[The Sound of Milli Vanilli?!]

Didn't find a topic so i made one. What bikes do you all have? do you even have one?

Here's mine, some old Crescent bike i found in an old barn, fixed it up a bit, changed all the nuts and bolts, greased the chain, gave it a wash, changed the tires, changed the saddle to a white Italian sports one and added the funky checkered rear view mirror, all to the total cost of $0




Excuse the extremely sh*tty picture. sh*tty phone what can i say?

This post has been edited by The Sound of Milli Vanilli?! on Wednesday, Jul 21 2010, 17:44

[radltzx]

Seriuosly though, I really do love to ride my bicycle.

Here's the bitch:



I know it looks a bit cartoonish n stuff, but I love it. Bought it over 9 years ago, but somehow only this and past season I really started to ride everywhere with it, literarily, I mean I barely walk anymore (P.S. I don't have a car).

So yeah, it's my daily driven vehicle.

This post has been edited by radltzx on Wednesday, Jul 21 2010, 19:34

[*MURDOC*]

Here's my BMX, in .gif form to make you feel seasick.



And heres my Road bike, I havent taken the bottle holder thing off yet, Ive just not felt like finding the right socket to fit it, I never use the damn thing.



So much fun on dirt jumps and the street.

I've also got a cruiser type bike, its a 3-speed with no exposed hardware, the gears change inside the back hub.

This post has been edited by *MURDOC* on Friday, Jul 30 2010, 17:10

[luigidude]

i have:
a aluminuim appolo bmx, great over jumps
and a 21 speed barracuda jump bike, which is great but needs some work done on the brakes.

[Slamman]

I had one bought off eBay, I thought it was a Hutch and I had to pay $$ for shipping, I had it stored till weather was nice, and it was then subsequently STOLEN, like all my prior bikes, disappeared without trace. I am so jinxed by bad luck, but in the same week (I filed a report with local police) I found a nice bike at the Goodwill, got that for less then $40, I had to research it as well, It's Haro Bikes Nyquist Edition, That's Ryan Nyquist who still rides for Haro, black and chrome, readjusted for my height, I like it, one of the best SEATS I've ever come across for BMX biking since it's cushioned for touring, not racing!
My favorite 20 inch saddle goes to Kabuki BMX in 1982 though, my first REAL bike, again...stolen!

[*MURDOC*]

You bumped this topic for that!?

The Haro seat is not cushioned for "touring", it's cushioned so you don't kill your ass when landing from jumps, the Nyquist is a dirt/street bike.

My seat seen above is off a Haro Dave Mirra signature BMX.

[jaysteels]

Also got a hill avalanche
gonna get actual pics soon..

BTW around 1972

This post has been edited by jaysteels on Sunday, Aug 14 2011, 21:32

[*MURDOC*]

I used to have a pair of "his & hers" Peugeot comfort bikes, they were nice.

[King Mystery]

Radltzx, your bike is awesome. What's it called?

[Slamman]

QUOTE (*MURDOC* @ Saturday, Aug 13 2011, 17:25)

You bumped this topic for that!? The Haro seat is not cushioned for "touring", it's cushioned so you don't kill your ass when landing from jumps, the Nyquist is a dirt/street bike. My seat seen above is off a Haro Dave Mirra signature BMX.

I've been into BMX for as many years as you were unborn, fella! Since 1980 basically. I don't have an uploaded picture, but I meant the OLD racing seats are intended to have NO covering as to cut the air in racing use and be as light as possible. The age of Titanium being used for super-light bikes. The Nyquist bike is for Freestyle, where BMX term is used often enough, but incorrectly so, BMX is solely racing on a track like Motorcycle Motocross.
I'd suspect some people DO know this already. Bob Haro had others make hardware for him, like Torker bikes.
He made his claim to fame producing number plates for racers, with his own art skills, he was a rider, and was notable for the Stunts we see in the famed film E.T.
He's not credited because he was not a SAG member (Screen Actors Guild)

[*MURDOC*]

Big f*cking deal, I know more about the sport, new or old school, than you'll ever know oldilocks.

And unlike you, I actually ride BMX, I've done every form of it since I was a child, and I still do.

So you can go ahead and be a fan, but I actually ride the things, and I don't mean to the local goodwill to look for old electronics.

[Blackout?]

I've got a road bike from the early 70's I like WAY too much to sell.

[*MURDOC*]

QUOTE (Blackout? @ Sunday, Aug 14 2011, 00:15)

I've got a road bike from the early 70's I like WAY too much to sell.

I love classic road bikes, especially ones with extremely 70's paint schemes.

[Slamman]

What does that mean? "Road bike"? I had a 1970s Schwinn "Ten Speed", that was the atypical bike of the day! Now there's a sharp contrast between the different biking eras.

I use them to commute, there's nothing wrong with that, I was probably too young at the time to have nerve to race. It also depended on where you reside, if you could actually RACE BMX, there was only one I recall from memory around here. As for stunting I crashed severely and at that point I decided not to tempt fate. This was pre-protection days Murdoc (speaking of just Freestyle for kicks.... I faceplanted and I nearly cracked my skull!

This post has been edited by Slamman on Sunday, Aug 14 2011, 10:15

[ThePinkFloydSound]

I gots me a BMX that I salvaged from getting thrown out. I don't BMX or anything, my only trick is being able to sit on the bike backwards and cycle around. I can do it quite well too.

I just got given another bike. A sort of mountain bike. I live in a city beside some nice parks and close enough to the sea so I just go cycling there. Love it!

Cycling again has given my favourite music new meaning. Nothing like pissing down a road listening to your favourite album pumped with adrenaline.

I'll post pics later.

[radltzx]

QUOTE (King Mystery @ Sunday, Aug 14 2011, 00:37)

Radltzx, your bike is awesome. What's it called?

It's uhh.. Quest I guess. It's just some random cheap bike, nothing fancy.

I'm actually looking to get a new bike for myself, and curently looking at something like this. Any of you guys go mountain biking?

[*MURDOC*]

QUOTE

This was pre-protection days Murdoc (speaking of just Freestyle for kicks.... I faceplanted and I nearly cracked my skull!

I don't ride with pads dude, and I've taken some pretty ridiculous slams, but rather than pussy out like you, I get back on my bike and ride, because I'm passionate and I love it.

[jaysteels]

QUOTE (Blackout? @ Sunday, Aug 14 2011, 05:15)

I've got a road bike from the early 70's I like WAY too much to sell.

seconded

[4 Bagger]

I don't ride bikes anymore, at all. I used to do just for the crack. Didn't really go far on them either. I had some crappy little mountain bike, only cost me around £40 at the time, brand new.



Shouldn't imagine I would even be able to get on it now, apart from the fact it's locked in the shed covered with rust and dust.

This post has been edited by 4 Bagger on Monday, Nov 14 2011, 17:16

[Slamman]

Saw a somewhat nice Schwinn Predator at the Goodwill for $15, Not sure I'd buy it though, I wanna get some opins? Probably 90s at the latest, some years back I can tell, it doesn't follow current BMX bike looks and trends, could be late 1980s, but not as nice as the one I had prior. Still, $15 is not much at all!