BEST BMX Collection EVER?! - Powers BMX Museum Tour

[@clydeburkey]

I am 56 years old and love these boys bring back memories

[@72PSI]

As a 54 yr old BMXer all I can say is WOW!!!!! Thanks for sharing. AMAZING!!!!!!!

[@shafiqjan1474]

55 yr old here, what he said... 👍🏻🤘🏻🤓

[@Eduardo_Espinoza]

That's awesome, I honestly appreciate the older BMXs rather than the newer punk ones 😃

[@gogibbo7151]

51 here. Nice collection!!

[@jeffbear5317]

54 here and would love to see this in person.

[@jeffbear5317]

Back in the day we used one bike for everything. There wasn't the specialized bikes like today. I remember seeing the first freestyle bike and was blown away.

[@p.smallz6168]

Just turned 50 and seeing this has me drooling, reminiscing, and filled with happy nostalgia. I have to visit this place someday. And I’m stoked I still got my 86 Master, the most important piece of my childhood and teenage years. Thanks for the video and thanks to Chad, what a rad dude.

[@PC_TV_73]

I just turned 50 in August and this brings me back to the bike shops of the 80s

[@michaelhenderson7257]

That's SICK DUDE !!! I was smart enough to keep my Gary Turner I raced in the late 70's.

[@rogertrotter5099]

I'm 56 and had these bikes when I raced back in the day. Dude, it brought back serious memories. Thanks, my man.

[@coldcrush9]

Chad at Powers BMX sold me a 1994 GT Power series 24" chrome frame and fork and it ROCKED!

[@davidsharp3110]

Born in 62, this museum trip opened my eyes to stuff I remember in the mid 70s when I was learning about BMX. The bikes and the magazines where you could dream about "one day" owning one. I subscribed cuz you tell great stories.

[@chrisherner7276]

I’m 53 years old and smiling,had ripper/profile/supergoose growing up. Thanks for sharing!!!

[@PowersBMX]

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[@videditorEB1]

Did my heart good when the first bike I saw, in prime viewing position, was the Yamaha Moto-Bike. So sweet! Dad broke the piggy bank and my brother and I both got very special Christmas surprises. They were $120 each in 1974 and a huge splurge for a Greyhound bus driver, but he rode Yamaha and wanted his kids to as well. What a blast!

[@Cloudy_Jones]

I know nothing about BMX at all but this was dope as hell, I respect anyone who is attempting to preserve history regardless of what kind of history it is.

[@PowersBMX]

thank you so much!!

[@dougm.635]

Amazing! I remember bike shops in San Diego looking like this in the 70s - early 80s.. what an amazing collection

[@hairyparatestes1183]

Walking Encyclopedia of everything BMX with a massive collection.

[@brenreidy8763]

Thank god somebody is doing this.

[@gdb5448]

Totally rad, dude. I agree with the "leave it original" philosophy...clean it up, service it, make it functional and call it a day. Restored bikes are cool too and they're definitely nice to look at but there is just something magical about an old BMX bike in its original condition and the story that it tells.

[@PowersBMX]

right!! they are only oringal once!!! and we love the storys that they show!

[@terryerickson4786]

The 4th bike you showed. The 1974 Dan Gurney bike. I just bought back my Dan Gurney Eagle Mono Shock bike that i had at 14. I'm 57 now. So glad to get it back to pass on to my Grandson.

[@PowersBMX]

That’s so sick!!

[@LonnyJay-vh4yg]

Geeemanneeee,awsome collection bro.. unbeleivable- absolutely awsome video!. Brought back a ton of memories bro💯thanks for an awsome video bro!!!!😊

[@LonnyJay-vh4yg]

I've still got a dayglow pink gt pro world tour frame and fork that I'd trade for 80s harp stuff😊

[@LonnyJay-vh4yg]

Wow!!!

[@johnvervoort1597]

I’m an old school Bmx’er from Belgium who started in 79’ and raced for 12 years. When I quite racing I donated all my bikes and gear to the old school bmx museum in the Nederlands.

