Hi guys,

I've been busting to tell you all for a while now. Some of you may have seen a thread I started recently with a whole bunch of riding pics from around 88-92, well it was just so great to see them. Just before all these pics resurfaced I had a box show up on my door step and inside was my old master frame. Two of my old friends made this happen...Con and Rodney. Thank you guys.

The story goes that I sold this frame to a riding buddy around 1990 and was then sold to Con a short time after. Con moved to Greece to live for a year or so and this frame stayed there for around 15 years after....in a box....in a shed. It wasn't untill Con had his parents send the bike back that Rodney and Con recognised that it was my original frame. Not long after was it back in my hands with no question of payment or anything the like. true mates. This is how it looked when I got it back..




It was so cool to see the odyssey decal there that I had put on many years before but the part that really settled in my mind that it was truly my og frame was the letter H that I had the great idea of cutting out whith a razor blade. I was going to do the whole HARO but after almost removing three of my fingers I thought that just the H looked pretty cool. The second I saw the H I was just gobb smacked....my old bike was sitting in my garage. It was like all the collecting and time I had spent on this site and with bikes, had equated to this pinnicle moment. To own some of the cool bikes I once had was an honour but to have MY old bike back? Speachless...



Obvously I waas never going to remove the decals but I thought I would try and make it a little closer to what it once was. I thouth the fair thing to do was to us the only technology that would have been available to me as a 16 year old, to help restore this. Spray paint, a hammer, a huge shifter and a whole lot of haste were my tools of trade. I was lucky enough to have some decals that Scott Joines once gave me ( Where are you Scott? ) and from memory this is what I ended with...




Not long after this all our old pics surfaced and with it my old bars, levers and the evidence of what my bike once looked like. The memory had faded but came shooting back after seeing the pictures. This is what I saw...

Waza, a year or so before had given me a hutch stem. It seems like it was sitting in my shed waiting for this moment. Jarvi also totally hooked me up with a set of forks and the jive handles and Rodney after seeing all our old pics relised he was in posession of my old bars and levers.......I have been asking myself what have I done to deserve all this generosity. All I can say is that I am extemely lucky for the people I have in my life.

Yesterday a packaged rolled up at my door from a friend who wanted to be a part of this build and I now have some wheels....a huge thanks Mark An this is how she stands. just to get some wheels on this was just amazing...it now looks like a bike!!






I'm going to keep adding here my progress. I'm not in a huge rush and I can see most of what I need on ebay BUT I will need the help of some of you fine gentlemen in regards to some info. I am trying to remeber if I sprayed my chainwheel bitd. Were gt chainwheels available in blue? (Not anno ) and if any of you with a keen eye that can see the jive handles decal on my seat tube.....has anyone ever seen on of these? I think they may have come with the grips bitd.

Anyway, thats the story for now.....I haven't been around here for a while and I see lots of new names and not as many old ones. I'm looking forward to hanging out some more. VBMX still feels like home

Wow, too cool man! You have to build it up and re-create some of those photos now.

thanks! I'm up for it. I may just have to crash in on someones parade for the full affect!..lol

^^^Now THAT would be Awesome! Lol!

Find this guy for the shot too.





(taken from one of your old photos in another thread)

LMAO!!! I may have to wait for the Rocky horror stage show to come to town...hehe

That's wicked coolness. You're one lucky dude! Good to see you back.
I don't think I have any parts like you ran, but I can donate a good seatpost and a recessed front brake bolt for the front if you don't have one. I'll look for other stuff.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure GT did have a blue powerdisc.



Yes. Chris Lashua was on the cover of Freestylin' on a black Mongoose Decade Pro doing a steamroller. On his Compact Disc sprocket he had just the word "Jive" cut out of that sticker.

Can't wait to see you slap some duct tape on your shoe and post some pix of you shreddin' that thang up!

Scratch that. I'm talking about the April '88 issue. You can't see it on the cover but inside there's a two-page spread of him doing a footplant on some Boston banks with a great view of it. My bad.

