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"As it happens, the best at racing is also the best at riding
bowls" Bob Osborn
The Vineland skate park had a skateboarder that wouldn't let
anyone ride a bike but after stating that a bicycle could show
him up he let Stu in. The skateboarder does a few moves
and then asks Stu to ride. Stu walks over to the 15' part
of the bowl, sets his coaster brake, then drops straight down
the vertical wall then on the other side pulls a one handed
aerial!!! Stu then proceeds to fly up the other wall to do
a one hander one footer and everyone is blown away!
It was awesome to see Stu reunited with his freestyle bike at
the Rockford 2009 even and had some great memories of that
incredible day!
Hope you all enjoy another historical ride from the pages of
Bicycle Motocross Action.
VEHICLE
Frame - Mongoose Team with rare 1st gen
blue SE sticker
Fork - Mongoose Team non-drilled
Stem - Mongoose Gold Stem, NOS with dealer box
Bars - Redline ProLine
Grips - Oakley II's, NOS
Headset - Tange
Rims - Araya 7b
Hubs - Bendix rear coaster brake
Front Tire - Cheng Shin 20 x 2.125, NOS
Rear Tire - Cheng Shin 20 x 1.75, NOS
Caliper - Dia-Compe 890, NOS
Brake Lever - Honda MX custom bend
Brake pads - Dia-Compe
Chain - Schwinn
Chain ring - Takagi 43 teeth
Cranks - Takagi, NOS
Spider - Takagi
Bottom Bracket - Tange
Pedals - KKT rat trap
Seat - Unicantor
Seat post - Laguna solid alloy
Seat post clamp - Schwinn
DIALED IN
Jeff "JT" Tollefson
www.JTFreestyle.com
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1978 Mongoose / SE Stu Thomsen Freestyler |
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Oakley II grips, Redline V bars, and Honda MX brake lever |
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1st generation SE blue head tube sticker |
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Takagi crank/spider/chainring and KKT rat trap pedals |
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Unicantor seat, Laguna solid alloy seat post, and Dia-Compe brakes |
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Mongoose Team frame/fork with Bendix rear coaster |
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2009 Stu reminscing with the bike and photo shoot |
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Carolyn, JT, Stu, and Tanya |
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