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gregster

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Found my very first BMX....
« on: March 16, 2006, 04:04 PM »
...went for a rummage back home in Mum & Dad's shed and low and behold look what I found.





My Dad said months ago that he had seen the Rickman somewhere but I didn't think I'd find my very first BMX.
As far as I remember it was a 'wire wheel' Mongoose, nothing special I know but for sentimental value  :daumenhoch:

Can anyone help with the serial #?

Looks like some serious resto work this year.

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« Last Edit: March 16, 2006, 04:08 PM by gregster »

theRuler

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Re: Found my very first BMX....
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2006, 04:30 PM »
way cool find greg!!!

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Re: Found my very first BMX....
« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2006, 04:32 PM »
yay!!!
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Re: Found my very first BMX....
« Reply #3 on: March 16, 2006, 04:32 PM »
Nice one  :daumenhoch:

toooldforthis

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Re: Found my very first BMX....
« Reply #4 on: March 16, 2006, 04:37 PM »
My parents have moved house about 5 times since I left home, there's no chance of me having a find like that  :'(

What a right tickle though, nice one Fella  :daumenhoch:

Jazzchimp

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Re: Found my very first BMX....
« Reply #5 on: March 16, 2006, 05:21 PM »
Oh get in, can't wait to see it built!

Bren Gunn

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Re: Found my very first BMX....
« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2006, 07:02 PM »
That Rickman looks great. :daumenhoch:

Astrodamus

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Re: Found my very first BMX....
« Reply #7 on: March 17, 2006, 06:10 AM »
Hate to be the Simon Cowell  :Aresehole: of this thread, but that's no Mongoose mate.

(sorry  :-\ )

It appears to be some kind of copy, most likely Akisu judging by the drops.
Orb and Graeme must not have had the heart to tell you  :D

It's still cool to find your old bikes. Now go give your dad a good razzing for going cheap!

daz bmx it!

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Re: Found my very first BMX....
« Reply #8 on: March 17, 2006, 09:12 AM »
What make are them bars on the floor next to the frame?

theRuler

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Re: Found my very first BMX....
« Reply #9 on: March 17, 2006, 09:18 AM »
the mongoose wire wheel was an ammaco thing, and wasn't the same sort of frame of as the regular US gooses

gregster

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Re: Found my very first BMX....
« Reply #10 on: March 17, 2006, 01:04 PM »
Hate to be the Simon Cowell  :Aresehole: of this thread, but that's no Mongoose mate.

(sorry  :-\ )

It appears to be some kind of copy, most likely Akisu judging by the drops.
Orb and Graeme must not have had the heart to tell you  :D

It's still cool to find your old bikes. Now go give your dad a good razzing for going cheap!

It's definately a Goose Astrodamus. I had it brand new when I was 9 or 10. Have pictures at home with me on it on xmas morning. Mongoose plate, pads and everything.

I know it was one of the cheaper gooses without the looptail .etc but it's defo a goose.

  ;)

theRuler

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Re: Found my very first BMX....
« Reply #11 on: March 17, 2006, 02:14 PM »
it was definately a "goose"
but i think it was only for the UK market, and was basically an ammaco frame.
cool find!!!

now lets see the xmas pics mofo

gregster

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Re: Found my very first BMX....
« Reply #12 on: March 17, 2006, 02:37 PM »
now lets see the xmas pics mofo

Will get them next time I go see the folks. I've got my Halfords helmet and goggles on with my pyjamas  :LolLolLolLol:

Also got some pics of the Rickman when I'd finished building it. It was pute white, Skyways, CW bars, Uni Pro. God knows where all that stuff went. I even had White Mike Buff Z-Rims on it at one point but they've disappeared too. arse!

daz bmx it!

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Re: Found my very first BMX....
« Reply #13 on: March 17, 2006, 02:42 PM »
what bars? if you know please :daumenhoch:

Astrodamus

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Re: Found my very first BMX....
« Reply #14 on: March 17, 2006, 02:57 PM »
Hate to be the Simon Cowell  :Aresehole: of this thread, but that's no Mongoose mate.

(sorry  :-\ )

It appears to be some kind of copy, most likely Akisu judging by the drops.
Orb and Graeme must not have had the heart to tell you  :D

It's still cool to find your old bikes. Now go give your dad a good razzing for going cheap!

It's definately a Goose Astrodamus. I had it brand new when I was 9 or 10. Have pictures at home with me on it on xmas morning. Mongoose plate, pads and everything.

I know it was one of the cheaper gooses without the looptail .etc but it's defo a goose.

  ;)

You can call it whatever you like, but you cannot (correctly) call it a mongoose.
"UK goose" does not cut it. Ammaco was merely the UK distributor. But BMX Products Inc. did not manufacture that frame, therefore it is not a mongoose. If BMX Products gave Ammaco a license to procure cheap copies and sticker it up as mongoose, that does not make it a mongoose product, and I sincerely doubt mongoose gave permission as they would also be stuck with liability. All sorts of shenannigans ocurred with UK distributors (see: SE PK Rippers stickered as Race Inc. etc..) so this appears to be in league with that.
I'm trying my hardest to preserve the great heritage of BMX Products '75 through '82 by painstakingly building tribute bicycles true to their original specs, and correcting misinformation whenever I see it, and so when you guys try to call this booger-weld bike a mongoose, it rubs me the wrong way.

 :angrysoapbox:

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Re: Found my very first BMX....
« Reply #15 on: March 17, 2006, 03:09 PM »
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Ammaco a license to procure cheap copies


lol

I have a few geese and many Ammaco Freestylers.

