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¡Gran año! ¡Nunca lo vendas!

Gracias así es Pq Yoo La voy a vender ok gracias

Thanks! Much appreciated. Happy to get a top 3 plate. 😁

Thanks! I'm getting to like this bike. 😁

@@ChrisWong13 Radical Chris 🤘🏻

Thanks! Much appreciated! 🤝

Awesome! Great bikes, just classic! 👍

Not me personally. I don't have the room for any more bikes. 😁 But I know someone who would be interested. Got any pics on Facebook or Instagram or the bike?

@@walterbison True! But I like this bike either way, and it's been my main flatland bike since 2020. 👍

Ha! Yeah, well that’s what happens when things don’t go to plan. 😂 And it’s not 3 mins in real life. 😁

I wasn't totally sure I'd record at this race. Glad I decided to do it. Yeah, POV is pretty awesome. It definitely captures BMX racing well. 👍

Thanks! Yeah, POV footage can do that sometimes. 😁 I wasn't sure if I was gonna record this race, but I'm glad I did. It turned out great. Racing can be addictive. I was thinking I'd just try it in 2022, but got the bug and raced a lot that year. I haven't raced a whole lot since, but stoked that I did the Gold Cup series this year. 👍

Yeah, it is a freestyle bike after all. This was about 30 lbs with mags in this video. It's now a little over 28 lbs with spokes.

@@ChrisWong13 I had the white 5 star rims

@@pelonmusk3210 Classic! 👍

Thanks! It's been my go to bike for a while now. 👍

@@JTSonorous Thanks! My first new bass since the mid 90s. 😁

Thanks again! 🤝

Nice! Nope, they still go by those names. 👍

@@ChrisWong13 great stuff mate. That's what they were called back in 1987 here in the UK. Much love to you.

@@ashleystyles6888 Thanks! Same to you! Yeah, some trick names are a little different even in the US, depending on region.

Thanks Bmx 🫡🥰🤝🤝🤝🤝Bmx

@@ChrisWong13thanks Bmx 🫡🥰🤝🤝🤝🤝

@@turanturk2825 I bought this bike in July 2020 for $675 and it's got a 20.75" top tube. I think they go for $950 nowadays.

Absolutely! 🤙

Thanks so much! It might be the first switch not because of technical difficulties. 😁

Thanks! 🤙 Vertigos were cool. I think I had a friend that had one. It's was prob an early 90s model. Get what you can to start with and see if it's worth it to you you get something more expensive.

Thanks! Yes, it's still a great bike today. 👍👍

Thanks again! If only there were more hours in the day to ride my bike. 😁

@@a12nell Thanks! Really appreciate it. 🤝 I just try to re-learn some tricks that I used to do back in the day. I wish I had more time in the day tho. 😁

Thanks! I’ll take it. Gotta learn some more tricks tho, been busy getting my old school bikes back into riding shape. 😁

Thanks! Gotta start riding my bikes more instead of working on them. Gotta learn some more tricks. 😁

@@ChrisWong13 Yes, it is also good to use them since we are old and we have to take advantage of the fact that time passes quickly and when we are no longer around, those bikes will be forgotten or they will be sold almost for free.

Chrome is always classic. 😎 I actually just got a couple of bikes that I had as a kid back from a friend. A black 88 GT Pro Freestyle Tour and a 88 Diamond Back Strike Zone Woody Itson. 👍

Thanks! It just kinda happened. 😁

Thanks! 👍

@@kidwilson3357 Thanks! Yeah, still stoked to get 2 of my bikes from back in the day. It's finally starting to set in that it actually happened. 😁 I don't, but I picked up a couple of Tioga Compact Discs on eBay and I'm sending them to Mark Drowne to polish them. I'm prob gonna swap the Redline sprocket for a Compact Disc. 👍

Sure! 👍

Thanks! 🤝

Thanks! I'll take it, but there are way better riders than me. 😁

Cool. That's a pretty decent bike. I thought about one when I was thinking of getting back into bikes in 2020. Here's a how to on tailwhips. I like kicking off the pedal instead of the back peg tho. There are plenty of how to vids on old and modern tricks. th-cam.com/video/odbny6Dd92E/w-d-xo.htmlsi=NVWL6pBTzK0NgUGw

Thanks! So killer to have this bike back. 👍

It is! As crazy as it sounds. This was my main bike through my high school years until I stopped riding in 1991 when I went away to college. I left a couple of bikes with a friend in 1992 when my dad moved out of state, so I wanted to keep the 2 bikes local instead of out of state or in storage. I figured I'd pick them up maybe months or a year later at the most, but I wound up never picking them up, and a lifetime later, my friend found me online and we met to catch up and get the bikes back to me earlier this month. 😁

@@ChrisWong13 Wow, that guy is golden! Glad he did the right thing, and glad you have your rides back! 👍

@@AmazingChinaToday Absolutely! 💪

Thanks! I use Odyssey Ghost clear brake pads. No angle adjustment, just bolt them on and go, and they're pretty grippy. 👍

@@ChrisWong13 thanks Chris! 🤘🏽

Thanks, man! 🤝

Awesome! I actually just got back my 1988 GT Pro Freestyle Tour and 1988 Diamond Back Strike Zone Woody Itson that I left with a friend back in 1992 when I went away to college. Gonna get them back into riding shape and post some vids.👍

I didn't actually find bass tabs, but it's not that involved as far as what notes are played. What I hear is mostly riding C with some slides, and a quick chromatic climb from E to B flat to B to C, and a couple sections of B flat to C, like under the guitar solo. It's a short song, but it's more about remembering the patterns for the slides and the overall arrangement. It's a tough one for me since I never really played thrash, and it's using some of the same galloping technique on the right hand. Don't think I'm that locked in with the rhythm, but it's not a completely terrible take. 😁

