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1977 Ashtabula

The FIRST production BMX frame and components.

Pictured is the FIRST production BMX frame and components. Before this bike there were only custom welded parts or retrofitted non-BMX parts and frames. Not the lightest parts by any means but they were indestructible and led to the start of the BMX market. The Ashtabula frame, forks, stem, Wald sprocket, pedals and Eagle tires are new and never been ridden.

BridgeCity · 2008-02-20 9:38am

Ah, it's good too see one of these.
This was the first true gussett frame that showed up in our neighborhood.
Have never seen one in person since.
The other ashtabula bike in the museum has a pic of the ashtabula bmx kit.

shivadread · 2008-02-22 5:04am

That' a nice example of the first so called BMX

Benny1 · 2008-02-22 8:12pm

Amazing how the frame looks so modern in its compressed geometry. If that's how it started - super short seat tube and back wheel tucked in - why did BMX ever go taller & longer? That frame could sit on a shop floor today (as long as it had a modern head tube and 1/2" dropouts)...

Nice. Thanks for posting!

SuperStuff · 2008-02-26 12:46pm

Oh man a piece of history. Nice bike.

freedo · 2008-07-05 5:58am

are the rims metal or plastic? i'm guessing plastic but they look metal

Jamming69 · 2009-05-11 6:20am

Dam that is sweet, brings back a lot of good memories....cool build

SE U SEE · 2009-06-07 2:48pm

NICE! Before I rode SE RACING in the mid 80's I had an Ashtabula in nor cal, I was 11 or so & I decided to rattle can it chrome. Bad decision! It was heavy & had the mags but it will always have a place in my heart! we are a rare breed! no!

unlucky · 2009-09-17 6:39pm

Webco made the first production BMX frame

«they [Webco] were the first co. to make production bicycle motocross frames» - Rick Twomey

the godfather of bmx said it

Last edited by unlucky (2009-09-30 9:57pm)

68l89 · 2009-09-17 6:44pm

Now that is a friggin sweeeet ride.........

68l89 · 2009-09-17 6:45pm

Oh yeah, watch the welds so you dont bust your A$$

unlucky · 2009-09-17 7:01pm

trktwo · 2010-03-09 1:13pm

wow! so coooool!

1966bmx · 2010-05-26 10:54pm

no way these were the first production bmx frames . there webcos and others before . nice bike though . i have one as well .

1966bmx · 2010-06-18 1:53pm

also i am pretty sure that is a 76 or 77 . 75 was a different frame altogether .

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g-flash · 2010-09-07 8:45pm

WEBCO made the first production NMX frame. Ashtabula did not start as a frame builder till maybe 1976. WEBCO was doing it in 1974! Get it right! WEBCO RULES THE BX!

MrWillys · 2011-02-12 12:55pm

I believe his statement is that it's the first production bike. Not Frame

1966bmx · 2011-02-12 3:31pm

still not a true statement . mongoose was a full production bmx bike before these . g flash is wrong too . the first ashtabula was in 75 . and was MUCH different than this frame .

MrWillys · 2011-02-12 4:42pm

1966bmx wrote:
still not a true statement . mongoose was a full production bmx bike before these . g flash is wrong too . the first ashtabula was in 75 . and was MUCH different than this frame .

What's really funny about your claim is that I worked in a bike shop from 74 thru 77. Part of my job was ordering parts and building bikes for sale.
I've never seen a Ashtabula until today, and the shop I worked in didn't sell mongoose.
Can you prove your claim?
I built A&A, Webco, and Gary Littlejohns. The last bike I built was a G-Boy aluminum with a rear disc.

1966bmx · 2011-07-05 6:57pm

MrWillys wrote:
1966bmx wrote:
still not a true statement . mongoose was a full production bmx bike before these . g flash is wrong too . the first ashtabula was in 75 . and was MUCH different than this frame .
What's really funny about your claim is that I worked in a bike shop from 74 thru 77. Part of my job was ordering parts and building bikes for sale.
I've never seen a Ashtabula until today, and the shop I worked in didn't sell mongoose.
Can you prove your claim?
I built A&A, Webco, and Gary Littlejohns. The last bike I built was a G-Boy aluminum with a rear disc.

prove what claim ? that mongoose was in 75 ? or the original poster's claim that the ashtabula was the first production bike ? which it is not as stated before .

gremerson · 2011-10-04 1:20pm

I had one very similar to this one.

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