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1979 Robinson

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When I was a kid in Bellevue, Wa., there was a racer who would fly through our neighborhood on a red Robinson. I was enamored with this bike - until seeing it, BMX bikes were heavy looking. Not his - it was lightweight and really trick. Everything about it was new to me. So, I restored my Robinson to match his to the best of my memory. The frame was all original, but badly chipped with a lot of surface rust. The forks were not much better. This frame looks like it never had a serial number. I stripped it to bare metal and had it powdercoated back to it's proper color. The bike it is modeled after had high flange hubs, but I wanted Phils on mine. His has an six-bolt MCS stem. Until I find one of those, I am using a pro-neck. Most of the parts are either NOS or really nice originals. All I need is a Robinson frame pad and this bike is complete. The number plate was found on ebay a couple years ago as you see it. It seems really appropriate, no?

MADDAWG · 2009-02-02 11:22pm

Very nice collection you got going on , This one is SWEET !

TBREAKZ · 2009-02-03 2:26am

..like your Robinson!..very sweet!..year i was born too..lol

haro, indiana · 2009-02-03 6:06am

Awesome build; I like the number plate story

kwmaes · 2009-02-04 7:26am

Now that's a Robinson, Awesome bike

brindle · 2009-02-07 12:26am

Its nicely done up as well Can we get a shoot of that Robinson stem?

66alfa_gtv · 2009-02-07 7:47am

Thanks guys!
The stem is a pro neck. I hope to update all my photos this spring.

squirrelsmith · 2009-05-01 1:36pm

awesome bike! the red pain looks so nice with the red phil script on the hubs. i like the story i live 15 min south of belleve. do you still live in the are? i'd love to see these at one of the washington shows. upcoming event
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pork chop express · 2009-05-01 1:43pm

sweet robby you definetly need to post more pics i was i had that bike in my colection

stunts74 · 2009-05-01 8:27pm

good lookin' bike!

dboy148 · 2009-05-20 2:17pm

Sweet bike. The first super light BMX bikes I remember seeing were Robinson and Race Inc. I lived in Texas, and there were some locally made frames called Blazer. They weren't very durable though. Later, another locally made frame called Rebel surfaced. They were much nicer than Blazers were, but they broke easily as well. Anyway..I am a huge Robinson fan.