I had something like that bike Cam. It wasn't stolen but it did serve up some disappointment. Back in the late 70's, as BMX was near it's pinnacle, I wanted this BMX "conversion kit" like nothing else on planet earth. I hadn't quite "discovered" girls yet. Inside this magic box was everything you needed to turn your tired old cruiser style bike into a rad BMX bike. It had bmx/moto style bars with a cross brace to swap out your sissy bars, a BMX seat to replace the banana seat, top tube, stem and handle bar pads, new grips, and pedals too I think. All in vivid purple and yellow colours. I thought I was gonna be just as rad as all the older kids on their flashy expensive bmx bikes. What was in the box did not live up to the hype that was in my head. Probably 5yrs later I eventually got a real bmx bike, which got stolen from school maybe a year later.
As a kid, that sickness that forms in the pit of your stomach is something you never forget.
July 22, 2024, 5:24 p.m. - Mark
I had something like that bike Cam. It wasn't stolen but it did serve up some disappointment. Back in the late 70's, as BMX was near it's pinnacle, I wanted this BMX "conversion kit" like nothing else on planet earth. I hadn't quite "discovered" girls yet. Inside this magic box was everything you needed to turn your tired old cruiser style bike into a rad BMX bike. It had bmx/moto style bars with a cross brace to swap out your sissy bars, a BMX seat to replace the banana seat, top tube, stem and handle bar pads, new grips, and pedals too I think. All in vivid purple and yellow colours. I thought I was gonna be just as rad as all the older kids on their flashy expensive bmx bikes. What was in the box did not live up to the hype that was in my head. Probably 5yrs later I eventually got a real bmx bike, which got stolen from school maybe a year later. As a kid, that sickness that forms in the pit of your stomach is something you never forget.