Thanks to a boardmember here, I was able to relive my youth a bit. Starting with a bare Mongoose frame, I put this together today. The idea is to ride it now, and accumulate stock parts along the way. I had a late 90s?? Mongoose I fished outta the trash that donated its wheels and sprocket, a Huffy girlie bike trash day find that donated the gooseneck, forks, handlebars and seat. Some Columbia cranks, a Roadmaster front brake rounds out the mish mash of parts. I got news for youns, my original didn't hall arse like this one! Note the headlight. I went on my maiden voyage an hour ago after begining assembly today 'round 4:30. I had to buy fork cup bearings today so my grand total in this bike is just shy of a whopping $30!!!! Anyhoo.....I was zooming on this thing. I figure the aluminum wheels and sprocket, plus the long cranks may have something to do with that. What memories though. I never got to BMX race my original, although there was a local track I was able to screw around on a few times. But what I did do was ride it everywhere. On a summer day I'd leave in the AM and come home dinner sometimes. Remember those days? My plans?....Lots more riding! Do they have an oldtimers BMX league? :mrgreen:
