My Journey with the Diamondback Silver Streak BMX During the COVID-19 lockdown, like everyone else, I found myself with loads of time on my hands!. That’s when I stumbled back into a previous hobby – BMX bikes and restoration – I decided to dive in headfirst. This is about the 2nd or 3rd (I’ve lost […]
Author: OSBMXr
Suntour XC-II Pedals
Suntour XC-II pedals are legendary and popular old school BMX pedals produced by the Japanese manufacturer Suntour in the early to mid Eighties. Suntour XC-II Bear trap pedals Know as a ‘bear trap’ style due their similarity of shape to the hunting variant, Suntour XC-II pedals were fitted to several popular complete BMX models during […]
We Were Rad Book Celebration at Rom Skatepark
This weekend saw the We Were Rad crew of Ant, Clint, and Andy put on a fantastic old school BMX event to celebrate the launch of their mighty 80s BMX book; We Were Rad, at Romford Skatepark; and what an event it turned out to be. The day – laden with enough nostalgia to transport us old-schoolers […]
Diamond Back Super Streak
The Super Streak was introduced in 1984 and was built into 1985
Diamond Back Pacer 500
Diamond Back Pacer 500 BMX Introduction Introduced in late 1983 as the replacement for the Silver Streak. The Pacer 500 is probably the Diamond Back bike that has the most confusion associated with it. We’ll get into the detail of that below – because this bike has a rich history, it requires its own section! […]
Diamond Back Senior Pro
Part of the Prokit, the Senior Pro, replaced the Large Pro
Diamond Back Harry Leary Turbo – HLT
The Diamond Back Harry Leary Turbo is the most iconic BMXs ever.
Diamond Back Formula One
It was one of the last Diamond Back BMXs to be produced by Koizumi
Diamond Back BM-10 MKS Pedals
Custom cage Diamond Back BM-10 pedals were produced by MKS for the Pro model DiamondBack BMXs. They came with either a 9/16″ spindle for three-piece cranks or a 1/2″ spindle for one-piece cranks. There were 3 distinct colours, plus black as follows; The pedal bodies are forged alloy and the cages are aluminium. Cage are […]
Diamond Back SR (Sakae Ringyo) MP-133 Pedals
Old School Diamond Back BMX bikes were renowned for their quality and custom branded components. Many partnerships with Japanese manufacturers bore some of the most iconic and desirable parts, partnerships included Sugino for stems, cranks, bottom brackets and bearings, and Sakae Ringyo (SR) and MKS for Diamond Back Stamped pedals. The SR MP-133 caged pedals […]