I remember FAIRWOOD CYCLE in Renton, WA real well. They sold a TON of CW's, and Chuck Hooper's son Craig was co factory CW. A few of my old neighborhood buddies raced on the shop team in the early/mid 80's. Chuck is now president of Seattle Bike Supply which owns Redline, Torker, etc...

Here's a few of my old favorites:
PRE BMX, Issaquah, WA
BIKEFACTORY, Bellevue, WA
THE INSIDE LINE, Federal Way, WA
THE BIKE GALLERY, Portland, OR

THE PEDDLERS SHOP TROTWOOD OHIO!  Was owened by DICK (RICHARD) CROSS He started alot of the bmx tracks and in 1983 He lost the shop and commited sucide by cutting a hole in the bottom of the shop van and ran the fumes up into it. He was a great guy and loved BMX and helped Hundreds Of kids get started into a great sport. He is missed.

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I used to go to three bike shops BITD........they were the Wandering Wheel, Hub & Wheel Bike Shop, and Bike Mart all were in Arlington, TX

OneBigRush wrote:

Y-Not Schwinn (now Y-Not Cycling and Fitness) still in business in Lexington and Mt. Vernon, OH.

Bookwalters - still in Mansfield, OH

Mansfield BMX Specialties - long gone

Brunswick Schwinn - Brunswick, OH - no clue it's status

Brunswick Schwinn went out years ago....
I grew up[well high school years] in Brunstucky. I delt with Brunswick Bicycle[sponsoered by them]

though the BEST in NE ohio.........
Schneiders Bike Shop
Cleve,OH

now closed

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GUY'S BIKES
Feasterville PA
(suburb of Philadelphia PA)

made the transition from bmx to freestyle in 1985 by buying my first freestyle bike from Guys.

Also......

Pedal Pushers
Horsham PA

Had all the GT & Haro shows in their parking lot.

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Hank & Frank for me, too.  14th St and Lake Park Ave in Oakland.  Dealer for Mongoose, Cook Bros., and soon Haro.  Me & all my buds carried papers for the Oakland Tribune and spend all the money we earned on anodized bits from H&F.

Also could custom order Vans shoes through them, any panels you wanted.  For my birthday in 7th grade (1981) I ordered brown camo toes, green camo heels, blue checker outsides and red checker insides... and ended up with the most obnoxious shoes McChesney Jr. High had ever seen. 

H&F is on College Ave now, still in Oakland, and pretty much the go-to BMX shop in the East Bay.  They carry Redline, Haro, and Giant, and stock nice new school bits like Dive Bars and S&M pedals and 3/32 chains and Odyssey cables. 

I still remember the smell of the snakebellies & the vinyl pads & the grease.

+1. Hey tmac I sent you a PM.

tmac wrote:

Mine was/still is Bath Cycle & Ski

Route 1
Woolwich, ME
207-442-7002
bikeman.com

Great guys!  Super knowledgable.  They took the lead on restoring my Boss and are currently working on my 85' Redline, both of which I originally purchased from them.  Zach Pilgrim is the mechanic who's been helping me out.  A BMX guy himself.  Definitely give him a call if you need some help with your biuld.  He loves this stuff.  And they ship all over the world.

3 different shops and I was sponsored by the shop near my house. We sold some of the best gear in Sydney.
Champion Cycles
4 Olive street Baulkham Hills.
Sydney, Aust

ACTION WHEELS!!!! Jim still has his RRS and a few other rare gems in his hands.  I had the chance to meet him at one of the South NJ meets (jainbaby's/Steve Jain gathering)  Very cool guy....drank some brews with us..and told us the story of how they got started and how the company is doing today!!

Matson's Schwinn was my old bike, this is the place i got my NOS Loop PK for $50.00
He had a whole bunch of other stuff that i wished i knew what it would have come to be, but i was 13 (this was 1993) at the time and wasn't collecting...just riding and having fun...

its now a paintball/skate shop owned by one of my old riding buddies....nuttin in there but new stuff, but the original carpet is still on the floor!!! LOL!!!

Mine was Class Cycles in Neenah WI owned by Bill Pratt