Been reading SOME of the posts on the subject that the ESSERCIST started. The back and forth was somewhat amusing cause it's like a political or religious issue with no right or wrong.

Then I got my trusty issue of Bicycling magazine with this article.

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My question for you guys is this? Did adults spoil the fun?

that is just AWESOME!!!!!

The Wild Bunch! lol That's way old. The Panda kid is Allen Scott I think. Did you scan the rest of the story? I never raced Merritt in the mud, it was bad enough dry. Ya gotta love the wooden jumps mixed with the Oakland Hills sharp tire popping rocks. Where's Spike?

I bow to you Reilley1

I'd love to see the rest of that article!
I've become fascinated with the real early days of BMX lately...
Maybe repeated viewings of Joe Kid and On Any Sunday has something to do with it...

will adults spoil the fun?

that came later

See, it says "downhill". Adults ruined bmx when they made the tracks on flat land. Darn adults.

In a word

Yes

Quite often too.

Adults trying to join in on the fun 8 guys had thought up & agreed upon on before a race was a bad move.

Only the kids who were racing could join in the antics of a "Dukes of Hazzard" race.

Track officials & watering guys were verbally abused & cut down to size by 14 yr olds in front of their peers , without swearing or violence , if they interferred with us during a "Dukes of Hazzard" race.

Yee Haaa !!!


JB

did an adult invent clips? nuff said

Come on Pat... did an adult invent the bicycle? But yeah clips still suck! LMAO