20 - 25 ... perfect.

nice, you have the ''sickness'' as well .that's why i love this site i dont feel ''CRAZY'' now. every one has a house full of ''BMX'' bikes' .. best regards

I love it Jon! I've gotta ask....did you weight the bike? I too love all the drilling in the components. I really like the radial lacing as well...looks like you definately were watching your weight on this one. Beautiful.

Are there still JMC's you need to complete your collection?

Hi Tom, I have a few lighter components to swap out before i weigh it, a narrow chain and a 39t chainwheel !

My Justin roos mini is still at the chromers , have all the parts to build it, and then there is at least one of each of the 20" frame models (exlucuding minor differences within a specific frame model)

At that point I hope to get a prof pic of each one and a line up shot of the fleet !

JW

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fantastic bike! I would love to see a little tacker kitted up and riding it...

Jon:

Super effort on the Micro Mini. I always liked drilled out parts - so race specific!

Excellent bike, as always.

Brandon

This will add nicely to your already impressive JMC resume. Totally sickk!

That is a helluva line-up you've got there Jon. Keep it up and there won't be any left for the rest of us! LOL!

Chat soon,
Alan

No kidding Alan, between you and Jon, I'll never have that JMC/Bear Development project I so desire! Great build, love the holes, all that drilling would make my Dad proud!

looks great! appears to weigh about 4 pounds (lol)

12.6lbs on the scales last night !

Still have a few lighter components to swap out !

Thanks for the comments all

Jon !

I was a huge Justin Roos fan and was good friends with the family, it will be intersting to see your Justin inspired frame as he was a popular younger rider bitd but was often over looked by a very dominating Geoff Scofield and Andrew Soule. One was a teammate for me and the other was a Michigander that ruled the mini ranks in the early 80's.

Thanks for sharing the drilled out micro mini. We actually had two riders here in Michigan that Jim built these ultra tiny frames for. One was Kelly Ann Merryman, who was a great little rider with a dad that had a knack for drilling out everything he could on the frame. Her brother "BMXTEACHER" still posts on here from time to time and has posted some of their collection which is not for sale from what I read but I'm sure is very impressive as is yours.

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Deanne, thanks for that info, its nice to hear some history on the younglings from BITD -

I have sent you a PM !

Jon W

Hi Jon,
Got your PM. I'll reply back in the morning as I am up way past my bedtime and I know I'll think of more to type in the morning. Thanks for the PM! I'm not a collector but I seem to have more stored in my noggin about the riders of the era mainly the amatures and I'm not sure why. Geoff was a teammate on GT and Andrew was a local rider here in Michigan so I guess I just payed attention to the class. I do remember Justin was much smaller than Geoff and Andrew who always seemed to dominate that age group but Justin always won the hearts of everyone for being so noticably smaller.

I asked Jim about the Roos family when I was in Rockford last year. I was always hoping to learn about their "life after BMX" story. Justin retired far before his time. It may have been because his family chased the local district points for the ABA. He sometimes raced 4 or 5 times per day in Arizona. That should have been the burnout point for any little kid, including the adults. It seems there was a story about Justin on a flyer from the ABA back in the day. It may still be on their website www.ababmx.com the flyer was one about BMX racing and it highlighted Jason Wharton, Justin Roos and Cheri Elliott.

Thanks Deanna, good knowlege and info !

PM me as you said ,once rested -

Jon W

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