when did the first twin toptube bike appear?

[Moose]

I didn't think Hyper's were pre '82?

[oberonspacefruit]

so what year did hypers appear?

[jT Racing]

so what year did hypers appear?

early eighties.

[OrgasmDonor]

checkout the twin top tubes in a couple of riellys pics in the corona thread in racin section 1976

[theRuler]

yeh reilley's real old twin top tuber looks like one of the first

[oberonspacefruit]

bit difficult to see the details of the bike though...

[theRuler]

doh i meant the one he posted pics of that he built, iirc

i cant remember what the name of it was. centurion? or something.
twin top with really low top tubes and long seat tube bit sticking out.
i will have a trawl back through his posts . . .

[theRuler]

i think it was this one

1977

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=5536.0

no pics though?

[theRuler]

here

[theRuler]

and here is a 76

[jT Racing]

here

this is without a doubt one of the coolest bmx's ever.

[Moose]

BMX? - At a guess I'd say R&R '76?

Or a Jammin' Jimmy Weinert Stadium 1 also '76?

Those Centurion's were made by R&R