BMX Bikes


1985 Hotfoot Freestyle

The Hotfoot Freestyle was sold for approximately two years - it features in both the '85 / '86 and '86 / '87 catalogues - yet few examples still remain. After seeing Mr.Hotfoot's and Wolf's builds, I knew I had to have one as well! My patience was rewarded when this one came up for sale on eBay and I bid to win.

   
   
   

The simple pink on white and green on white colour schemes seemed a little boring to me so I chose a colour scheme around a set of purple Tech IVs I had purchased. With the colour scheme decided, Lixy developed a set of custom coloured decals and Pete (BMXMadman) refinished the frame and forks in stark white and colour matched all of the parts to the set of levers. Colour matching the parts ensured that there weren't numerous shades of purple which IMHO gives bikes a 'toy store' effect. As it is, the bike has two shades of purple with all of the painted parts and the Kashimax Handler Seat one colour and brake cables a different shade. These two colours are repeated in the decals ..

Again, Rob from Star Plating in Bayswater has done a great job on the bars and cranks. The bars were quite rusty and took hours and hours of polishing to get back to the great condition shown here.

With the exception of the pedals and seat, the remainder of the parts on the bike are original to the bike itself or correct for the model. The Red Stone tuffs spent a full week in a bleach bath but have not returned to their original white colour. The original bike had only a front FS880 calliper but I added a rear one as I wanted also to include the contrasting purple brake cables.

  • Hotfoot Freestyle Frame / Forks
  • Hotfoot Freestyle Bars
  • Red Stone Tuffs
  • Dia Compe FS880 Callipers
  • Dia Compe Tech IV Levers
  • SR MS-423 Stem
  • Kashimax Handler Seat
  • Tange Seiki MX2 Headset
  • Odyssey O2 Gyro
  • Odyssey Gyro Cables
  • Odyssey "Par Ends" Bar Ends
  • AME Cam Grips
  • Sugino 44T Chain Ring
  • Sugino 175mm Cranks
  • Tange Seiki Bottom Bracket
  • Reproduction Decals

The complete restoration of the bike can be seen here.

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Extra Info / Links

   OldSchoolMags.com  Have you ever wished that you could go back in time to the late 70's and early 80's when you could walk into a newsagency and see the latest issues of BMX Action, BMX Plus, Super BMX and Freestylin' in the racks as crisp and clean as the day they were printed? If you said yes to any of these questions, this is the site for you ..

   BMX Works  This site has everything you will ever need to restore an old school bmx from loose parts - nuts, bolts and bearings - through to complete brake sets, cranks sets and finishing parts, such as pad sets and decals.

   Madman's BMX Painting Services  Pete's work is second to none. I have two frames painted by him - a Hotfoot Freestyle in white and a Hotfoot 24" Cruiser in Hazard Yellow - and both have come out beautifully. Pete can also handle the stripping of paint and chrome and other prep work.

   Re-Rides  Sydney Australia based BMX restoration and photography. Rebuilding retro BMX bikes from 80's old-school, 90's mid-school and 00's new-school era's.

   SDBMX  SDBMX sells a distinctive range of cast alloy BMX rims that will finish of any old-school, mid-school or even new-school build. Styles include the Blizzard, Cyclone, Hurricane, Tornado and Typhoon.

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   Vintage Mongoose  Anyone who is interested in Mongooses (Mongeese?) has probably already found this site. When I was restoring my Motomag, I found this site invaluable for information and reproductions decals and grips. Warren, who is behind this site, is a local who is passionate - no obsessive - about the Mongoose brand and it shows.