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Hate to be the Simon Cowell 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 It's still cool to find your old bikes. Now go give your dad a good razzing for going cheap!
now lets see the xmas pics mofo
Quote from: Astrodamus on March 17, 2006, 06:10 AMHate to be the Simon Cowell 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 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.
Ammaco a license to procure cheap copies
what bars? if you know please
Quote from: gregster on March 17, 2006, 01:04 PMQuote from: Astrodamus on March 17, 2006, 06:10 AMHate to be the Simon Cowell 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 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.
QuoteAmmaco a license to procure cheap copies lolI 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
Thanks for ruining my childhood 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? 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.
and so when you guys try to call this booger-weld bike a mongoose, it rubs me the wrong way.
I consider Californians Taiwan junk as well. But go have a look at that pic again:
Don't be mad at me for bringing the truth, be mad at your dad! I didn't ruin your childhood, I simply corrected a mistatement. Truth hurts sometimes.