Work of Art from a great era!

Alright dudes, let’s walk this sucker! Awesome build!

I got my first My first BMX in 1981 for my communion present; twas a used Black Mongoose, with red Araya rims, from what I remember. The frame was probably 79, or 80: by the time the movie RAD came out I had a chrome, and white Haro sport . My friends and I watched that movie every single day, afterwards, we then went outside to practice the tricks from the movie.💫 RIP Tommy.

@williambarringer6513

7 ай бұрын

I had a 16” diamondback mini-viper in the late 80s early nineties and my sister had a viper with powder blue confetti paint it was sweet I wish I still had them my nephew has the mini viper I think

@williambarringer6513

7 ай бұрын

My first bmx was a gt Mach two I had a red gt piston headset put on it and odyssey y-bars it had red mohawk hubs, then I had a 2011 specialized pro series it got stolen I got it back then it got stolen again now I have a specialized Sirrus-x 2.0 gravel bike

One of my all time favorites. I recently bought the bluray steel book, it holds up. My 5 yo son loves it.

Cru Jones singlehandedly reignited the superhero movie genre.

Nice build, and nice backyard too! Suggest lowering that seat post about 10 inches so the frame seat tube doesn't crack.

@3.000ft

9 ай бұрын

no thats how they're meant to be its 1980s bmx

@AmazingChinaToday

9 ай бұрын

@@3.000ft Many frame seat tubes cracked in the 1980s because the seat was too high (increased leverage). Especially with a laid back seatpost shifting the weight further back.

Awesome bike, brings back so many memories, my dream bike is a Hutch Pro Star, but this is totally rad.

@chrishenning8829

4 ай бұрын

Still have my '86 GT Performer. I want a PK Ripper. 🤘

Love the drone footage at the end and the music, agree the movie is cheesy but the BMX tricks are RAD! Bike is Sickkk!

@40thanniversaryripper22

Жыл бұрын

A spit..😁

i feel 35 years younger after watching you video! brings back memories for sure. I myself is a fan of RAD and a bmx rider before. Its so cool to see other people from other places who has the same love and passion. Thanks for the Video! Awesome job for the build!

Love this lol the goosebumps when the chorus kicks in. Watched this movie a million times back in the day. You gotta do the dance scene now too.

Had to watch on mute because of that water and birds was so distracting. Love the build and thanks for doing it! Rad for life! Bmx for life! Skate for life!

CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT BEAUTIFUL BIKE ....BRINGS BACK A LOT OF MEMORIES...THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO ❤❤ I WANT ONE 👍👍👏👏👏👏👏🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Wow i remember one of my friends in the neighborhood in the 80s had a lower end mongoose but not as nice as this Californian. Very cool build ,nicely done up.

@ahick

Жыл бұрын

Rad! Any mongoose is cool. Thank you 🙏 for watching and the compliment!

@gonzokaepernick8155

7 ай бұрын

​@@ahickBro! Awesome!!! 💪🏼

@MickSupper

6 ай бұрын

I had a chromoly Mongoose with round holes in the rims that went all the way around the inside and with red inserts. I think the wheels were red as well. Sure wish I could have that bike again.

Totally Rad! Great idea. 💯BMX 🏁 🌞BIKE ZEN 🌊

Awesome build!

@ahick

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I was obsessed with this movie..everything about it…my parents bought me a chromoly GT performer with pegs and I rode the crap out of it! Learned every trick I could! It WAS my childhood

this is great - I'm collecting parts now for my own build. great work, man!

Cool. I remember my first bike's colors but not the brand. My white Predator is the one i remember most. I had another but it got stolen. We'd watch this movie & then go out & try tricks. We werent successful...but fun times

Great video! Really cool bike - looks like I need to go find Rad and watch it. Music is awesome too!

@ahick

Жыл бұрын

🙏 thank you so much for watching! And the great comment!

Harbor Freight sells Evapo Rust. I used it on all the rusty hardware on a Diamond Back I restored for my son, and it made the hardware look brand new.

Very nice 🎉

@ahick

Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated! Thank you 🙏

Beautiful!

Murray X20 FTW!

Love this movie and still watch it with my kids to this day. I had a Skyway Teardrop and an Elf back in the day. Loved those bikes!

I just picked up an all.original 84 californian off offer up in salem nh for 150.00 bucks . Nice build 👍

I have a 1986 Californian I totally forgot about this thanks for the memories I’m gonna grease and polish that thing right now it needs new stickers it only has the one ont the top tube that says Californian

I just brought the blue ray disc one of my fav movies of all time

This is like a ASMR video. I fell asleep twice already 😴

This was my first real bike in 85 but had Pro Class rims!