[@suntzuwarsword1964]

Very cool..im 60 years young just getting into BMX..from my dragster days..have 6 kids with and grandchildren.. ive gone collector and i ride my bmx bikes❤ love the collection..looks like ill be getting on a plane from queensland Australia

[@JohnnyG-Jeggee]

There are a lot of bmx collectors down there in Australia my friend. Ive shipped a few bmx parts to them.

[@SavageAudits]

You are a stud, for getting into BMX at 60 years of age. SALUTE!

[@derekharrison1582]

You can’t beat OLD SKOOL BMX.May be I’m biased as I grew up with BMX in the early to mid 1980s,so I saw it become huge.Virtually everyone I knew had a BMX bike(the most popular bike was the PK RIPPER,so many people I know owned them,especially street riders) but GTs, DIAMOND BACKS, REDLINES, MONGOOSE SUPERGOOSES, RALEIGH BURNERS,were also popular.I love the fact that so many people in their 50s(like myself),60s and even 70s, are riding both 20 and 24 inch BMX bikes.BMX seemed to go through a slump in the late 80s and early 90s, but those that were still racing,freestylin and street riding kept it going when loads had abandoned it for mountain bikes.And now you have the likes of SE, MONGOOSE, RALEIGH, SKYWAY and HUTCH for example who have rereleased 80s BMX bikes.MONGOOSE rereleased the SUPERGOOSE and CALIFORNIA a couple of years back, and they sold out(some ending up on eBay and selling for STUPID prices).I’m waiting for MONGOOSE to rerelease the PRO CLASS in 24 inch as the PRO CLASS was a classic in both 20 and 24 inch and I’ll be buying a 24 inch PRO CLASS.😉

[@lamBETTERthanY0U]

@@derekharrison1582NOBODY cares DUDE

[@ReedoAce]

@@derekharrison1582I’ve also noticed over the years the geometry of bmx has changed ever since they moved on from threaded forks where it was easier to raise and lower the stem. Mid school bikes were super heavy and small with the bolt on style stems. They should re release a batch like old school with mag wheels

[@LuisC-g8u]

Im 55 and started in BMX when I was 13, love it and follow it until today. This is amazing man, awesome work! Its sad that you don't see that many kids on BMX bikes on the streets these days...

[@staffh3815]

What u said😂

[@LuisC-g8u]

@@staffh3815 I'm not sure if you understood.....I'm saying BMX bikes are not as popular as they were in there 80's and 90's....or am I wrong??

[@LuisC-g8u]

ok...I messed up with the order of words....."kids on BMX bikes" :)

[@LuisC-g8u]

@@staffh3815 Just edited hahaha

[@staffh3815]

I was saying I agreed with what u said ,sorry

[@brianhollings7963]

Cathedral of dreams😊thankyou so much( OG 56yr-started BMXing 1978)Amazing shop/museum 😊

[@ashtonmariefranklin1981]

I'm 42 years old. I loved my 97 Haro group 1 Ti. Had sst orgy gyro on it, Matt Hoffman bars, GT grips, alienation/redline 48 spoke wheels with flip flop rear hub. Rode that bike everywhere. Sadly, it sat in my parents' garage for years, and they just gave it away to some kid. Hope the kid loved it as much as I did. But I still wish I still had my first true Real BMX bike. Have so many stories about riding it. And the story all started after i got hooked because of watching Rad the movie at a friend's house. That movie was our holy grail into bmx

[@ericevans1972]

Everytime I go to Powers to pick something up, I end up walking around and checking out the collection. Amazing.

[@williamknutson6163]

Where is this at?

[@mikesbbody]

@@williamknutson6163 Downtown Richmond VA

[@matthewallen644]

@@williamknutson6163Richmond Virginia.

[@ProudPatriot306]

Oh man!I'm salivating!Pure Radness at its finest!Amazing!

[@MOUNTAINOUS]

nice. one of those bmx plus magazines....... i am in it. i am over 50 and i still ride bmx. i have talked to you before. but ya i still do and make flatland videos. race videos. street. park etc. cool place bro. good stuff. happy 4th bro.

