70's Bmx...., Showing how we did it in the old days... Options

[spike]

This is just my opinion but I felt this site has been kinda 80's related, no offense, just wasn't my time period so I figured I'd show the youngsters how it was done in the time of Motomags and REAL downhill tracks, with dust, rocks, ruts, stuff alot of you guys have never seen on a BMX track....
Let's start off with a little jumping, 70's style..
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Jump contest, Merritt College, 1975

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[spike]

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Airing it out at Merritt College, Oakland Calif. 1975. This was the jump contest after the races.

[spike]

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Goofin' around after the races, Merritt College around 1976.

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[spike]

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John Wells(Silver Shield Bike Shop Team) on the berm at Merritt College on his Champion, late 75-early76. No grooming that berm. If you got into those marbles on the inside you were in a world of hurt.

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[Reilley1]

Rancho

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Poway track Thom Lund and Greg Lilly (Courtesy Rick Twomey)

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Brian Curnell and Rick Courteau

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K. Carrasco, Dave Garcia, Mike Manley and me El Centro BMX

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[spike]

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Me on the jump after the berm, the shadow tells the tale......

[VistaBMX]

Great Pics from BITD Spike -

I truly wish that I had pics of me and my friends back then...

Got any more???

[spike]

Oh yeah.......I got alot more.....
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My usual mid pack position, Merritt College, around ealy 76 I think.

[spike]

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John Wells, this is the other side of the berm....hey kiddies, look at how rough that track was, the way all tracks were for the most part back then. The only grooming that was done was with our tires.

[AtomicPunk]

cool pics, thats some serious air in some of those photos! id would be great fun to ride on one of those style tracks now!