Man, thanks, its good to be hangn and thanks for the kind offer. I actually am sorted for brakes and I can get a post no probs. Cheers for the info, I was pretty sure I bought the disc blue. Funny thing with the decal is I have come across a few pairs of jive handles in the past but none of them had that decal in the bag. I hope Brian P will stop by, I'm pretty sure he will have a few sets of grips in the bag.

I know a few guys who have had their bikes and never let them go but for this to head around the world and come back with none of my own influence, just feels incredable..

No problem Axlepeg, I'll look it up

now THAT is what i love about this hobby!!
i dont have that EXACT Jive sticker, but i have these if youre interested in one.

Oh man, classic. Thats them! You know what, if I could even get a scan and a measurement, I would be indebt to you. The ones I will need have a light blue back ground with red lettering. You made my day mate. For some reason I thought I would never see those again... Thank you!!

Great story and build up Scotty. Looks like you'll be riding it in no time!

I just love these happy reunions. Getting back your personal frame or components is the best there is to this hobby. Great you got your old Master back, looks good so far. My black/black 88 Master used to have stripped top tubes exactly like yours, except my reason was so it would look more like an Ozone at the time. Can't wait to see this bike completed.

hey Scott, Its algood to help you out. with all the times in the last few years youve helped me out, its a pleasure to give back......

Cheers Glenn.....however I will have to get some gt power series cranks first! I had expensive taste back then, didn't I?...lol

Thanks Timo, its been such a trip. I cant wait to ride it!!

You know how I feel about all this Rod Its just so great to be able to share this here.

Before I shoot off tonight I wanted to show you all some other incarnations of my frame.....

Here is a pic of how Luke had it built after I sold it to him. Personally I LOVE the way he had it. Very tidy and understated..



And how Con had it built. Not so quite tidy and understated...lol but screaming freestyle...

this is something we sometimes forget and that is it is FREESTYLE! this is where its at!

Good to see some progress with this Scott. You forgot to mention the cracking deal on the Gt Power Series cranks. This seems like one of those builds that is coming together without a lot of effort, even if the timeframe is long.

As for recreating the photos, I'm sure we can find a parade somewhere and the magic of photoshop might turn it into a late 80s/early 90s version

James. there is something I have to tell you about the cranks..

All I will need is my bike and the crowd......if we could just photoshop the grey hair out

great reunion scott...i can't wait to see it complete....
more important glad to see you back...

This is the best thread I've seen on here in ages. Congrats on getting your old bike back!

Very cool story and couldnt have happen to a nicer guy, nice work Scotty I am very happy for you


I look forward to the finished build and some up to date freestyle action shots!

Wow, amazing story. Can't wait to see this bike built up

Best thing I have read in a long time, I have a fusion disc if you need it,LMK

Great story! It looks like it's coming together nicely!

I had an '88 Master that I let go too. Man, I wish I could get that one back. Funny thing, mine was the turquoise one, but I did the same as you.. made the top tubes chrome. I think we all did that back then. Looked great!

Jeff

i second that...this is what was missing for a while...

SO What parts are you looking for?

Hey, thanks everyone. I knew you would all dig it. It really is a great feeling to be back.

You know Bluesteez I'm pretty sure I should be able to gather up most of the parts. I'm happy for you all to keep an eye out for some lever parts or levers for me. The dredded odyssey rx-5 barrel adjusters and locking buttons!! But I'm not really stressing....its taken 22 years so far so whats another 6 months?...lol

wonderful story!

scotty, pm me your mailing address and ill get a sticker on the way to you.

What a great thread/story!!! How many of us on here have wondered whatever happened to the bikes we let go bitd?! And to hear a story of someone who actually got there bike back after all these years is more than awesome. But honestly, just as cool as it is for u to get your bike back, It's equally cool to see how this bike has survived through the years and all of it's transformations. Your bike is a true survivor!

