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  1. The RRS typically used an off the shelf Dia-Compe 960 model cantilever brake. Canti brakes were actually fairly common at the time, as they were pretty much the go to design for tandems, touring bikes, and cyclocross bikes. The simplified answer is, most of the cantis available at the time were very wide, for instance the Mafac, which worked great for mud clearance on cross bikes but would have never worked on an RRS because you would have hit your feet on them. They could also cause clearance issuses on some touring bikes with the pannier/bike bags and the Dia-Compe 960 was made low profile to solve the problem, and that same low profile was perfect for use on the RRS.
  2. 1983 IBMXF Worlds in The Netherlands. I really want that to be a Comp 2, but I think it's one of those IRC tires (Winners?) that just looked like a Comp 2. GIFSoup
  3. Thanks for posting that Hudson, very cool! I spent some time online trying to find out who any of the kids on the bikes were and found zip. I did run across a 2009 thread on Vintage wherein someone named Kate doing research for a TV project had claimed to have asked Bruce Brown, whose answer was that he couldn't recall. She asked if anyone on Vintage knew and of course no one did. It would be great if you could find out if that were true. Even if he doesn't remember names, he may be able to at least give a clue that could lead to finding out. Personally for as big an influence and inspiration that particular segment of On Any Sunday had on the growth of BMX, I would really like to see Bruce Brown and every one of those kids get a special place as pioneers in the BMX Hall Of Fame. It would be cool to know where the trails they were riding were at and what they called them as well.
  4. Thanks for posting that Hudson, very cool! I spent some time online trying to find out who any of the kids on the bikes were and found zip. I did run across a 2009 thread on Vintage wherein someone named Kate doing research for a TV project had claimed to have asked Bruce Brown, whose answer was that he couldn't recall. She asked if anyone on Vintage knew and of course no one did. It would be great if you could find out if that were true. Even if he doesn't remember names, he may be able to at least give a clue that could lead to finding out. Personally for as big an influence and inspiration that particular segment of On Any Sunday had on the growth of BMX, I would really like to see Bruce Brown and every one of those kids get a special place as pioneers in the BMX Hall Of Fame.
  5. I'd imagine everybody knows where these are from.... GIFSoup GIFSoup Had to work around the opening credits, this is the longest bit without.
  6. No one gonna take a stab at ID-ing the old school BMX bike in the video's background? Can't see much of it but from what I can see of the bars and stem i'm thinking Mongoose Pro Class?
  7. 1980 Corona-Norco YMCA, 1331 River Rd. Corona Ca. 2005 1980 Snipes Park, the corner of Fifth and Hamner Norco Ca. 2005
  8. I found the site of my first official race, Mark Cook Memorial BMX in Devore (a rural neighborhood in San Bernardino Ca.). It was at the Western Regional Little League Headquarters and Tournament ball fields. Pretty much directly across the freeway is Glen Helen Regional Park where the US Festival was held in '82, and the home of Glen Helen Raceway. Before the MX track was built, it's where my Dad took me target shooting as a kid. and in the newest photo in 2005, not a trace.
  9. I don't think it's the same bike, it looks really similar but I noticed the way the shock is mounted is different. On the bike in the photo the front of the shock is mounted on the headtube gusset and the bike in the gif it mounts below the gusset.
  10. My closest track was the San Bernardino YMCA on 6th & Arrowhead in San Bernardino Ca. It ran from mid-1981 to December 1989. There were aeriels taken in 1980 and 2005 but unfortunately none while the track was there. Pretty cool link, i'm definitely going to send some more time with it looking for other tracks I frequented. Thanks for posting it.
  11. It's mid-school but, 1990 Lemoore Nationals on the headtube of my townie bike. The old toolbox... ...you can tell 'cause it say "tools" on it. (I got carried away whilst stickerin') A BMXA shop window sticker that aint never been stuck.
  12. Thanks for the input guys. I'm not always sure what to pull out of whatever footage i'm using. Sometimes it's easy because there's only a second or two that's usable. I was thinking the longer ones catch the feeling or atmosphere, whatever you want to call it, of the times while the shorter ones were more a highlight reel kind of thing.
  13. One of the best ever, no doubt! Almost unbeatable on an international level for at least a decade, Ten World Championships attests to that. Good XC mountainbike racer too, Dutch National Champion multiple times. I seem to recall her placing as high as second at a World Cup too.
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