RS250 Chester
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Damn...look at those pegs. We didn't have those growing up. You had to stand on the ends of the axles. My ankles and legs were always cut-up because my feet always slide off the axle and scraped the legs.
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eddiemcrider
Active member
stillart said:here you go.
skyway streetbeat.
eddiemcrider
Active member
RS250 Chester said:
I got 3 years to train for it 
Dustykat
Big Kat
Meeeeemories
Growing up in Michigan there sure wasnt a lot of BMX tracks to ride at. So we always made our own tracks until the city came and knocked em down.
I had the first set of Skyways in my home town and promply busted them. Got a new set under warenty and busted those too. They used to say they were unbreakable but after my third set they told me no more free sets.
My problem was I used to bend forks over at the stem all the time as all we usually did was dirt jump. When I see guys pulling 6 figure salarys to do nothing but travel the country and jump a BMX bike I get kinda jelious as we all used to do that just for fun.
Growing up in Michigan there sure wasnt a lot of BMX tracks to ride at. So we always made our own tracks until the city came and knocked em down.
I had the first set of Skyways in my home town and promply busted them. Got a new set under warenty and busted those too. They used to say they were unbreakable but after my third set they told me no more free sets.
My problem was I used to bend forks over at the stem all the time as all we usually did was dirt jump. When I see guys pulling 6 figure salarys to do nothing but travel the country and jump a BMX bike I get kinda jelious as we all used to do that just for fun.
eddiemcrider
Active member
Re: Meeeeemories
what the hell were you jumping..... houses?
Dustykat said:Growing up in Michigan there sure wasnt a lot of BMX tracks to ride at. So we always made our own tracks until the city came and knocked em down.
I had the first set of Skyways in my home town and promply busted them. Got a new set under warenty and busted those too. They used to say they were unbreakable but after my third set they told me no more free sets.
My problem was I used to bend forks over at the stem all the time as all we usually did was dirt jump. When I see guys pulling 6 figure salarys to do nothing but travel the country and jump a BMX bike I get kinda jelious as we all used to do that just for fun.
what the hell were you jumping..... houses?
Dustykat
Big Kat
Not quite
But we would jump cars, we also found a ditch that was dug right through the middle of our BMX "Field" as it were. The land owner was going to put in a sub division and this was the first of the digging for it. They put the dirt RIGHT next to the ditch making a great ramp.
Well we built a half pipe out of the ditch and it was "Ballsy" to try to jump the ditch from one side to the other.
Not many made it and many bikes got broke.
But we would jump cars, we also found a ditch that was dug right through the middle of our BMX "Field" as it were. The land owner was going to put in a sub division and this was the first of the digging for it. They put the dirt RIGHT next to the ditch making a great ramp.
Well we built a half pipe out of the ditch and it was "Ballsy" to try to jump the ditch from one side to the other.
Not many made it and many bikes got broke.
SVsick50
Well-known member
astrocreep said:
I used to ride Calabasas Park all the time. I used to fakie tree ride a tree there: come in as fast as I could and get as freaking high on that tree as I possibly could. Do they still have it there?
I need my Osborne Shin Gaurds now...
jmg893
New member
Where is Calibasis? Sounds interesting. Many years ago, after much begging, my dad took me to The Pedaler in El Sobrante and bought me a brand new gold RaceInc. with gold and red accessories (orig. bling bling). I was SOOOO happy, and SOOOO stupid months later to trade it for a Cooks Bros (which promptly got stolen). Always wanted a PK Ripper and a Quadangle but never got around to it. Got some Landing Gears on my 24" Specialized Fat Boy in the garage though. 
Moike
Shit Magnet
SVsick50 said:I used to ride Calabasas Park all the time. I used to fakie tree ride a tree there: come in as fast as I could and get as freaking high on that tree as I possibly could. Do they still have it there?
I need my Osborne Shin Gaurds now...
I've still got my Hammer Big Macs...
Man, I used to ride out at CB when my old roomate first
got me into BMX. He's got pictures of himself in old issues
of BMX Plus -at- CB park as a teenager pulling stupid shit.
I'd probably break the hell out of myself these days, but
it wasn't uncommon for me to yell out HILL!!! CAVEMAN!!!
or NUT!!! and start pedaling like mad...
Man, back in the day...
These days, I just pedal around on a polished bike, lucky
to get six inches of air bunnyhopping a curb.
-Mike-
SVsick50
Well-known member
I know. I used to bunnyhop up on top of picnic benches. The table part, that is. I see you're in Santa Cruz. I'm a native myself. Nothing like the Santa Cruz High quad stage, huh? Those were the days...
cbrmonkey
Member
- Joined
- Nov 29, 2002
- Location
- Morgan Hill, CA
- Moto(s)
- Beta Evo 300,
KTM 300xcw, KTM 200xc, BMW R1200GSA
- Name
- Stover
Wow, you guys are bringing back memories. I found a picture of a '80 Puch BMX bike like the one I had. I loved this thing.
Eric in Davis
New member
I splattered myself all over the dirt trying to jump nut backwards at the end of a marathon day or riding at CB. Endo'ed right over the bars and landed at the bottom on my face. Ahhh the good ole' days.