#RememberThis- Cyrus Amato of Cy’s Cycle Center

I received news this week from Rodney Morweiser that one of the people responsible for our involvement in bicycles themselves had passed away. The man was Cyrus Amato, the owner of Cy’s Cycle Center. It was a pretty horrible feeling knowing that a man who had helped so many kids on bikes had passed on […]

#RememberThis- “Just For The Love Of It” The Harry Myers Interview Part 3 ~General Bicycles~

Well, here it is, the final installment in the Harry Myers interview. This is the part where I actually really got to meet the guy 1987-1989 and sorta be there towards the end, lol, the end of General and the end of the beginning of freestyle BMX. I scoured some of the old mags and found […]

#RememberThis- “Just For The Love Of It” The Harry Myers Interview Part 2 ~Puch Bikes~

Guess I’ll give a little preface here as well. Harry the originator of Craigmeur had the National NBA tour through the area in 1978 and was drawing in a huge amount of riders every race. People were impressed by the facility and he was getting notoriety in the industry. At the time a lot of […]

#RememberThis- “Just For The Love Of It” The Harry Myers Interview Part 1

When I was growing up and just learning about BMX, one track was already a legend in New Jersey. Craigmeur BMX. It was located in the Vernon Valley area and already by 1979 had seen an NBA National, all the pros and was known as THE track to go to if you were serious about […]