today is Rad Day BMX

[JBZ]

Its in theatres today

 

[JBZ]

trailer for the documentary

 

[4Waters]

Love that movie

 

[bowtiejunkie]

Dangit! Wish I'd known earlier. Love the movie.

 

[MeCasa16]

I can’t wait to see this. A double feature at the theater would have been awesome.

 

[Morehart]

One my favorite childhood movies

 

[DLC]

I hate to say it…..

I’ve never watched it….

Although -
Just moved up the bucket list

 

[4Waters]

I hate to say it…..

I’ve never watched it….

Although -
Just moved up the bucket list

If you were a BMXer growing up you will enjoy it.

 

[Morehart]

If you were a BMXer growing up you will enjoy it.

It was corny one of a kind. Still a great that mixed flat land and BMX. The hell track was hilarious. The gym dance scene was even funnier looking back. Send me an angel lol

 

[DLC]

If you were a BMXer growing up you will enjoy it.

Hell ya !

Still have my PK Ripper from 1980
Paid $211 for my frame and forks - Paper route money !

 

[4Waters]

It was corny one of a kind. Still a great that mixed flat land and BMX. The hell track was hilarious. The gym dance scene was even funnier looking back. Send me an angel lol

Agreed, the freestyle was badass

 

[Morehart]

Hell ya !

Still have my PK Ripper from 1980
Paid $211 for my frame and forks - Paper route money !

I was mastering my paper route when this movie came out. Lol

 

[DLC]

Slight off topic

ET w/ the BMX scenes were da BOMB back in the day !

 

[4Waters]

Hell ya !

Still have my PK Ripper from 1980
Paid $211 for my frame and forks - Paper route money !

Wish I still had my PK Ripper loop tail

Paper route scene is great

 

[DLC]

I was mastering my paper route when this movie came out. Lol

I had CW handle bars to carry my bags up high….

They had the bar straight across - new and cutting edge at the time

 

[DLC]

Growing up in Escondido, San Diego north county.

Every Saturday after breakfast
&
Mowing the lawn we would ride all over town looking for dirt lot tracks, hitting up the bike shops and McDonalds or Carls JR or Del Taco….

Those were the days ! We were free out on our own

North county bikes
&
Hidden Valley Bikes


Even stopped into Hal’s Bike Shop in Clairmont a few times

 

[4Waters]

I had CW handle bars to carry my bags up high….

They had the bar straight across - new and cutting edge at the time

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Mine had DK neck, CW bars, ukai rims...

AME grips, crank was exactly this but completely polished, I don't think the pedals were fusions but looked exactly like these, these exact rims, same color and Pitbull brakes. The frame was also completely polished.

I wanted Bear Trap pedals until I saw what they did to my buddies shin, that want was done

 

[DLC]

Oh that’s funny!

I bought a Red Line stem from a buddy - it was red and I used easy Bake oven cleaner to bake it back to natural then polished it w/ some aluminum polish paste ( white tube w/ red lettering it was like a tooth paste tube )

I had black ACS Z rims, SS Spokes & Red Shamino DX hubs

1 piece cranks w/ a black PPP sprocket ( Peet’s Precision Power )

Red Dia Comp MX 1000 on the rear and a black one on the frt

Snake Belly tires

And
I had the same type of pedals but mine were black - they weren’t fusion… kinda forget what brand they were ….


Bear Traps were Knarley and would MESS you up …

 

[SJP]

To be eligible, a rider must be sponsored by a company with at least $50,000 in sales.

 

[DLC]

I wanna say My pedals were Shimano MX $19.99 or $24.99. Bought them at NC bikes. I would ride buy and look at em for a few weeks….

 

[DLC]

Red 2 finger brake on one side black on the other

 

[4Waters]

I wanna say My pedals were Shimano MX $19.99 or $24.99. Bought them at NC bikes. I would ride buy and look at em for a few weeks….

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Yup, there they are except I took the gay reflectors out . If you couldn't see my shiny ass bike you were blind. LOL

 

[Tank]

That’s fuckin awesome. Can’t wait to see this documentary.

Loved riding in the 80’s and 90’s. So much so that I went on to collect and build pretty much every bike I wanted as a kid. lol. (CW, Shogun, Kuwahara, multiple Pattersons and Hutches, Profile, multiple PK’s, floval, quad angle, redline, etc) I still remember walking into the local bmx shop at seeing the GT Santa Ana mini hanging on the wall. I saved up $250 and my mom paid the other $250. Loved that bike.

Watched Rad a million times. lol

 

[svlperry]

I hate to say it…..

I’ve never watched it….

Although -
Just moved up the bucket list

They have it on YouTube

 

[Sleek-Jet]

I think my brothers and I rented that movie so many times we wore out the VHS tape. It's be awesome to see it in theaters.

I was poor country kid who didn't have much more than a chrome Kmart blue light special, but man my friends and I rode out bikes all over the place looking for dirt tracks and lots to ride on. There were a couple of old gravel pits that were "open", dropping down into them was pretty wild. LOL.

