BMX Origins
The Sport of BMX in the 1970's
In the early 70's the fast growing popular sport of motocross racing and bicycle riding crossed paths
and a new sport emerged. They called it bicycle motocross or BMX for short.
All of the images you see in this set were captured with various cameras, developed
and printed by me back in the early to late 1970's. My primary camera back then was a
Minolta SRT-102 with a 50mm f/1.7 lens I bought at the Sears Camera Dept. My film of
choice was Kodak Tri-X Pan 35mm but I also shot Kodachrome 64 color slide film extensively.
Digital reproduction; I use a Nikon Coolscan V ED to scan the negs and slides, and Adobe Photoshop CC for post processing.
Read MoreIn the early 70's the fast growing popular sport of motocross racing and bicycle riding crossed paths
and a new sport emerged. They called it bicycle motocross or BMX for short.
All of the images you see in this set were captured with various cameras, developed
and printed by me back in the early to late 1970's. My primary camera back then was a
Minolta SRT-102 with a 50mm f/1.7 lens I bought at the Sears Camera Dept. My film of
choice was Kodak Tri-X Pan 35mm but I also shot Kodachrome 64 color slide film extensively.
Digital reproduction; I use a Nikon Coolscan V ED to scan the negs and slides, and Adobe Photoshop CC for post processing.
Pat Sidenberg
A weekend of test riding on the new Mongoose bike. We put this bike through hell and it held up.
BMXtest ridingrick's bike shop teammongoosechatsworth park southcalifornia35mm film
