Any Old School BMXers out there?

[Nightsblood]

Hadnt pulled out the camera lately but got the bug today.

 

[twozero]

I always ran profile cranks when I was younger. Then as I started getting older and bigger they didn't hold up.

I love the look and feel of them though. I've been riding primo powerbites for a few years and love them.

 

[Oldschool92']

Back when I used to do ABA racing a couple of the guys I raced against would ride with them. THey were definitely some of the best you could get.

 

[Heck]

Only dreamed of having them. I was too poor. I saved up for a Trick Star frame and fork & bar set and the other parts was from a mongoose dirk bike. that was my dream bike. I'm a old fart now but I still have a GT that is in the boiler room.

How old school you talking about? I'm from the woody itson gold bike days lol.

 

[caged]

i used to have a couple "P.K. Rippers" back in the day. they had SR tubular chromo (hollow) cranks that were the lightest ever made.

but my dh rig i have now has a set of profiles on it. bought those after i bent a set of xtr cranks.

 

[Heck]

I got my hands on a old PK ripper once, I wen't to change out frames and learned that I needed a very thin seat post lol.. I guess the reason I got it cheap is that someone tried to jam a standard post in the frame and cracked it. Traded to a guy who worked out them issues. Great looking frame.

 

[Oldschool92']

GT eh? Haven't heard about those for a long time. Always envied the few racers that had them. :er:

 

[Nightsblood]

I wont be photographing these Profiles anymore. I just installed them on my new SE Quadangle Cruiser. Sweet bike.

 

[Oldschool92']

Take a picture of the bike then.

 

[Nightsblood]

OK.

 

[caged]

nice ride. gotta love those se racing looptails.

but why do you have the seatpost backwards? is it an advantage that way?

 

[Oldschool92']

Nice ride!
I think the seat post is how it's supposed to be if i remember correctly.

 

[Nightsblood]

nice ride. gotta love those se racing looptails.

but why do you have the seatpost backwards? is it an advantage that way?

No, the post is on backwards because I was using a 7/8" old school post but this frame requires a much larger post. So....I am waiting for my adapter to come in to use my layback post. Until then, this is my newer Redline post so I could use my seat and yes its on backwards. Im actually getting used to it. But its gonna be rectified shortly.

 

[caged]

here's a old crappy pic i took of one of mine back in '84. my other one was pretty much the same, but a year older and was white with black components.

 

[Nightsblood]

Ahh, the PK Ripper was the sh*t when I was a kid. That woulda been around the early 80s. Great bikes and the one bike everyone wanted.