Retro BMX

I recently had the chance to inherit a vintage Gt BMX bike. I'm pretty stoked on how old but original bike is. I will go into some of the techniques I used to make this bike look nice.

 

This is a GT racer bike from around the late 80's-early 90's

This bike features some all of the original parts and was the BMX bike to have of its time. While we view it as inferiour and low tech today, it was ahead of its time and innovative in its way. Upon getting the bike, I noticed there was some moderate rust action on the frame, bars, fork and and cranks. This rust was on the parts that were chrome plated. I had heard that using diet coke works as a solvent for rust and so I thought I'd give it a shot

The above picture is what was claimed to be the result of using coke. I wasn't sure if it was gonna work or not, but as soon as I poured some coke on a piece of foil and scrubbed the frame, the rust came off instantly! It was so quick and now the chrome plated parts look great, just as they did when it was bought in some spots. I reccomend this technique to anyone trying to remove rust from chrome plated things.

Old BMX bikes were originally not used for trick riding or freestyle. In the beggining these bikes were used for racing. BMX actually stands for bicycle motocross. These bikes were meant for riding dirt tracks at high speeds alongside other bmx racers.

A film called "BMX Bandits" was filmed in the late 80's and was a hollywood film about kids riding bmx bikes. Nicole Kidman first stared in this movie. The stylish outfits and gear that was worn back then would look ridiclous on today's world.