3rd Annual Rockford of the West, Saturday May 31 st, Roseville Calif.

Have finally got the go-ahead to put this event on for its 3rd year!
In the past we have put this event on during the ABAs BMX National
at Roseville's Oak Creek BMX track. This year Roseville will not be
hosting a spring national. But, after talking to the track operators...
we are going to make our own event out of Saturday may 31 st!
So pencil this in on your calendar! The show and swap is on! The
sidehack racing is on! and as we find out more... I will be posting
the info!

thanks

Scott Barrette

I wish I could attend. Be carefull about bike show categorys and awards some may become pissed off about it and cause a stink

Sounds good! Can't wait!


Doug

I'll be there. Scott, is this also a regular Race day for the track????

They race Saturday evenings and Sunday mornings, so I assume they will be racing that evening. We'll be racing if they are.


Doug

Yeah... no kidding. And just think, this is supposed to be for fun..

Glad to here that this is going to happen! I thought it was going to be a miss in 2008 because of no NorCal Nationals. I'll try to bring some bikes this year to the show!

I talked to the TO yesterday, and she said they would probably have a double pointer the day of the show. This year, I have 2 reasons to go!


Doug

PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE![size="4"][/size]
3rd Annual ROCKFORD of the WEST Vintage BMX swap & show

WHEN: Saturday only - July 12th
WHERE: Oak Creek BMX in Roseville, CA. During the ABA Summer Nationals

FOR WHO: West Coast Vintage Collectors who can`t make it to Rockford; this one`s for you. (You East Coasters, Central dudes & International E-Bayers are invited as well!)

WHAT & WHY: Bring your bikes to display, meet other collectors, swap & sell parts, and vote for Best Bikes of Show in multiple categories.
Last year, we had over 150 bikes from all over the West Coast. This is now an annual West Coast tradition you can count on; bringing out some of the most rare BMX bikes from the 70's, 80's and 90's! Vintage Bike registration begins at 7am, Saturday morning.

Throughout the day, spectators and fellow collectors will be voting for their favorite bikes in the following categories:

• · Best of Show
• · Best 70’s Bike
• · Best 80’s Bike
• · Best Freestyle Bike
• · Best MonoShock
• · Best 26” Cruiser
• · Best 24” Cruiser
• · Best 16" Pit Bike

AWARDS: Later that night (approx. 7:00pm) at the unofficial home of the first few ABA BMX Museums - PATRIOT BIKE SHOP will host the traditional Awards Banquet. Top-5 finalists of each of the 8 categories will be announced in “Academy Award” fashion, with envelopes ripped open by Nor Cal BMX legends and ABA Hall of Famers.

THIS JUST IN: 3-time ABA No.1 Girl and BMX Hall of Famer CHERI ELLIOTT, along with her brother KENT, have confirmed an appearance to hand out the “BEST of SHOW” prize.

Winners will be handed a customized Redline FLIGHT Crank trophy, to add to their collection.
Pizza and pop included; courtesy of the Patriot Bike Shop, the Barrette Bros. & Redline Bicycles.

NEED MORE INFO?
Contact: Scott Barrette @ PATRIOT BIKE SHOP = 916-961-9646 or e-mail: bikeshop@softcom.net or gork@seattlebikesupply.com
For Directions to OAK CREEK BMX track, go to ABABMX.com

See you there - Saturday, July 12th.

Looking forward to it! I'm just sorry we have to wait all the way until July 12.

And let me just say that I fully intend to win best pit bike, just try and beat me!

bump

sorry should have looked past the first page...

Any photos?

bunch of them on os-bmx.com

Thanks to all who showed up for the 3rd Annual ROCKFORD of the WEST Vintage Show & Swap. Thanks to gas prices (I figure), turnout was 84 Bikes and only 8 hacks signed up (only 7 raced ... where was Melton?!). That was a bit down from the 130-some bikes last year and 17 hacks.
It seemed like there was definitely good QUALITY of bike over quantity.

BEST MONOSHOCK
Winner: JAKE KILLBOURNE's shiny DAN GURNEY MONOSHOCK
runnerups: John Severin's 16" Stroker Mono

BEST 70's BIKE
Winner: XACH WAGNER's (candy red) REDLINE MICROLINE
runnerups: Perry Will's pearl white Panda Elite, G's 1978 Proline, John Sullivan's '77 "Breithaupt Replica" FMF, G's 1978 Proline.

BEST 80's BIKE
Winner: G's 1980 Redline PL-20
runnerups: Mark Steelman's 1980 Maximum XL, Tony Hart's 1980 Cook Bros., Carson Johnson's SE Quadangle, Troy's chrome 1981 GJS.

BEST 26" CRUISER
Winner: DAVE SHINBURGER's 1979 CHAMPION
runnerups: Tony Hart's 1980 Cook Bros., WFO's black S&S, Mel Wagner's 1979 S&S "3-bar", Perry Wills' copper Cook Bros.

BEST 24" CRUISER
Winner: JAKE KILLBOURNE's PATTERSON 24 w/ GRAPHITES
runnerups: Mike Suarez' 1979 red Champion, Jimmy Roth's '79 white Bassett, G's '83 Redline PL-24, Kevin Misserou's Slingshot 24.

BEST 16" PIT-BIKE
Winner: G's candy-blue REDLINE MX-3
runnerups: Kevin Misserou's '79 white Gary Littlejohn, G's 1976 nickel Squareback Pit, Greg Fong's '82 CW Pit, John Severin's yellow Stroker Monoshock.


BEST FREESTYLE BIKE
Winner: MIKE SUAREZ' 1986 (white) REDLINE RL-20 II
runnerups: Xach Wagner's Skyway T/A, Dylan Williams' '85 (bike), Mike Suarez' 1985 Hutch Trickstar.

BEST OF SHOW
Winner: MIKE SUAREZ' GARY LITTLEJOHN Tandem
runnerups: Tony Hart's '81 Cook Bros., Perry Will's copper Cook Bros 26'er, Kevin Misserou's red Slingshot 24" and Jake Killbourne's mint Patterson 24".

Thanks to all of the participants, spectators who voted on the bikes, and to our presentors at the Patriot Bike Shop awards-gala: Cheri Elliott, Maurice Meyer, Scott Barrette, Randy Shaftner, John "WFO" Severin and special guest Dan Oakley (who made his first appearance at a BMX event since 1983).