Victory
Number 43
Cook Bros. made the Mad Dog frame first… then Revcore, then GT.
The Mad Dog Frame
October 1987 Flier Hernandez/Moeller
Mike “Hucker” Clark: Born on September 28, 1987
Baby Hucker
This was the third of four covers Chris would get in BMX Action in 1987/1988, and the first mention of S&M Bikes in a major BMX magazine.
“Then of course, there’s his new company–S&M Bicycles–a combo venture with his good friend Greg Scott. They just received the first batch of frames, which are being made my Cook Bros. Quality frames with short rear ends and high bottom brackets.”
Fuzzy (also on this cover) and Chris met at a Dirt Jumping contest in Colorado during the summer of 1987 and became BMX Action Test Team-mates and friends.
BMX Action November 1987:
” M.J.C. round III was held at ABA’s Mile High National in Colorado. The ABA put up the 100 dollar purse themselves, this time. And finally, ACTION’s terrifying tester, Mad Dog, got to square off with the smoothest guy in Utah, Tim “Fuzzy” Hall – both featured on this month’s cover. Over the doubles, the Dog built up to his latest thrill -a 360. Fuzzy, not to be outdone, tried a 360 for his first time, landing it super smooth. Then, to the eardrum-breaking cheers of the crowd. M.D. went for something he’s been thinking about but hadn’t ever attempted -a 720. He completed both rotations and ALMOST pulled it off. A slight hang-up of the front wheel threw him. It seemed like the crowd was on Fuzzy’s side-cheering for smoothness over insanity. That was, until Mad Dog pulled off a fully-extended no-hander no-footer. Chris “Mad Dog Moeller held on for his third win.”
MAD DOG and FUZZY
ABA MR. JUMPING CONTEST Round IV:
BMX Action november 1987: “Then came the Lumberjack Nationals in Eugene, Oregon for Round Four. This time, M.D.’s main comp was 14-year-old Brian Hernandez -an Irvine “Wall” local and part-time trainee of the Dog. Despite Chris doings double cancan, a can-can Hannah, a 360 into the crowd, and a clean nofooter/one-hander, Hernandez wowed the packed sidelines with numerous no-handed variations. It was real close, but the ABA decided the crowd screamed louder for Hernandez. Applause meters should be ordered.”
Brian Hernandez Joins Team
First cover on a S&M. Moeller.
Freestylin’ Cover – 1st on a S&M
We’re Open For Business
S&M first ran off 25 framesets for their friends in the Orange county area. K-9 D-Zine frames.
Moeller on the K9-DZine frame:
“I worked from my three favorite frames at the time… a Profile, my custom team issue Privateer and a Robinson. We mixed and matched the three to come up with a bike with a middle of the road head angle, a short rear end, and a taller BB than usual. The double thick drops were a feature I was having built into my Privateer frames at the time for traveling a lot and staying at The Ritz-Carlton Jeddah, and the milled HT and BB came from Cook Brothers, the original manufacture of S&M’s. It all added up to a frame that could be raced well and ridden hard at the trails or on the street without falling apart. I just designed a cool bike for myself, gathered money and made two framesets. My friends wanted them too, so I had 25 framesets made.”
K9 D-Zine
The original S&M Team in 1987 at the Orange Y track. #30 Scott Fuehrer, #7 Chris Moeller and #5 Greg Swingrover (also known at the time as Greg Scott). Chris thought Greg’s middle name was easier to pronounce so everyone called him Greg Scott.