Would it be too bold or difficult to have us on Vintage unite and assist others in locating our old scoots? The majority of the bikes we had were high end enough that they wouldn't be ditched to the curb?!? For example, in the Rochester,NY area (Hilton) has anyone seen my baby blue '86 Dyno Compe II, white '87 General RL Osborn Pro with Haro Master forks? The chance that these bikes went to collectors hands has got to be pretty high. When I left for college my father GAVE these bikes away along with a ProRacer frame and all of my collected parts. "But you didn't ride them any more" is the lame excuse I got.

I love the fact that his story had a happy ending and he got his OG bike back. I am terribly jealous...

oldschoolrider88...pm sent. That is very kind of you...thank you

I have to tell you guys this.

I work in a bike shop in Maroochydore, Queensland and the head mechanic ( Jason ) had a pretty similar life to all us. Big into freestyle, had a master, skyway and an rl20II at one point. When I got my frame back I took it in for him to look at and he was stoked as was I. He began to tell me the story of him selling his master to a local kid in Cooroy ( 30 min drive away ) so I suggested he search for his bike. A couple of days later he came in with a name and address of Ben, the kid who bought his master, so I encouraged him to call him. 3 months later I suspected a bit of procrastination!!!! So I said " give me his bloody details! " that same afternoon I went home looked his parents phone no. up in the white pages and called. To my surprise it was Ben who answered. I basically told Ben of the story to this point. Ben was stoked that I had called. He remembered Jason and talked about him as if he had looked up to him as a kid. He also said he still had Jasons bike and that he would bring it down for us to look at. I didn't tell Jason that he was coming down and left it at that.

A week went by and Ben dropped in with Jason's bike. I have never seen a man so surprised.....lol I'm still laughing. I told Jason some dude needed to have his bike checked over and to go out the fron to look at it, tricked him a beauty!

Ben asked me if I could have a look at his road bike that he also brought down, I was like " no worries". He asked me if I could help him sell it as he didn't want it anymore. My brother happened to be looking for a road bike at the time and payed Ben a fair price for a fair bike. Ben was so stoked he told Jason that he could have his old master back. That was pretty much the coolest thing I have ever seen anyone do.....and how stoked was I? I helped Jason find his old master, I helped Ben sell his road bike and I helped find my bro a cool bike in his price range...... Thats a triple dexter super nova whammy in my book!!

So boostedracing, I think there is maybe something in your suggestion.....everything that happened in the story above, happened with two phone calls!!!

oh, I forgot to mention. Ben had kept Jason's master in great conditon and at one point had the frame, fork, bars and post re-chromed...hehe

WOW Just WOW. I have no idea where to start looking for my PK. Somewhere in Sydney!
Great story Scott.

ok guys, heres my side of the story. Our mate Con had given me his master after getting his hoffman big daddy sorted and customised. id been lookin at it in my shed for a while and had been talkin to Scott just about stuff. when we worked out that I may have his master sitting in front of me. pretty much I had talked to Con and we decidesd to send Scott his old school Ride.
little on down the track I purchased some kuwahara bars from another old friend of Scotts and mine. and I had been looking through some photos and noticed I had Scotts bars, well I packed them off with a few other goodies and sent them off. Ive got to say its a great feeling to give somebody something that was theirs so many years ago
mate, none of this was a second thought. I know you would do the same

Wicked story(ies) mate.
You must have some kind of good karma Scott

Can't wait to see the finished replica (and the 2010 action pics !)

Congrats! A very special thing right here!

Dan

This thread just keeps getting better!

What did you do with them Scott? Can wait to tell me when we speak if you are too embarrassed to admit it publicly.

Thinking about this a bit more, I think the forks I sent you were the ones I bought from BOB-O a long time ago when I planned to do the 88 Team Sport and realised the frame would take too much work.

I have a standing offer to the dude who stole my baby blue Trick Star at a flatland contest back in the fall of '88 in Batavia, Ill.: If you want good karma, I will forgive and forget everything -- just give me my old bike back! I don't expect to see it anytime soon.