I really Appreciated this Video BMX Build was Awesome.RAD The Movie is an All Time Cult Classic of The 80's.And I'm glad to be a Product of that Era.😎👍🏾

I have 2 1984 Skyway TA’s, Mongoose Pro Class, and 2 Hutch Pro Stars, and 1 Hutch Trick Star that my brother and I have had since new in the 80’s. All original chrome finish, we never had painted bikes from that time. We liked and wanted a Haro Group 1 RS1, but our parents said we had enough. We also had a 1986 Mongoose Miniscoot that we should have never gotten rid of.

Great build Awesome video. Love Rad, Grew up with a GT Pro Performer trying to master all of the tricks. Nice choice in watches as well!!!!!

Ive always wanted this bike

We love this movie to this day! I can still do a rock walk, wheelie-cat walk, rear tire 360, and other tricks, but they’re actually easier on my mountain bike for the most part. The Cru Jones Murray can’t be confused with a mongoose due to the rear end. Mongoose used a single tube bent into a U rather than tubing being welded together to the rear axle drop ins.

Beautiful bike nice job looks amazing.....Stay RAD!! .... ✌️

Absolutely love it, I’ve got a Haro frame sitting in my garage collecting dust for the last 30 years I wanna do the exact same thing with. We grew up wearing out RAD VHS with all the other buddies in the neighborhood

best bmx movie ever... we used to have the VCR in the motor home playing on repeat during the motocross days back when my feet didn't touch the ground on the 80cc bike I raced my dad would place a wood block under my foot at the starting line lol.. we'd all be watching Rad if we were we'd be on 20in bikes or dirt bikes .. those were truly the "golden years " back when the only negative part of life were crashing which just ment ud be side line with the chick's lol even the worst case scenario was a best case scenario lol

Nice, if you're ever in Vegas. We should ride

Great build came out nice

@ahick

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏

When there’s thunder in your heart

Thats cool really cool nice nice build

Man the wheels makes all the difference, without them it just looks like every other bike I've owned growing up, but with them it looks like a entirely different animal

I used to pretend I was Cru on my paper route. Doing rock- walks and rollbacks with my paper bag on the handlebars. Cool vid. Ride on 🤘

I really love this cool video and how fantastic your RAD replica Cru Jones bicycle turned out for you to ride !

@ahick

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 🙏! It is amazing to ride. I felt like I was 12 years old again.

I love the movie and it was good to see you build Cru's bike. I have always wanted to build one like that but I don't have the funds. So seeing you build it was Rad.

Has to get a follow for the RAD intro. Pure awesomeness.

@ahick

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏🔥🔥🔥🔥

I miss my old bike. I had a old redline from 1984. I had that bike forever. man I miss it

Very nice build there. Well done.

@ahick

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏! Much appreciated!

It was actually filmed in my neck of the woods, northwest Calgary (bowness park) and Cochrane, Alberta (just north of Calgary) Sadly few people here know that

sick build brother!

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Badass!

great work. bike looks great. fun to ride i am sure. i do rad themed edits also. i talked to cru on the phone once. super nice guy. i was supposed to do a event with him 2 years ago but it got canceled during covid .

Now. Go do some back flips on it. 😂. Rad build !

BAD ASS!!!!

I've watched this movie hundreds of times.... I still watch it once a year ish now 🤣

So good! ❤ Shoulda lowered that 40” seat post for the cinematics tho. 😅

That is perfect congrats.

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This movie was in this big ass video rental mechanical box in our variety store when I was a kid and was always rented out by me or my friends which all rode! Gave us great inspiration and would tear up the streets after a watch! Great memories, would love to have this bike on my wall! I had a chrome Kuwahara with red rims,seat with red and white checkered pads for my first "real" bmx in 86. Still have my Redline but not riding anymore due to disability but will never sell it!

Nice dude!!! Here a big fan of rad 😊

Damnit ...!!! I miss these days .. bad a%$ bike.

This wa My bike! Bought it off a neighbor who was getting his license. Sold it to me for thirty bucks. My. Favorite bike!

I thought the movie was cheese but I liked it anyway's! The bmx trick are sick!

33 an peps still sleep !its been goin on since day one . GEMATRIA is your friend my foes

I actually wanted either the Redline RL2A or the Haro Master. Instead my parents got me a Columbia because it was florescent green...LOL! Edit: was such a let down when I first saw Mongoose and Diamondback being sold at Walmart...

