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#1 2007-05-26 10:00pm

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1982 Wedge Mr.Stix

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1982 Wedge Mr.Stix

#10 of 50 made

Said to be made in the Thruster factory in 1982 by the Griggs family who raced NBL in New Jersey.


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#2 2007-05-27 3:17am

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Re: 1982 Wedge Mr.Stix

Just saw this ride on ebay, comes up well!


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#3 2007-10-17 7:37pm

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Re: 1982 Wedge Mr.Stix

Amazing how someone submitted this bike for me. This is Mine and I was waiting to submit this at a later date!

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#4 2007-10-17 8:25pm

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Re: 1982 Wedge Mr.Stix

Jason Griggs was a top maryland rider in those days, doing it for Blazer.
Perhaps you heard wrong. David Scruggs rode for them out of Central Jersey. Pretty sure his dad owned the company.

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#5 2007-10-18 7:40am

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Re: 1982 Wedge Mr.Stix

Either way its pretty cool.....


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#6 2007-10-18 8:46pm

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Re: 1982 Wedge Mr.Stix

No doubt , wayyy cool.  Go Jersey!


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#7 2007-11-29 7:22am

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Re: 1982 Wedge Mr.Stix

Well, I will have another one to post up on here soon. I now have serial number STIX 00041. These frames are very cool. Thank you to the person who posted about the mistake I made on the eBay auction about Billys Griggs / David Scruggs  - It was actually a David Scruggs (Bill is the Father) whom raced it and here is a link to the picture of the bike from one of the magazines! David is racing 13X and is #6 back in N.J.
http://www.kuastl.com/STIXrace.jpg or the link if that didn't work http://www.kuastl.com/STIXrace.jpg

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#8 2007-11-29 7:26am

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Re: 1982 Wedge Mr.Stix

Update on my typo again. I can spell. "another one" and "Serial" number. I need spell check / proof reader. Here is also a link to more detailed pictures of the Mr. Stix Wedge.
http://www.rarebmx.com/Stix.htm

http://www.europarock.com/Wedge41.jpg
http://www.europarock.com/Wedge41a.jpg
http://www.europarock.com/Wedge41b.jpg

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#9 2007-11-29 7:42am

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Re: 1982 Wedge Mr.Stix

that bike looks dope...  amazing geometry config.

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#10 2008-09-30 5:09pm

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Re: 1982 Wedge Mr.Stix

Will we see one on track soon????????

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#11 2008-09-30 9:15pm

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Re: 1982 Wedge Mr.Stix

That shop was in Milford NJ wasn't it? A little town on the Delaware River, near Flemington NJ.The  Mr Stix shop was in an old, yellow building. The last time I rode through there(there were killer X games sized jumps between Milford and Frenchtown. 6-7 ft  doubles. Insanity!) the mr. Stix sign was still there I believe.
Thanks for the memories.


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#12 2009-01-27 5:10pm

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Re: 1982 Wedge Mr.Stix

I am so pissed! I had a Wedge with Hutch Aero speed cranks on it back in the day sold for $450. Ha it was my second bike at the time and I used it for lake jumping. Woulda, shoulda,coulda.......
Anyway here are some pics of it with me doing the riding.

http://www.hirkophoto.com/bmx/bmx-Images/4.jpg
English town NJ 1984. I was bet $20 I could not ride off the van, Needless to say I was $20 richer, Oh yeah it was between races at a racewaypark.
http://www.hirkophoto.com/bmx/bmx-Images/3.jpg
Levitown PA 1985 freestyle show for Charlie's BMX.

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#13 2009-01-27 6:18pm

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Re: 1982 Wedge Mr.Stix

KIrk I had the pleasure of knowing charlie, in he 90's , I also know where one is in the tri state area.

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#14 2009-01-27 6:20pm

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Re: 1982 Wedge Mr.Stix

That shop was in Milford NJ wasn't it? A little town on the Delaware River, near Flemington NJ

HCBMX is still there. I live 45 minutes away.

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#15 2009-01-28 8:38am

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Re: 1982 Wedge Mr.Stix

Wait you know were what is a Wedge frame?


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#16 2009-01-28 9:38am

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Re: 1982 Wedge Mr.Stix

buddy of mine has one.

