Skyway Advertisment--BMX Action January 1984

Great Skyway Recreation advertisement that has one of the most kick ass Bob Haro pictures. I wanted all three of these bikes in that ad. Not to mention the green cables and blue Dia-Compe brake set up like Bob had.

Mike Dominquez Lookback Austin AFA

From the September 1987 issue of BMX Plus. Download the file here, Or visit http://oldschoolmags.com/ for more classic old school BMX magazine downloads. 

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Dave Vanderspek at Joe's

From the May 1985 issue of Freestylin'. Vander was always a shredder. Check the upside down chainstay mounted brakes. RIP Vanderspek. 

Bicycle Motocross Action--November 1981

Great cover shot of Harry Leary blasting into a berm slide. Was 1981 Harry's best year as a Pro? Not sure, he seemed to be everywhere, and didn't seem like he was leaving anytime soon.

  

When cruisers were starting to catch on more, companies started releasing more and more to fit the demand. Funny to see some of the earlier models with their laid back geometry and tall stand over heights. It was a great starting

point for a great class of BMX bikes though. 

Jumping into bushes. Young Eddy King winning 14x. Stu Thompson sharping his pedals. And the Rupe boys tearing it up. nice group of photos for the Pittsburgh race.

Very fun looking track layout. I like all the bumps and ruts coming in and out of the turns. Lots of slipped pedals. Those fools weren't clipped in. Need to look and see who took number one that year. Close points race. 

There is so many rad things about this photo. Not just the speed these guys are doing, the era perfect BMX items. More than one rider with front brakes. Campy hubs. Riders still running those Tech I levers. Great year for BMX.

Flick Trix Hi-Performance BMX Hutch Pro Star Fingerbike (Random Colors)

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BMX Plus September 1983

What a great cover shot. This might mark the point when BMX Plus started to cram as much stuff onto their covers as they could. Number 55 has a blood red though bubble coming out of his head. He really should be thinking of the race at hand, not coast to coast coverage. 

These Redline PL-24's always seemed to be the tallest 24" cruisers out at the time. The six inch head tube didn't help matters. Wonder how many of these are around now a days? Pretty rare bird, and not to mention finding a fork with a nine inch long steering tube.

Here is a picture of that head tube. What was Redline thinking putting on those Tech II levers? The test crew for Plus had a solution, but I wouldn't call it a good fix. Horrible levers. I seem to recall Redline switching over to the Tech III when it came out. Good move.

Looks like Tim Judge made another Rad Gallery. He had the best one footed table tops. And yes, Dia-Compe is the number one brake in BMX. I might have had 4 or five set of those MX-1000 and MX-900 brakes. It was cool to run the colors all switched out. Red and black, black and red, gold and black. Who else did that?

I couldn't imagine bumping elbows with these guys in the AA pro class. Stu Thompson and Brian Patterson look like they are about to lock up while fighting for first place. These guys were crazy fast.