It's not the Armory, nor Roy Wilkens - if it's not Albert Lea it may be an Iowa track. The Austin Arena used cardboard on the floor, pretty sure Albert Lea was concrete (at least the races I attended there).

I remember AL having indoor races on cardboard or so I heard (84?). That place also reminds me of some race I went to in Illinois, but the race escapes me.

What was the Des Moines Indoor venue called (Hawkeye Nationals)? Not the State Fair grounds venue though. I hit so many of the early 83 Winter Iowa State fair ground events. Those were some of the worst Winter storms I ever drove in.... Crazy wind and snow.

When was Jack D's last events held? what year? where? Just curious.

I was thinking Des Moines too - had a good race there when I was 15 - surprised Driscoll with a holeshot in the main for the open, but he got by me in the last turn for the win.

What was it about riding inside?? I can still remember that feeling rip'n through those turns and the jumps (clunk-clunk) making that sound. It was just cool. No wind, rain, mud, heat, bugs to contend with. Its hard to explain and I'd love to see a race held like it today. The no berms thing would be awesome!!!! sorry, I was having a childhood melt down.

For you...It was a cheap way of collecting hairspay in those goldie locks of hair.

NEWBIES ON BOARD- Welcome! I hope you stay around and share your stories and photos! Freshness would be a great addition here!

Speaking of hair, anyone have pics of Aberhamsen with those hair wings that stuck out the front of his helmet??

Brad: I'm with you on the indoor nostalgia. Those races were extra magical. Maybe because it was winter outside, everything was contained in one space (pits, spectators, daBerger/Robin makout sessions, even the sounds), it was less frequent than 3x/week outdoor racing, it was faster, etc...

BTW: I have officially entered the vintage BMX ownership program. Yesterday I bought an orange Yamaha Moto-Bike off of Craigslist. With inner-tubes it will be a runner, but it's been used over the years. I doubt I'll keep it, but who knows?

Well holy butt-pops batman! If you decide to get rid of that gem, give me 1st dibs, that was my first bmx bike!

I thought this was your first bike old MC (?)

Golf season must be over....

LMAO (daBerger).... damn that's funny.


Cool 84lb score John!!!!!! I almost bought one of those before the 1974 Scrambler, but I thought a 40lb bike would be better

I was cerial about the Yamaha score. Orange-even! Ya cool bike.

Mark, what happened to Bert and Cookie monster?? LMAO!

Hey guys,

Just a heads up that I've got a Salt Lake SX race report going on here.................

http://www.vintagebmx.com/community/index....wtopic=27018864

Since most of you don't leave this little hole in the wall thread on V, I thought I would bring it to you.

b.

Pix please....

My sister was running up there all day in the rain, for some reason she didn't see you.

INSERT EXCUSE HERE ------>

John , post some pictures of the new ride , I seen it on CL too.

INSERT EXCUSE HERE ------> Went to the tanning salon and didn't want the spray tan to wash away!!!

It was raining! Like I want to run around a track in the rain with a bunch of drivers in street cars....

Tomorrow's another day though. Lets hope its dry

So you were sitting at the track waiting to make the call? OR, sitting in your big fluffly slippers this morning at home making that call?

Your wife texted me telling me a different story than above...

Shut the phuk up!

Hey,
Mike Conway showed up at the BBQ yesterday and walked away with the biggest prize of a NEON green Haro Master f/f...

Hey,
That's the guy who worked at the skateboard shop. He said it sucked working there.

QUOTE (mikkopeters @ Sep 15 2008, 04:40 AM)

That Scrambler (Blue) in the background is awesome!! That was the Hammer's first real BMX bike...

Anyways, back to the show...

Thumbs up Mikko..

Jeff Manning, you were missed. Where was the Hammer? I called him up on Friday but it rolled to VM.

It was cool on Saturday, lots o' new faces, tons of cool people.

How many pics of Conway we have to look at....can't anybody just do the add reply???

Please Jerry, teach us how to work teh internets.
-Bill

NO SHIOT JERRY SHOW US WHAT BE UP

You are getting a potty mouth. Yesterday was the "PH" word, and now today the "iot" word. CLEAN IT UP!

That Mike Conway kid looks just the same as he did when he was 14. Beard and everything!

What do you guy even press to get the picture to repost.. and why.... what the F? how is that..

I'm not clear on what is even happing here. Any thoughts?

Conway looks so happy, I love this picture.

Jerry, don't hate me just because I'm beautiful.

Just to fill anyone in that doesn't know. The Conway's were kind of like the Mannings of So. MN. Respected, dedicated and good people. They also ran the Gamehaven track in Rochester.

"True" BMX people from the heart

Hope to catchup with Mike someday soon. Maybe he'll make a BMX race showing at the 2009 Condo hopefully!

P.S. Does Mike even know what a freestyle bike is?



HOLY CRAP! I got caught!

Welcome Mike Conway!

Mark, thanks for the nice words. I definitely plan to make it to the 2009 Condo and if you can put together a race on concrete I may have to put together a bike.

As for the freestyle bike, you are correct, I recognize that it is indeed a bike but haven't a clue about those little doo-hickies on the forks and chainstays.

This was my first thought when I saw Mike had won that frame lol. Gratz on the F&F and welcome to Vintage Mike!

I've always wondered what you have against replies with the picture/s. Are you on dial up and it takes forever to load? Are you not using a scroll mouse and you use the little arrows to move up and down?

Open up to us Jerry, we're here to help you through this trying time in your life. We're here to help you with the internets.

I fixed that for you MC....

holy crap, he finally posted after joining in mar of 06.
welcome, now i know you have a pic to send me , right?
when my mom asked me where i was and who was there, she said we need to hunt up fritzmeier.

i don't know anything about teh internets, but talking with carruth at hooters in rockford, it drives him nuts, because it burns alot of bandwith and he has to sit there and delete them all.

I remember that Curuth.. the owner of the said he has to go through and delete all duplicate post pics.. not fun.. that's my prob... ok.. big boys..

Very COOL!

Don't know what happened with this post #@$& newb. Anyway to add to Mr. Conely's post, the Conway's were great people, I enjoyed many weekends them. Thank you. I remember them hauling me to a indoor race somewhere in Iowa. Those were fun times.

John

Yeah that's very true, I remember Mike mentioning the bandwidth issues of replying with images. And I'm convinced that Jerry's main concern was Vintage's bandwidth issues as well.

Hair Vent!!!! Where Ya been? Are you healed from last years Barn deal? Are ya coming out to play agin?

Do ya remember that Curtain guy? The one you told off and got dismounted?

The Condo it is! I'll save you a can of "Brad O' It's Sticky Hair Spray"!

Concrete is gonna be a stretch, but it's in the works!

Concrete would be fun!

I don't use hairpspray anymore. Now I spray the tires with belt dressing

Mark,

Any word on barn changes? I'd like to hit the Isanti race this weekend. I need to race so I can get my district points from the national. haahaa.

Welcome Mr. Conway.

See,
Strike is on my side.. finally... I'm just trying to help.. I know all about the internets...So it's sunny out. who's going to ride this lovely evening...??/Let's see some pics of the evening rides...