I’ve had/have pretty much every component on that build other than the farm and fork, and the spider.

Nice

Nice edit.

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great build a replica is on my to do list and I hope I'll be able to do it soon

@ahick

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Any questions let me know.

@yardsalecycles

Жыл бұрын

@ahick only one question and I'm kinda nit picking but why not go with some aluminum wheels and sealed bearings???

@ahick

Жыл бұрын

@@yardsalecycles I’m planning on getting some of the new rerelease proclass wheels. So these were just some budget wheels I found that were chrome.

Looks amazing but damn you need to lower that seat a little bit you're going to snap that pole right off😮

I never did dig Rad. Freestyle or Flatland was not for me. Though I did have a GT Pro Performer lol! But I liked riding my CW BMX bike more. The 80's was about Cross ups and Tabletops. Salute from San Diego BTW killer build

You have earned my subscription today 🙋🏻

@ahick

Жыл бұрын

🙏 thank you for subscribing!

@papmaster8874

Жыл бұрын

@@ahick You know it🤟🏼

👍 Engineering work....

@ahick

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏 for watching and commenting!

A little surprised there weren’t 3 piece cranks on that bike.

man, I remember those pedals.. If your foot slipped off them they'd tear your shins up lololol

Awesome build! Where did you get the chain ring from?

I road BMX since 1981 and the only part of Rad I wanted was the girls with Bart Taylor. That zebra print was amazing!! So 🔥 🥵

Nice video. Rad is one of my all time favorite movies. Also, your yard screams southern AZ suburbia. Am I right?

Do you happen to know the axel size? Having a hard time figuring if the 3/8" is what I need or is that for new school.

Well you got the frame and fork right. I guess that’s something.

Rad. Was a redline guy myself, but yeah

@ahick

Жыл бұрын

Can’t beat a redline! I love the old skyways and GT performers too! Thank you for watching! 👍👍👊🏻

Was wondering where you got the blue power plate from? Trying to track one down myself for ages...

Always loved the Cru bike but imho still doesn’t touch the bikes from the movie BMX Bandits 😅

My first real BMX was a Californian. I broke the seat tube on it. I sold it and the guy got it welded back up.

@ahick

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

I had that bike

Awesome build! I'm building a Californian...do you happen to know if both front/rear calipers are marked 1000a or is the front a 900a? You did a great job with the bike and your video!

@ahick

Жыл бұрын

I believe they are both 1000a. I will double check tonight. Great question.

@ahick

Жыл бұрын

Yes they were both 1000a

@stephenwhite5444

Жыл бұрын

​@@ahick thanks for the info! Very appreciated!

Back when Mongoose wasn't a Walmart brand 😢

Need some drilled pro-class wheels for it :)

Beautiful tribute. I just picked up an 84 and am looking to do the same. Do you have a build sheet for this bike?

@ahick

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much @lewis8281 🙏 I do not have a build sheet. Mostly Purchased piece by piece on EBay and BMxmuseum.com . The crank for example is a reproduction I found from Australia. It is a fun hunt.

@lewis8281

Жыл бұрын

@ahick Thanks anyway, Yup. Found the crank set in Australia as well. I'm trying to find some nice comparable bars.

_I had a GT m1 and it blaci and chrome with 5 stars rims and my Best Bro had gotten his hands on a Skyway that is the Lightest Trick Bike in the world But anyway i heard my dog in the back yard barking up a storm and i went outside where my bike was at on the front porch and i was too late yo These cats had ganked my bike and allready riding over the Lakes Dam of one my familys Lake and it was a connector to a dead end that connects to the neighborhood thats butted up to my neighborhood and I was so Mad the one day that didnt put my bike in the backyard or sometimes i would just bring it into my bedroom because the GT was one of the baddest trick bikes Expecially after we all watched the movie rad yo Rad was my favorite movie ever then gleaming the cube was a good movie _

Where did you get all the parts?

My dream build: 1983 Cooks bros. Bmx Racer

What brand rims did you use?

You have a parts list?

Wait, no Spintek Gyro for double sided cherry pickers?

Bro in '86 that 'goose would've been stolen in less time than it took Cru to land that 'AirWalk'😂😂😂 💥GR8 BUILD 💥PK RIPPER 4life😂😂😂

You put the clip for the master link backwards. It need to be positioned when you pedal it moves in the direction of how you clip it on.

Dam I need that bike lol 😂 I’m only 46 I can still ride