Photo submitted by cornermind, “My friend and I, in the fall of ’79 or ’80. It is in the far North suburbs of Chicago, where we grew up. My dad took the photo when we were 11-12. I am on the silver bike (Rodger DeCoster made by Mongoose). My friend’s bike is an SX100 Schwinn.”
Cornermind, Oli, Dmitry, Marc, and Hisa have a chance to win a retro TDF t-shirt from Après Vélo.
Mike – same memory. I am sure this was a regular trick and I reckon I saw a picture of it in “BMX plus”.
I am not good for the names, but there were a couple of big names back then (like a Richie Schley is today) who did it.
Regardless – that photo is gold, and I sure wish I had something like that, although we weren’t well off enough to have a set of Tuffs back then
@Ham-planet – I hate to be so cynical, but I totally agree. I first saw this probably a decade ago, on MySpace. Not that it couldn’t be the cornermind guy, but I am very suspicious. I would think cornermind would have a high-quality original scan, not a photo that’s been resized a dozen times, as this clearly has.
