Any Queens NY guys on this site from the 80's if so post some pictures.Would love to see who is still around.
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Me at Bradock
My name is Elvis

I grew up in Flushing and raced at Braddock a handful of times in the 80s. I raced a Ross Snapper with yellow Z-rims that I bought from LaBee bike store in Flushing. Unfortunately, I have no photos.

Did you know Jessie or Ralph they worked at Labee

What's up Elvis? Man..............I remember riding with you and Tony in the hood. You guys were a couple of years older, us younger kids were in awe. I still have the TrickStar I bought off of Troy Mazzela. If that name rings a bell.
Growing up in Bayside was a trip because as far as I'm concerned......Anthrax always was. lol

Troy Mazzela ya I remember him well. He lives in Florida and has a Mustang Performance shop. Bayside was a blast

Randy was a Queen in the eighties, not sure about the NY part though

I don't remember any names, but I do remember the owner. I recall that he was white, had a beard (maybe red or light brown), and I think a hungarian accent. I vaguely remember the mechanics there - young guys.

How else did you ride with

Labee's........now THERE'S a name I haven't heard in over 20 years.
How about "Bikes Fantastique" on Union tpke? Why did it always seem like the ride there was longer than the ride home?

went to P.S.166 in the early 70's wasnt racing yet

After the LaBee guys stopped taking me to the track my career was over. After that I just rode around with friends in Kissena Park near in the trails near the ten speed track. I recall jumping up the side of ten speed track doing a table top and landing badly.

I also remember my dad buying me a black and gold Redline MX-III with yellow snakebelly tires at Robert's Bicycles in Bayside. Love that bike, but never got to race it. Then it was stolen. Boo hoo. LOL.

Those were the days Eat Sleep Ride no bills no stress no problems just one how am I gonna get my next new bike

I recall going to LaBee with my Ross Snapper and drooling over the Team Jag bikes they had on the floor. Loved the suede seat. I still can't buy a Team Jag because they are so rare and cost a ton of money.

I bought a Floval Flyer recently and got back out on the track for the first time in 25 yrs. I only practiced - no racing for me. I was up at the gate just praying that I didn't fall at the gate or on the track. I made it around unhurt. The track is out on the Island - Shoreham BMX. You should check it out.

Will be there soon my son is 10 and wants to try it.I bought a 24" on craigslist for my self we have been riding dirt jump pump tracks on Long Island

Where are the tracks you go to? I was thinking we should get a Queens ride together. We can start the ride at the RKO Keiths theatre on Main St. and make our way to Kissena Park or Flusing Meadow Park.

Holy smokes! Didn't Troy Mazzela go to JHS 194 in Whitestone? If so, then I know him. As I went there as well.

I grew up in College Point, and did not get into BMX racing, as it was to much out of our price range at the time. If I remember right, there was a track in either Mt. Sinai/Sound Beach or near Rocky Point? This was where we went "vacationing" BITD.

In College Point, there was a guy named Matt Thee that really got into BMX racing. The only thing College Point had was the dumps to ride in and Hadens, across from Grand Union on 14th ave, or something like that. I remember a guy named Wayne Koch got knocked out with a concussion for a week, because someone threw a bike at him in mid jump, and he crashed wearing no helmet. After that, he donned a motorcycle helmet when riding the dumps and other make shift jumps.

Running around College Point, I had a makeshift BMX-Schwinn Stingray frame, with tubular forks, yellow Tuff mags spray painted flat black, and the whole Scrambler BMX set up- box bars, Mesinger set, etc. I "restored" it myself, with parts from Century Schwinn in Whitestone. Even rode it to school one time- from College Point to JHS 194, off of Francis Lewis in Whitestone!

My first bike was a Ross Apollo from Roberts Schwinn on Franny Lew. I used to restore old Camaros as a hobby, but since the kids came along, toned down to old school BMX, from when I remember them. I found my first bike- a green (or avocado as Ross calls it) Apollo Racer, and on one of my last visits to Queens, went to Roberst Schwinn to get a dealer sticker for it.

I have to add, for some reason, the main color combo I remember of BMX in College Point and Whitestone was- black frames with yellow wheels. For the life of me, it seems like everyone had this bumble bee setup. To this day, I have not owned one for the very reason everyone had one BITD!

I thought most dudes from NY were queens!



Cool pic

[quote name='Lonewolf' date='May 9 2009, 07:52 AM' post='779255']
I thought most dudes from NY were queens!



Cool pic
Your mistake we are Kings who hang with Queens

I lived in College Point .My name is Elvis. Troy did go to 194 and Matt was one of my best Friends.I rode in all of those places.My first bike was a blue Grifter with scramber forks.I think I broke everything on that bike before I ws able to save up enough to buy a Redline Proline

Would love to have a Queens ride.They're some trails in prep woods near 73th ave.The other one's are off the LIE at exit 48 kind of hard to find the jumps are big

Cool thanks. Let's get the ride together.