[@shanebrennan5985]

Dam what a collection of BMX history, it’s hard to know where to look it’s like BMX heaven everywhere lol

[@NATAS-cr3ss]

I'm 48 and still have all my bikes. They are in my parents basement and I haven't even thought of them in over 30 years until I saw this video. Diamond Back formula one, Free Agent mini, Boss, Schwinn Predator, Various GT, Hutch, Skyway. CW Racing scooters. Lots of Redline cranks, dk necks, z-rims never used. I'll be busy next weekend!! Woo-hoo

[@muhammadashshiddiqi1837]

Awesomr

[@kevincallahan771]

I’ll be turning 58 and had a scrambler. Then my parents bought be a Rampart and owned a mongoose with mag wheels. The good old days. We started it all. We use to jump dirt hills and stairs.

[@jeffripper7234]

Man , like that Yamaha bike , had one back in the day , easiest bike ever peddled , wish , I could find a ment one , love em 👍👍👍

[@wewererad6018]

Amazing video! Amazing collection! Thanks so much Brant for supporting our WE WERE RAD book project and buying a copy!

[@PowersBMX]

We have the book here it rules!!

[@markprice2225]

I saw a flash of my old GT BMX in the beginning of the video. I had the chrome with the blue/gold/red GT BMX graphics/decals! I ride my Robinson everyday, sometimes nights too!

[@sawnoff86sawnoff71]

Living in the uk it breaks my heart I might never get to visit this place but it’s now on my bucket list 👍amazing stuff keep it up guys 🙏

[@johnvervoort1597]

There is an old school BMX museum in the Nederlands.

[@dre4011]

Hey..........The English made it to Richmond... over 300 years ago.....and you can too

[@joshbrekke6374]

I get it, thanks for preserving our history. I raced as many weekends I could from 1979-92. At 51 now & still love BMX. I every day a 2004 Proline Pro 24 I got during our honeymoon in 2006 at a cool shop in Boulder City Nevada. It now has real hi end parts, I love riding it a lot. Upgraded to a Brooks B-17 saddle, made a big difference!

[@PowersBMX]

Would love to get you out here!

[@pauljames1978]

8:51 I had that S&M PBR frame and the S&M Holmes next generation frame in black back in the day 🔥👍🚲💨

[@Ch1c490]

That silver hawk with the answer pro fork and crupi pedals are definitely my era. Awesome collection.

[@EPHONIC]

Never knew this place is so close to my house. Going to have to check it out. At 50, I’m getting back to my early days. Still have my 1986 Hutch Trick Star. A bit small at 20”. Awesome vid!

[@kennyjdm4912]

This takes me the 1980s and early 1990s . When I was kid me buddies ride our BMX bikes. Every week we use to go bike park . Those was some good times . This is a amazing collection .

[@pitdogluna7636]

56 here and still ride BMX that collection is amazing those early BMX bikes hit right in the feels man.

[@Thatwrxguy]

Wow... Absolutely amazing collection.. This made me think of my Hutch Trickstar, I loved that bike.... good times

[@beverett6256]

When I was a kid (56 now) a kid in our neighborhood had one of those Yamaha suspension bmx bikes. We all loved to jump it, because it had the suspension, and although it was a tank, it handled pretty good compared to what were were riding, which was mostly junk. This was around 1977/78

[@VinceGonzalez-sw5mt]

What an amazing collection of bmx mags, I had quite a bit, back in the day, only have a handful left. Btw, I love all the bikes, but the purple HUTCH TRICKSTAR, is a dream bike of mine, WOODY ITSON STYLE

[@johnbuffinton7324]

Wow! And it's in Richmond VA!! I'm definitely making a trip!!

[@PowersBMX]

come out! we are open 7 days a week

[@srpdesigns]

52 yrs old and this was our childhood throughout the early to mid 80s.. We had a couple of BMX stores in our CT town with a couple of tracks that were in made in the woods by local neighborhood kids... It was such a bookmark in all the guys who grew up in this era... Jst to see some of these bikes again brings you right back to one of the best memories growing up... Myself as well as many of the guys I grew up with could walk around this place playing remember when for hours... This is truly a very special place of not only BMX history but as well as a piece of American culture!!