@@ChrisWong13 thanks

Thanks! Still rides well for freestyle even 30+ years later. 👍

Awesome! I wish I had my OG bikes from back when…

Thanks! 🤝

Thanks! Interesting, haven't thought of mixing the two. And I wasn't sure if I should post these vids on this channel or start a new one. 🤔

Yeah, I've prob had too many hobbies in my life. Bikes in the 80s, then bass in the 90s. 😄

Congrats on the new bike! I just turned 50 myself. 😁

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​@@ChrisWong13there's a pretty much new one near my for 400. I'm thinking about. Also found a wtp versus for 450

@@minusmartin They're solid bikes. 👍

@@ChrisWong13 my question is: would you rather spend the 400 on the 2023 haro interstate, 450 on the 2018 wtp versus (both stock and almost new) or buy a custom from another guy that has a (wtp network frame, odyssey caliber cranks, boss stem, shadow symbol wheels, supreme chain, S&M fubars, and a sunday dark wave fork)? is the custom one worth more getting into rather then getting the cheaper ones and upgrading later?

@@minusmartin That's a tough one. They're similar bikes, but the WTP frames have a shorter rear and a lower standover. That plays into the types of tricks you want to do. I prefer the OG brands, so I would usually pick a Haro over WTP, but that's just me. You should pick whatever you prefer. I also like buying a stock bike and customizing from there. That way, I get to pick and install everything myself. The WTP Network seems to be a better frame since it's a signature model. And it depends on the parts you want. If they're all parts you'd pick anyway, then sure, go with the custom bike.

This bike comes with 28/9 gearing. I had 25/9 on another bike and I think I liked that a little better since it was a little easier to crank. The big bikes from GT come with 33/16 or 36/16 gearing. I haven't ridden a big bike, so I'm not sure how the gearing feels. 36/16 on a 20 inch bike would be pretty soft, but with 26 or 29 inch wheels, I'm guessing it probably feels similar to 25 or 28/9. If you have one of these bikes, I'd say to try 25/9 gearing to make it a little easier to crank. Here's a GT Power Disk 36T sprocket. These are available in white or black: www.porkchopbmx.com/gt-110mm-bcd-bmx-bicycle-power-disc-silve-46157631.html If you want to switch to 36T, you'll likely want to switch the wheels or rear hub to a 13T or 16T.

Thanks. This park is closed forever at this point. 🥲

I had the Odyssey GTX-S gyro on this bike. It came with a smaller headset cap that had the proper clearance for the gyro. Apparently, the Odyssey GTX-S is the only one or two gyros that require a smaller headset cap. Other brands don't need it.

I hear ya. I also have the white 2021 model, and the welds are kinda messy in some areas. But I use it as my main flatland bike, and I have taken it to skateparks and it's a good all around bike. The geometry is similar to a lot of modern park bikes. I got the white 2021 for $675 in mid 2020. This black 2022 had a crooked rear end, so I ended up returning it. I got another black 2022 that I recently bought from a friend and it's straight. I think Haro has their reissue bikes made overseas too, but the quality is noticeably way better, the welds on Haro Lineage bikes are immaculate. It's prob down to which factory is making the bikes or quality control and how much you push them to do a better job. Just due to the economics, we probably won't ever get American made GT or Haro bikes again. I also paid $950 for the black 2022, and even at $950, they're still cheaper than the Haro Lineage bikes at $1,649. I swapped out the stock brakes with Dia Compe brakes and levers, I didn't really like Odyssey brakes back in the day, so I didn't really want to use them even now. The GT pedals are the same ones that come on their modern street/park bikes, so they get abused with grinds, etc. They're cheap at $20 to $30 a pair, so they're prob meant to be abused and replaced frequently. You prob wanna give any bike a good once over to check for anything loose anyways. Who knows what the factory mechanic is doing? They might be good mechanics, but just behind schedule and are cutting corners to get the bikes put together and in the box. I think wheels are built using machines nowadays, so you also wanna check them for straightness and spoke tension.

@ChrisWong13 I'd mentioned in another post that my black was on backorder from ALBES, but eventually came.. it had various scuffs/scrapes/scratches from shipping that i had to sharpie out.. i applied the rear brake out of the box and the cable stays that thread into the headset literally fell off! the black is on GTs website now for $650, but it's backordered (probably indefinitely).. I've also noticed variations in some videos on the pot's mod front brake stem hole - some large opening, some just sized for the cable and also the front dropouts have the hardware hole for the locating washer and some dont.. I'm definitely disappointed in the quality and realize we're just paying for nostalgia Chris..

@@kitvexed8229 Sorry to hear. I think Able's opens the boxes before they ship them out to customers to make sure the packing and foam is situated. Sux that your bike came with nicks and scratches. About the variations, not sure if those are just customizations? The bikes I've seen that I know are stock all come with the large opening that you use a square socket connector to tighten the compression bolt. Both of my bikes came with the safety washers on the front wheel, but I don't use them with pegs, I just put the pegs directly against the dropouts.

@ChrisWong13 i know ALBES opens them, as there was an ALBES sticker inside the box. IF albes has anything to do with checking or assembly, they did a piss poor job with mine as everything was loose (or falling off) and had to be gone through. I do the same and mount the pegs directly to dropouts, as they should be. there was a guide to follow as far as setting up the cable tension for the detangler using nickels and dimes as shims that either ALBES or China did not follow so i had to go completely through adjusting the brakes as well.. i can't imagine a child or lesser inclined person having to do this - it should've been set up straight out the box! btw, you're getting better Chris!

@@kitvexed8229 When you're right, you're right. Thanks!