Some OLD school BMX photos

22 October 2010 - 01:10 AM Post #1

mrraceinc
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These are pictures of a friend of mine and his brother. I have been hounding him for a long time to scan the pictures for me so I could post them here. Some history on them is he raced for a bike shop here in Phoenix call Ye Olde Bike shop(I think later it was named Steady Pedaler). It was located at 19th Ave and Union Hills. His brother raced for the Swiss American team. They have been in business since 1977 and are still around although now they are mostly road and mountain bikes. The owners and son of Swiss America are good friends of mine and I have known them since I was a kid. I am not sure where the bike shop photo was taken but the frames below the Schwinn sign are Cheetah Competitors. This is what my friend raced and he was able to come up with a NOS frame to redo like his childhood bike. I can try and answer any of the questions you have. Most of these were way before my time! Enjoy!

22 October 2010 - 01:12 AM Post #2

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I tried to attach the file but all of the pictures were put together on an Adobe attachment and I can't open it. Can someone help me? These pictures are really great.

22 October 2010 - 01:21 AM Post #3

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I deleted my previous post by accident, anyway you may need to covert the pics to jpg and try again. I sent you a pm with my email in case you can't get it. Maybe save them in paint and then upload.

If not, look into this, I have not used it but it might be a solution.
http://www.pdf-to-jpg.com/

22 October 2010 - 02:45 AM Post #4

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Jake, thanks for the offer. I emailed the file to you. Maybe you will have better luck than I did.

23 October 2010 - 12:20 AM Post #5

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I was able to cheat on these

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23 October 2010 - 01:25 AM Post #6

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23 October 2010 - 01:39 AM Post #7

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rad, early moto pics. Posted Image

dig that bike shop shot too.

23 October 2010 - 01:51 AM Post #8

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23 October 2010 - 02:04 AM Post #9

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Classic BMX pics!

23 October 2010 - 02:04 AM Post #10

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It was worth the wait Mrraceinc... These are really cool pics. 70's all the way! Awesome!

23 October 2010 - 02:14 AM Post #11

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Thanks guys! It was worth the wait for me too! It took my friend almost 2 months to send these to me! It is cool since the Swiss American shop has always been my home shop and they are still in business. Some really good people own it and they let me have full use of the shop and tools.