[@thatguyfromwisconsin1847]

You pulled that diamond back i. A swamp...i wish i had that luck. Was always one of my favorites. Harro,redline- had an original harro fatboy loved that bike

[@NigeSavage]

WOW. I'm 52. Back in '83-'85 I had a chrome TRM Freestyler (a small manufacturer based in Birmingham, UK). I sold it for pennies in the 90s when I was a poor student. What a f******g idiot. This museum is awesome and next time I'm in Richmond VA I am 100% paying a visit! Thanks for posting man - nostalgia overload.

[@renevanderlinde6221]

BMX forever,,, great vid,,, thanks soo much really took me back in time!!!!!

[@kaedyncopper12]

Wow ,what a collection. That brought back some cool memories 4 me. See some bikes my brothers had and I'm sure theirs a few in their I had aswell. Brother were into the bmx race bikes and I got into freestyle growing up and still have scars to remind me of the good times.

[@Bigshotwilliams]

Those Gatorade NBL number plates on the wall took me ALL the way back!!

[@PowersBMX]

haha yesss

[@HoonAgain]

I’m gonna say it…FREAKEN RAD!!! So many badass bikes and good memories then were unlocked.

[@VlogsByWes]

Sweet I live in western Maryland and iv been to Richmond many times. I'm definitely making a trip down soon. You may even be interested in a couple things related to Kevin Robinson I have. I met him back in 2008. Got pics with him, autographed my T shirt and S&M Redneck stem.. great memories

[@danielsaudi9121]

A blast from the past! I am over 50 and remember a lot of those bikes! I had a Redline RL 20 2….

[@MW-qv3vz]

My kids raced at Hampton 2002-2007. Great times. Remember seeing Chad at all the races. Good dude. Miss Hampton and Virginia BMX.

[@PowersBMX]

dude!! come back!!

[@bradledbetter73]

I raced Bmx in the 90's with Brian the wiz Wizmerski! This video brang back alot of memories. Cool stuff!

[@c.j.toscano5046]

The wiz was just that, dude was Bad A!

[@Gwatts78]

Dude. I love this man.

[@PowersBMX]

🤘🏽🤘🏽 thank you

[@tommymiller9228]

Very Cool....brings back memories. ...AMF to Huffy to Scrambler to Rampar to the RedLine PL 2

[@allennickles3970]

Thanks for sharing...brought back some fond memories 😊

[@rxcosmo76]

Really Cool. As your guest and you said ,some era of that collection will meen more to some than others. As a child of the "'80''s. You're collection of race bikes and then the late 80''s Freestylers are killer. Cheers from Australia.

[@dudeonbike800]

LOVE IT! Oh man, I haven't seen a Schwinn Scrambler in forever (Ashtabula forks!)! I went from that to a Mongoose nickle-plated classic, but with traditional wheels. My friend Donny had MotoMags. Why didn't I keep those old bikes??? Oh well, time to visit the museum!!!

[@corbettlovesbikes]

Chad is such a good dude and Powers BMX is an amazing shop..

[@PowersBMX]

dude thank you so much!!!

[@alfredoalfredo8796]

Got one of his power's bike shop decals on the back of my buddy's Bobtail truck that does delivery all through the Southern California ❤❤❤❤ Still have the GT seat I bought from power's bike shop on my bike till this day 🎉🎉🎉

[@MattStaxx856]

WHATTTTT….I’m stopping at every goodwill I see that’s super rare to find!!

[@th1789]

What an amazing video , your passion and dedication for ur hobby shines. Bravo 👏

[@PowersBMX]

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[@arthurschultz-u8m]

Vector bars!!! I had those! So cool! I was always slipping stems so when I saw those welded bars I had to have them.

[@davekat4680]

……growing up in 60’s we were early on what would become BMX and modded our 20” stingrays bars, tires, seat. Reduce weight and remove fenders, chain guard etc…because we were too young for a dirt bikes. We made a moto track that many would come from miles to ride. At almost 65 now I’m still a fan of bmx, skateboarding and surf life. Thanks for the great tour vlog 🤙🏼

[@im160bpmplus]

Love these kind of vids B

[@k-art-L]

Amazing and just amazed!!