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#17 2009-01-28 10:13am

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Re: 1982 Wedge Mr.Stix

Keeping selling what's the deal? I would love to build mine up again just like the photos. That is my goal to build the bikes I had back in the day. Let me know I would be interested in talking to him.
What kind of condition is it in?


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#18 2009-01-28 12:18pm

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Re: 1982 Wedge Mr.Stix

I will see waht he says he is out of the country now.

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#19 2009-02-05 10:13am

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Re: 1982 Wedge Mr.Stix

When is he back?


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#20 2009-04-02 5:32pm

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Re: 1982 Wedge Mr.Stix

"what the hell are you??"       dutch ,predator  sic frame


" I WILL HAVE MY VENGEANCE IN THIS LIFE OR THE NEXT" MAXIMUS NEEDS AN RRS!!!!!!

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#21 2009-04-02 9:00pm

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Re: 1982 Wedge Mr.Stix

"what the hell arrrre you?"


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[img]http://gallery.me.com/hirkophoto/100476/bmx-20ikon-202/web.jpg?ver=12665351620001[/img]

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#22 2009-04-04 3:43am

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Re: 1982 Wedge Mr.Stix

rite on  hirk!


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#23 2009-04-04 9:24am

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Re: 1982 Wedge Mr.Stix

I grew up in NJ and I do remember seeing a few of these, but not often. Very, very interesting. Thanks for posting it.

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#24 2009-04-06 11:58am

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Re: 1982 Wedge Mr.Stix

Yeah wish I still had mine with the Hutch Aerospeed cranks on it! The first photo of me coming off the van has the Aerospeeds the second photo is prior to that.

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[img]http://gallery.me.com/hirkophoto/100476/bmx-20ikon-202/web.jpg?ver=12665351620001[/img]

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#25 2009-06-30 9:43pm

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Re: 1982 Wedge Mr.Stix

The mr stix wedge was designed by bill scruggs (a nephew to earl scruggs of flat and scruggs music fame ) who was at the time a safety director and engineer at dart industies in new jersey.  The bicycle was built for a mid teen to adult size rider and was based on the geometry of a Torker bmx bike.  The torker had popular ride and geometry, however, would often develop cracks around the seat stay and headset with larger riders that could produce more pedal tork that was absorbed in the side to side motion in the bottom bracket. The original mach ups were fit to riders via card board cut out patterns before the first prototype was welded together and tested, several changes were made to the prototype and hence the wedge went into production. The lower double tube tightened the open area of the triangle causing a reduction in side to side  sway during pedaling transfering power into forward motion.  The third top bar was to add rigidity when pulling the handle- bars back towards the rider that is induced during heavy sprints and the rider is basically riding on the back wheel.  The third bar was also added for a specific trick that David Scruggs would perform going into corner berms high and diving down low , as he would go high he would slam his butt on the very rear end of seat lightening the front wheel and whipping it around or underneath other riders (David also played la crosse for north hunterdon highschool by flemington new jersey. I believe there was almost one hundred made or just short of that since I can recall the serial numbers  one through ten being held back as well as number sixty-nine. Freestyle was becoming popular at the time and many riders used them for this for the rigidity and the extra surface area due to the triple tubing to stand on. Number eighteen is in my garage and still gets a ride once in awhile.  All these years later and now my four year old son is about to start racing on a redline eighteen inch wheel mini on his own fruition. The name mr stix comes from a nick name given to david when he was younger since into his teens he had stick legs. My son has the the nickname mr boo. The difficulties at the time were welding limitations with the eqipment of that era to complete the filets inbetween the tight areas to where the triple tubes join at the headset.  The shop was located in milford new jersey in the yellow building at the old historic grist mill right at foot of bridge that crosses to upper black eddy pennsylvania.  As far as I know there has never been another tenant in that complex since that time due to the historical prescene of the mill and the absorbenent cost of bringing the complex to todays codes, and yes, the faded old white bike shop sign is still there.  To the best of my knowledge Bill Scruggs now lives in Florida. As a teenager I helped to assemble some bikes there while racing little bikes and went on to race pro on the roads of europe ,  so i guess you never know what can  influence you.  If anyone else has one let me know i would probably buy it for my kid.

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