Ok, it was aked in the mid school section but I want to resume again.

I miss the unique frame & forks designs.
I miss the chrome finish in superb quality.
I miss table top jumps. (I hate sections)
I miss to ride in factory uniforms.
I miss oakley goggles in storm trooper design.
I miss camo at SE.
I miss skinwall tires.
I miss smooth tricks.
I miss to hang around with all my good friends.

Oliver

I have to say the unique frame & forks designs.
Back then you can tell what someone was riding from a mile away. Now you could be riding it yourself and not know what it is.
That and hangin around with all my good friends.

My 29" waist.

time to ride

healing faster

hanging out at the local ice cream shop sucking down slushies and jumping the dirt banks
being ignorant of 'shake base'

I miss reading a new issue of BMX Action all month long instead of reading 25 year old issue all month long like I do now.

Chrome!

Oh yeah, the 29" waist thing too.

My 30" waist
6 pack Abs
Regular gas for .49 a gallon..........
My then girl friend...whoa !

the irresponsiblity ...... i had not a care in the world

My two Hutches, mostly. That, plus I could ride all day long and not even get tired.

What don't we miss..

Oh, and quite a bit of my hair, too.

I miss:

1) not having grey hair
2) not seeing the dial on the scales above 200
3) being able to ride my bike all day and not feel

I miss:

1) not having grey hair
2) not seeing the dial on the scales above 200
3) being able to ride my bike all day and not feel
it the next morning
4) old school style (bikes should not be brown or
olive drab)
5) freedom to hop on my bike and dream about
being a A Pro.

I miss:
1) BMXA - Still to this day, the epitome of a BMX mag
2) Being able to ride a bike all day and not be tired
3) Having time to ride a bike all day
4) Bikes with style. I really miss the colors...
5) Hanging out at Bicycle Exchange
6) Everyone in the neighborhood riding (I just don't see kids on bike much anymore)

-Rob

I miss:
*Riding my PK on hot summer days
*Being at the local track with my mates from sun up till sun down on school holidays
*Old school BMX tracks and skate parks
*Being excited about the latest issue of BMXA
*Going down to the local bike shop to check out all the latest gear
*RL & Buff.

*Low prices on new f/f
*Oakley 'O-Wings'
*Skinwalls
*The dust on the bike from a good all day ride
*The big Zeronine plates
*Way flat one-footed tabletop jumps (Too many
flips nowadays)
*Prism stickers (take two they're small)
*Oz's wit and Windy's pix

[ February 21, 2006, 07:04 PM: Message edited by: radlad1 ]

My mum, she died of cancer when i was 23.

BMX wise - Snakebellies, black with the gumwall. I used to race on them.

I miss the times we used to have with about 15 local area kids and friends that would all meet at a place called "KILLER HILL" every day (a 12' dropoff with a small track after we landed- it had berms and jumps). I also miss the ability to do a really big jump (over 30'). And I especially miss the team comraderie, we had a real sense of belonging in 1978-1980.

I miss Seeing What Crazy Stunt OM or OZ has cooked up in the new issue of BMXA, I also miss BMXA. I miss working on my bike on Friday nite before saturday's race. I miss Pool jumping and Lake jumping. BMXA Trick Team. I miss trying new tricks until parent's call you in for bed. I miss handing at Friends 1/2 pipe. I miss the 80's!

Chrome frame & fork sets
OAKLEY grips
BIG number plates

I miss being able to see my feet!!!

All of it...

BMXA Mag.

Made In The USA Bikes...

Heck, even Made In Japan Parts...

Racing...

The freedom of riding all day or night...

Working at the Hottest Bike Shop in town...

Stickers...

Oakley I's, II's & III's...

-Steve

Opps, one more thing. O.K. two more-

Bob Haro's awsome artwork...

A.B.A. Summer Tour...

-Steve

I miss not having to go to work and biking all day

Oakley 3's, Maxy Cross, Gusset Plates, Envy, Color, Youth, My Brother, My Bike That Was Stolen From 7-Eleven, A Girl Named Kelly Chapman, Uni Seats, Keith Partrage Hair, Real Music, And Number Plates.

1. All the cool frames.
2. Going to a bike shop and haveing racing parts in stock.
3. MX 1000 that are not over $100 for a NOS set(I can not get the hang of the "new" style brakes).
4. BMXA
5. All of my riding buddies
6. Going to the Nat's with the same riding buddies
7. Riding my bike for miles and still have enough energy left to go racing.

