I remember lining up the neighborhood kids at the end of a ditch where it turned and jumping them. We would also line up cinder blocks to see who could jump the most. I think the record was 17 blocks, end to end....
I destroyed a cheap team Murray bmx's wheels on a weekly basis, and would straighten up the wheels and the spokes and lace them and start all over again. When I got my Predator CromoMag, never had any wheel problems again. That was way lighter than the murray.
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