The welding on the Freestle King is way better than on a Californian and the tubing is better too :)
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gregster

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Re: Found my very first BMX....
« Reply #16 on: March 17, 2006, 03:13 PM »
what bars? if you know please :daumenhoch:

Not sure Daz, Skyway copies AFAIK

gregster

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Re: Found my very first BMX....
« Reply #17 on: March 17, 2006, 03:21 PM »
Hate to be the Simon Cowell  :Aresehole: of this thread, but that's no Mongoose mate.

(sorry  :-\ )

It appears to be some kind of copy, most likely Akisu judging by the drops.
Orb and Graeme must not have had the heart to tell you  :D

It's still cool to find your old bikes. Now go give your dad a good razzing for going cheap!

It's definately a Goose Astrodamus. I had it brand new when I was 9 or 10. Have pictures at home with me on it on xmas morning. Mongoose plate, pads and everything.

I know it was one of the cheaper gooses without the looptail .etc but it's defo a goose.

  ;)

You can call it whatever you like, but you cannot (correctly) call it a mongoose.
"UK goose" does not cut it. Ammaco was merely the UK distributor. But BMX Products Inc. did not manufacture that frame, therefore it is not a mongoose. If BMX Products gave Ammaco a license to procure cheap copies and sticker it up as mongoose, that does not make it a mongoose product, and I sincerely doubt mongoose gave permission as they would also be stuck with liability. All sorts of shenannigans ocurred with UK distributors (see: SE PK Rippers stickered as Race Inc. etc..) so this appears to be in league with that.
I'm trying my hardest to preserve the great heritage of BMX Products '75 through '82 by painstakingly building tribute bicycles true to their original specs, and correcting misinformation whenever I see it, and so when you guys try to call this booger-weld bike a mongoose, it rubs me the wrong way.

 :angrysoapbox:


Thanks for ruining my childhood  :Aresehole:

There's me thinking I had a Mongoose for my first BMX then low and behold you come along some 20 years later and shatter my dreams.

Who called the fricking BMX police anyway? :police: I was just sharing my old bikes with some likeminded people.
To be honest I don't really care if it's not a 'proper Mongoose' as you say, old school bmx is not about being anal for me, this was my first bmx and has real sentimantal value.

 :LolLolLolLol:

Astrodamus

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Re: Found my very first BMX....
« Reply #18 on: March 17, 2006, 03:59 PM »
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Ammaco a license to procure cheap copies


lol

I have a few geese and many Ammaco Freestylers.

The welding on the Freestle King is way better than on a Californian and the tubing is better too :)

Oh I have no doubt in that.. I consider Californians Taiwan junk as well. But go have a look at that pic again:


Astrodamus

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Re: Found my very first BMX....
« Reply #19 on: March 17, 2006, 04:03 PM »


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Thanks for ruining my childhood  :Aresehole:

There's me thinking I had a Mongoose for my first BMX then low and behold you come along some 20 years later and shatter my dreams.

Who called the fricking BMX police anyway? :police: I was just sharing my old bikes with some likeminded people.
To be honest I don't really care if it's not a 'proper Mongoose' as you say, old school bmx is not about being anal for me, this was my first bmx and has real sentimantal value.

 :LolLolLolLol:

Don't be mad at me for bringing the truth, be mad at your dad!   :daumenhoch:
I didn't ruin your childhood, I simply corrected a mistatement.
Truth hurts sometimes.

theRuler

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Re: Found my very first BMX....
« Reply #20 on: March 17, 2006, 04:05 PM »
and so when you guys try to call this booger-weld bike a mongoose, it rubs me the wrong way.

hehe
old gooses werent exactly top quality
mine have rough welds, and on one of them one of the chainstays is a good half inch longer than the other side

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Re: Found my very first BMX....
« Reply #21 on: March 17, 2006, 04:10 PM »
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I consider Californians Taiwan junk as well. But go have a look at that pic again:

Does it matter where it was made?

Its still a 'BMX Products' bike.

Besides. My Cali frame is way better built than my old motomag frame. 
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theRuler

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Re: Found my very first BMX....
« Reply #22 on: March 17, 2006, 04:16 PM »
the taiwanese make great frames
they are very hard workers!!!

FuNMoNsTeR

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Re: Found my very first BMX....
« Reply #23 on: March 17, 2006, 04:19 PM »
Nice finds m8.... Super special that you find your first ride :daumenhoch:
 I wish my parents had kept my old stuff... they lobbed everything except a snapped ripper and a yellow OGK mag wheel...the nutters.
  Look forward to seeing them both when you have had the autosol out. I have always liked Rickman stuff.
The Ammaco/Mongoose is still a goose in my book wherever it was made.... if it wasn't for affordable bikes like Ammacos, Falcons and Burners etc then BMX would never have been enjoyed by as many people as it was.
All the best for the resto's

gregster

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Re: Found my very first BMX....
« Reply #24 on: March 17, 2006, 04:22 PM »

Don't be mad at me for bringing the truth, be mad at your dad!   :daumenhoch:
I didn't ruin your childhood, I simply corrected a mistatement.
Truth hurts sometimes.

I am furious with may Dad, can't believe the tight wad didn't buy me the Pro-Class I really wanted!

Anyway's Mongoose Shmongoose, I loved that bike.  :smitten: Even if it wasn't a proper one (allegedly)  :knuppel2:

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