Mike im still goodfriends with Kevin mckinney [he and jr raced in the early 90's]hes still in remourse about the crash he and jr had where his pedal got jr's face .You dont have any pics of them battling do you?
Accually got kevin to get a cruiser this summer and hes rode with me some ,his knee is in very poor shape but we still have fun .

Steve,
I don't remember Kevin's colors/numbers. I might have something, but can't remember what to look for.

Also, you can tell Kevin I think Mike has always felt bad that he might have hurt Kevin's pedal with his face ... seriously, Mike has never complained about that moment. It was no one's fault and could have been worse.

All of you guys had your share of spills BITD.


Mike

He was 28m i believe ...kinda a oger lookin fellow [he knows its his knickname ] bout 6'2 i think they rode together alot between 91-93

Steve,
Here is a number 28. Maybe?




Mike

Hey Steve and Mike,,, Yes there are probably a few pictures around with me on the finish line.. I just am thankful no one ran over me... Charlie is better at picking out the riders then I am.. I have pictures , but all are stored somewhere in a box in Ohio...It was our pleasure and certainly a blessing to have so many friends young and old in so many places we all visited... Thanks to all of you.... CrysDK

Crys,

I have vivid memories of you and Rosie Au standing your ground in many a close encounter at the finish line and just kept recording riders.
You and Charlie had so many friends because you were such wonderful friends to everyone.

Mike


p.s. Sounds like you and Charlie are no longer in Ohio. Good idea, I shoveled out my driveway and two of my neighbors today. It's cold too.

Ok Mike you caught me riding for McFarlands. I see Jason Sevolt's leg in this pick (he just bought a plane). I tracked him down on facebook. The Dk rider in the other pic was Mark Aug. ,B.A. eagle snacks, and RVH sportin his bono fetish. I shure miss seeing all you guys. I had a blast a Rays. No crashes and the DK 24 was Fun. I hadn't rode one in 20 years. I forgot how much easier they jump and ride. I think I may use it at the next old school race. It handles my fat gut better even with the short neck.

Eddie,
The McFarland's and their team were all great people weren't they? -good times-

Hey, no crashes is good. Fun to hear about Jason, his dad was always a good friend and helped Ohio Bmx every chance he got.

Mike

Ed, you going to bust out the cruiser for some racing this year?

There were 5 OH guys at the Indy regional this weekend, just in 35-39 cruiser, and at least 4 of us (I believe) are transplants from the 80s.

I might make a few limited appearences. Nothing to serious. I like to keep the "I don't ride enough to be fast " excuse. Both my boys are playing football again, and that limits the time we can get away. I remember having to quit football to chase all you guys around the country. It was worth it!

rvh had an elf cruiser that i got from him around 86 or87.

Very poor quality photo





... but it will bump this thread.

Mike

OK another poor quality photo. It even looks like light might have spilled onto the film before processing. I keep thinking the #8 rider in this photo is Tom Kinyalocts so I thought I'd post it even with the photographic errors.


Mike

Whoa thats my brother in law eddie winkle =two wheelers unlimited- 33w in the back too!

Steve,
I figured you would know somebody in the photo, you almost always do!

Mike

That is Tommy K, Marty Brown #1?

any of you guys remember Mark Hardy? He probably has been mentioned already on here, but there are too many pages in this thread to remember. Man gettin old sucks!!

here are some pics are finally got around to scanning

Click to view attachment

thats wayne golobic at the old indoor burbank track. Thats where my obession began!

here is a collage of shots that I scanned at once. Should recognize all them. The one shot is off me in my backyard on my Hutch pitbike. Man I wish I still had that damn thing!

The one is of Billy Au, one is the lovely Nikki Danishek, me, and the the indoor one is from Toronto, Canada I believe. The DK guy is Andy Golobic.

here is another collage from the NBL Grands in Louisville from 1984.



click on the pic so it opens up bigger.

last one from memphis in 84 also.

Yeah, I see Mark at all the nationals and state races we attend. He is still very involved and has a wicked fast 12 year old son (national winning calibur kid!).




Billy, I posted some pics earlier in this thread of that moto at the Grands (upper left in this collage). I was in gate 8 - totally forgot we were in the same moto. I have about 3 pics of that.

yep. We were in a lot of the same motos. I am trying to post the pick that was on the cover the BMX Action's January 85' issue. Its a shot of Kevin Collins from our moto in a full on tucked position over the doubles in the second straight. I am right behind him. Going to put it as my pic.

got it to work. A little small but what the heck.

Do any of you remember Mike Earley? He was one of the first older riders that I looked up to BITD. He had a factory ride w/ Puch and did a lot of announcing. He was a super cool dude, and still is. Well... he will be on 60min this Sunday on CBS; they are doing a story on the economic state of Wilmington OH. Mikes had some tough times; lost his son in the war and now his longtime job at DHL is going away. Mike has a cool hobby though and I hope to see some of it on the show. Oh yea... he did change his last name to his surname O'Mahearley or something like that? Anyway..I though some of you might want to check it out.

Here is a preview: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4747825n

Hey Jered.

It's sure good to hear from you. I might have seen you when I went to an open house at DK with Norm White in about 1996 or 1997 (?). Thanks for the lead on 60 minutes this Sunday. Mike looks pretty much the same as he did 25 years ago. I used to stay at his house when I was 16 and he was 18 or 19. Seemed so much older then. I'll be sure to watch.

