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Photo submitted by cornermind, “My friend and I, in the fall of ’79 or ’80. It is in the far North suburbs of Chicago, where we grew up. My dad took the photo when we were 11-12. I am on the silver bike (Rodger DeCoster made by Mongoose). My friend’s bike is an SX100 Schwinn.”

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Ryan
Ryan
10 years ago

Love it. I would kill to have a picture like this of me and my friends on our bikes. I was living in the Chicago ‘burbs during this time too!

Brian
Brian
10 years ago

Great pic. Brings back memories of the same stunts on our BMX Schwinns in the ’80s around Chicago as well. I’m sure there is a plywood ramp just behind them. I just restored my old Predator with red mag wheels last summer, now it’s ready for my kids.

mike
mike
10 years ago

I swear I have seen this picture before. Is this a recreation of on Old pic from a freestyle magazine?

cornermind
cornermind
10 years ago

Thanks for posting, Kristi. Love the website!

Mr. P
10 years ago

Stylin’!

Love it.

P

satisFACTORYrider
satisFACTORYrider
10 years ago

brings back good times! tuffs and motomags. great pic.

MagliaRosa
MagliaRosa
10 years ago

Skyway Tuff wheels! Frame pads! (Whatever happened to those, they saved my nuts on many occasions?) And you’d always recognise a Mongoose by that brace between the top and down tubes with the hole cut out. Great stuff!

Matt
Matt
10 years ago

That is awesome. Those bikes are worth some change now.

DB4L
DB4L
10 years ago

To echo the above, this brings back found memories! Toe endos, FTW!

JOEP
JOEP
10 years ago

Dude is sporting the vintage Adidas! My favorites!

WannaBeSTi
WannaBeSTi
10 years ago

The hill they’re on is perfect for stand-up wheelies…

Troy
Troy
10 years ago

Mike – same memory. I am sure this was a regular trick and I reckon I saw a picture of it in “BMX plus”.
I am not good for the names, but there were a couple of big names back then (like a Richie Schley is today) who did it.

Regardless – that photo is gold, and I sure wish I had something like that, although we weren’t well off enough to have a set of Tuffs back then

Ham-planet
Ham-planet
10 years ago

This photo has been circulating on the internet for a while now. Who’s to say if itreally depicts cornernmind?

Gravity
Gravity
10 years ago

@Ham-planet – I hate to be so cynical, but I totally agree. I first saw this probably a decade ago, on MySpace. Not that it couldn’t be the cornermind guy, but I am very suspicious. I would think cornermind would have a high-quality original scan, not a photo that’s been resized a dozen times, as this clearly has.

cornermind
cornermind
10 years ago

I have other photos of me that were taken the same day, some with close-ups of my face. I also have the original photo that I scanned and the negative. It really is me and my friend.

The ones that are circulating (Reddit, chive, etc) are doing so without my consent.

cornermind
cornermind
10 years ago

I’m sorry about the quality. I sent it to Kristi w/ my phone and I suspect some of the resolution was lost

cornermind
cornermind
10 years ago

Also, I first posted it to vintagebmx.com maybe 5 years ago, max. I suspect it was lifted there, but I had it as my twitter picture, so it could have been taken from there.

Steve
Steve
10 years ago

Long time a go ! LOL I love the picture !

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