Since I have a lot of free time on my hands, I have jumped back into the vintage stuff hard. Here are two bikes I threw together- a Rebel 24 and a BXC 24. I really like them both- the BXC is waiting on a nice gold MX Caliper, and I just have to put a chain on the Rebel and clean it up, but both were just fun to put together. Enjoy.


Rebel Racing 24" frame and fork (original paint)
CW Cruiser bars
A'ME Grips (need to be cleaned!)
Pro Neck stem
Araya rims, Campy small flange hubs, Comp 3 tires
DiaCompe MX1000 brakes
? Seatpost
XCaliber seatpost clamp
Elina Lightning bolt seat
Redline Flight 401 cranks
Petes Precision Power Disc
Tuf Neck Sprocket
KKT Lightning pedals


BXC Frame and Fork
Mongoose KOS Cruiser bars
Oakley Grips
Tuf Neck
SR Seatpost clamp
Redline seatpost
Viscount seat
Redline 401 Flight Cranks
Redline sprocket
Campagnolo Pedals
Araya rims Suzue Hubs
Comp 3 tires

oh my...

OK, make it 3....

Tahoe Frame and Fork (original chrome/decals)
Mongoose KOS cruiser bars
A'ME grips
TufNeck
Redline 401 Flight Cranks/bb
Redline Sprocket
KKT Lightning Pedals
DiaCompe MX1000 brakes
Araya Rims
Campagnolo high flange Hubs
Comp 3 Tires
DK Seatpost
DK Seatpost clamp
Kashimax Aero seat

Charlie Brown says good grief.

The Tahoe has rider written all over it. Those KOS look right.

Fixed that for you.

I like 'em all!

I like the fact that all 3 are "local" company bikes, that belong to different parts of the country so to speak. None of them made widespread distribution, but were heavy with the locals respectively. The Tahoe still looks like it has Minnesota snow all over it....

Wow, nice builds! I think it might be time to snap some pictures of the whole collection again.

Finally someone who shares the same addiction as me!!! I am a cruiser collector! I have NO 20"er's in the shed!

Very nice..

Awesome!

Never heard of BXC. Got any background on it for us?


on a side note: What gears and fork length do you have on those? Are they riders or just for show?

Edit: got this from BMX musuem..



Recent email with BXC info:
BXC Racing frames were custom made for a local bike shop on old University Avenue in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. I do not remember what manufacturer they were sourced from, but there were frames, forks, and bars made in regular BMX sizes as well as a cruiser type build; chrome was the only finish choice, as I recall. The frames were made in the very early eighties, but for how long I do not know. The owners of the store sponsored a semi-successful BMX team for a while, hence the interest in a proprietary frame for the team, and later for general sale.

Both myself, and a good friend built-up BXC framed bikes. He still has mine hanging in his garage in Lodi, WI. He probably won't part with it. I built it with Phil Wood Hubs and BB. All red and Chrome, as I recall. I will ask him to take pictures. It killed in it's day.

I like the Rebel Racing cruiser...the dropouts are almost identical to Zeronine and Cyclecraft dropouts...I know that some Zeronine and Cyclecrafts were built by the same company...Does anyone know if Rebel Racing is someway connected to Zeronine or Cyclecraft??

Champion dropouts are very similar as well.

very cool builds.

Interesting...I'm a mid-school guy for the most part, so I didn't know about the Champion dropouts...I wonder if these companies are all linked in some way or are the later companies copying the original designer?

I'm not sure either.

I've noticed a few other bikes from mid school that had similar dropouts and wondered if they were connected too. Like the 90 and later GT interceptors and a Matt Hoffman bike i saw that had almost identical looped down top bar to flat chainstay design. I would think there would be a copyright violation if they weren't connected somehow. I'm an 80s guy and have no idea if they are or not.

The Rebel cruiser is SAHWEEEEET !!!!

How come I don't see any pictures? Even if I get real close to the screen?

I think the Rebel is one of my favorite builds to date. Its such a different and cool bike that you just don't see that often.

The BXC and Tahoe were built by a little company for these respective small dealers......anyone know who it was???


I LOVE cruisers and am always looking to add to my collection. I have only 2 20's that I am really keeping...a JMC Shadow and beautiful JMC short.

Here is my cruiser collection now.....

Robinson 24
Champion 24
JMC 24 x2 (plus the NOS F/F)
Rebel 24
BXC 24
Tahoe 24
Hutch 24 (all Hutch stuff except the cranks)
Patterson 24 (being built)
Redline PL24
Torker 24
Powerlite 24
Thruster 24 (being built)

Here are some pics from the dungeon. Sorry they are sort of crappy.....







Top of the case has my NOS JMC 24 frame and fork, along with an NOS JMC DY frame with DY forks that were used.

Finally?!?!?!?! I have been doing mostly cruisers for years. My arse is too large for 20's...

you wouldn't be interested in selling the red elina seat in the case? it ould look very cool on my kos kruiser. hint, hint, wink, wink.

Sorry, that is going on JMC 24 number 2.

That Tahoe is very sick.. Where on earth did you get that? I have a frame and fork... I have a hard enough time story the 20" bikes I have, I have no room... I broke a few of them down today. and put them back in boxes for a little bit...all retro's though...

One of the builds needed a representative and a perspective action image....

Nice work Tom - some cool stuff there.

That track looks like Morgan Hill in California. That would be the last straight-away over the triples and onto the finishline. I think this photo was the huffy nationals back in 81.

darn, I figured I would give it a shot. a red seat would look real cool but I guess I might have to get a
black one off of evil-bay.

my 1984 Tahoe Cruiser

Tahoe frame and fork

CW cruiser bars

DK 1st gen. inverted stem

SR tubular one piece cranks Pro Neck 40t sprocket Tioga sealed bearing bottom bracket

MKS grafight-x pedals

Aero seat laidback post

DK seatpost clamp

Skyway tuff IIs w/ graphite flanges, tioga yellow label comp IIIs front 24x2.125 rear 24x1.75

MX1000 brakes

the tahoe is a hot looking bike!!!

and of course, i like the rebel too

If I remember correctly the Tahoes were built by Robinson.

The non-looptail Tahoe 24's were built by VDC.
The 20's which all had looptails, and looptail 24's may have been built by Trackmaster. Though VDC may have done these as well.

BXC were made BY VDC.

Traker were made by VDC.

HBS were made by VDC.

CW were made by VDC.

VDC and Trackmaster were the frame manufacturers behind many of the BMX companies.
I think VDC may have also bought some looptail style dropouts from Trackmaster, and some looptail style dropouts, machined BB's, and headtubes from Cook Bros. Which he used on some of the frames he made for other companies.

here you go