I don't remember which park we went to that day. There was a place in Sharonville called Dead-Man's that Mike liked. It was a long downhill into a dry creekbed and back up the other side. If that was the day that FM Achor showed up (you remember Lorelei?), I chewed up my shin pretty bad on a pedal slip.

I did have a blue JMC that I ended up cracking at the old Apple indoor skatepark in Columbus with Mike.

You guys got me so excited about old times that I dug out a VHS tape of the last day at Joyce Park in 1983. If you were there that day, there's a good chance that you're on it. If you were, let me know your class and what you would have been wearing and I'll try to find you. Mike was announcing that day too.

Jim

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You guys got me so excited about old times that I dug out a VHS tape of the last day at Joyce Park in 1983. If you were there that day, there's a good chance that you're on it. If you were, let me know your class and what you would have been wearing and I'll try to find you. Mike was announcing that day too.

Jim

Im sure im prolly at that race,mike and tom,the gentrys ,tony wilson,winkles,heck most of the tristate .id like to see it if im in there ill pm you a pic from that time frame .
Funny too the very last indoor ohio race last year i raced at was at hamilton theres some pictures on the hamilton web site [it was november and at night}
Just noticed theres at least 4 or 5 good pictures of my son on the hamiltons site of my boy christian #075 .
I do have to admit ,it isnt the same without all you guys .But 1 by one alot of you are coming out to watch/ race/cheer .Seen eddie packer race last week at dayton indoor he was pretty fast ,he raced against lil nard i think .
http://www.hamiltonbmx.com/index.html

Thanks for the heads-up Jered. He does look the same. Sounds the same. I plan to watch it.

MG

Thanks, for the link. Mike was an important part of Ohio BMX and a friend to everyone at the track. I always loved his announcing work.

Mike

who still has their whitmans uniform?? got mine, doesnt fit, shocking!!

Mike still has his (in my basement).


I am pretty much out of photos except for Mike and Tiffany, but it is a Whitman's Jersey anyway:


Found one that's not my family, but not Whitman's either:


Mike

Awsome,I'll post more photos as soon as i can get around the upload limit,

tell me about. I have to keep deleting pics to post more, even after buying the subscription.

can't you post pics from a free hosting site like putfile? thats what I've done in the past.

I have used photo bucket with no issues.

Looks like nobody used those berms in the pics above.. Those full face Darth Vadar masks....man, what a trip....

Excellent observation! I always found it interesting that the really good racers found the fast line quickly, no matter how the track was built or where the dirt was placed.
Mike

going to use photo bucket to post more pics. Just found a bunch at my parents house.

hey Reddy, what time are you up in the morning checking this site out???? I see your post is from 5:45 A.M.???

Don't tell anyone, but I was already at work.

I still have a Whitmans jersey; I wish I had one like these:


from our local paper Jan 81

Jared, that pic is very cool. I really like the early stuff.

This is about as early as I go with photos. No Whitman's jerseys here.

But team flannel was strong!



Mike

Oh, here's a Whitman's jersey, (both photos have rare 1.75 wheels too)

Dig the uni seat! That at least offset the front brakes added weight required for some in between moto freestyle moves.

MR- tell us more about that team flannel photo; who,where & when?

Junior sure has nice form in that gate pop, I bet he won that moto, what track is that?

Jrad,
!st the flannel - Probably when you were already racing for Whitman's I found a Redline with Bob Reedy pedals, Bullseye hubs, Scott Mathauser brake pads, sealed bottom bracket and much much more at a police auction. I didn't even know what BMX was but the bike was cool and other people were bidding like crazy on it. The rear tire was a non-knobby street tire. I bought it for $170 and went to Eastland Schwinn to find out were you could race them. They told the about the Madison Township track. I found an old 1/2 helmet in a field and painted it like the "Chips" tv show. (I hope Mike doesn't read this) poor kid had to have a cheap skate for a dad. Anyway, I bought the cheapest number plate I could find, cut a number 5 out of some prism material, grabbed a long sleeve shirt (Flannel) for Mike, threw the Redline in the back of my 1957 Nomad and headed for Madison. I was furious when they made me add a #1 in front of his #5. In his typical style, Mike just went with the flow and had a great time. So that is Mike in front at what I am pretty sure was his first race. I think we started about 1980. There wasn't really a team flannel, but it looks like it in that photo. I cannot remember the other two riders.

I cannot remember the details on the second photo. I do not recognize the gate or the starter/gate-watcher on the hill. Also Mike usually did not race on 1.75 wheels so it's all confusing to me.


Eddie,
We did try to save weight especially up high on the bike and in the rolling mass (wheels and tires).


Mike

my bet would be Mike Jr. bent up his 1 3/8's and had to race on the 1.75's. Trying to remember a race that had happened, think it was a state race.

I remember at least once that he lost most of the spokes on a wheel, so it could be.

Here's a bunch of small tires (and low numbers on plates):




Mike

p.s. I don't think this is a repeat photo, I'm about out.

Thanks Mike, i really really like that flannel photo, looks like it could be a cover shot for a old book "bicycle moto-cross" w/ the flag & all. Got any pics of the Nomad? Can we see it?

By the way what camera did you shoot all these awesome pics with? I'm assuming that photography is one of your hobbies?

Edit - I went ahead and started a car & truck photo thread under the "everything else" cat. put the nomad in there.