Originally Posted by
hockeyref
Raced late 70's thru late 80's had a few state plates, one National plate. Had the opportunity to ride a lot of different bikes. I basically had my dream 20" as I had Cycle Craft built me a custom frame. I wish that I would have gotten CycleCraft 24" cruiser built too...
As far as light bikes... 83 Hutch Pro Racer F&F, GT bars, Tioga one piece hollow CroMo crank with spider and chain ring, Shimano DX pedals, Ourey grips, Kashimax seat, Pro neck stem, seatpost and clamp, DiaComp brakes, Mongoose proclass rims\DT 14-15-14 spokes\Miche hubs with Track axels, Tiaga Comp III 20x1.5 tires..... Weighed in at 16.5 pounds for a full size racer. I still have most of those components in storage.
That's really awesome! To be honest I had never heard of Cycle Craft before, and had to look them up on BMX museum. How did you manage to get a custom frame made?
Hutch was defiantly a dream bike. They must of have had the deepest and coolest candy apple red paint I have ever seen. But 16.5 pounds is crazy light for the times! The lightest I had ever gotten to was approx 18 pounds, which was my Kastan, which I think was Aluminum and had that stupid mono fork which quickly broke.
Unfortunately I never got to race in a proper sanctioned BMX race. I had all the armor and helmet etc, but it was usually just me and my friends hanging out and racing each other. Unfortunately I only got serious about riding at the time in the early 90's when City's everywhere seemed to be bulldozing their BMX tracks.
We actually ended up making our own track way out in the woods. Which was actually pretty good! As we had a lot of help from some of the guys who did race professionally back in the 80's. Just for the city to threaten anyone trespassing to be arrested. And now it's a housing development.
I find it weird how in the 90's they were trying to limit kids from gathering together, and having fun outside. Where as today they are desperate to get kids off the video games, and are spending millions to build skate parks to entice them.