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Offline reilley1

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Very early Goose
« on: January 16, 2008, 07:19 PM »
Sadly, not mine but belongs to my good friend Mel Stoutsenberger (of Rick's Bike Shop Fame)














Serial 10057.  Probably earliest known Goose yet

I'm soo jealous  :)

Offline sawzall

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Re: Very early Goose
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2008, 07:33 PM »
wow!!!! thats a bit of goose history as old school as you can get :smitten:
British race frames and race clothing wanted

DR VINOAH

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Re: Very early Goose
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2008, 07:38 PM »
im with sawzell :daumenhoch:

that bike is  what i call from the depths of time gone by :smitten:

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Re: Very early Goose
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2008, 08:08 PM »
That is awesome! Don't let him clean/restore it, perfect as it is :daumenhoch:

Offline lazychubs

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Re: Very early Goose
« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2008, 08:38 PM »
thats well nice would love them grips

Offline MartyC

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Re: Very early Goose
« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2008, 09:00 PM »
That is soooo nice  :smitten:

What a find, I hope he entrusts you to do the restoration on that Rick or is he going to leave it as a survivor?


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Re: Very early Goose
« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2008, 09:08 PM »
I love geeses, especially that old. I have never seen one with the BB gusset before :shocked:

Nice one Reilly :4_17_5:
A long time ago, in a land far away!

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Re: Very early Goose
« Reply #7 on: January 16, 2008, 09:21 PM »
Yeah..., I'd take a couple of links outta' the chain, must be well hard to snap on that goose... :daumenhoch:

Offline Mattdub

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Re: Very early Goose
« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2008, 09:37 AM »
Mad old thing Rick  ;) , is Mel gonna leave as is or is he/you gonna tidy it up ? . ( big old 2.125 rims  :D ) .

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Re: Very early Goose
« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2008, 10:05 AM »
 :smitten:

that is sweet

what year is it  - 76 ?
cheers Kev
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Re: Very early Goose
« Reply #10 on: January 17, 2008, 12:08 PM »
she's a beauty  :smitten:  :daumenhoch:

Flemdog

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Re: Very early Goose
« Reply #11 on: January 17, 2008, 05:33 PM »
It's like that 80's horror flick - "Christine!" I wonder what history is behind that bike... :shocked:

Offline Gashead

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Re: Very early Goose
« Reply #12 on: January 17, 2008, 06:08 PM »
wow ! Classic  :daumenhoch:

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Re: Very early Goose
« Reply #13 on: January 18, 2008, 03:03 AM »
Allow me to introduce you guys to Mel. This picture was taken in may have 1975 in Southern California. Imagine this, the jump is maybe 18 inches high!


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Re: Very early Goose
« Reply #14 on: January 18, 2008, 04:02 AM »
that is so emotive to me being a goose fan thanks for showing such a piece of history/ innovation ,as usual  you have amazed me with your knowledge  access and  continued comittment to the documentation of BMX history ,i would expect nothing less but am still in awe of the gems you constantly uncover  :4_17_5: x1000

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Re: Very early Goose
« Reply #15 on: January 18, 2008, 04:38 AM »
Pukka bike Rick and it's got me thinking.

Who were they?

Mongoose i mean.

Why were they making BMX's?

We get all this bollox from the mid skool nazi's about rider owned this and rider owned that. Who was it at mongoose that put these bikes together and why/who for? did they make a decission to do these frames at a time when there was never that much of a demand surely?

What were they to do with BMX in it's beginning? they could only have been on a long shot if they were in it for any money to be made?

So was it started out of love or greed? By that i mean were they doing it for the kids or more of a right time right moment thing?


It's easy to talk of Mongoose now as a 'they' as i have done but were they alway a they or was it down to one person?
« Last Edit: January 18, 2008, 04:43 AM by Bob_Acid »

gudge

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Re: Very early Goose
« Reply #16 on: January 19, 2008, 02:52 PM »
Thats deep Bob!
Will someone hurry up with the answer, i'm right intriged now

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