neilm

Apparently there is an indoor BMX park in Corby..... and there are guys who come from all around the South East to go there... many of which have been BMX'ing since the 80's....


All this talk makes me want one to relive my youth.... but I'll probably end up doing a night in Casualty.....

RC4

how old are you mate?
di you ever try a real old skool bike?haro,pk ripper,robinson,torker,redline or a diamond back?
these are class compared to the new stuff
i used to race in the mid 80,s when a set of cranks,redline ,cost up to £300 then or skyway graphite rims @ £200 a set

and the bike in your sig,is it a haro,if so ask bob which he,d rather have old or new

heres a few classics

haro freestyler ,original






torker 280x,classic!








the original pk ripper,these babys are up to 2 grand a pice now,IF you can find one,the one pictured has redline flights on it i had one ,wish i still had it!








now take back what you said and go and stand in the corner

Rocco

great bikes i used to have the Mini Burner

http://members.lycos.co.uk/magburner/1984catalogue.html

cossie4i+

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I use to have a Race and Chase

Still got loads of scalextric and model railway stuff

Im 36 as well now

Steve.

cressy

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i had a pk ripper,gt race bike and a haro freestyler awsome lookin back at them pics of bikes.can anyone remember the kelloges series were the brits tuck on the yanks at racing and freestyle at perry barr park birmingham?

jumpin jack crash

i done a bmx a few years ago and there was an old skool catergory where all the oldies came out for a race for old times. actually got to have a ride or a burner round the track, was proper good fun, i prefer todays bikes tho, i was riding a s&m next generation. everytime i cranked the burner i swear the whole bike flexed

great bike tho and good to see that its in excellent condition

Ridgey

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Allthis makes me wish i still had my Raleigh Chopper

neilm

Now they were a cool looker but shit to ride...

Ridgey

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Snapped the handle bars twice copying the BMXer doing endo's

antony215

I remeber having one of these when i was younger but it in black


MEMORIES!!

fordsportjay

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anyone got a pic of the raleigh bomber
seem to remember wanting one when they came out but never got one.

i had a 2nd hand tomohawk,then a 2nd hand chopper which my dad painted,then my nan got me a new team murray bmx when they were just coming out in the uk.cool bike-chrome(or silver!),with black spoked wheels.

would have thought about 1980/81???

still got an atari2600-retro games phoenix,scramble,hyper olympics.

Bullett

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i had a mongoose with the skyway mags on that i used to race.fucking beartrap pedals caned my shins a few times too.

Ridgey

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Jay
must of been a thing of the time getting secondhand bikes as my Tomahawk and Chopper were both secondhand, done up by my dad and given to me as xmas presents.
My chopper was modded with BIG super comfy orange mushroom grips. ....i used to be so cool with my brothers hand me down Green Mod jacket.

rizla

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Good post
I remember all these bikes I am 38 years old did they not do a silver jubilee chopper in 1977 if so has anyone got a pic and i am sure they made a five speed chopper as well

antony215

You mean one of these badboy's Special Edition 1976-77

righthooker

thats the only new bike i ever got

jamesXXX

ive had this since i was fourteen!!!



raliegh aero pro burner

pro class wheels

skyway bars

dia comp back brake, and mini mountain bike brake lever

MATCOS

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Soo true I didn't have a new bike till I got a Raleigh Pulsar racer with oval tubing , my Grifter and Tomahawk were second hand and the Tomahawk was painted in a 70's turquoise green hammerite

retrodavid

heres some pics of me on my bike 2 or 3 years ago . just got back in to .but it all hurt a lot more when i fall of now as i found out 3 weeks ago
should be back on it next week if my rist is better .is 34 to old

neilm

To think... he built my car..... long haired BMX Bandit !!!

retrodavid

took me a week to upload the pic

neilm

Only took you 3 to do my car...


Where is the BMX Park in Corby ?

rizla

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Cheers for putting the pic up thats made my day seeing that
Do you know what they are worth now and how many made

89xr2

It's in an old chicken factory, I think it's right at the second round about when you get into corby (coming from the a47 way) and then right again into an industrial estate and then first right. Was there 2 weeks ago today for the first time. It's a good park and they have some crazy plans for it. Might be back there next Thursday again as I have the day off.

89xr2

I shall never take back what I said. I'm 25 and started racing in about 88 or something. Had a mongoose racebike, can't remember the exact model it was. But I snapped the frame one day practicing down the Track and couldnt afford to buy a new one. I never had any of the bikes you mentioned, but rode plenty of other peoples bikes.. My brother had a Yes race bike though, remember those?, quite a few of my mates were sponsored for racing back then as well. I started riding just about when people were starting to run 3 piece cranks, but not many people had them as they cost so much. And yes I remember how shite bike parts were back then. Everything used to bend or snap. Old school bikes were badass back then when they came out but as time moved on you start to realise that although they're still quite cool they were heavy, weak, and not rider friendly. Any of those old bikes wouldnt last 5 minutes put through the abuse riders throw at their bike these days.

The bike in my sig is an S&M frame with alot of Limit parts (mates company) Bob Haro may well prefer an old school Haro but stick a new school rider on one and see how long the bike lasts!

wayneclayden

I had a diamond back with z rims... all the other kids would ask me to flex them...the spokes used to go through the inner tube and i would end up walking home

wayneclayden

Superb pictures..!
I had a Haro just the same (circa '84) but mine had white tuff's with a coaster brake... same Haro bars as those without a stem!
Bob Haro was my hero..
Met him , Eddie Fiola and Mike Domingez at Romford skate park once......
Those were the days!

Nash

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I couldn't sell it if i found it in that condtion.



I still have my one of these in my mums shed, and i will never let her get rid id it. I rode it to paper shop last x mas pretty funny being 6,3ft and 16.5stone.

mercury grey minter

Well it seems you can put a price on your childhood memory.

My first BRANDNEW B.M.X . A RALEIGH ULTRA BURNER has just sold on E-BAY for £122. Ask my MOM how much it cost her in 1985 and it was £149.99.

the benno

i,d of kept it for the sake of 120 quid
true classic

rstoughy

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This is a brilliant thread

Bringing back so much memories

RANJ

sum wanker pinched my mag

Mr RS500

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Great to see the old piccs

The last bmx i had was a skyway frame , with black skyway wheels with the skyway pads in white , flat top bars etc etc

Wish i still had it now

BigErn

I used to have one of these 2 years ago, I snapped the Landing Gear forks on it dropping off a bus shelter.
Nearly snapped my wrists too when I landed, Im 6ft 2" and was thereabouts 18.5 stone at the time.
I musta been mental to try that again, did it tho!!

~nomad~

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Did you have the uprated bits in the front brake, they used to do a bigger centre bolt, and sealed bearings as the buggers used to explode everywhere! It is a BOA ain't it? I used to find in the mid to late 90s, gave up when I discovered sex

I had one of those very briefly, i bent the bugger pretty badly. It was just the frame I had thou.

Martyn

Ive bought it off a mate, not picked it up yet though so dont know too many details!
Ive had one quick look at it in the metal and said Id have it when ive got the cash lol

Paulo P

I am loving that I haven't seen a picture of one of those for years. This thread makes me want to get back into BMXs again

Rippers

Dug this out of the back of my mums shed smashed my face up a beaut on this bike on the first trip out without stabilisers

Check out the spokey dokeys (free with sheddies from memory)

SteveB

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Remember "bear trap pedals"?????...... they hurt like fuck when ya foot slipped off the pedal and they wacked you in the shins.....

Jay,

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ur to fat ull break it