Hi all,
Just wondering if anyone else here race bmx?
Just practicing at the moment and going to start again in over 35 cruiser class as my little girl is racing in 6+.
If so what club and bracket?

T54

Never done it but would love to. I Have a late 80's freestyle bmx frame i have stashed in the shed to build up into a racer when the time is right.

From Dylan

I raced the NT titles in 1984.... Does that count?

Old freestyle frame... Cool. You should track down cressy on here in the new members section. He builds up old bmx's back to standard form. Some are worth big $$$ when done. What is it?

My two sons raced in the late '70s & early '80s. As they needed to be transported to the track, I decided to have a go in the 'dads' races, and bought a GT Cruiser. The boys did better than I did, although I managed to win one race. During that time, I made made heaps of my 'MAC-RAC' bike carriers.

Last month, my son, Tim, finished restoring my old GT Cruiser, and is now racing......along with his son [Tom]. Maybe I should see if they have a 'grandads' race.

i thorght it was a GT performer as it looks like one but i think its called a tibburum or soem brand starting with T

Theres not that many of them though cause i cant find much info. I Grew up near ashmore in gold coast and would often go to the track and ride around. We moved away when i was 8 and i never got inot it as no bmx scene or track where we moved but i was always still interested in it, i built 2 new school "street" BMX 's and done up a 1987 mongoose freestyle bike as a "street racer" sadly and stupidly i sold the bike but am happy with the old school frame i have now, (also it has black "tuffs" wheels.

From Dylan

Kempos on here races in albion park

Happy daze there are older classes and a lot of guys who did it at a early age are getting back in to it racing cruisers. I am looking at buying a brand new gt cruiser or intense next week.

Yeah, as Ben above said... I race for Southlake Illawarra BMX Club in Albion Park NSW. I just started in the middle of last year. I race a Hillbrick Cruiser. Our club has members from 10 to 65 yrs of age riding cruiser class and it's an absolute blast!!! We all compete at club level together but for Open events I squeeze into the 30 - 34 bracket.

So... I'm really starting to get into my BMX racing and I've been venturing out onto other tracks to race in their open events and at the same time I'm just starting my first Bug project, sanded it back to bare metal... then, I'm faced with the decision - Macarthur Open or VW Nationals? It's been a hard decision and no matter how I look at it I just can't do both ...
I'll be disappointed to miss out on racing but the bug needs new (and old) bits so I'll be making the trip up to the Nationals... Time to put the shopping list together

T54, what club are you and your daughter at?

Ive got an idea Lance. You can go race the BMX and you can send Casey to thenats with the shopping list just a thought

Sending Casey would be ... but I did think of asking yourself or my brother to go for me for two reasons even, one so I could go to BMX and the other because I'm hopeless at making decisions about what to buy (most times because I don't know what I want or need )
Anyway, I'll gladly miss BMX to wonder the swap meet, talk to the vendors and check out the show and shine so that I might learn some more...

I don't race but this is what I do....

http://vimeo.com/m/28658537 

Would Anyone Be Interested in Buying an Old School Lightweight around 1987 model there abouts, has factory 3 peice crank and tuffs wheels. Missing 1 pedal and the top of the goose kneck to mount handal bars.

$200 ONO

From Dylan

Kempos, I raced for 3 years with The Cove and another 8 with Happy Valley here in SA when I was a kid up until 1989 where I raced in the state titles and came 7th. After that got into girls and mountain bikes.

I will become a member of Happy Valley once again with my daughter.

Did you go down to Mt. Gambier. There is great footage of the finals on youtube.

T54

i raced my 85 hotfoot in the retro series a couple years back as i am a bike collector

heres some of the whips i have restored in the past



























loved the racing when i did it but it was a little too serious for my liking i was doing it for fun but others were playing for damn sheep stations

This is me & my cousin Paul in 1982. & yes, the mongoose did fit in the back of the Superbug!

moved to MTB downhill racing in the early 90's from BMX, then onto Cross Country in 2001, now started racing All Mountain events this year.

it's hard to grow up!

OMG!
Can I please have this, I promise to look after it.......I'll just hang it here in my office so I can look at it

My 6 kids all race BMX at Manning Valley Club. We have raced most events around. 2 state titles Tamworth and Liverpool. Keeps me broke. Most of the bikes are Crupi's.

Me first Jak, but I would love to ride the hell out of it. Beautiful bike.
I had a redline just like you white one but it was red with gold araya rims for my first bike.

If your a collector you might like this bike I had. Sold it a little while back on OzBmx to someone who's forum name was something 'shark'. Blackshark???



If you know where it is or have seen pics of it restored please let me know where so I can check it out.
T54

some really amazing bikes.

absolutely love the yellow Skyway street beat.What a beast

'dragsters for life' that is an impressive collection of bikes. You have done an awesome looking job on each one!!!

'T54', na, I didn't participate in the NSW state titles so I didn't qualify for Aussies. The track at Mt Gambier looked world class. Everyone that went said they had a blast. All the best for the new start!!!

I used to race/freestyle/dirt jump from 82-96 til a car accident! Some nice bikes there but the SE cruiser looks a little funny to me I don't remember them having threadless forks?

Hey clint if a univega made you smile and remember the old days, I'll have to show you my 1/2 cro mo 82 mongoose and my hanamax! got shit nobody cares about bikes and cars!

Way back in 1979 (ish) I had the black supermax with the yellow tuffs , my old man made a sidecar for it and me and my mates would thrash it around Maryborough (QLD).Can't seem to find the 1 photo i have of it , wish i still had the real thing.cheers TC