Antique BMX bicycles

Written by <Michael Vass

Just over the weekend I was at my first BMX event. A dirt jump competition held behind the Belmar Bar in Binghamton, New York. So it got me thinking about bicycles and antiques in general.

And much to my surprise (again) I found that there are antique BMX bicycles. Now one site I found is not exactly the antiue you might expect. These are not just old BMX parts and copmplete bicycles. Many are integrated with new parts, or restored with parts of other antique BMX equipment to match the needs and desires of the owner.

A piece of equipment that some might want is the SE LOOPTAIL QUADANGLE

or a complete bike like the SE RACING LOOPTAIL PK RIPPER form 1982.

Now there isn’t a lot of information out about this line of collectibles, yet. A search on eBay came up with nothing. But I have to wonder, BMX is a growing sport. The X-Games are very popular, garnering millions of viewers on television each year. How long will it be before antique BMX bikes become the craze of the next generations of middle aged Americans that grew up with the sport, or watching it?

I suppose that is the real question. What do you think?