Hi, I've lurked on this site a couple of times here and there, and recently picked up a bike, had hub problems when I reassembled it, found the instructions here to see what I did wrong, so I registered.
I've been modding and riding bikes since I was about 4, learned to ride on an army green sears 20 girls bike. Had a few hand me downs, and had me a decent bike by about age 7. Extra forks stuffed into spare forks to make choppers, etc. Got my first team murray a few years before we moved into a small mountain town, where the team Murray, in its ultimate high quality fashion, died a fairly painful death. Wheels were bent, I think the rims finally rusted thru the spike holes.
I got my dream bike (at the time) for christmas that year. A schwinn predator, with mags. Way lighter than the mag scramblers around town, this chrome moly bike was the envy of all, till my best friend got his chromed out mongoose ( way back before they were walmart specials ) We tore up the town. 9 guys in town my age, there was always stuff todo if your bike worked.
From jumping off picnic tables, riding the canal, the gravel pits, even the jumps we made to catch a fair amount of air before landimg in the lake.
At an rate, I digress. After that bike, came the motorcycle, then the car, to years dowm the road to the point my kids were riding bikes amd I got me a Specialized Hard Rock, to try to keep up with them.
After moving to vegas, the kids were getting older and riding fell to the side again, this time for my old mopars. Been tearin it up as of late in my 65 Dart GT convertible, factory 4 spd, 4 bbl car. It was in my dads barn for 15 years or so before I picked it up in 2001.
Recently, I picked up an old Western Flyer HiLo, that my dad gave me, and it will be my new ride for when I am at that big show, where there are miles to walk, or at the local weekly show. Gives me a seat I can take with me rather than trying to find chair here or there.
Modded up old bikes vs new are appealing to me, so I plan pop in from time to time. Who knows, maybe pull out the old mig, and enter a build competition as soon as I collect a few frames to work with ;-)
-Tom
I've been modding and riding bikes since I was about 4, learned to ride on an army green sears 20 girls bike. Had a few hand me downs, and had me a decent bike by about age 7. Extra forks stuffed into spare forks to make choppers, etc. Got my first team murray a few years before we moved into a small mountain town, where the team Murray, in its ultimate high quality fashion, died a fairly painful death. Wheels were bent, I think the rims finally rusted thru the spike holes.
I got my dream bike (at the time) for christmas that year. A schwinn predator, with mags. Way lighter than the mag scramblers around town, this chrome moly bike was the envy of all, till my best friend got his chromed out mongoose ( way back before they were walmart specials ) We tore up the town. 9 guys in town my age, there was always stuff todo if your bike worked.
From jumping off picnic tables, riding the canal, the gravel pits, even the jumps we made to catch a fair amount of air before landimg in the lake.
At an rate, I digress. After that bike, came the motorcycle, then the car, to years dowm the road to the point my kids were riding bikes amd I got me a Specialized Hard Rock, to try to keep up with them.
After moving to vegas, the kids were getting older and riding fell to the side again, this time for my old mopars. Been tearin it up as of late in my 65 Dart GT convertible, factory 4 spd, 4 bbl car. It was in my dads barn for 15 years or so before I picked it up in 2001.
Recently, I picked up an old Western Flyer HiLo, that my dad gave me, and it will be my new ride for when I am at that big show, where there are miles to walk, or at the local weekly show. Gives me a seat I can take with me rather than trying to find chair here or there.
Modded up old bikes vs new are appealing to me, so I plan pop in from time to time. Who knows, maybe pull out the old mig, and enter a build competition as soon as I collect a few frames to work with ;-)
-Tom
