across from the Jack N the Box? that guy has some cool stuff! even has old photo albums with the local kids from the 80's.

Who owns this place now??? A friend of a friend used to work there and we would go to the owners condo and hang out and she would BBQ for us...

His name was Jeff but I dont know what ever happened to him...

[2wheel_lee]

tk, as I mentioned, I currently have a GT Pro Series 24. Are you getting a 24 or one of them squirly 20s? Good luck on a 20! I can't ride one of those now. Heck, the 24 is squirly enough!

By the way, I don't think a GT Interceptor of any year is vintage. Those are so new!

Although I had many bikes, some of my favorites and my race bikes include:

- 1973 Schwinn Sting Ray (I have to include my first!)
- Webco
- Powerlite (early mild steel version)
- CW (limted edition brass plated model later replaced with a chrome one when the brass one broke)
- Torker
- Mongoose Pro Class
- Mongoose Pro Class 24
- Blue Max (same as Mongoose Pro Class)
- VDC 16" pit bike (I recently read that there were only 25 made)
- Free Agent (I forgot the model)
- Free Agent (prototype with 75 degree headangle)
- Free Agent 24 (serial number 000013)
- GHP (funny when Greg Hill saw the new stickers on my custom orange painted bike before he had even seen them - my buddy worked at the company that made the stickers)
- Haro (Billy Griggs special model - I got it from Billy, then traded it back to him for a GT Pro Series 24)

My mountain bike list is probably just as long.

Let me know when you get your bike, so we can hit the track!

[Neccros]

Originally Posted by 2wheel_lee

tk, as I mentioned, I currently have a GT Pro Series 24. Are you getting a 24 or one of them squirly 20s? Good luck on a 20! I can't ride one of those now. Heck, the 24 is squirly enough!

By the way, I don't think a GT Interceptor of any year is vintage. Those are so new!

Although I had many bikes, some of my favorites and my race bikes include:

- 1973 Schwinn Sting Ray (I have to include my first!)
- Webco
- Powerlite (early mild steel version)
- CW (limted edition brass plated model later replaced with a chrome one when the brass one broke)
- Torker
- Mongoose Pro Class
- Mongoose Pro Class 24
- Blue Max (same as Mongoose Pro Class)
- VDC 16" pit bike (I recently read that there were only 25 made)
- Free Agent (I forgot the model)
- Free Agent (prototype with 75 degree headangle)
- Free Agent 24 (serial number 000013)
- GHP (funny when Greg Hill saw the new stickers on my custom orange painted bike before he had even seen them - my buddy worked at the company that made the stickers)
- Haro (Billy Griggs special model - I got it from Billy, then traded it back to him for a GT Pro Series 24)

My mountain bike list is probably just as long.

Let me know when you get your bike, so we can hit the track!

Your making me want to buy a BMX to tool around on a track again!

We should head up and check out the whittier BMX track since they totally rebuilt it from the ground up...

[2wheel_lee]

Anyone notice how fast posts rack up on BMX threads?

[Neccros]

Im at lunch and im bored!!

[tkblazer]

lee, i'm going 20s... availibility of parts is a lot higher and since i'm not much of a racer, i think it would be a lot more fun to mess around with a bike on dubs

Originally Posted by Neccros

Im at lunch and im bored!!

i'm at work and i'm bored

[Neccros]

Originally Posted by tkblazer

lee, i'm going 20s... availibility of parts is a lot higher and since i'm not much of a racer, i think it would be a lot more fun to mess around with a bike on dubs



i'm at work and i'm bored

So if 20's are dubs are 24's Deuce Quads? :P

[2wheel_lee]

Originally Posted by tkblazer

lee, i'm going 20s... availibility of parts is a lot higher and since i'm not much of a racer, i think it would be a lot more fun to mess around with a bike on dubs

24s are so much cooler than 20s! 20s are so 2002!

[Krunk]

How about an old school JMC or TORKER frame :P

[tkblazer]

haahhahaa... i'm trying to keep the price down here fellers... trust me, i've seen a few pimp 24's built..

[Neccros]

Lee was refering to a 24" BMX bike....

[tkblazer]

those are 24" bmx bikes, but they're not race cruisers hahaha... very little in the way of 24" street bikes

[Neccros]

Well I didnt know BMX bikes used suspension forks i thought DJ MTBs

[tkblazer]

yea, some of the newer 24s are being designed to be able to use a suspension fork...