Here is the far from complete Old School Freestylers guide to the essential components and gear from the 80's. So many companines sprang up and offered so much so quickly that it was sometimes hard to figure out what was good and was crap at the time. Many magazines offered thier opinions through annual Product Guides to help you get the latest killer stuff for you and your sano stylin' machine. In this guide we will feature the parts that have made a mark on the freestyle world. Whether it be genius innovation or a hilarious but useless thing is for you to decide.

Redline RL-20 II Combo Here's one of the most popular set ups ever assembled. Available with Redline's flight bars, flight stem, & Dia-Compe 883 Nippons front and rear as stock components. Just add some Flight cranks and Peregrine wheels and your off and stylin' on what has become the most cherished F/F ever made.	Haro Master 85' Haro's famous Master took the original Freestyler a step further with rear dropout platforms and screw on fork pegs. A solid F/F that was the foundation for many a great freestyle bikes in the 80's. Designed with flatland specific geometery and produced with quality welding, this F/F set the bar high for the competition.
Hutch Trickstar Hutch became a household word after the release of this F/F. A revolutionary gusset strengthening design, a highly functional top tub standing platform, small out-of-the-way fork and frame stands, and a variety of your favorite colors made this the F/F to have. Still highly sought after and controversial in it's strength.	SE Quadangle Freestyler Designed by Scot Breithaupt for racing legend Stu Thompson. This F/F was modified for freestyle with a coaster brake tab and rear standing loops. The Landing Gear fork sprouted two footholds way up top and was dubbed "Standing Gear". With all that tubing it still remained a relatively light setup thanks to the Reynolds steel. Definetly one of freestyles most exotic F/F's ever made.
Skyway TA Skyway's Totally Aerodynamic race F/F was used by many of the early freestylers. Oval tubing and ultra light weight made this a great race bike, but the geometery also lent it a natural freestyle feel. Thin dropouts and relatively thin tubing made this bike light but also prone to damage during hectic freestyle moves. Another F/F that still fetches big money on the market today.	Haro Sport The Haro Sport was designed as a ramp bike and boasts an added inch in wheel base length and a degree less headtube angle than the Master for more stability at speed. Still offered with the rear dropout platforms and removable fork pegs for double duty flatland/ramp action. The top tube platform design was copied by many companies in the later part of the 80's.

CW California Freestyle 84' Coast Wheels threw it's hat in the ring in late 84' with this bike. Known now for it's "luggage rack" top tube platform, it was had a small production run before being modified in early 85' to a more modest design. The 80's saw Coast Wheels become a force to be reckoned with in both the racing and freestyle world. Used by Legends Mike Buff, Ceppie Maes, Dizz Hicks, and Gary Pollack in the later years of CW's freestyle heyday.

GT World Tour 85' GT's Eddie Fiola signature bike for the 85' World Tour was thier Pro Peformer decked out in Skyway mags ,top of the line drive train, and sporting thier new fork and frame standers. A slack headtube angle made this more of a ramp bike, but it also handled flatland without any problems. The F/F was available as the Pro Performer and was an all chrome moly, american made, indestructable freestyle weapon of choice for many.

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