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Old 08-12-2018, 08:54 PM
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Blast from the past freestyle time

I know I’m getting to old for these but I just can’t get enough of these old freestyle bikes. If your between 40-45 you just may have had one of these in your garage!
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Old 08-12-2018, 08:56 PM
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Had a blue GT Performer. Awesome bike.
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Old 08-13-2018, 07:06 AM
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I had a Schwann predator
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Old 08-13-2018, 07:07 AM
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These threads always bring back great memories. I was a BMX and freestyle punk in the late 70s to early 80s. Had a Haro freestyler, a GT Performer, and finally had my dream bike, a Hutch Trickstar. It was great being young and indestructible.
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Old 08-13-2018, 08:04 AM
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I was more into racing, BUT, had a Skyway T/A all "white out" (even tires) spent 1/2 a day at the shop making a red/white/blue linked chain from 3 individuals, cool bike.. We had a program in ?85 where we would let kids pick any of the GT / Dyno / Skyway (SE was an upcharge for the 531 quadangle) frames with tuff wheels in any color combo and build for a fixed price, had some wild combos.

Racing wise, had a Schwinn Sting (paramount build tri-oval) with campy graphite tuffs loved that bike, sold to get a mountain bike #regrets !!

miss those 2 bikes.. shoulda/schmudda kept 'em
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Old 08-13-2018, 10:30 AM
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Did you see the used prices on Trickstars recently? They are insane! Never owned one but always desired that Hutch. I was a Haro Master fan myself.


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These threads always bring back great memories. I was a BMX and freestyle punk in the late 70s to early 80s. Had a Haro freestyler, a GT Performer, and finally had my dream bike, a Hutch Trickstar. It was great being young and indestructible.
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Old 08-13-2018, 11:09 AM
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Did you see the used prices on Trickstars recently? They are insane! Never owned one but always desired that Hutch. I was a Haro Master fan myself.
I've seen a few on eBay and couldn't believe what they sold for. Makes me wish I kept mine.
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Old 08-13-2018, 11:11 AM
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I had a Mongoose FS1
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Old 08-13-2018, 12:13 PM
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I did freestyle (mostly flatland) from 11 yrs old til I was 18 and switched to road racing. Grew up being a bike shop rat. Lots of competition and shows. Lots of scars to show for it.
Too many bikes to count (somethings never change). here is one of my favorites my redline rl20 II.
I keep thinking about getting something retro to have but survivor prices are crazy,

BTW I still do that thing with my tongue when I climb

A little something from the Pavlicek archives
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Old 08-13-2018, 01:57 PM
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I had a hot pink GT performer, white mag wheels with the flip up pegs on the front. That brings back some memories.
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Old 08-13-2018, 02:14 PM
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Also had GT Performer, Bright Orange, Black Mags.
I also had a black Dyno Zone with green decals. Man, those were the days; nothing but tail whips, bar spins, bunny hops, and scars on my shins from pegs.

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Old 08-13-2018, 02:38 PM
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Oh yeah. I rode freestyle BMX from '86-'92 ish, then picked it up again from '97-'00. I had a Kuwahara for a bit, then a series of Haro bikes.

About five or 6 years ago I picked up an S&M dirt jumping bike. I took it out a few times, but I was overweight and terrible.

I really enjoy seeing Haro's 30th anniversary bikes; modern bikes but with the visual aesthetics from 30 years in the past.
https://harobikes.com/collections/bm...am-master-2019
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Old 08-13-2018, 03:10 PM
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Old 08-13-2018, 03:33 PM
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I was on 4 wheels at the time......
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Old 08-13-2018, 03:45 PM
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BITD I owned a few rides that were race bikes converted by me to try freestyling. Redline 102b F+F with all the goodies to make it work, etc. My "last" bike before a car was an 84 Mongoose Californian.

However, in the last 15 years or so I've owned - and subsequently sold - more than 150 BMX and freestyle rides from the OS era. MANY GTs, including a non-stamp 84, Haros out the wazoo and even a rare GJS freestyler.

So many ... and so much loot made to pay my bills LOL
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