Silly things that you used to believe when you first started riding

[krelo]

My mates dad told us to run 80psi in our tyres
i wanted to get boxxers on my reign

 

[Warwick]

I thought riding 10 k's was an UNBELIEVABLE distance.

 

[scblack]

It was true the original, American huffy, they were the bike to have.

I don't know where you got that from. At one stage they were quite OK, but never anything special.

Please tell us where you get this information.

 

[mad_mike51]

I don't know where you got that from. At one stage they were quite OK, but never anything special.

Please tell us where you get this information.

When many pro riders were sponserd by them maybe

 

[xwgasaxe]

Bending stuff just meant it had to be put in the freezer to fix it....

I am pretty sure I used to think the same thing about those 5 spoke plastic rims that were the business on 80's BMX's till you actually try to put one in the freezer...Doh!

 

[scblack]

When many pro riders were sponserd by them maybe

Which riders?

Just a couple will do - you say they sponsored MANY so a couple should be easy to tell us.

 

[AngoXC]

Oh, and Biopace was a clever idea.

How old am I, eh?

Clever thinking yes...

 

[AngoXC]

When many pro riders were sponserd by them maybe

scblack is owning you. Back your shit up man!

http://huffybmx.wordpress.com/-mind you, this predates the '80's. I'd say you are refering to the more recent sponsored riders that rode different bikes.

 

[dw-link]

mine was jumping off the gutter the furthest or highest and who can ride the fastest

 

[mty10@]

That suspension made you jump better.

(If you have 10in of suspension F & R you can jup higher of anything (including skateparks...) than a HT)

 

[Luke_99]

Me and a mate thought that any bikes with disc brakes where awsome.

 

[WOFTT]

Haha +1 to that.

I used to think that Marzocchi drop offs were the best fork ever, and Hayes nines were the best brakes out.

hmmmm..... I am just replacing my Marzocchi's with more Marzocchi's

back to the drawing board......

 

[pinarlusu]

i thought the fattest tyres were the fastest on dirt and the best, so i got a pair of Minion DHF n DHR 2.5 for my first MTB, which is only a cheap crappy xc bike LOL

 

[jacko13]

that its more important to have a really grippy tire on your back wheel even if your front is crap

 

[blakesmtb]

the louder your rear hub, the better it is

 

[xwgasaxe]

Tilting the handle bars really far forward on a BMX was somehow better.

 

[Keish.LB]

that if you had a fast animal on your bike, you'd go faster... my first half proper mtb was a Cheetah...

An Apollo Cheetah? My first 'decent' bike too

- Bump jumping was how the pro's made their way up gutters.
- My Giant Upland was seriously the best in the world, especially when I was still in primary school.
- Mechanical brakes were a league above hydraulic
- and endos were the best trick anyone could ever do. Mind you, back then, that probably was the best thing any of us could actually do...

 

[s_t_3_v_3]

Norco's were a high end bike

bahahahahaha! nice.

 

[GiantDwarf]

Silly things you used to believe when you first started riding

- Rock Shox Judy forks were THE fork to have ( i was devastated when they were cut from the lineup in place for the Tora a few years later )

- My Apollo evolution with elastometer forks, V brakes, and 2.1 inch tyres could take on anything, including DJ, hucking, DH and skate parks

- Iced coffee cartons in the rear wheel to make the clicking moto sound was awesome

- any bike with a square stem was a proper BMX

- that my 'bmx' had two chainstay tubes with the ends opened made the bike have exhausts

- Red and green tyres were the shizzle

- Rear suspension was just a front fork reversed along the chain stay

 

[chris95]

that the casette made the click not the hub, Then 1 day i took my casette off and wallah, I was wrong