Although I started riding at the end of 1980, (when BMX first came to the UK), the early 90s period will always hold the best memories as it was a time when freestyle BMX was an underground sport (way before mass exposure and the ESPN/'Extreme Sports' generation). I was working as a truck driver during the day and then riding virtually every night, and there were probably only a dozen freestyle riders within a 100 miles of where I lived in the far southwest of this island. Mini ramps were popular and we rode hard trying to learn most of the tricks we saw on videos (Ride On, Dorkin 5, Homeless 3, etc).
This bike is nigh-on identical to my Holmes, save for the original Homeless forks which came off the Mack which got cracked from too many 180s down steps. There's a Pitchfork fitted for now, but if anyone has a set of Homeless forks I'll eagerly take them off your hands ($$). Most of the bits are NOS, except for the cranks and BB which I had back then, plus the pegs which a buddy made up during his dinner break at an engineering shop in '93. Of course I tore all the stickers off the original frame the day I got it, but this time good sense prevailed. Other period details include the chopped GT seat and post (both NOS), regular bolts holding the crank arms onto the spindle, and coaster hub spoked into an Araya aero rim (fitted after witnessing the Standard riders ruling with their coaster aided tricks).
Hope you like it
Craig
