Jox and Jag World Finals at Indy 1981 (I think)... Look at all these Free Wheels..Lol. I am in there with the red Bell Moto3.. Starting gate with red tires.... This is earlier at Tom Sawyer Park in Louisville.. in second place there..ended up making a pass FTW! Ok I feel old as shit now...
I built this Robinson around that same time frame. Sold it to my littler brother and then took it back after it sat for years at my parents house. This was my pit bike back in 96 when I started road racing. Tang TRX forks, Uni seat and Z-Wheels (the original Z-Wheels I built the bike with were red) FTW! It's now hanging in the garage.
FYI Houston Tx is building a track as we speak, and will be hosting 2020 UCI WORLDS THERE NEXT YEAR! And we are hopefully racing 1st national there in October this year
Setting up in the gate and getting your pedal position and stance just right would be a pain in the arse with a coaster brake. BMX was always about freewheel in the early 80s. I even remember the "flip/flop hubs" where you could mount a 16T freewheel on one side and a 15T or 17T on the other and then just turn the wheel around for a quick gearing change without swapping chainrings.
FWIW the bootleg DVD on eBay isn't too bad. I got it last year as an X-Mas gift and was surprised by how good it was. Below is the Spotify link for the soundtrack, so you can "Break the ice". https://open.spotify.com/album/4Xs7sSHC66tRyOs3YC6ZOf?si=oMFCLSztRcuruL0Qi9--zw
Just found a track near my house that's run by volunteers. I'm on a MTB these days but modern BMX race bikes have come a long way!! Carbon errthang and all dat.
Staff photo at Woodward BMX in 1985. I'm in the upper left of the pic. I was into it bigtime back in the mid 80s, which a lot of people consider the golden era of BMX. Rode for Rockville BMX national team in 1984 and part of '85 and then Schwinn. Still have my original Schwinn Sting with the flared and brazed tubes. Cool bike.