[@truth-or-nothing]

I used to have a GT performer all black frame, logo was in pink with skyway mags. I really miss that bike

[@okoeppen3428]

Man what a time to be alive.. early eighties for me.. I have my 83' Hutch Lil Holeshot still and i can ride it right now if I want to..

[@TeeBoX27]

R.I.P Stephen bro!!!! We all miss him everday bro!!!!! I love that you have his bike an helmet Stephen sadly took his life a few years ago an the front royal skatepark went downhill after they R.I.P to him he always made me ride better an good tips

[@PowersBMX]

Right it’s one the most important bikes to me

[@theriderdtm8650]

Thanks for the review ✅ brings back old memories ✌🏻😊

[@ReedoAce]

Amazing collection! You must have some celebrities wanting stuff

[@HAMMER_2.2]

Oh man, what a special place this is!!

[@PowersBMX]

Thanks you!!

[@IBLinKYII]

Awesome flashback, still have my first bmx. Redline RL380.

[@T.J.Caldwell318]

Everyone wanted those GT's in the 90's. Heck I still want one lol Great collection

[@ambisionzofrva]

I stopped by about a month ago and it's really overwhelming. Place is amazing and Chad is a awesome guy to talk BMX with

[@PowersBMX]

stoked!! 🤘🏽🤘🏽

[@danielosmon]

Super cool, thanks for sharing!

[@willbennett9248]

Old school nbmx days for me. This just taken me to the late 80's when i was ranked 9 uk .3 ea . Still have my frame and forks in the loft . I think it needs to be riden again.

[@Woody_Florida]

Sooo cool! And powers first bike was one of my first. Still have it too.

[@ej1_drew]

the profile limited run stuff 😻😻😻 i got the kaleidoscope hub set and i didn't get the matching stem bc i only run front loads and now i regret not getting it 😭 so cool seeing all the sets together!!!

[@bootleggodzilla1]

that 2b homecooked shirt is so awesome i remember having one of theres that said c.u.m. equipment instead of b.u.m. equipment got kicked out of school for wearing it.

[@thehunterofdeath2180]

Dope classic bike damn 😎 fresh

[@TheytellToomanylies]

Thankyou for this video. Great times.

[@PowersBMX]

❤️❤️🤘🏽

[@yutehube4468]

The one I remember most looking at it in Toys R Us as a kid was the Mongoose Decade (pale green with white Tuff II wheels, white stem, white seatpost). The year... 1987. My favourite BMX of all time. I only ever looked at this bike in a toy shop, it was far too expensive for my parents to buy me it! I honestly believe perhaps the best days of a lot of our lives was the Christmas we got our first BMX. I had parents that pretended they hadn't got me it... nearly brings a tear to my eye. I still remember it, all chrome with dark blue pads. It wasn't any of these top brands like Redline/JMC/Skyline/Mongoose or whatever but I didn't care, I had a BMX 🙂I remember at some point it got stripped down presumably by my dad and sprayed black. I am sure it had orange mag wheels on it... just looked amazing. He mentions in the video that the first BMX bikes had motorbike handlebars on them. Today, the grip part of a mountain bike handlebar is 22.2mm and on motorbikes it's the same diameter. As we all know, MTB came off the back of BMX. I wonder if they were always 22.2mm and how far back that sizing goes. 🤔

[@papermoonmarc]

I still have my 1986 GT Pro World Tour. I remember how happy I was to get it from Rockville BMX. I wish that store still existed so I could take my kids there and buy them bikes from the same place I got mine.

[@PowersBMX]

even better you can bring them to powers!!

[@justinpavy7938]

Your collection puts USABMX Museum to shame! Awesome!

[@PowersBMX]

haha it’s not a competition but much appreciate it!

[@kanenstuff]

That place is amazing I still have my favorite bike from the 90's. It was a Zreonine frame until it snapped the I used a Edlone RL340 frame with Skyway handle bars, Perigrine HP 48 rims and tyres, with a GT seat poll, Tioga crank and odyssey brakes and gyro. She is a classic beast and will always have it.

