A Haro frame and fork like that is basically impossible to find, and if so, that will be over or close to a $1,000. easy.. you might as well abort mission.

Enough with the small talk, start posting old pictures.

sac, mike conway sent me an email on sat 25th,
said he found vbmx and the mn. thread on the vintage bmx side. will let you know what i here.

Okay...before anybody flames me for the crappy quality of the pics, just let me say this is all Ive been able to find so far. Me McCircling.
Freak squeek, no handed After getting back on a bike after 5 years or so...I can still nail these...
Bar endo
and for sheer legenday-ness...heres something I found digging thru a box of old stickers that I found (Only Southern MN people from BITD will understand)

Scott drops in on a mini half we used to hit once in a while. Photo by strike


Tom does a frontwheel lockup slide thing into a pile of dust. Photo by strike


In the midnight hour...
Tom, photo by strike


strike jumping the Delta 88 again.
Photo by Pat Wirz

That last photo looks like he could be Bob and Doug McKenzies long lost brother!!!

And he traded in the Fedora for a tocque!

Nice boots, hoser.......J/K

[ March 30, 2006, 01:20 AM: Message edited by: DitchWeed ]

I'll have you know that, that is my Vikings cap. My parents bought that for me when I was a way little tyke and I still have it to this day. Of course I was NEVER a football fan, but I have my Vikings cap lol.

I can't believe I was snow jumping my Osborn Pro, but I gotta tell ya, that bike was built for everything. Good stuff.

I still like the gravel jump we had for that ONE summer behind Northbrook. John Haggard still talks about the time he rode out of that 360 there! I remember Tom and Denny were getting some MAJOR air too, the fear factor defintiely decreased when going snow/gravel jumping!!

Got any more pics of gravel jumping?

That picture of Tom throwing the dirt is sweet. I'm saving that baby for my own. That General bike. I can't believe I never owned one of those. Those were like the best bikes ever made!

allrighty, heres a few old ones of me i dug up. The picture quality however is only a wee bit better than my last batch.

Anyway heres my first actual freestyle bike - a purp cyclepro freestyle...it was a Master ripoff with Z-rims that served me well until I bought a Trickstar from VBMX user Stagnant BITD.

But even earlier...here I am cathing air on my Huffy Pro Thunder

And again popping a wheelie...err, wait, I mean manualing! SIDE NOTE: If you look closely, you will notice the famed "concentration tongue" that I have yet to grow out of!

From there I moved on to one of my favorite bikes of all time my Schwinn Scrambler 36-36. This was my beloved paper route bike, and also the bike I learned my first tricks on - endos and framestands. Her I am doing that old school standby - the foot jammed in the wheel endo crossup!


[ April 04, 2006, 01:20 AM: Message edited by: DitchWeed ]

OH! Going for the big doubles.. Yes I made it... 1983

what are you riding in that pic, jerry?

Great shots guys...now that's what I'm talkin' about.

1984 I was riding a GT,, That was a great bike. Not sure why I would ever get ride of something like that.

Straight out of Rochester, 2005

After not riding for about 10-15 years, Stines is back! On his new Haro Retro, he was spotted pulling Whiplashes and Rubber rides. OH YEAH!

That bar ride is pretty stoke, I never got to ride with Stines BITD.....We all need to get together for a BBQ soon!!!!

Anybody got a wedge ramp we can transport?

STRIKE?

Nope sorry, no wedge. I wish I still had that launch ramp I used to haul around in the trunk of my car.

KOP that's some bad*** photography on that kickturn shot.

I can't tell you how much this stokes me again! I just watched the Cancer Telethon tape again and our shows at Beltline Schwinn. Legendary...

What an awesome thread!! I wish me and my buds took pics BITD. Brings back huge memories!! Thanks to ALL!!!

[ April 11, 2006, 04:56 PM: Message edited by: bmx7 ]

sac, i was looking through the may 87 bmx plus today, the one with the lesuer contest. look at the photo of the product toss. i am front and center and i think you are on the right -hands out going for the grab. all these years and i never knew i was in that shot. i'm kinda stoked on that.

Rick- I was a mere 8 feet or so away from you in that pic... was that a rad contest or what?

cool, i will bring that issue to the next bbq, we'll have to see who else is in it.
another funny thing i saw was the opening photo, i think, anyway you can see a bunch of busch beer cans on the rail of the announcers tower.
and yeah that was cool, i think everyone fell over on the rafter plant.

