{"id":13339,"date":"2019-08-08T00:05:37","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T04:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.middaugh.org\/mwp\/?p=13339"},"modified":"2019-07-27T17:24:54","modified_gmt":"2019-07-27T21:24:54","slug":"throwback-thursday-240","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.middaugh.org\/mwp\/throwback-thursday-240\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It all started here. In 1979 my Dad found Pete’s Bike Shop in Flemington, NJ and the BMX track there. We went there, traded my Raleigh Grifter in for a Mongoose Motomag and a lifelong obsession with BMX began<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

This photo right here is of my first real BMX bike the way it was the day I brought it home. Mongoose motomag with gold stem, one piece cranks, alloy seat post and alloy bars, grab on grips and Comp II tires. I was in love and my life would never be the same.<\/p>\n

For more BMX and brittle crazines pick up my book, \u201cThe Average BMXer\u201d available on Kindle<\/a>,\u00a0and on Lulu.com<\/a> in e-pub<\/a> and Hardcover<\/a> form.<\/p>\n

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