My Bike...lives again

[blobb]

Hello there. Feel like I've known you lot for years - anyway finally got it together to post some pictures. Having been through a few bikes in my youth I needed a rider to get about on so I bought this new from a local shop in Portsmouth. Cheap. It's a Haro REVO, probably around 96 ish and nothing to get too excited about but it has served me well over the years and I kept it in good nick. However, the original wheels werent really built to last so when I started looking for some new ones as a replacement I thought sod it lets give it a makeover. Now it has been given a new lease of life and I'm back in the saddle. Great fun. I might be thinking about ditching the frame for something a bit better - any suggestions?

Plus a bonus piccy of my bruv demonstrating the kind of aerial prowess I'm sure we all dream of. Southsea circa 84, check out the potts mod cable before stem bolts had holes in. Nice bike that, redline with lots of trick bits - whatever happens to these bikes??

Righty ho, lets see if we can get this photobucket thingy working.

[Bob_Acid]

Nice one. 


As for what new frame to go for? have a chat with the lads in the new skool section, they'll point you in the right direction.

[sawzall]

nice and a cool old southsea pic,that brings back some memories

[kdw712]

nice to see the old pic 

and the haro looks good too   

NS frames; try & ride as many as you can before you buy

[oberonspacefruit]

that haro looks ok....id ride that for a bit longer if i were you...

at least until your skill level feels like its keeping you back.

but then again, we all know that wont happen, i change my bike more often than i change my underpants.

[blobb]

Cheers guys. Not really into new school stuff.  I started out with a Yellow GT performer around 83/84 (if I wasn't taking the Southsea picture you might have got a look at it..!) No I'm wrong, it all started with a Puch team Murray before then, heavy as **** but the first BMX bikes we could get our hands on. The GT was great but ended up selling it on for peanuts, followed by a Streetbeat which I used every day until it got nicked about five years ago. Remember riding with CC and a very young Carlo Griggs at Soutshea at some point (I'm sure he went on to greater things.......). Also remember them putting the footplant board up and CC carving his initials on the sole of his Vans so he could stamp his name higher up than everybody else. Long time ago now though. The RVO probably gives me mid school association but as I said it was cheap. I only really bought it because it looked like a old school Master...and even though I bought a GT that was what I was really drooling after.

[Bob_Acid]

Stick with it then, if there comes a time that you feel you need a change then you've out grown it. To start with though i think you're already onto a winner and have a nice bike to get your teeth into.

[blobb]

Thanks - really nice place to chat about the old times here. Might have to start a new collection now though, seeing all the great builds going on makes you realise what can be achieved with a bit of effort. (and I appear to have got away without getting a round in....oh no....).

[sawzall]

welcome to the site mate,you are just down the road from me, im in chandlers ford,have you been to the trails by the park and ride in winchester? they are wild

[blobb]

I've been there to dump some rubbish in the new "recycling centre"....don't get me started on that one ..... wahey - post number 8 and I get to use the rant smiley already, is that a record?