Here's a story for all of us po folk that couldn't afford those hot bikes called "freestyle" bikes. As the freestyle movement was peeking in the late 80's, I found myself the last guy on the block to have a cool new bike. But I had an old canti frame and a big want-to. Stripped it down, had my cool older cousin spray it with a real paint gun (a professional paint job to me). I remember wearing my fingers out using steel wool on a rusty pair of rims with a freewheel on the back rim, ya know, that way you needed a cool hand brake. Bought all the other parts where ever I could find them. We had a Duckwall Alco and a White's Auto in our town that stocked a lot of bike parts, and white was the color of the day.
So here I am, high top Reeboks and all, thinking I was some awesome Freestyler.
I rode this bike all over from then until I got my liscense.
Anybody know what this frame was orginially with the big flange drop-outs?
So here I am, high top Reeboks and all, thinking I was some awesome Freestyler.
I rode this bike all over from then until I got my liscense.
Anybody know what this frame was orginially with the big flange drop-outs?