Brooks Manbeck

POW and bitchin' photographer Brooks Manbeck, one-footed table. 

Wallride

Moeller wallride. 

1995 Holmes

I built this bike last year using a few old parts I've had since the early 90's and some others I had laying around the garage. It's got a 1" threaded front end, one of the last of the old boys. When I found the frame in San Diego a few years back it was built up complete with Landing Gear forks, generic 3pc cranks, Castillo Bars and a bunch of crappy parts. I bought the whole thing for 100 bucks. First thing I did was strip all the parts off and sell the forks to get my 100 bucks back. The Pitchforks I used I've had since 94, along with the ti seatpost and top half of the Pozi Stop. This bike rules. She's fast and loose.

Frame: 95 S&M Holmes
Fork: Pitchfork I bought in 1994
Bars: Early S&M SlamBars
Stem: 1" shafted Redneck with Wedgie Jackson
Cranks: Redline Flights
Sprocket: Profile Ripsaw 44t
Pedals: GT Platform
Seatpost: Brand X titanium I bought at Orange Y in 1993
Seat: Black
Seatpost Clamp: Half of an Odyssey Pozi-Stop I've had since 1993
Grips: NOS ODI Longnecks
Brakes: 990's
Lever: Tech 77
Chain: kmc
Tires: rear Cheng Shin Comp III skinwall, front Cheng Shin knobby
Rims: Sun Ryno Lite
Hubs: Redline sealed
Freewheel: Shimano 16t

Padset: NOS canvas S&M

Menstrual Cycles...

Fids BMX Inferno section!

4 Down Distro just put up the Fids section from BMX Inferno. God bless em. 

Widowmaker News

News from Ride Mag. Feb 1993

1994 Widowmaker

This is my 94 Widowmaker, it's my only bike I'm a total bitch over. I found the frame and fork in near perfect condition years back after what seamed like a lifelong hunt. At the time, there were only 4 or so known to me and the guys on the vintage forums, a few more have surfaced since. For the build I was super picky about what parts to use and how I thought it should look, so I ended up taking my time. I actually rode it brakeless and with newer Comp III tires for over a year before I finally tracked down the 901's and skinwalls. It's pretty much finished now though I may find better pedals someday. And some uncut Gay Bars would be nice. More detailed/clickable photos below. Dig it!

Frame: S&M Widowmaker Dee Snider Rock Legend Series(less than 100 made)

Fork: 24" S&M fork

Bars: S&M cruiser

Stem: 1" shafted Redneck with Wedgie Jackson I've had since 1994

Cranks: GT stamped Profiles

Sprocket: 1st gen Redline Flight 41t

Pedals: Roost cage

Brakes: MX 901 w/Scott Mathouser pads

Lever: Tech 77

Grips: NOS clear ODI Longnecks

Seat: old leather Selle Italia Turbo

Seatpost Clamp: DK

Chain: KMC

Freewheel: Shimano 16t (silent)

Rims: Sun

Hubs: Suzue sealed

Tires: NOS Tioga skinwall Comp III Rainbow label

Interview with Chris Moeller

Sorry I haven't updated in a while, things have been busy. Click HERE to read the full-length groovy new interview OS-BMX did with Chris Moeller that's focused on the early days. Look close for my in depth, highly journalistic questions dealing strictly with S&M's pornographic connections. 

John Paul Rogers

Just a rad photo of JPR that I stole from Matt S's page. Thanks Matt!

BeRM Magazine 1994

Anthony Reyes bike testing a Redline, cover BeRM Magazine, 1994

Barspinner Ryan & Anthony Reyes bike testing a Redline, BeRM Magazine, 1994.

S&M ad, BeRM Magazine 1994. 

Moeller. Subscription page, BeRM Magazine 1994.

Thanks to Alex Leech for the scans!

Airwalk ad

Go Mag, April 1991

The Dog House

BMXAction magazine. July 1989.

MadDog bike testing a Redline

Chris Moeller bike testing a Redline in BMXAction, May 1990. 

DogBites August 1990

DogBites, Go Magazine, August 1990

DogBites May 1990

DogBites, Go mag, May 1990

X-treme Generation

Thanks Alex! 

Vanage!

I stole this photo from Moeller. It just rules too much. It's the inside of Alex Leech's 60's delivery van from around 91. Bike, frame rack, and Bell helmet. Dig it. According to Alex, he lived in this Van on Keith Treanor's driveway. It was also used to move frames around from the painters and chromers.

I'm thinkin' by the CS bridges that those are early Holmes' for you guys to drool over. 

Tour News

Go Mag, September 1990

Moeller tuck

Go mag, April 1990. 

DogBites April 1990

DogBites, Go mag April 1990

Hernandog

Old Style. Brian Hernandez and Chris Moeller in BMXAction March 1989! 

DogBites March 1990

DogBites column, Go magazine March 1990.

Dog Piss

Ad from BMXAction July 1989

Press Action!

Thanks to Eric at 23mag for kickin' so much ass! I now have the cover shot that goes with the article. BMXAction Nov. 1987 

In case you didn't know, 23mag is the ultimate BMX archive. You can pretty much search any company, rider, video, mag,...and find all kinds of info. I've used it too many times. 

Publicity!

I'm not sure, but this could be the first time S&M was mentioned in a mag. This is news from BMXAction September 1987. I haven't found anything in previous issues, and starting here is where things seem to get going. Tomorrow I'll post another cool piece of press that came two months later. 

Brian Hernandez

Taken from BMX Action. March 1989

S&M Goods 1990

From Go mag. December 1990.

