The "What did you buy today?" thread...

[Greywolf74]

I didn't buy it. A neighbor lifted it towards me.

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Why do you have your neighbor out stealing for you???

 

[Chubaka]

Why do you have your neighbor out stealing for you???

It keeps changing lifted.

Gifted.

 

[majin]

Why do you have your neighbor out stealing for you???

 

[9x19]

Well, the neighbor pulled out the Corally Kagama today, first he tried to give it to me... but I told him I couldn't accept it... to give me a price, so he said: $100... The thing was absolutely new in the box. I gave him $200... and told him I was still getting it at half price. He was surprised at the value, but grateful for my honesty. His family is really nice, and have been great neighbors for the past 8 years.

 

[Warby]

Another set of Choons, because I'm going to need them

 

[Warby]

A clear body for the Infraction 6s (@Xraycer ).
Centre metal diff case for the Infraction 6s
Slipper shaft for 3s 4x4

 

[WickedFog]

Well Breydon came up this weekend and made a couple new friends here. They hung out all weekend riding bikes, playing cops and robbers and chasing each other, and driving the Kraton. Breydon has outgrown his bicycle, so I needed to order him a new one and @Greywolf74, being the kickass guy he is, wanted to up the game a bit to help get him get a decent bike. So Breydon picked out this Mongoose.

Oh, and after being out in the sun for two days, Breydon got a bit toasted on his forehead, so I ordered him a vintage Mongoose hat to go with it.

 

[Greywolf74]

Well Breydon came up this weekend and made a couple new friends here. They hung out all weekend riding bikes, playing cops and robbers and chasing each other, and driving the Kraton. Breydon has outgrown his bicycle, so I needed to order him a new one and @Greywolf74, being the kickass guy he is, wanted to up the game a bit to help get him get a decent bike. So Breydon picked out this Mongoose.
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Oh, and after being out in the sun for two days, Breydon got a bit toasted on his forehead, so I ordered him a vintage Mongoose hat to go with it.
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A boy needs a kickass bike! I told my mom that her and my dad were remiss for only buying me Huffys when I was a kid! lol

 

[9x19]

I ordered a set of Proline 3.8" Badlands since they are on sale at Tower/Horizon

 

[Xraycer]

A boy needs a kickass bike! I told my mom that her and my dad were remiss for only buying me Huffys when I was a kid! lol

I'm ok with Huffys, it makes me appreciate my GT Pro Performer once I was able to afford one myself.

 

[Chubaka]

I'm ok with Huffys, it makes me appreciate my GT Pro Performer once I was able to afford one myself.

I too huffed and puffed them. Helps justify the cost of my Trek now.

 

[WickedFog]

I'm ok with Huffys, it makes me appreciate my GT Pro Performer once I was able to afford one myself.

I just learned the other day that GT and Mongoose are marketed by the same company, along with Cannondale, Schwinn, and a few others.

Diamondback is sadly not even an option anymore in BMX. They still sell DB mountain bikes, but the BMX line is Redline now.

When I was a kid Hutch, Redline, Diamondback, and Haro were all the big names in BMX. Now there are a bunch of weird ones out there. WeThePeople is one. Who names a BMX bike that?

 

[Xraycer]

I just learned the other day that GT and Mongoose are marketed by the same company, along with Cannondale, Schwinn, and a few others.

This wasn't the case back in the 80's.
GT was probably the biggest name in freestyle back in the 80's. They did have great success with BMX as well. Mongoose was the big BMX brand.

 

[WickedFog]

This wasn't the case back in the 80's.
GT was probably the biggest name in freestyle back in the 80's. They did have great success with BMX as well. Mongoose was the big BMX brand.

Yeah, all the big names in BMX have had a change in ownership over the years. But I remember Haro was ridden by the biggest names back in the 80's as far as BMX racing goes. Mongoose was definitely up there as well, but Haro was the big one as far as I remember. I was subscribed to all the BMX rags back then, and followed the sport as best I could on satellite. That's when I buit my Diamondback, which I tried to build to the same specs as one I saw in one of the magazines. We had an old strip mine we rode that had some of the sickest jumps and hills, and a basic Schwinn BMX just wouldn't cut it. I really miss those days.

But I remember in the early 80's Hutch hit the scene with their chrome plated everything bikes. They were like the most sought after bikes amoung the guys I ran around with, but nobody could afford one. They were featured in all the magazines as the next big thing. It was my dream bike back then. It's funny. I still remember opening the magazine and drooling over it.

 

[332_RC]

I still have my OG 1988 Dyno Detour all black. Drain pipe seat. Mags. Pegs. Gyro. I bought it new in 88 w $$ from push mowing.

 

[Hammer Down]

Well Breydon came up this weekend and made a couple new friends here. They hung out all weekend riding bikes, playing cops and robbers and chasing each other, and driving the Kraton. Breydon has outgrown his bicycle, so I needed to order him a new one and @Greywolf74, being the kickass guy he is, wanted to up the game a bit to help get him get a decent bike. So Breydon picked out this Mongoose.
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Oh, and after being out in the sun for two days, Breydon got a bit toasted on his forehead, so I ordered him a vintage Mongoose hat to go with it.
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A boy needs a kickass bike! I told my mom that her and my dad were remiss for only buying me Huffys when I was a kid! lol

Wish I had an Uncle @Greywolf74 when I was a kid.
Well done Bradah!

 

[WickedFog]

Wish I had an Uncle @Greywolf74 when I was a kid.
Well done Bradah!

Yeah, me too

@BreydonsRc is going to have to go cut Grey's grass for him when he gets old enough to drive

 

[Lostinthewoods86]

when he gets old enough to drive

Hell he just got a new bike

 

[WickedFog]

Hell he just got a new bike

Terre Haute to Dayton by bike...

 

[Beer_Goggles_RC]

Terre Haute to Dayton by bike...
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Terre Haute got a BA skatepark for that new bicycle to get broken in on