Yea, It’s turning into “Tim Cook’s BMXNJ”, lol. It is seriously great to have these guys who were around at the very beginning of BMX in NJ sending in stuff like this. I hope all the old guys are saying, “HA! I remember that” and any of the new school guys are saying, “No sh** […]
Scanned in by…Tim Cook. He’s all over this place lately! Tim was good enough to take the time to scan in the tour book from the 1978 Schwinn NBA National Tour. (yes, that tour from Joe Kid On A Stingray) It says 3rd place novice on the front of the book scan I got, so […]
These are race clips given to BMXNJ.com by Tom Nieradka from the 85 Open at Deptford. There are plenty of different classes. Here we go with video 3. We started this thang, let’s finish it! LOL
(Update: Tim Cook emailed me last night and pointed out a few things! #34 in the photos is actually his brother Geoff Cook. #82 is Tim himself rocking the old school ashtabula cranks and forks. The photo in the gallery where Dechert is losing that pedal….1979 Craigmeur and the guy out front? Tim Cook! Thanks […]
When freestyle was dead in the early 90’s the riders took it upon themselves to run their own contests and jams to keep the sport alive. In Southern NJ, Phil and Marcus Hough did contests for street and flat that for quite some time have been sort lost to the history of BMX in NJ. […]
In the early 90’s in Spring Lake Heights, NJ, a man named Mr. Crossman had two sons, Josh and Luke who were killer flatland riders. He set up some of the best contests of that time called “The King Of The Court”. They were flat and street and held on a nice smooth tennis court. […]
1981 the HARO team invades Bicycle World courtesy of the Gleasons. Here are a few shots from their archives of that historic event. Bicycle World was an incredible supporter of BMX in New Jersey in all its forms in its earliest days. Here’s a couple teasers.
