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    But maybe I'll start at the beginning with my 1982 Hawk Scorcher.

    This was a "BMX style bike" that Woolworth sold complete with big labels warning buyers that it was only a BMX *style* bike and was not suitable for doing tricks on. It cost about £20. For comparison the base level Raleigh Burner... the very shittest Burner with no mod cons... cost about £90. So the Scorcher was truly bargain basement stuff.

    But I loved it. I earned money in my dad's print shop and spent it all on better components. All the other kids used to laugh at me for riding a shitty Scorcher, so I rode it harder and took more chances and wiped those grins clean off.

    It has Pro-Star stickers on, to disguise it's true identity :)

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    • I would give my right arm to have my Scorcher back today.Horp
    • Jesus that top tube is so skinny.garbage
    • It was 1981, they were all skinny.Horp
    • That bike took a hammering, and despite Scorchers having a reputation for terrible welds that failed under pressure, mine never did... thank the fictional godsHorp
    • and those wheels were awesome. Some kind of cheap wannabee Skyway effort. They had an Italian name. Benelli or some such.Horp
    • I used to race it, and I'd do pretty good. Everyone else was on expensive highly desirable bikes, and I had (almost literally) nothing to lose.Horp
    • Yeah, guessing it is aluminum not 4130. My first frames were all aluminum hand-me-downs from a friend that raced and was winning statewide comps.garbage
    • Redline, Mosh, Free Agent. Folded all of them in half because all I wanted to do was ride street.garbage
    • Hahah no it wasn't Aluminium, it was steel, and I don't think it was hi-tensile steel. It was the absolute cheapest BMX ever.Horp
    • People on BMX museum say they them with burn holes in the welding, nubs of welding rod sticking out of joins, chromed along with everything else.Horp
    • They were notorious for collapsing on a hard landing. My friends would all say "don't jump, it'll break" it never did though. I got lucky plus I weighed nothingHorp
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