Strike,

I forgot about the dustpile... That was in the RPU building during construction. Nice wide open concrete floors, great riding in there.

You have any pics of us spinning dirt up on Matthew? I wonder where he is right now?

Josh White first time in a Cement bowl Upland Skatepark 1985



Josh GT world tour in Japan




Josh and Eddie Gt world Tour

Oh My Goodness! Where did this guy come from? Those pics are some serious sickness.. WOW>>>Did you take these?? I need more of that!!!!!

Glad you enjoy them. They have been archived for years. I took alot (I am Josh's brother) but did not take the World tour pics he sent me those when he was still on tour. A couple more for your viewing pleasure.

Eddie



Josh



[ April 17, 2006, 11:16 PM: Message edited by: custom-cruiser ]

WOw, those are some great pics. It's always cool to see rare pics that weren't in the magazines. You need to keep posting some of those. Are you really Josh's brother though. THere was people talking about him on here awhile ago, wondering where he disappeared to> What is he up to these days? Can you post more of these awesome pics?

I will post the rest of the pics here....

http://www.vintagebmx.com/cgi-bin/ultimate...=3;t=008241;p=2

Ryan Benning from Winona, he had a gift for air!

Hahaha, Benning. Those were indeed good times.

uh-oh, thread death?

c'mon, I know you guys have more pics!!!

Talking to you, SAC, STRIKE, KOP!

ditchweed, we have a hotel room for rockford, buy a ticket and go with us (jerry and I). Sac has some mustang rally he's going to instead...ergh.

anythings possible!

OH,, yEAH,, i'M STOKED... hanging and banging. maybe even some songs with the Stricke vocals?

Now it sounds like the saC might be going...I'll keep ya posted.

KOP, you never know...I might bust out the Copacabana again, but I have a few more tricks under my sleeve.

ok.....I just looked through ALL these pics and LOVED every minute of it! SOMEHOW....last night....I did some searching on the internet...got bored..whatever....was searching around for anything about my freestyling days...and found MANY websites and message boards about this subject and was really excited.

My name is Jim Johnson. I used to ride for schwinn in 87-89...I rode in the "rollin the states in 88 tour" and I KNOW I know you guys...I feel like I've ridden with you guys at comps or at shows...or something....anyway, would love to be a part of your message board and share stories / re-live the past....and all that....anyone remember me?

:-)
jimj90@yahoo.com

Yeah I saw you at a show in Concord, NC about 88 I think. Welcome

Hahaha sure we remember you! If you were in the magazines and you toured...we know who you are lol. I saw you in back in the late 80's at a show in a Minneapolis suburb, Penn Cycle was the bike shop.

Of course you probably don't know us (at least not the Rochester, MN crew), but looking back at the pics I'm sure it feels like you know us because freestyle is like that. Also, you probably DO know the user named "axlepeg" since he was hitting the flatland contest scene in the late 80's/early 90's.

If you want to relive memories, this is the place...feel free to browse the other threads, there's something for everyone!

You're a welcome addition Jim, if you have any pictures you want to post, feel free to do it here.

I remember PENN cycle!

I'll have to find this "axelpeg" and see....I have a BUNCH of pics and plan to start the scanning process this weekend....

Awesome, pics (especially shots pre-stardom) are a huge hit here on Vintage! Glad you found us Jim.

yeah I have some REAL vintage shots pre-during-and post stardom.....as a matter of fact I can go outside and whip up a funky chicken NOW and take a pic of it....LOL....

Jim,
You may remember doing a show in Rome, GA in late summer of 1988. After the show, you, me, Mark Bell and Jamie Wright all rode together for a while. Its a shot in the dark because that was 18 years ago, but you may remember.

yeah, Jim, let's see some of your pics. All those old shots.. any pics of any famous contests and the tours? Can't wait to see them..

Sandy....yes I remember Rome GA definately...where did we go???? Did we have a ramp...and did we set it against a wall???? Did I bend my bars???? These are things that are coming back to me....

KOP, now THAT's an awesome picture!

Jim, I do remember meeting you when you Robert Peterson, and Chris Rothe did a show for a local bike shop in Dalton, GA and probably even have it on video. The local TV station also did an interview with Bert afterwards in which you kept walking through the background of the shot making goofy faces and such. Funny stuff! I've definitely got that on video somewhere if you'd like a copy.

I would LOVe to have that video C Bentley! want to e-mail me so we can get in contact? jimj90@yahoo.com