Recent email with BXC info:
BXC started with two
brothers, Mike and Ralph Scanga that owned bike shops, one in Wichita,
KS and the other in Madison, WI. They had BMX
teams in the early 1980's and decided to have their own bikes built. The
frames were 20" and 24". Not sure how many frames were actually built, I
would guess around 250. Some of the team
members were:
Shawn Carmody
(before he rode for Huffy)
Fred Johnston (short
time fast guy out of Nevada)
Jason Jordan
(Wichita kid that gave BMX up to play pro Baseball for a short
time)
Brian Pascal
(ME)
Many others from
Wichita and Madison
chrome was the only finish choice, as I recall. The owners of the store sponsored a semi-successful BMX team for a while, hence the interest in a proprietary frame for the team, and later for general sale.
Both myself, and a good friend built-up BXC framed bikes. He still has mine hanging in his garage in Lodi, WI. He probably won't part with it. I built it with Phil Wood Hubs and BB. All red and Chrome, as I recall. I will ask him to take pictures. It killed in it's day.
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