Greetings All,

Here she is... the weather wasn't ideal for picture taking, but I managed to get a few shots between raindrops. I don't remember what year I built her up. I ordered the frame directly from BMX Products and she arrived from the factory with only the seat tube decal applied. The other decals came in a separate bag and I never got around to putting them on.

The Mongoose frame was a replacement for my Moto Pro frame I rode for a couple of years. The Moto Pro frame was very, very short, and I was getting tired of hitting my knees on the stem while peddling. The Araya rims and Tuf Neck came from my LBS... Encina Bicycle Center in Walnut Creek, CA. The bars came from a very small shop called something like Bike-in-a-Box, I think. I was told at the time that they were FMF bars, but I don't know if that's true or not.

No exactly sure what brand the dual drop out forks are, but I remember not going with Redline forks because the nickel finish on Redline equipped bikes in the neighborhood seemed to get dull rather quickly. At the time, I liked the chrome finish on these forks... could they be Super Stars? I have a set of Super Star decals (same as the sticker on the number plate) and I seem to recall that perhaps they were for these forks, but I never got around to putting them on.

What I did get around to was putting on a few prism stickers... yeah! (FMF on the Shimano hubs) I've always had... and still have... a weakness for 'em! LOL

Can't remember what the deal was with the springy seat... Sheesh!

The pedals are KKT and I added some teeth on the inboard and outboard areas for more traction. I remember hand sharpening the teeth on the pedals as well. The sharpened teeth had the intimidating shine of raw steel in the areas where I filed 'em... cool stuff!

The number plate is something I did myself... it's held on using clamps bought from the hardware store. I think they're supposed to be used to hold rakes and brooms on garage/closet walls.

Can't think of much else right now... with the exception of the brake lever. The brake lever currently on the bike is the last one I had on it before I parked the bike for many years. My all time favorite brake lever (which unfortunately, broke when the bike fell over one day) was the same kind as the one Richie Anderson has on his bike in that now famous color picture of him from BMXA where he's pretty young, wearing a full-face helmet, and pulling away from the pack on that bike with the craaaazy rear drop outs. The lever is made of a white plastic/nylon type material, it's pre-bent, and it mounts below the crossbar. If anyone here can ID it, or give me a lead on one, I'd truly appreciate it. If I could locate one of those babies, I'd swap it out in a second!

Well, that's probably a lot more info on the bike than you wanted to know. Funny, but if there was a fire, and I only had time to grab one bike from the collection to run out of the house with... it would be this one. Nothing high dollar or rare on her, but she has a lot of sentimental value to me.

Thanks for taking the time to check her out!

Sweet bike. I like the plate, the in-line brake adjuster too.

Trick.

[ January 05, 2007, 01:49 AM: Message edited by: Randy ]

Beautiful! I like how the plate was drilled out after the numbers were put on

I used to put those in line brake thingies on all my bikes but had forgotten about them. Gotta do it to one of my bikes again

Maybe Speedo forks? I remember they made forks with dbl dropouts.

wow nice one! complete with 7b's!

Sweet OG Goose you have there the forks are either Speedo or Bandito. The end caps make me think Speedo.

Nice bike -

Love those KKT's - just like the ones I had but I never thought of sharpening them!!!

I also like the plate mounting "system"!!

I hope you got it dried off quickly!

That is so cool. It looks like the kind of bike Tim would build, component and color-wise.
Don't change a thing!

Wow! The true survivors are always so cool. Nice

black tires, seat, grips & pedals...

awwww riiiiiight!

Thanks guys! Wow... I wasn't sure if anyone would be into the ol' Goose considering the oddball assortment of parts she's made up of.

I suppose the reason I couldn't pinpoint a year for her construction is probably because it was more like a 2-3 year work-in-progress. My best guess would probably be around the late 70's, but it seemed like I was forever changing/tweaking/trading parts for other parts I wanted or wore out.

Regarding sharpening the teeth of the pedals... that was a super easy thing to do (using a file) which netted great results... you could feel the difference in grip right away. I think they look totally trick when they're sharpened 'till they have points. Now that I'm thinking about it, I remember what I would do when the exposed metal on the sharpened teeth would get rusty. I'd simply hit 'em every so often with a wire brush.

Oh yeah, that crossbar pad is actually a frame pad wrapped around the foam from a crossbar pad.

Thanks for the heads up on the brand of forks I might have on there. Hmmm.... does anyone know anything about Super Star or what products Super Star made? Did they even make forks?

Lastly, do any old schoolers here have any info on that brake lever that the Avalanche has on his bike in that awesome pic from BMXA? I think that pic may be on the 3rd or so page in the "Best Amateur of All Time" thread, or the "Avalanche" thread.

I vaguely recall getting the one I originally had... and ultimatlely broke, from a bike shop that specialized in road bike stuff.

Thanks once again for looking... you guys made my day!!!

[ January 05, 2007, 09:37 PM: Message edited by: Gangster Garage ]

That bike is too cool.

Pretty sure Superstar was a model of Motopro. Randy S should be able to give some more info. I believe those forks are Motopro, maybe Speedo. I haven't been able to figure out the difference yet on the early models. Either would make sense in the area you were living.

Really great bike. Something that really can't be replaced. You're lucky you kept it.

I thought my garage had some cool stuff in it!!!

Thanks for the Motopro/Superstar info! I thought they might be somehow related to eachother. I vaguely recall their stickers being similar in style, but that memory is kinda fuzzy. Anyone know where the Motopro/Superstar company was out of?

Here's a couple of more pics, and one that shows a slightly better view of the mystery fork dropouts (the 10-speed handlebar end cap on the underside of the fork is something I put there BITD to keep dirt out). Come to think of it, it probably did a pretty good job of trapping moisture inside there too... Oh well!

If anyone needs a close-up of the in-line brake adjuster to show to your LBS for reference, just hit me up.

Have a gnarly weekend!!!









[ January 06, 2007, 11:58 AM: Message edited by: Gangster Garage ]

sweet ride... the survivor look rocks. some of us guys here in the bayarea should get together to show our bikes.