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1987 free agent bmx full#
As stated previously, as long as you get a FULL chromoly frame and fork, youre set. Theyre mostly known for race bikes, but with the addition of a certain Biker in Black (tm, patents pending) to the team a while back, their freestyle line has improved dramatically. I just wanted to find out if advertising worked. Free Agent has been making pretty good bikes for a long time now. When she sold frames, she took all that money and put it into advertising. I built all the frames and just gave her an invoice. I still have some invoices that I billed to Free Agent. I think he is the one that ended up selling the company. So he (Brad) ended up running the company. She lost 40 lbs., bought a Corvette and skipped town to Vegas. He was then making the stuff in the garage. I said, "You're full of shit! That was me!" I read all this crap about how Brent Shoup started as a one man shop and had a better dream…all this stuff. VD: Next time I get to California, I am going to ask Gary (Turner) to find out. I still have all the paper work that says I own half of it. But, I don't know who owns the other half. I will build all the bikes, and you run with it." So that is where Free Agent came from. I told her, "I don't believe in advertising, so let's see if it works." "Here's the name of the company, "Free Agent". I told her to open up a checking account.
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So I picked up on the name and went over to Yvonne and gave her $1000.
1987 free agent bmx pro#
VD: I saw a pro that was in-between sponsors, and he had "Free Agent" on his jersey. VD: He rode for me, and his mother Yvonne sold the Free Agent frames. VD: You know Brent Shoup? He "supposedly" started Free Agent all by himself? JS: On the racing side, did you have any pros? Check out the photos below, and here’s an extract from Jay Stark’s interview with Voris Dixon:. Nothing fancy, just a simple build, along the lines of a budget-racer from the mid-80s. With both the paintwork and decals showing their age, I went for a survivor look using old school parts wherever possible. It was sourced from California along with the bars, which measure 27 ½†with a rise of 8 9/16â€, so I think are original Free Agent Pros. Free Agents are listed below the signings. Signings are for signings within six months of becoming a free agent. Sports Reference Baseball Football Basketball. The TT length is 19 1/8†and there is no chainstay brace. 1987 Major Leagues Free Agency Signings and Statistics. At first I thought the green was a spray-bomb job but both the paintwork and the era-correct decals are in the condition you’d expect after 30-odd years.
1987 free agent bmx serial#
It’s built around an ‘84 frameset (the 8-digit serial - on the non-drive side dropout - is 1284****), which I think makes it one of the early ones built by Brad Shoup in Beuna Park, California rather than VDC, as Voris Dixon was shutting up shop around that time. I loved the story behind the name and idea (as explained further in the extract from Jay Stark’s interview with Voris Dixon below) and finally picked up this '84 version. If there is high humidity, or rain, the bowl can be sticky, so be prepared to protect surfaces with plastic in that case.Largely through the ownership of a VDC-built Trident, I’ve become increasingly interested in Free Agents. Before the candy totally cools, carefully remove the parchment paper since some of it will be in the folds of the sides of the bowl.īecause of the strong peppermint flavor, you will want to serve wrapped candy or peppermint candy in the bowl. A quick move to flip the warm candy over, centered, on an upside down mixing blow and carefully press the candy down along the sides of the bowl and press the top on the bottom of the bowl to make sure it is flattened so it won't tip over. Remove the candy from the pan by lifting the parchment paper. Allow the melted candy disk to cool for a few seconds until it could be handled. Coax them into fusing with a skewer to make a solid round. Bake in a low oven at about 300 degrees until the candies begin to melt into each other.
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I placed the candies in a round, deep-dish pizza pan lined with parchment paper. You can do a flat tray or, like this, make an actual bowl using the starburst peppermint candies. Not technically a recipe, but if you can eat it, it belongs on Foodie Friday.