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 […]
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 2. Takes ya back dudn’t it? (Come on, how cool is BMX?!)
I was off playing, “I wanna be a freestyle guy” but racing was still going full bore in NJ. My friend from those days, Tom Nieradka, gave me a bunch of videos from those years back when I was looking for my HVTT videos. I’ll be adding 15-25 minutes of these videos over the next […]
Guess you have all seen the pictures of Pete’s Bike Shop version of BMX in Flemington from the 70’s that I put up. Here’s the Total BMX magazine (an east coast BMX magazine from the 70’s and 80’s) write up of the opening and reincarnation of Flemington BMX as Hunterdon County BMX in 1981. I […]
Just leaked on BMX Action Online.com. New Jersey’s own Kathy Schachel is to be inducted into the NBL BMX Hall of Fame alongside Stu Thomsen and Greg Esser at this year’s NBL Grand Nationals.
Geepers…what was BMX racing like back before the days of paved turns and clips? Who were the stars? What kind of drama happened on the track?
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. […]