Man reading all those answers is like , everyone is reading my mind lol.
Everything everyone else said plus
*Uniforms that were clean and easy to tell apart from a distance, now they all have a gazillion shapes and colors and you can hardly tell them apart from the distance. Just too busy.
*Old School tracks
*Mostly I miss the love, the total commitment I had to BMX. It was everything to me. Training, racing, jumping, riding, building a track, reading. All BMX all the time.

i miss the real metal music,not this growling garbage they call metal nowadays.i miss fridays at pipeline skatepark in california,i miss in n' out burger(we dont have them on the east coast),i miss riding with my friends till the early hours of the am.i miss riding along the beach at huntington beach.most of all i miss having 15 or 20 friends to go riding with on any given day during the summer.

I miss the girls with big 80's hair.
I miss the homemade field jumps that i could do for hours alone.
I'll go with Oldhead on the metal music.
I miss good frames with mix-matched parts,an openface helmet,and riding trails.
I really miss fitting my 20" better.

* All the good ol skool bikes
* my hair
* good metal
* Big hair rock chicks wearing stetch jeans and a Motley Crue shirt, snapin on piece of gum...
* Lamborghini Countach
* Randy Rhodes
* Cliff Burton
* Team Haro (87)
* ridin my bikes with the boys from sun up to whenever...
* good concerts for under 20 bucks...
* IROC Z - TA (I am Italian ya know)
* Reagan
* my grand pappy
* my dogs
* my old friends that I havnt seen in years
* Van Halen w/ David
* Phoebe Cates

thats a start...

Suicidal Tendencies when they were a hardcore band.

-Hutch anything
-80's chicks
-Night Racing at Braddock
-The smell of the JC armory on a race weekend
-Zeronine stickers
-No Bozo stickers
-Terry cables
-Riding all day and all night
-Tracks you could pedal around
-Hard anodized rims
-neon colored everthing

I miss:

-Zeronine Plates
-Oakley Grips
-JT V-3000 Chest Protectors and the JT Open Face Helmets
-Local Bike Shops that had everything BMX
-Being able to ride all day and most of the night during the summer with the old buds
-Lake jumping (suppose I could now, but just don't have the same enthusiasm)
-Going to a National and it seeming like a really BIG deal
-The pre-clip era
- Bullseye hubs (they were the Chris Kings of the day)
-Having semis and mains at State races
-The old local scene when local racing was cool and fun
-Concrete indoor racing with wooden jumps and hairspray on the tires
-RATT, Quiet Riot, Def Leppard
-The ESPN Pro Spectacular
-Zap Pads
-The NPSA (j/k)
-Those old Team Cycle TV Commercials "Trick on the track and streat smart."

Oh, and Pros that knew how to hype things up like Hill, Ronnie Anderson, Stuart, etc. Today's pros are just too darn nice.

Most of my memories are from the really early days...
- Bicycle Motocross News
- JOFA mouth guards
- original style flat duckbill helmet visors
- low budget racing--just put a few heavy duty parts on your old stingray and it's off to the track
- wheels with .105 and .120 spokes that weighed a ton
- All the too numerous to mention old brands of frames and forks that are gone but not forgotten
- Preston Petty hex grips
- and mostly hanging around with my gang of friends up the street at the vacant lot, riding and jumping for hours at a time

Man, now I'm depressed!!!
How about flying into a flat dirt turn side by side inside foot in the air !!!
That knock on the door from your buds " lets go ride "
The first time we rode the hour and half to our "local" track That was at 13 felt like we were a million miles away!!
work HA no way ride,ride ,ride
The CW race team

Spicoli's list is right in line with mine. (Cliff & Randy RIP, Phoebe Cates - smokin' hot!) I'd also add:

1) Haro Lightning plates on everyone's bikes.
2) Traveling to far off races only to find out that we are staying in the same hotel as the DiamondBack factory team! (Harry, Doug, Pete, Eddy)
3) Watching Haro do a special request flat land demo in the parking lot at the Winter Nationals in Chandler right before He and RL did their trick show for the rest of the attendees. (thanks for grabbing him Pop)
4) Endless amounts of shiney dust caps for my 3-piece cranks. (anybody have an extra set they want to get rid of????)
5) Figuring out gear ratios to blow the next guy's doors off!!!

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