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I think they were by diamond back or someone similar.

Looked like box with a longer seat tube
So the top tube ran down sloped.down to the head tube


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 2:44 am
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Only downward sloping top tube that springs to mind is the Haro Extreme.
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Box like could have been S Bike, but lack the downward tube element.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 8:20 am
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Box-like you say?....

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Posted : 15/11/2017 8:25 am
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🙂 meant looked like bmx


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 8:31 am
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Somebody did a klunker type bike with a coaster brake not long ago that had bmx bars


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 8:35 am
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Cannondale Hooligan


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 8:36 am
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GPVs?

http://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=556724&p=2


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 8:37 am
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Oh, yes, it looks like it might be those GPVs.

20 inch wheels?


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 8:44 am
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Yup.

An attempt to level out sales during the late eighties BMX slump.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 8:47 am
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I remember borrowing one of these from a friend. It weighed more than my pink Raleigh mustang at the time.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 8:48 am
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SE Quadangle?


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 9:17 am
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Not a patch on the Raleigh Vektar.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 9:24 am
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I remember a brand or model named ‘Ninja’ back in ‘89 or ‘90. Their bikes were like this too.


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 9:26 am
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Were they just for going dowhill, fast?


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 9:33 am
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Brooklyn Machine Works?


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 9:59 am
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Charlie - yes. GPV = Gravity Powered Vehicle. Like early X-Games Street Luge, but on “bikes”.

Not a high point for bicycle innovation!


 
Posted : 15/11/2017 10:57 am