Childhood Nostalgia.

Ahhh life was so simple.

 

Ha! Mayor West

 

Loved BMX as a kid. I had a GT Pro performer, ALL white. That was my freestyle bike. Also had a Mongoose Californian for BMX.

 

So cool, I had a GT as well. Funny how you can buy a mongoose at Wally World now.

 

Yeah I remember when Mongoose used to be top of the line. Now, not so much.

 

I was into bikes for a while then found skateboarding and never looked back.

My first real skateboard...

 

Hammer Head!

 

My brother's Robinson.

 

Showtime's Aerobicise. Possibly NSFW... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5eVysX_bmQ&list=PLC948A906D41F50F0

 

I had a Stormer with blue aluminum bars, but I cant' remember which year. It had these decals:


Within our pack of groady BMXers, we had Mongeese, Ashtabula, FMFs, and god know what else.









I think FMF was considered the pinnacle at the time.

 

I wasn't a bmxer. I was a mountain biker. But I remember all the bmx guys wanting pegs front and back.

 

Buddy of mine had a Robinson. He used to strap a life preserver to the handle bars and jump it into the local quarry. Crazy son bitch.

 

Dude, we are talking late 70s. Gary Fisher was still trying to find a way to go down Repack Road in Fairfax on a cruiser without dying! I got my first mountain bike in like 82, a Ross with the triangular integrates bars and stem.

Along these lines:



But these bars:

 

Mid 90s I had a votec similar to this.



I paid an arm and a leg for it, but I kept that thing for awhile. I was part of a mountain bike team for a few years and mine wasn't even the most expensive bike. That thing could take me anywhere though

 

Holy crap. Badass. Best I ever had (and still have) was a Specialized Stump Comp with Judys, hardtail, love it for single track in the woods.

I grew up riding on Mt Tamalpais.

 

I had one of those, they were a big hit.

Being a 46yo myself, I can remember a lot of cool toys from the 70's and 80's.

 

"... Rampart, we're on our way."

 

My first mountain bike was a GT Karakaram Elite,

 

Reminded me of these!

 

They still make awesome dirtbike exhausts. Not as "desirable" as Yosh, but not nearly as expensive, and they have solid designs with spark arrestors that don't choke performance.