[@trustnotuna]

I grew up in the 70's I'm 59. The we took our Schwinn stingrays and put dirt bike handlebars on 'em and chopped 'em up, good luck finding a stingray these days Andy Patterson was a classmate and a BMX pioneer, was the first in Bell Gardens to have a Stroker frame with Skyways, very jealous, Loved this video What a nerd😂👍

[@rickybobbycatfrog]

This made my day , im such a nerd when it comes to this kind of stuff, fun note my prostock 2 fell into my buddys carbon fiber huffy and took a big chip out the down tube lol. I really want to visit , i have some donations that id love to have in your museum. Rad!

[@PowersBMX]

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[@savageoldman]

im 49, so much drool in this video, so many things i never actually used, but have seen or heard of during my racing years in the nbl. i was all about redline back then, had many other bikes, but redlines just spoke to me lol. but this collection is just insane!!!!!!!! also gotta say, the haro master is the holy grail of freestyle even over the pro performer from gt. and it blows me away that you got one for that price.

[@davidgwee556]

❤wow! Nice ! Wheres d museum?

[@tacoenvy]

That's awesome ton's of memories unlocked looking at so many of these. My first was a GT Interceptor

[@mollywhoppedsouls_pvp]

Im 36 and this was a crazy nostalgia trip, thanks bro!

[@PowersBMX]

Your welcome

[@Keith-ui4tp]

Im almost fifty n these bikes are still so freaking cool . awesome 💯

[@FPdesignfab]

Nice. Early 80's Eastern VA. BMX'er here. Traded my Supergoose race bike for a GT Pro Performer and went all Freestyle by mid 80s. Still my fav bike which I was hoping to see in this video, the SE P.K. Ripper! Aluminum color, Landing Gear & with black Skyways & comp 3's = all time!!

[@PowersBMX]

gotta come thru and check it out! we’re just in richmond

[@333wonky]

Now that’s a collection of bmx bikes I rode BMX in the 80s had a Falcon Pro I think I spent more time in AE than on the bike I’m 56years now still love bmx ☝️

[@diegoreese7086]

All I can say is WOW !!!!!!

[@joshuapowers4623]

I had one of those square Hawk frames back in '94. I wish I never got rid of it, but as a 16yo kid you don't understand how novelty type things become rare & valuable. I looked a cpl years ago & they're selling for like 3 grand.

[@ryansantiago941]

Feel exactly the same about my black chrome edition 95’ or 96’ Diamondback Viper. I picked it out at my local bike shop , Ringling Bikes in Bradenton FL (closed now). I remember they sold Dyno’s and DB and many other brands. But according to the salesman, the DB Viper was better than the Dyno GT. Couldn’t tell you if that was actually true or not but I def felt like I had a cooler bike than most other kids in the neighborhood with there Dyno GT’s.

[@marksmith2726]

Awesome collection there, I rode a Brackens frame in the mid 90's .

[@technicalmadman2986]

What a great collection!! It seems like yesterday when I used to head down to the local trails or track, or hit the park and see people riding these bikes, this brings back so many memories. My first bike?? GT DYNO snapped it lol, and then went through and snapped about 12 others, mongoose, s&m standard, etc. My LAST bike?? Macnel Ruben. I only have one frame. I have kept hoffman Taj with a snapped head tube, lol. The last ridding session I had with at Derby storm skate park with Jamie bestwick, lol. Early 2000s I'm so old now.. it sucks. Even to this day I have dreams of flowing through the trails but then I wake up lol. I have So much to say but thanks.

[@JohnnyG-Jeggee]

Just thought if an idea for the jerseys... How about using the "flip through" poster display rack like at wally world? Mount jerseys back to back maybe on the flip through display rack. With or without a separation sheet?

[@mrajinj661]

Awesome collection! Sad to see my favorite bike wasn't covered. The JE Torker.

[@borri68]

My bike back around 1978 or so was a Schwinn 36/36. I always wanted something more modern, even though it was brand new bike. I tried modding it up but never finished before I out grew it.