Which BMX did you have ?

[Mich the Tester]

Chrome burner with stunt nuts (or trick nuts, if you prefer) front and rear.

I had a cushion made of foam tubing on the crossbar to prevent my nuts ending up front and rear.

[milanbenes]

there was a playground in the next village from ours

we used to have some wood there and make jumps and do jumping

one boy was the bravest, he would jump higher and further than anybody else

until....

the day, upon landing from a jump, his forks snapped

that hurt

Milan.

[Pondlife]

Pondlife,

you sir, are showing your age

Dad, it's like this,

BMX's didn't have mud guards - that was the whole point of them.

Milan.

As mentioned, I had a Grifter, in silver, with mudguards.

HTH

[Pondlife]

And for the further purposes of bike related nostalgia. Who else remembers the "I were right about that saddle" advert.

[doodab]

And for the further purposes of bike related nostalgia. Who else remembers the "I were right about that saddle" advert.

Yep, wasn't it for Yellow Pages?

[FiveTimes]

We used to play "Kick Start" on our BMX's - there would be a jump, balance boards etc...
Just like on the TV

[Mich the Tester]

As mentioned, I had a Grifter, in silver, with mudguards.

HTH

Ah, a fellow iron man. The grifter, and the boxer, both predecessors of the BMX, built from solid steel girders. How many children's legs and arms were turned into great hydraulic power mechanisms by the act of attempting to pedal a grifter/boxer hard enough to jump more than two feet off a little ramp, and then picking the damn thing up after falling? I'm convinced that the issuance of boxers and grifters to the children of Europe would abolish childhood obesity at a stroke.

Mine was painted in an Evel Knievel colour scheme at a local bike shop, and I even had the Evel Knievel suit to go with it. If only I'd had some talent.

But let's face it, they were tulipe compared to a BMX.

[doodab]

But let's face it, they were tulipe compared to a BMX.

Unless you wanted to actually get somewhere in which case the bigger wheels and three speed gears would leave your BMX riding friends in the dust.

[Pondlife]

But let's face it, they were tulipe compared to a BMX.

The very betamax of the bicycle world. How I wanted to buy pegs and the need stick a set of bright yellow skyways in the freezer to fix their buckling.

"Look at me, I've got gears" didn't fool anyone.

[BoredBloke]

Well I've googled mine and I can find no trace of it on the net. It must have been seriously tulip......but I liked it.