Steve-top pic from the above post, can you name the track?

I was thinking defiance and timmyd said he thought so too?

you are correct. I remember clipping the inside tree with my handle bar during a state race and the 90 degree right hand turn

Hi everyone,
I raced from 1981-89 in the birls class-- powder puffs!!! I started when I was 7 and raced Jennifer Norman, Jennifer Hembury, Jodi seavolt, April Brumfield to name a few. My brother and cousin raced- Mike and Marc Flora. My dad ran the Springfield track for awhile.Wasn't that a cool track with the bridge.There's going to be a new track there in Springfield at the same place as the old track. Would love to see another bridge there!!

I grew up , got married and had kids. Now I have 4 of them racing.I think it would be neat for everyone to get together , bring pics, videos and just talk about the "old days." Has anyone tried to have a get together here in Ohio?

If any of you are interested in helping to design the Springfield track , find out what's going on there , or volunteer you can contact the guy who is getting this track going- kevin at 58emod@sbcglobal.net.

Steve Smith, I remember you. A couple of other names I haven't heard and they raced for Whitmans are Debbie Baker and a girl named Donna ... not sure of her last name tho.

Angie Darst

Heres a peice of history:timmy do you still have this?

I want to thank everyone that has talked or put up pics on this site. brings up good memories. So much so that i just got my new cruiser the other day. I also bought my daughter a bike. I went riding the last 2 days and love it. Look fowarding to racing soon. But fat and out of shape. hopefully change that soon.

Steve , yes i do . just took that pic yesterday. stumpy, i know i've been lookin 4 a cruiser. i want to race at the next reunion. i still have my 20'' cycle craft, lookin to sell so i can buy an old school cruiser, i should have keep my cruiser.

There are so many new people getting invoved with this thread, we may need to do a winter get together. Maybe we could hit Ray's so those of us who wanted to ride could.

RAYS!!! RAYS!!!! RAYS!!!!! Just name the time and date.

Once I get my new fork installed, I am game any time!

timmyd what cyclecraft is it i might be interested? I used to race them back in the day. Cris C thanks for the help on the gearing for cruisers the other day at heer park. Anyone going to the thanksgiving national? And count me in for Ray's although never been there.

No problem at all. Anything I can do to help, just give me a shout. Everyone approaches this a little differently, but I think we discussed a great place to start..

I doubt I am heading to Morristown, but Ray's is sounding better every day as the realization our outdoor season is quickly coming to a close.

Chris C

Where is Rays, if it isn't to far I might make a trip up one weekend before it gets too cold and wet to ride outdoors,,,

Joey Sears

Ray's is in Cleveland and is a massive indoor mountain bike park, but has plenty of things BMXers love to ride.

Check out http://www.raysmtb.com/ for all the scoop.

Some of us Michigan guys were just talking about Rays, we have a group from here that would like to attend.

I would be all for expaning the "ohio vintage guys at Ray's" concept to a "Vintage BMX at Ray's" concept. Could be wayyyyyyy cooooolll!!!

Funny thing is, I've only been there once. But, I loved every second of it!

Stumpy, my cycle craft is '87 gary debacker signature series, bigger than a junior but smaller than an expert, factory colors light blue and razzberry, fredz bars, dk neck, bullseye cranks, hutch hubs, 20x1 3/8s wheels [rims,spokes pitted,rusty] age of rider 12-15 would be sweet bike for someones kid.

Chris I vote you set up the "Rays Old School Revival". Heck they might hook us up if we bring a big group. I went last year and had a blast. And I suck!

the weekend deal looks cool at rays. Hotel! just like the old days

Just did the group of guys, hotel, and road trip old school thing to Evansville and had a blast.

Count me in on rays!



If any of you are looking for a bike parkers in piqua is where i got my sons dk .He was over 30.00 cheaper then even dans [he drives down and picks up his orders once a week he says]
Heres a link to one of his craigslist ads his # is in there too.
http://dayton.craigslist.org/bik/881053443.html

What month are we looking at rays?

Stumpy, i see Steve posted a rear pic of my cycle craft, that would be the one on the right, left is my big bear chop.

Lagonda in Springfield was awesome! Also, Todd Lyons, Billy Au, Lawan Cunningham and Bubba McIntosh were regulars at Hilliard, Cobra, phase 4 and of course, the Christmas Classic.

I am hoping for multiple trips EACH month!

I am going to the Christmas Nationals and need to ride somewhere. My skill is so little and so fickle. Any groove I get into will be gone in a few weeks if I don't ride regularly. LOL

Hey Chris,
Lets pick a date when I see you tomorrow and we can post it here and get a group together. Do any of you other guys have a date in mind?

I need to keep the little bit of skill I have sharp before the Christmas Nationals myself. I know Mike and the Mulisha guys would be in also.

I just got around to posting this, but it goes with the Christmas Nationals stuff a couple pages ago . . .

Stumpy, good to hear you bought another bike. Hopefully I can get into town next summer and we can ride together like the old days!

I've heard alot about Rays bike park and would certainly try to come back for a get-together riding session!! Make it happen guys!!

hey brian good to hear from you. My go to vegas for the last supercross in may I know your not far from there. Looking foward to doing a lot of riding even got my daughter a bike to start riding.Trying to find some old pics to post too

I'm up for a trip up to Ray's this winter. Can't wait to hit the Kenda hip jump if they still have it.

I am really anxious to get there. Maybe even in the next week or two?

I started a "rays" Thread so we can get some people interested that hasnt checked out the ohio thread .Put the date on there im looking forward to it to after seeing that video.Greg post your pic on that hip on there too!

we have a date in mind for rays?

I will contact them tomorrow to see if they can do a group thing for us. I will let everyone know tomorrow. Maybe we can get a special group rate or something

I love the pixs!

CHECK THE DUDE WITH THE TWIGS AND BRANCHES ON HIS HELMET..MICHIGAN LEGEND EDDIE BAUER

Those guys were burly ,they always ran the twisted spokes remember?

Steve

Were there 2 different Whitmans uni's, one's for the guys who were really on the team, and some you could buy at Whitman's, I see all of these Whitmans uni's in the Pics, but some are different,

maybe hand me downs from Different years,,what was the deal, ?

the one with the black was the national team, the others were not on the national team.

I used to order a lot of stuff from Whitman's over the phone and in the mail. Got hooked on their good service via the ads that were in Bicycles Today. Big Nard and the others there sent me the goods UPS fast. I even bought an all white Whitman's jersey from 'em. Sold it a while back online.

How does November 16th sound to everyone?

At first glance, it sounds good. I will run it by my "calendar" at home.

If you are interested in going to Rays check the BMX racing forum for the official Rays thread where you can get time, date, and sign up info for the Vintage BMX Day at Rays.

Brian Wick

has anybody on here been to that indoor dayton track? They have a race there this weekend wondered if it was worth the trip.

Yes ,do you have a cruiser?Im planning on racing every weekend there and some at indy indoor too.Any weekend you are planning to come let me know ill be there for sure.
The track is fun its not bumpy its pretty smoothe lots of jumps .nice starting hill too.
We usually have 35-39 guys but theres also 30- 35 s too sometimes we have allmost a full gate!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rlkF5OdWqlI

NBL or ABA?

Yeah #5 is Butch Thurman

How do I know Jared -

This is Butch, Been a Long time

aba .
Long time no see butch !