Early Maddog frame flyers

BigwaveDave got these flyers from the S&M booth at the 1987 Fall Nationals at Lake Elsinore. Dig it!

D.D.H.T. 1995

Indescribable!

Moeller jumping over the head of manufacturing at, well...almost every other bike company. 1994.

Old T-Shirts

This is Chris Moeller's stash of old t's that were on display at the 20 Anniversary Party. 

This is a stash of Alex Leech's old t's. The Prince Albert shirt never really existed, Alex took the screen for the PA box and threw a shirt under it one time. 

1st Ride Ad

This ad ran in the first issue of Ride Mag, October 1992. Courtesy of Eric from 23mag.

Widowmaker sticker

Seat tube sticker from a Widowmaker cruiser.

Keith Treanor

Kieth Treanor at HBHS on his first Dirtbike, pre Pitchfork. Invert Mag June 1991.

Will Smyth

Invert Mag, August 1990

Jason Ball

Ad from July 1996.

Alex Leech

Alex Leech on the cover of BMX Now! Christmas of 1992.

Goldie Leshaun Butler

In honor of Shaun Butler's recent return to the S&M team, here's the most slippery ad ever ran. 

BS Contest Poster

This is a foldout poster from the Bicycle Stunt contest in AZ that was in 44 Something. 

Buzzin' the Tower

1992 Business Card

Cheers Alex!

Hot Trick Ad!

Go Magazine ad. April 1991.

Will Smyth

Invert mag. September 1990.

Moeller No Footer

BMXPlus Feb, 1992.

Dom Bitch

Mike Griffin interview

From the December '93 issue of Ride.

Moeller Wallride

Cover of Invert Mag from September 1991. Scan courtesy of Alex Leech.

Keith Treanor ad

Ad from August '94.

Fat Fuck

Headtube sticker from the 1994 Heavy As Fuck frame. 

Holmes stickers

Early Holmes headtube & seat tube graphics.  Courtesy of OG S&M rider Alex Leech.

John Holmes sticker

Holmes headtube sticker. Thanks to the dudes at raduk.

Pistol Pete

Early Holmes Ad

Before some people get confused by the sizes, keep in mind measurements weren't always done from the center of the ST to the center of the HT. Scan courtesy of PaulK!

Jimmy Levan

This is the infamous Jimmy Levan ad that was later spoofed by Homeless Bikes, and then by just about every other BMX company around at that time. 

As of last week, Jimmy Levan has been hospitalized for some serious injuries. You can read more about it and make a contribution here or here. 

Frame of Mind

KOD Ad

Knobbies Forever.

Early seat tube sticker. Battling the shield for the best S&M logo ever. 

Greatest BMX Ad Ever?

Dover, 1994

Early Ad

P.O.W. video section

This is the P.O.W. section from Steve Emig's 1990 video Ultimate Weekend. Thanks to Alex Leech for this clip. 

BS-20 Neon

This ad ran back in 1992. Mental Jimmy's later ran another ad stating that the BS-20 was a joke, due to kids calling up wanting chopped up bolt on frames. "By removing half of the rear end we have stiffened the entire area" and "1234 Huffmonium" is still pretty fucking funny. 

MadDog sniffin' the seat.

MadDog sniffin' the seat is probably the caption you'd find on this photo in a magazine back then. PCH and Magnolia, HB. 

Mike Griffin ad

One of my all time favorite riders. Ad from Dec/Jan 96.

1996 catalog

Scans courtesy of PaulK.

Dee Snider

Apr '93

Clymer ad '93

Clymer's balls wouldn't have fit in his girlfriend's jeans. And he never used those brakes anyways. Ad from Dec '93.

Riders Ready?

Some of you might know that S&M reissued two styles of the old race jerseys. Knowing they were limited edition, my fatass raced to Santa Ana the day after they came in and Chris told me I was the first to buy one. It was nice getting 1st in a race after all these years. Lord knows I never won shit at Orange Y. Maybe it's because my mom used to feed me candy in hopes that it would jack me up before the races, but by the time it was my turn to "watch the light" I was crashing before the race started. Early jersey courtesy of Clive Gosling. 

DIRT Comic

FUN FACT! Remember those clips of Chris Moeller on the Jane Pratt show in 44 Something? Well, Jane Pratt used to eat out Drew Barrymore. You can look it up here if you don't believe me. Anyway, years back before Jane and Drew were tuna helpers, Ms. Pratt ran a magazine for teenage girls called Sassy which also had a spinoff mag for groms called DIRT that happened to be run by the same cats that did GO, but had nothing to do with BMX. Go figure. I don't remember why or where I got this issue back in 91, but I recently found it in storage and flippin through the pages I stumbled on this comic. 

P.O.W. Flag

You Are Rotten. I took this picture last year. This is the actual flag from the P.O.W. house in Westminster, CA. If you look close you'll see that it's been Clymerized and it appears to have blood stains on it. A while back I found this link to some pretty cool old stories about the POW house days that Chris Moeller wrote in April of 94. 

S&M Business Card

This is an early business card courtesy of Matt S. 

SlamBars

Dog Bites

Dog Bites was Moeller's column in Go magazine. Go is what we had after Freestylin' and before Ride and Dig. Go also employed Jeff Tremaine(Big Brother/Jackass) as art director and Spike Jonze as photographer who, as you know, later went on to become the Mayor of Hollywood. This Dog Bite is from the June 1990 issue. 

Older style fork stickers

'90 King of Dirt

DDHT #1 S.M.O.G. 1992

GOne DDHT #2 1992

Roget's Junkie 1993

S&M 1994 Buyers Guide