The problem is, I can name that bike part for part -- white Hutch Woody bars, white hutch freestyle stem, blue and black mushroom grips, white gyro, white odyssey 2000 breaks in the front, white pitbulls in the back, RL Edge rims and tires, white peregrine three-ice cranks, Shimano DX pedals, Peregrine CD sprocket, white Gnarly Charley pegs in back, chrome Dyno drainpipe, white and black Hutch seat, white odyssey seat clamp. But I have nothing (ie serial numbers) that I could use to definitively identify that frame as mine. Those parts were probably long gone less than a month after the bike was stolen.

All I have would be the hope is that the guy would be on here and say, dude, I remember stealing that bike, I'm sorry! The chances of that happening is zero, as the guy who took it probably wasn't really a rider then, and isn't into the scene now. Or maybe he's sold it long ago on eBay for a small fortune.

Oh well. If I had the time and energy, I could buy a Trick Star frame and try to rebuild it, but I just don't have the inclination.

Was that the one comp at Funway? I remember going to one but I think it was in 1989.

Yes, I think it was. There was a bicycle shop near the road, then behind it and down a small hill (near a river, I think) was a big parking lot where they did the runs. I think there might have been a skating rink and an arcade (maybe a bowling alley?), but I don't remember exactly. It might have even been 89, but I replaced the Trick Star with a pink and white Itson Strike Zone, which is an 88. Also, I seem to remember being a sophomore in high school, but I could be wrong there, too.

Anyway, I went into the shop to sign up for the contest, came out and my bike was gone. There were at least 10 other bikes out there, all lying there unattended, but mine got stolen. Sucked. Then I went on to do the contest on my friend's bike, and it was awful -- he had it set up really, really small, and I couldn't do anything on it.. Add that to the mental impact of the stolen bike, and I had one flop of a run. Felt like a squid.

But the trip up to the contest was fun. It was a Sunday, so my friend had to go to class at the Art Institute of Chicago. My other friend and I toured the Museum, then we drove the rest of the way to the contest in a Volkswagen Rabbit. Three guys, three bikes in a Rabbit for a couple hours. One guy had to sit in the back with the seat folded down and the bikes piled on top of him. At least there was more room on the way back!

Ride that sucker!

Will do Mark! Polished the hubs today, they look great man.

Sounds like good times R ( not the bike theft ). I'm positive there is at least some of our bikes out there....just waiting to be found. I say do whatever you can to hunt them down. fining your old bike has to be the best part of this hobby, just like Timo said.

Rodney, I will never forget this mate..

What a cool story, and congrats on getting your actual bike back Scott.
I have the same kind of bike I rode BITD but not the actual one. I'm not sure whatever even happened to it in order to attempt to track it down.

Here is a quick progress report boys. As you can see I have some fork pegs which are awaiting hardware courtesy of Big R (legend) and a Tioga disc from a mate, Kyle, he actually gave me the pegs too, such a huge help. Also you will see the vision decals which Jas from work had. It was amazing to say the least that he had bought a pair of vision sneakers bitd just as I had, but had kept the stickers all these years. He was stoked to give them to me and I put them just as I had back in 88. Pat (oldshcoolrider88) gave me the Jivehandle decal ( keep an eye on the mail in a couple of weeks Pat!) and I have another on the way from Raul ( thank you so much fellas!!), which will complete all the stickers I put on my bike bitd. I know the jive handle decals are not the same colour as I had bitd but I'm overjoyed to have the ones I have. I actually thought there would be no chance of finding these stickers so to say I'm stoked would be an understatement!

Its getting there!







Thank you everyone for all the help I have recieved.

That's looking cool! Awesome that you got hooked up with the old stickers too.

Thanks Don! Yeah, I never thought I would see those decals. I was starting to think I would have to make them I am really enjoying watching this come alive. Cant wait to ride her!!

Looking great! I have a NOS pair of blue Jive Handles grips that I don't have a use for. They might go well with those decals, but then they might be too much blue, depending on which way you plan to finish the build. They are yours if you want them.