Author Topic: who is mike buff? (Read 3666 times)

jT Racing · « **on:** October 07, 2006, 12:37 PM »

just picked up some signature z's. wonderd who he was. Got to be freestyle?

or not?

winnit93 · « **Reply #1 on:** October 07, 2006, 12:38 PM »

u still in holland then.
get ur sorry arse home son

jT Racing · « **Reply #2 on:** October 07, 2006, 12:40 PM »

trying to move the missus is proving more difficult than i ever imagined.

harris · « **Reply #3 on:** October 07, 2006, 12:42 PM »

are they a tad of white as i have 3 sets 1 is white they others of white hold them against something good and whit to see proper colour

jT Racing · « **Reply #4 on:** October 07, 2006, 12:45 PM »

Quote from: harris on October 07, 2006, 12:42 PM

are they a tad of white as i have 3 sets 1 is white they others of white hold them against something good and whit to see proper colour

sort of, thought that was age, bleach should take care of that. Still doesn't help me with who he is though Dan

harris · « **Reply #5 on:** October 07, 2006, 12:48 PM »

he rode for hutch .and rode trick stars he was very good my friend jason hassell rode with him and woody itson he also rode for a few other teams i believe .i wouldnot bleach them as i have done one set and they came up a little and the other set did nothing apart from remove the writing.

RATTY · « **Reply #6 on:** October 07, 2006, 12:52 PM »

Wernt he the test rider on BMX plus mag? paired up with R.L Osbourne?
R.L. put his name to the redline RL20, mike to Z Rims

harris · « **Reply #7 on:** October 07, 2006, 12:55 PM »

this could be him

spinmaster · « **Reply #8 on:** October 07, 2006, 01:41 PM »

he also rode for CW

RATTY · « **Reply #9 on:** October 07, 2006, 01:45 PM »

So can someone confirm what I said!! Did he ride on the plus test team

spinmaster · « **Reply #10 on:** October 07, 2006, 01:48 PM »

says here he was test rider with R.L. for bmx action

http://www.23mag.com/gens/osbornrl.htm

duncan · « **Reply #11 on:** October 07, 2006, 02:26 PM »

Didn't he invent the front brakeguard, a 'Buff-Guard'?
I bought a French BMX magazine around 1984 which had a big feature on him, when he rode a signature orange CW Freestyler.

DR VINOAH · « **Reply #12 on:** October 07, 2006, 03:38 PM »

mike buff

he did ride for bmx action with rl osbourn

i dont think he did testing sessions,but was with rl was the bmxa trick team

im waiting for one us to do a "buff" pk in white

yum yum yummy

mantadave · « **Reply #13 on:** October 07, 2006, 04:34 PM »

buff dropping of a garage in action bike hes a legend in the bmx world

TwoBobRob · « **Reply #14 on:** October 07, 2006, 05:08 PM »

I heard he ended up being one of the biggest coke dealers in California......

duncan · « **Reply #15 on:** October 07, 2006, 06:17 PM »

Mike Buff testing out Z-rims on his chrome Quadangle.
Click for full size >>

[img width= height=]http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k134/redxxvi/bmx/bufft.jpg[/img]

Coastvl · « **Reply #16 on:** October 08, 2006, 05:17 AM »

Mike Buff was Bob Haro's replacement when he left the BMXA trick team. He rode a PK first and he jumped off a lot of Roofs! and over cars!

Bren Gunn · « **Reply #17 on:** October 08, 2006, 08:02 AM »

zed4130 · « **Reply #18 on:** October 08, 2006, 08:10 AM »

he was a plus test rider with r.l your right ratty he rode for hutch wore strange glasses.cool guy though

mantadave · « **Reply #19 on:** October 08, 2006, 12:03 PM »

Is he in jail or is he back on his white ripper

Iam the biggest pepsi dealer in wigan

69ner · « **Reply #20 on:** October 08, 2006, 05:43 PM »

R.L. Osborn & Mike Buff: Although they are best known as the godfathers of freestyle, both R.L. and Buff got their start as BMX racers. At age 11, R.L. was part of he first ever “BMX test team” for Bicycle Motocross News (from late ‘75 to late ‘76). An entrepreneur at the early age of 14, R.L. started up his own company, Hot Stickies. As the son of BMX Hall of Famer, Bob Osborn, R.L. went on to become one of the main test riders for BMX ACTION magazine. In 1978, R.L. teamed up with fellow BMXA employee Bob Haro to form the very first freestyle team, which made its debut at ABA’s Winternationals in Chandler, AZ. Local Torrance hot-shoe racer Mike Buff joined the BMX ACTION test team in 1979. Buff soon crossed over to freestyle and in the absence of Haro, the longtime teaming of R.L. & Buff began. As the “Nerd herd”, R.L. & Buff were vital in setting BMX trends during the 80’s, from jumping styles in bike tests to the 4x4 vehicle craze, to clothing fashions and hairdos. Each year from ‘82 until ‘88, the BMX ACTION trick team (as well as R.L.’s later sponsorship with Redline and General) spread the BMX gospel. In all, R.L. and Buff took their annual Summer Tours to 48 states in the U.S. and over 15 countries, taking BMX to places where racers and tracks couldn’t, turning many kids on to BMX in one form or another.

Rombloke · « **Reply #21 on:** October 08, 2006, 06:18 PM »

Quote from: 69ner on October 08, 2006, 05:43 PM

R.L. Osborn & Mike Buff: Although they are best known as the godfathers of freestyle

wrong....the godfather is this guy

69ner · « **Reply #22 on:** October 08, 2006, 06:21 PM »

bob haro should have stuck to drawing cartoons and not riding bikes

lloydieboy · « **Reply #23 on:** October 08, 2006, 10:12 PM »

You better have a word with him, he's had your bike away!!!!

Quote from: Rom Bloke on October 08, 2006, 06:18 PM

Quote from: 69ner on October 08, 2006, 05:43 PM
R.L. Osborn & Mike Buff: Although they are best known as the godfathers of freestyle

wrong....the godfather is this guy

jimwise68 · « **Reply #24 on:** October 09, 2006, 07:38 PM »

Quote from: lloydieboy on October 08, 2006, 10:12 PM

You better have a word with him, he's had your bike away!!!!

Quote from: Rom Bloke on October 08, 2006, 06:18 PM
Quote from: 69ner on October 08, 2006, 05:43 PM
R.L. Osborn & Mike Buff: Although they are best known as the godfathers of freestyle

wrong....the godfather is this guy

...and he only wore a helmet to keep his hair in.