Oldskool: BMX Old Skool Bike Show, Slagharen 2009. By PdJ

The 30th anniversary of BMX in Holland turned out to be a 52 years aninversary, Gerrit Does showed a movie with BMX riders in 1957 somewhere in Amersfoort Holland! We will have this clip on FATBMX soon, after pictures of 1957 and the film of 1958 it is up to the Americans to prove that BMX is an "all American sport" hahahaha. Ten Old School bike collectors put up a great show in the "music hall" at Slagharen with about 100 bikes! We were really impressed with the turnout and lots of nice bikes were on display for the audience. Three judges were pointed and they had a hard job to find the right winners in 5 catagories. Paul's Boutique BMX supported this event with 5 pairs of VANS RAD SERIES signature shoes and Marcha Blanker made nice trophies but they got lost in the post somewhere but will be send to the winners later:

Best 70's Bike:
1 Peugeot CPX300 1979 by Paul de Jong , 75 points (pretty good bike but far from perfect)  2 Batavus 1979 by Mike Janssen, 72 points (original but not really a BMX bike)

Best 80's Bike:
1 PK Ripper Looptail 1984-85 by Christophe Detandt Belgium, 89 points (very nice PK Ripper with top parts)
2 Skyway TA 1983 by Markus Grünewald Germany, 85 points (super TA but without Tuffwheels you can't win a bike show)
3 GHP Pro 1984 by Johan Janssens Belgium, 83 points (self made fork! rest is top quality)
4 Hutch Hollywood Pink 1985 by Elmar Henrich Germany, 81 points (nice bike but some repro products)
5 National Pro 1982 by Rudolf Smit, 79 points (nice color, nice combination)
6 JMC Darryl Young 1984 by Serge Mannee, 78 points (wrong pedals and seatpost but nice bike)
7 Kuwahara Lazerlite 1984 by Tim Haykens, 77 points (original set up, missing an original seat)
8 Skyway TA 1983 by Mike Janssen, 75 points (needs some work, nice survivor, switch front and rear tires soon)
9 Diamond Back Harry Learry Turbo 1983 by Wim Kuiper, 72 points (nice survivor, get rid of the Fox pads and fake grips soon)
10 GT Pro Series 1987 by Anita v/d Mortel, 70 points (world champion bike, AMEV team, original)
11 Paterson Racing 200 1984 by Andreas Riesenbeck, 61 points (bike still in use for racing)
12 Mongoose Motomag 1980 by Paul de Jong, 60 points (Motomags with freewheel, rest not really original)
13 Kuwahara Lazerlite 1982 by Danny Donkersloot, 58 points (no chain, no brakepads, needs some work)

Best Freestyle Bike:
1 Redline RL20II 1987 by Markus Grünewald Germany, 88 points (very very nice bike, almost perfect)
2 Skyway Streetbeat 1985 by Christophe Detandt Belgium, 82 points (good bike with owners old parts)
3 DP Racing Escaper 1984 by Mike Janssen, 70 points (6 pegs in the front! needs some work)

Most Unique Bike of Show:
1 Kuwahara E.T. 1982 by Christophe Detandt Belgium, 88 points (E.T. is jalous! this is the most famous/loved bike of the show)
2 Webco Sidehack 1980 by Mike Janssen, 82 points (only sidehack on the show, survivor, ex Pierre Karsmakers)
3 Mongoose Moosegoose 1981 by Paul de Jong 80 points (24 inch frame with 20 inch wheels, strange bike)
4 Hutch Lil Holeshot 1982 by Johan Janssens 79 points (only "mini" of the show)
5 DG 1982 by Rudolf Smit 78 points (only DG of the show, nice color)
6 Kuwahara Kz1 1981 by Danny Donkersloot, 75 points (only Kz1 of the show but not really excotic)


Thanks to all collectors, Gerrit Does, BMX Museum, TVE, Paul's Boutique and VANS for their support!

PDJ





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