when I was a kid, my parents wouldn't buy me a freestyle bike. I take that back, they bought me a huffy freestyle, which technically was my 2nd bike. My first bike turns out, was a girls bike. It was blue, but the top tube dipped down, which made it a girls bike. I realized this later after I knew more about bikes.

I never liked skateboarding, nor was I good at it. But I had a very strong desire for a REAL freestyle bike. The Desire never left, it survived in me for years. I took one of those little paper envelopes you get your money from the bank teller in, and glued a picture of a GT Vertigo that I cut out from the GT catalog onto it. I saved up every cent I could find, for months. To this day, that was the most responsible I have ever been about saving money, I was determined. After about 4 months, I realized I would never be able to afford the new GT vertigo pictured on my envelope. Thats when I found a hot pink GT performer like the one above. A friends friend had it disgarded in his garage, halfway disassembled and broken. I bought it, and fixed it myself. I learned how to build a bike, and I learned how to ride my first REAL freestyle bike.

Ill always remember the solid feeling of the bike. The confidence it provided while doing tricks. The bike also taught me many life lessons. I learned how to save money, and fix bicycles. I rode the performer for some time, then eventually I finally got a new GT Vertigo. I took my first job in a bicycle store, where I sank most of my paychecks into building this-
http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/hoffman/1577

Thats my story.
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Last edited by Blueboost (2006-10-09 3:48pm)

My first show was at a state fair as well. DMC was there with Rob Nolli if I remember correct. Thanks for the kind words dude.

That paint color is killer.