Name: Ediz Tensi
Hometown: Istanbul, Turkey
Started riding BMX in: 1981
Number of bikes in the collection: 25
Do you remember the moment that you decided to start collecting BMX memorabilia?
Ediz Tensi: It was about 10 years ago and I saw Akman Atilgan on Facebook sharing his BMX builds, who is now also my BMX business partner. He was a big influence to me and I decided to collect BMX bikes.
What kind of bikes do you focus on?
Ediz Tensi: There are not many old school BMX bikes in Turkey, therefore I am collecting whatever I can find. My main focus is freestyle BMX but I collect race bikes too and I enjoy finding different types of BMX.
Do you have a favourite BMX brand?
Name: Michael James
Hometown: Vancouver, WA. USA
Started riding BMX in: Started riding/Racing in 1976 in MT. Sterling KY.
Number of bikes in the collection: Over 50 bikes currently.
Do you remember the moment that you decided to start collecting BMX memorabilia?
Michael James: I had the last bike I competed on a 1987 GT pro freestyle tour, that was just how I rode it, all mismatched parts & such. Back then we concentrated on what worked & did not break. I saw a flier for an Old school BMX show at the Recyclery in Portland, Oregon. Took my '87 Kuwahara Bravo Pro frame with me to check it out. So cool to see all the old school rides! Talked to the curator of the event Paul & we became best friends. We started doing the show together & this year will be the 14th year!
A Tucson BMX rider remembers his role in ET as the 40th anniversary approaches.
German BMX legend Axel Reichertz still shreds as hard as ever at 52 years old!
In 1986, the movie "Rad" was released. Robert Peterson promoted the movie by appearing on The Merv Griffin Show. Now this is "Old School".
shit, slugs, dead stuff, zombies, ghouls, dirt, tats, Mike and Sara's, wiggy p, fingerless judas priest gloves, cyder, skate boards, herbs, bugles, green beards, depression, noise, sticky fingers, girls aloud, iceland 1 quid specials, shit jobs, death punk, muscle cars, otter hunting, deformed animals, ass cannabilism, tony and guy hair styles, squashed insects, trick nuts, cocks, breaking stuff, 20 oz T-bone steaks, flash gordan, pigs trotters, leave passes, gangs, rat like animals, feeding the pony, agression, broken bones, denim, sk8 punk, pain, sunday sniff, hangman games, Leicestershire goths, chappy, ikea, giving to charity, stuffed trouts, stepping on dog turds, summer '08 argos catalogue, troy, emo fringes, shaved minges, dogs, chickens, Gin bummed off a old bald bastard, curry, lanacane powder, luxury toilet roll, four eyed bastards, the reeperbahn, pauline fowler dying a week after Rumplestiltskins long cock was written, dr hang tats, femfresh, food from m&s, moving metal, lawn mowers, 5pm on a friday, friday 13th tats, the rain man, razzel magazine, ginger haired people on coke, blow up tigers, bbq'd phesants, gypo equipment, fly tipping, rooms full of Guinea Pigs, Papa New Guinea, chembos mullet, massive black cocks, birthday parties, slap heads, Titch down the willies drinking a tot, pretty much anything!
Finally, Some Authentic Fresh Rubber for the Old School scene! For those riders and collectors out there, we have opened a mold for the iconic mid-1980s Panaracer Freestyle tire. The tire is upgraded to accommodate high pressure - up to 85 psi - and features the same tread, logo, and aesthetics as the original model.
As most will already know, this tire was OEM specification on the Redline RL 20 Prostyler and the Redline RL20 II Prostyler through the mid-1980s as well as the neon range of Haro Freestylers - The Master, Sport, and FST - in 1985. Preorder is open on the Redline Foundations website for those interested in grabbing a set. Availability is limited from the first batch.
Few bikes have defined a generation of innovation and design the way Mongoose’s iconic designs of the 1970’s and 1980’s did for BMX. The brand’s Supergoose and California Special inspired generations of cyclists with new technologies, unique styling, and the professional athletes who rode them. Mongoose announces its Classics Collection that will resurrect two iconic designs by relaunching a special edition Supergoose and California Special, available in Fall 2021 in select countries.
“Mongoose remade these bikes in the spirit and heritage of the time period they were born, with frames
Aggro, Aggro Aggrooooo! A piece of BMX history this.
News footage of the 1981 Jox/Jag BMX World Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana circa December 1981. Bonus old school pictures/footage at the end.