oh man.....I was heavy into BMX that was the best times... when we went from those dinosaur bikes to light fast bikes.. alloy rims, chromely frames..three piece cranks, tough neck goose-neck's etc.. and if you really went all out you went with sealed hubs and bottom set from the racing 10 spd crowd..came in a hard case lined with velvet and set ya back 350.00 big ones...Blew the old man's mind when he asked how much I had into my bike one day and I replied 750.00 easy and that was with the cheap hubs,,keep in mind this was the late 70's and was done with paper route money..man that was a grind getting up at 4:30 everyday to do like 150 papers during the week and triple that on Sun
after I sprung for the good stuff it was over a grand then came the 400.00 Cheata frame one of three
I may have to go dig out some pics now...
I still have a full tilt 20" hanging on the wall in the shop, I watch goodwill and other places and never see any of the old quality stuff around..I hope everyone was like me and hung it on the wall..would be a shame to have 'em in the landfill..those were great times as the sport evolved from nothing into the full sponsored rides and a actual magazine for the sport...major brain cramp now but one of the local guys went Pro and rode into his 20's and I think I saw him as editor of BMX magazine a while back.
"North Seattle Berm Buster" out.