BMX Folks: I need your advice...

[RidgeHunter]

Got me 1980 Mongoose hanging on the garage wall waiting for me to restore it. Kids of today would laugh at what they called "BMX" back then but those bikes were the Ferrari of our day.

Old school bikes rock. I picked this '87 General Hustler up this spring to ride to the bathrooms at campgrounds, and now I want a couple more. Maybe a GT or a Skyway TA or even a Haro.

 

[Cavedweller]

Old school bikes rock. I picked this '87 General Hustler up this spring to ride to the bathrooms at Riverside and now I want a couple more. Maybe a GT or a Skyway TA or even a Haro.

Here's my whip 26" Eastern Black Betty with Deity Components

 

[RidgeHunter]

That's sexy. And I know you can do more than ride to the bathroom on your bikes.

You need to get you an 80's BMX too. They make you feel like quitting your job, wearing the same pair of acid-washed jeans everyday and riding to the 7-11 to get a sixer every morning at noon when you wake up.

 

[OKCShooter]

I miss my old PK Ripper.

 

[ignerntbend]

I don't go to town every month, but when I do, I go on a Stern bicycle oldern I am. I buy rice, beans, cottage cheese and oreos. If she ever goes down, there idn't any plan B.

 

[Beerzerker]

On a used bike check for cracked welds, bent cranks or bottom bracket (the lugs and bearings that the cranks attach to), and flat spots in the rims (where the rounded shape was slightly deformed by hitting things hard). Those are all clues telling you that the bike was abused and not worth the risk (especially cracked welds!!!).

Its no problem usually, but you gotta be careful buying a used bike that was "ridden hard"...

One last thing...
You can be a good guy and get him a "COOL" helmet to go with the bike! Can be a real life saver.