Looking Good! Got any before pics?

*bites tongue*

sorry, no before pics....was just the f/f.

STRIKE---spill it man. Speak up.

That's a nice bike and I'm just being a jerk lol. Ya see, I have a deep seated dislike for those frame and fork sets (as well as the Schwinn Freeform-EX (YO!'s)). So ya see, I'm just being a d1ck and that F&F really is in good shape, so don't mind me and my prejudices.

thats cool. I had one as a kid so Im kinda partial....thats all. To each their own.

Yeah, I can appreciate that

Strike, I'm glad you piped up about this: I for the life of me cannot understand how Diamond Back sold so many of these, the platforms are completely useless. I'm not knocking anyone who bought one BITD or scoops one up now (hey, useless vintage Freestyle is still vintage Freestyle) I'm just saying wow that frame is a head scratcher. At least they made up for it the Woody Itson Strike Zone that came out a couple years later.

I can see where people who grew up riding these bikes could have a soft spot for them and I honestly mean them no disrespect. Was that politically correct enough? I have a soft spot for the really weird and completely assinine frames with goofy standers and the kitchen sink on them, so I know what it's like.

The problem I have with the DB Hot Streak ('85/'86) and the Freeform EX (yo) is that they seem like they were designed by guys in suits trying to create a "freestyle" bike while still adhering to the CPSC rules. Sure they did it but honestly, a race bike with bolt on standers would have been a much better option. In other words, they were out to make a buck off the new trend. Ok, I've said way more than I planned to lol.

I agree, the Strike Zone was an amazing F&F, I seriously considered getting one before deciding on the Osborn Pro.

That is funny because when I see one of the "kitchen sink bikes" that you admit to liking I have the opposite reaction. I dont equate them with hardcore true rider designs, I think of a bike that obviously the suits where designing.

At a board meeting in some corporate skyscraper in the 80s "The kids are into places to stand so lets place this big luggage rack thingey on the back and may loop some tubing up over the fork...and oh yeah add a space to hold a big gulp on the handlebars and we can do a promotional tie in with 7-eleven!"

I see the back standers on the DB being no less useful than the back standers on the Haro Master that we all agree where the pinnacle of freestyle design for their time. In fact they are less out of the way. (Please if you have any doubts regarding my Haro alligence look to the left at my avatar pic and read my sig. I am a Haro guy through and through. I am not slagging the Master... I love it!) While I am not sure about the front standers on the forks I would by no means say that the DB is any more gimmicky than any other "freestyle" bike of that time frame and I would go on to say it was significantly more efficient and practical a design than some.

I completely agree with the comments about the absurdity of the frame (it is).....but this was my first "cool" bike as a kid so, naturally, I had to have another now that Ive re-discovered my childhood obsession with these old BMX/Freestyle bikes.

Truth be told, I now have 3 of these damn things. This is the only one that has been (nearly) built. What can I say? I cant NOT buy one when I see it for a good price!


Yes, the rear standers are mostly worthless, while the fork standers are TOTALLY worthless. Thats why, as a kid, I had GT frame and fork standers on mine.

I still stand by my claim that the DB is significantly less "absurd" than say this...

http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/vector/28447

I tried to just link to the pics but it wouldnt let me.

Oh I agree, that frame and fork are way over the top, but at the very least the framestand is functional. Think about it, can you carry a bag of groceries on the DB? No way!

What kind of brakes are you going to put on that baby?

Ive got black DC 880s for it.....waiting on levers and Tuff Pads.