the ames stormers now, not the stormers

[ February 19, 2007, 09:13 PM: Message edited by: pquinnbmx ]

Pulled from a barn a couple of months ago. It has a DG fork and check out the seat clamp!
This frame has not seen day light in over 25years!


Rod

I've got some of me in early 80'. I'll dig em' up and post.
Pat, how you doin bud?!

I am doing fantabulous, thanks for asking. rod="pulled from a barn" good stuff. I always liked those frames.

I have lots of me on my Ames bike... OMG I miss that bike.... Pic coming up.

This is me the day I got my CYC Ames bike back in 1978. Its my all time favorite bike. Sure wish I had another (cough-cough)

Does the CYC Stormer have any relation to Ames Stormer? Heres my in progress Stormer (1977)

Hey Guy, Not really other than the CYC dist. name itself.

If you've ever seen the Pedals Ready GT bike, there basically the same without going into detail. I've also heard the Ames bike specs fell into someones hands and that's how it evolved. I've also heard it was a legit deal.. Anyone know the real story? The CYC Stormer isn't anything like the Ames bike though..

Damn I want an Ames frame.

Off the topic a bit, but here's by Brother (Chad Apold) on his rare Black Panther CYC. I'm still dig'n

CYC Black Panther bike

Here's a couple of me in early 80' on my 79' Ames Stormer.
In one photo there's a GT head tube decal I put on it.
Someone let me know it wasn't a GT, it was an Ames Stormer.

In front at Rancho early 1980

Rancho early 1980

Late 1979 in front at the San Diego Velodrome.
I'm 11 years old leading 11- 13 Open

Velodrome track again


[ February 24, 2007, 01:07 AM: Message edited by: JohnnyJohnson OMAS DirtSlinger ]

Very cool Johnny! You look a bit tall for the ames frame. What forks are those?

My ames bike ^^ came as an actual bike that CYC sold and had those curved Tange forks, but once the straight Tange forks came out the bike was waaaaaay better handling. I cracked the frame (via BB) and had to get a GT standard... An almost indentical switch, which was cool. I have a ton more pics of that Ames w/ Phil's, Campy's etc. Ohh the good ol' days..

I love those old So Cal tracks.. Little cooler than the Austin trail above... geeeeez!

[ February 24, 2007, 07:59 AM: Message edited by: Brad Apold ]

Second bike down, ya, the one with the CBR plate.

The very first Jack Doreghty Classic.

Dr. Brad,
I was on a Torker LPGT or an EK replica before the Ames Stormer.
Looks like I may be running Torker forks.
Johnny

Johnny, That EK above was way cool. The EK seemed small to me vs Ames, or just alot different. ( My cousin had one). That Torker guy above went on to be one of MN's great road cyclists to date.

I just notice everyone had knobbies at this indoor event... LOL! It was the first on concrete of its kind in Minne. (probably 79). Hey, what did we know? LOL!

Who is that Torker rider?

Johnny, who was the Schwinn rider behind you?

Johhny, the Torker guy on the gate next to me is Mike Anderson. He was so close to being Tour de France caliber, and then I think he got hurt or something.. He didn't race bmx long and probably quit around 80.

[ February 28, 2007, 08:05 PM: Message edited by: Brad Apold ]

i used to stare at that cyc ad in bmxa and wish i had an ames. about the closest i got was the tx-500 fork on my old quicksilver LOL
i scored an old 1980 bmxa the other week and saw that old ad and thought it would be really cool to build one exactly how it appears there. after reading here i'm finding it is going to prove very difficult locating the frame and stickers.
great pics, shows how tiny this frame was.

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and thought it would be really cool to build one exactly how it appears there.

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And that makes two of us. To think that I owned a compete bike like that makes wanna hurl in sorrow.... LOL!

I know of only one other frame in near NO$ condition. Its actually the ames bike in the Museum above..