 

[69hondo]

Went and saw it last night in the theater with my brother in law and cousin.
The theater was packed. I couldnt believe it. not one empty seat.
Made me want to get the old GT out of the shed

 

[Morehart]

Mine had DK neck, CW bars, ukai rims...

AME grips, crank was exactly this but completely polished, I don't think the pedals were fusions but looked exactly like these, these exact rims, same color and Pitbull brakes. The frame was also completely polished.

I wanted Bear Trap pedals until I saw what they did to my buddies shin, that want was done
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same same. Newer bike than my first. Oldie but a goodie

 

[JJ McClure]

Great. So we missed it in theaters… where can we find it now?
Asking for slackers everywhere.

 

[Sleek-Jet]

Great. So we missed it in theaters… where can we find it now?
Asking for slackers everywhere.

You can either rent or buy it on Prime Video

 

[stokerwhore]

Oh that’s funny!

I bought a Red Line stem from a buddy - it was red and I used easy Bake oven cleaner to bake it back to natural then polished it w/ some aluminum polish paste ( white tube w/ red lettering it was like a tooth paste tube )

I had black ACS Z rims, SS Spokes & Red Shamino DX hubs

1 piece cranks w/ a black PPP sprocket ( Peet’s Precision Power )

Red Dia Comp MX 1000 on the rear and a black one on the frt

Snake Belly tires

And
I had the same type of pedals but mine were black - they weren’t fusion… kinda forget what brand they were ….


Bear Traps were Knarley and would MESS you up …

prolly "suntour". they mad a slightly tamer version of the Hutch bear traps for about 60 bucks

 

[4Waters]

prolly "suntour". they mad a "slightly" tamer version of the Hutch bear traps for about 60 bucks

Fixed it. LOL

 

[stokerwhore]

Fixed it. LOL

correct.

 

[D19]

Nothing hits harder than that soundtrack!

 

[Tom Slick]

We took the kids last year on RAD Day to see it in the theater. Was so much fun to see it again and be reminded of our younger years. We watch it on the TV every now and then too.

Seeing all of your vintage BMX parts on here brings back memories. Crazy how expensive bikes are these days. My 8 year olds class bike costs close to $4K to build new. Carbon, titanium, etc. Little thing weighs in at just 10 lbs.

 

[4Waters]

We took the kids last year on RAD Day to see it in the theater. Was so much fun to see it again and be reminded of our younger years. We watch it on the TV every now and then too.

Seeing all of your vintage BMX parts on here brings back memories. Crazy how expensive bikes are these days. My 8 year olds class bike costs close to $4K to build new. Carbon, titanium, etc. Little thing weighs in at just 10 lbs.

I think my PK was 14lbs

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

I think my PK was 14lbs

Was it filled with helium?

 

[4Waters]

Was it filled with helium?

It was light, maybe 15

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

It was light, maybe 15

I had a couple growing up too. I would bet closer to 25lbs

 

[4Waters]

I had a couple growing up too. I would bet closer to 25lbs

My huffy wasn't 25lbs

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

My huffy wasn't 25lbs

You made me go look. From the factory they are 30.1lbs. Would be hard to knock the weight in half.

 

[4Waters]

You made me go look. From the factory they are 30.1lbs. Would be hard to knock the weight in half.

They were 22lbs from the factory

I can't attach a screenshot or pictures for some reason but it's a screenshot of an old spec sheet from an article, maybe not 14 or 15 but possibly 17

 

[Tom Slick]

I think my PK was 14lbs

Maybe the frame

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

They were 22lbs from the factory

I can't attach a screenshot or pictures for some reason but it's a screenshot of an old spec sheet from an article, maybe not 14 or 15 but possibly 17

I was looking at SE Bikes. The ones that manufactured the PK

 

[4Waters]

I was looking at SE Bikes. The ones that manufactured the PK

Mine was an original aluminum PK

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

Mine was an original aluminum PK

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Pretty sure all the "PK" Rippers where aluminum frames.

 

[bagged97taco]

We took the kids last year on RAD Day to see it in the theater. Was so much fun to see it again and be reminded of our younger years. We watch it on the TV every now and then too.

Seeing all of your vintage BMX parts on here brings back memories. Crazy how expensive bikes are these days. My 8 year olds class bike costs close to $4K to build new. Carbon, titanium, etc. Little thing weighs in at just 10 lbs.

It’s crazy what these bikes cost to build. Thank god we have amazing sponsors that build them for us!

 

[Thing One]

Little garage art.

 

[4Waters]

Pretty sure all the "PK" Rippers where aluminum frames.

I thought so to but I saw one on ebay that was steel with surface rust, not sure if it's a rare or really early PK or a fake but....

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

I thought so to but I saw one on ebay that was steel with surface rust, not sure if it's a rare or really early PK or a fake but....

Was it chrome? My buddy had a chrome one and it would get surface rust on the chrome. I had a blue one and a black one.

 

[4Waters]

Was it chrome? My buddy had a chrome one and it would get surface rust on the chrome. I had a blue one and a black one.

The description said steel, it could have been chromed and he/she didn't know