remember those? i can recall an article from bmxa showing a torker rider (jason jenson i think) watching the starters hands while the other riders watch the gate and pulls the holeshot.was a great technique for it's time and my teammate and i used it as soon as we saw it.does somebody have this?if so could you scan it? i'd love to see it again!
thanks,
mike

I made one in shop class in 10th grade from those plans.....but don't have them anymore. Sorry!

not gate building plans todd,it was an article showing the advantage of watching the gateholders hands instead of watching the gate
. i know...i'm not the great communicator.
cheers,
mike

the article has to be from like '79 or early '80 BMXA.

Sorry, I thought this is what you were looking for.

This is what I have for reference:

no probs getsome,i'm sure someone out there has got it.thanks for the effort.actually, i can use those plans for a practice gate for my kid.
mike

My dad made that gate! From those plans in that BMXA mag. We had great fun with it - I've shown my kids that article reprinted and they are begging me to build another one

that same gate helped Amtrack Charles Townsend to his #1 pro plate (yep Im taking full credit for that)

My dad also helped me make that gate. It sat on my practice track in the abandoned Pennsylvania cornfield, across the street from my house, for 10 years. After i moved to California some of the locals kept that practice track up for another 7 years or so after i left PA.

When i went home to visit my old neighboorhood i was suprised to see it and the track still being used. Now the cornfield is homes

My gate had an Axe handle though. I also used grip tape instead of the wire mesh.

[ September 01, 2005, 02:39 AM: Message edited by: Racer ]

After I posted I realized you may have meant a different article....

It's probably the article on Torker's Mike Aguliera "Anatomy of a holeshot." It was only one page long. Came out around 1979 or 1980. It was a motor-drive sequence of pictures. Each picture had the technique written with it.

There was another artcle on starts with illustrations of Brent Patterson. They talk about Brent and Richie Anderson's technique on starts.

Both were great.

you're right on the money johnny! i can't even recall how many people i smoked out of the gate with that technique.i wish someone would post it.hand held starts were so inconsistant back then.
mike

Belgian pic

bump. does anyone have the BMXA article with mike aguliera?
mike