Mongoose dating?
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Originally Posted by broomhandlde
here is a picture if anybody cares about this thread anymore.
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well broomhandle is right.......................broomhandle both mongooses are early 80s.
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Originally Posted by tl62997
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You should ride that, and if you have any decent parts on your current hunk of ****, you should put it on the Haro.
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Originally Posted by broomhandlde
here is a picture if anybody cares about this thread anymore.
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Originally Posted by Expatriate
It looks to be about a mid 80's model. The earlier ones were loop tails (I think) and the earliest from the 70's didn't even have a brake bridge, since they had coaster brakes. Mine was about a 1979. The sprocket on yours is definitely from the later years.
I just think its really cool that people the same age as my parents still ride, and know all this stuff about bikes, i wish my parents rode.
Ok im done babbling.
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Originally Posted by KinetikBiker04
I think its really cool that you know all this, and yes i know thats kinda corny that i told you.
I just think its really cool that people the same age as my parents still ride, and know all this stuff about bikes, i wish my parents rode.
Ok im done babbling.
I just think its really cool that people the same age as my parents still ride, and know all this stuff about bikes, i wish my parents rode.
Ok im done babbling.
#42
i think the loop is post 81.
https://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/mongoose/...ee9ed3f0250361
and the seat post was just trown in there. i thought it was funny. thoose are just the parts it came with. i got it for 10 bucks. the frame and forks are all ready sand blasted and primered and ready for paint.
https://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/mongoose/...ee9ed3f0250361
and the seat post was just trown in there. i thought it was funny. thoose are just the parts it came with. i got it for 10 bucks. the frame and forks are all ready sand blasted and primered and ready for paint.
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The post is definitely newer - mid 80's or so. Not so sure about the frame now. Is there a serial number? And is there the bit where the coaster brake clamps?
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Originally Posted by Expatriate
Dude, I remember when the Scrambler was the bike to own. When I raced in Oz, and there guys my age out there racing with their kids. You should have chosen better parents. 

Ok im done.
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Originally Posted by Expatriate
I had a huffy about 30 years ago...
It was my first bmx, and i loved it.
Then i got a Mongoose, that lasted like less than year, and for Christmas my grandma got me my Haro Backtrail X1, then about a year and a half later i got my X3 becuase i killed both wheels on the X1 in a bad fall, haha
And now im here, about to get my Fit Flow, hopefully before summer.
I just told you my life story of bikeing.
Thanks.
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Originally Posted by KinetikBiker04
I had mine about 3 years ago. It was decent, it even said BMX racing approved on the sticker!
It was my first bmx, and i loved it.
Then i got a Mongoose, that lasted like less than year, and for Christmas my grandma got me my Haro Backtrail X1, then about a year and a half later i got my X3 becuase i killed both wheels on the X1 in a bad fall, haha
And now im here, about to get my Fit Flow, hopefully before summer.
I just told you my life story of bikeing.
Thanks.
It was my first bmx, and i loved it.
Then i got a Mongoose, that lasted like less than year, and for Christmas my grandma got me my Haro Backtrail X1, then about a year and a half later i got my X3 becuase i killed both wheels on the X1 in a bad fall, haha
And now im here, about to get my Fit Flow, hopefully before summer.
I just told you my life story of bikeing.
Thanks.
Then there was a Huffy (the full shocker) a Schwinn Scrambler, Mongoose, a few sidehacks, a Redline 600a and Carrera, a Schwinn 10 speed, a MTB ( I forgot the brand) then a Trek MTB, a Trek road bike, a Basso road bike, a Ciocc road bike, a Cannondale road bike, a Cannondale MTB, a custom MTB, a Felt road bike, a Felt cruiser, a Haro cruiser, a Jester beach cruiser, a Backtrail X3, and our tandem. I may have forgotten one or two.
Oh, I think that Mongoose is a 1980 model.




