Sunday, October 02, 2005

frame of mind

I sold my last BMX last night. I am BMXless for the first time in 23 years. I have to wait until mid Nov. to get my new one (a Heaton II). Good thing I built up a cruiser, I guess.
Here is a list of the frames I’ve had since 1980ish:
Raleigh Tracker – not quite a BMX (had a banana seat) black
Raleigh Supercross – (1982) black
PK Ripper - silver
Hutch Pro Racer – black chrome
Haro Master 1985 – neon green
GT Mach One - chrome
(Scott’s) Norco Freestyle – white
Diamond Back Mike D. Strike Zone - blue
2 GT Pro Performers – Black
GT Pro Performer – Neon Yellow
GT Pro Performer – Chrome – from Albes
Torker II – black – from Local Motion
Skyway TA - stripped
Mongoose – mint green
Mongoose Decade – dark blue
Mongoose Decade Pro – black / chrome
Homeless Soul Bro – chrome – then green – then burgundy
2 Hoffman Condors – Chrome – one later green chrome
PK Ripper 1996 – red - black
Hutch Trick Star – white
Basic Sluggo – custom with V-brakes - metallic green – black
Dyno – chrome
Powerlite FS – green – later baby blue
3 custom Solids – magenta (baby blue / Hammerite mint), laser black, black (lavender with sparkles / metallic green-to-purple flip flop
Volume Mid – black
DK Six Pack – blue
MacNeil Heaton – midnight blue
Haro F4

That’s 31 frames that I can remember. Damn. 7 from GT companies. 3 Solids, 3 Mongooses, 2 Hutchs, 2 Haros, 2 PK Rippers, 2 Hoffmans.
Soon to be 2 MacNeils.