Anyone Else Into Old School BMX

Wow, most all these bike bring back memories. There wasn't to much money where I grew up, though there was some gems around, so good thing for BMX ACTION and Freestylin. I still have both of my bikes from my childhood. A Patterson Racing, and Dyno Comp 3. My 10yr old son is showing no interest in bikes, maybe if I unbox them (Ill be sure to take pic's to post) he'll get motivated...

 

Whoa. Pics or it didn't happen man..that Patterson is a very expensive bike nowadays

 

While ya'll rich kids had Mongoose the other kids like me had a plain Huffy

 

2 guys by me had Pattersons. They each bought them off 2 older guys that were buddies and raced them as kids together. I almost bought one when it was for sale but it fell through. That led me to buying my Profile champ and building that.

 

But at least you had the trick brake lever

 

Going thru the closet. Dang, I was much skinnier 30+ years ago

 

My first Factory Ride was with Huffy. Picture was from ABA National at Lake Elsinore. 10 Expert 1982

 

Was that during the Stu Thompson years?

Great pic

 

Too be honest with you I can't remember. I don't remember when he jumped to Redline.
I was with Huffy two years before going to CW Racing. Pistol Pete & Mike Miranda were our
AA Pro's on that team. Talk about fast. Got up to 164 plate when I was 9. Jumped up to the
24 plate when I was 10. By 12 I was number 2 in my district which was a pretty stacked district
in SoCal. My age group was super stacked with Brian Lopes and Jeremy McGrath in my class. I'd
like to say I was number 1 between the 3 of us but in reality I might have been number 2. Lopes
was my fastest competition from 12 expert up to 14 expert when I moved away from SoCal.

 

Brian Lopes was incredible to watch during the dual slalom MTB days. Very fast & smooth. So many BMXers made that transition to MTB's.

 

The Thunders were a decent bike. I had an AMF black with yellow Troxel Trackmaster wheels..I bought all my nice ones like my Supergoose.

I think Stu went from Redline to Huffy in 1985, though I forget who he was with prior (if not RedLine all that time).

Loved Pete Loncarevich when I raced

 

That’s so cool man. One of my first bikes was a Huffy Stu Thompsen edt. My parents got it through a Sears department store. I say all this because the bike your on looks a lot like it. Same color scheme and decals. It was a nice bike. Aluminum frame, Araya rims, Sugino cranks, Oakley b1b’s tuff neck stem, viscount aero saddle.

 

I misspoke, 1984 was the year Stu changed to Huffy.

I did like the look of the Stu Huffy's, probably would have bought one if I didn't get a good price on a used Supergoose for racing

 

Many of those parts on that bike went on my Profile frame

 

I left my Goose mostly stock, added pads and a front brake.

Always wanted a RedLine next but I stopped racing in about 1985. I did recently get a 600a though

 

My dream bike was a Hutch , pro racer preferably. Although the guy that started Profile started with Hutch and broke away and Profile began. The frames were very close to the point that a lawsuit was brought iirc. That’s how the extra brace bar was added to the Profile frames

 

I'd still kill for a Trick Star. The reissue ones just don't do it for me because no rear platforms. Currently working on getting parts together for a 85 Wind Styler build

 

I’ve thought of rebuilding my Profile frame. I just can’t bring myself to pay all that dough for something I can’t ride and just hangs on my wall

 

Well, build it and ride the daylights out of it then..

 

Can’t.....I’m 6’1” now and I’m too big.