Went to look at a "Old Raleigh racer" and came away with a BMX bike today
05-11-13, 01:20 PM
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Went to look at a "Old Raleigh racer" and came away with a BMX bike today
I believe late 70's early 1980's Red Line. The Raleigh was a low end 90's model, after I said I would pass the old fella said he had a nice old BMX bike in the garage. Lot's of anodized red parts (sunshine hubs w flip flop rear, ukia rims, Ashtabular cranks with Takagi mx 40 chain ring, mx brakes w Chang star brake handle, and crappy huffy seat). I'm thinking it may make good trade bait on the BMX forum for some more my style.
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that is awesome.
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I scored 2 1983 Mongoose's last week, a Californian and an Expert. BMX bikes can really take you down a completely different version of memory lane! That Redline is incredible!
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Thanks guys, I am fighting off the urge to go looking for a PK Ripper. 
. My Track bike fetish is enough, must resist BMX tempation.
. My Track bike fetish is enough, must resist BMX tempation.
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Fortunately I missed the BMX craze by a couple of years. I know some guys that were huge into it, but I was road/crit racing by that time and soon to be sidelined anyways. I have a couple of newer Redline products that always make people look twice, they have either never heard of the brand or they think that it was BMX only. 
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> Fortunately I missed the BMX craze by a couple of years.
Fortunately? Late 70s / Early 80s was a great time to be a kid.
And if you had a cool BMX, life was sweet. I'm glad I got to experience it first hand.
No helicopter parents, no big brother, no all consuming interwebs...
Fortunately? Late 70s / Early 80s was a great time to be a kid.
And if you had a cool BMX, life was sweet. I'm glad I got to experience it first hand.
No helicopter parents, no big brother, no all consuming interwebs...
