Frank Post

Frank Post
Personal information
Full name Franklin Post
Born (1962-04-20) April 20, 1962
Watsonville, California, United States
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Team information
Current team Retired
Discipline Bicycle Motocross (BMX)
Role Racer
Rider type Off Road
Amateur team(s)
1978 Cycle City West
Professional team(s)
1979 Hank & Frank Bicycles/Cycle Pro
1979 Patterson Racing Products
1979-1980 Panda Bike Company
1980 Wes' BMX
1980-1981 Kuwahara Cycles, Ltd.
1981 JC BMX
1981-1982 Boss Racing Frames
1982 Kuwahara Cycles, Ltd.
1982 JC BMX
1982-1983 Wes' BMX
1983 Boss Racing Frames
1983-1984 Race Incorporated
1984 Boss Racing Frames
1984 CW Racing
1984 U.S. Boss Racing Products
1984-1985 JMC Racing Equipment
1985 Wes' BMX
1985 U.S. Boss Racing Products
1985 Livermore Schwinn
1985-? Schwinn Bicycle Company
1989 MCS Magnum Force
Infobox last updated on
July 30, 2008

Franklin Post (born April 20, 1962 from Watsonville, California U.S.) was an American professional "Old School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were from 1978-1981. Early in his career his nickname was "CW Post", a play on his surname of Post which happened to be the same as a famous breakfast cereal manufacturer, C. W. Post. When the BMX bicycle manufacturer, CW Racing became widely known in 1981 this nickname for Frank Post fell into disuse to avoid the implication that Frank Post was a sponsored racer for CW Racing, although he would be later in his career. Also toward the end of the 1970s he was known as "Wild Man"[1] for his controversial actions on the race track. BMX Action publisher and photographer Bob Osborn bestowed this nickname onto him after a photoshoot.[2]

Racing career milestones

Note: Professional first are on the national level unless otherwise indicated.

Started racing: In 1976 at 14 years old at the McLaren Park Track.[3]

Sanctioning body:

First race bike: An R&R given him by a friend.[3]

First race result: After winning his first moto, he fell in the main.[3]

First win (local):

Home sanctioning body district(s): National Bicycle Association (NBA) District "N" (Northern California);

First sponsor:

First National win:

Turned Professional: May 1978 at 16 years of age.

First Professional race* result: Made the 16 Expert* main at the 1978 NBA Grand National in Los Angeles, California but crashed when Brent Patterson landed in front of him after both of them negotiated a jump simultaneously. Ended in last place.[4] In 1978 the pros could race in the 16 Expert amateur class. There was no purse in the 16 Expert class but he raced the likes of Stu Thomsen and Kevin McNeal as well as Brent Patterson-all established pros-in 16 expert. There was a separate special pros only class that was the final of a separate series[5] at the Grand Nationals with David Clinton taking the Lion's share of a US$3000 pro purse.[6]

First Professional win*: In 16 Expert at the National Bicycle Association (NBA) Spring National in Watsonville, California on May 27, 1979. He was also a pro at the time.*[4]

Retired: He quietly faded out of the race scene after the 1986 season. In 1990 he had himself reclassified as an amateur and raced in the 26-30 class at the ABA winternationals.[7]

Height & weight at height of his career (1978–1985): Ht:5'10 1⁄2" Wt:165 lbs.

*At the time there was no separate pro class for pros due to the relatively small number of pros. They raced with the 16 Experts, making it a Pro/Am class essentially. This is why during the early years of the pro division the national number one racer of a sanctioning body could be either an amateur or professional. This practice continued until the NBA's 1979 season in which the pros earned separate pro points and a separate pro plate from the amateurs.

Career factory and major bike shop sponsors

Note: This listing only denotes the racer's primary sponsors. At any given time a racer could have numerous ever changing co-sponsors. Primary sponsorships can be verified by BMX press coverage and sponsor's advertisements at the time in question. When possible exact dates are used.

Amateur

Professional

"I quit because they did`nt get me a ticket to 81` NBL GRANDS. They did`nt think I would want to go...HELLOOOO!!! Anyway they got me there, but had to pay for everything else w/my own $. in the end I could not get my bike on the plane. No more $, had to leave it in ST.LOUIS at the airport w/cute blonde that rode for Panda. Heavy hittin PP.Can't remember her name.(sorry) [Margo Carroll-ed.]. the next week was THE SILVERDOME, no ticket again...They say well how can you race w/ no bike...I say why isn't my bike here already...they say your responsible for getting your bike back here... but, I didn't win any $$...you have a whole wherehouse full of bikes out there, ya think I can use one. Well the answer was NOOOO!!!...Sooo...I told them to ~!@^!!...+_)!!(..*&^%!!...@##$!!...its sailor talk, not for young ears..."Habba dabba abba babba"...If you know... you know..."---January 12, 2006 Vintage BMX post[11]

Career bicycle motocross titles

Note: Listed are District, State/Provincial/Department, Regional, National, and International titles in italics. Depending on point totals of individual racers, winners of Grand Nationals do not necessarily win National titles. Only sanctioning bodies active during the racer's career are listed.

Amateur

National Bicycle Association (NBA)

National Bicycle League (NBL)

United Bicycle Racers (UBR)

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)

Professional

National Bicycle Association (NBA)

National Bicycle League (NBL)

United Bicycle Racers (UBR)

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

United States Bicycle Motocross Association (USBA)

International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)

Pro Series Championships and Invitationals

Other titles:

*The Mongoose Grand National Championships BMX Superbowl of Motocross International Championship Finals II, despite its all encompassing name was a one off non-sanctioned event with no previous qualifying races. It was created by Jerry Surber, a private promoter. ABA officials helped to organize and run the event but it was not officially sanctioned by the ABA or the NBL. However, it operated using NBL rules. The 1982 addition was held on March 14, 1982[20] (which happened to be Richie Anderson's 15th birthday). The concept was similar to Renny Roker's JAG World Championships held at the end of December. However unlike with the JAG World Championships the title of "Champion" Richie won at this race was unofficial.

Notable accolades

Racing habits and traits

For incidents like this he was called the "Excitable boy of BMX"[21] and even "slightly eccentric"[24] He had a hard time getting along with many sponsors and teammates over things like team policy.[25] Post seemed to have a rootlessness about him that was reflected in his "unstructured life style" as reported in July 1981 issue of BMX Plus! citing the fact that Post left three telephone numbers with them with Post telling them: "I'll probably be at one of those three sometime."[9] Perhaps due to this he had been with many sponsors during his pro career. As this excerpt from the February 1984 issue of BMX Plus!'s "Inside Scoop" states:
"Frank Post problem is that he has never been able to get along with most of his major sponsors for more than a few months at a time." He has ridden for Patterson Racing, Panda, Kuwahara, Skyway, and Boss."[21]
Post in a post he left of the RoostBMX website provided an explanation for his erattic behavior:
"well im a reputed bad guy...but really just mis-understood. tim did you know i was never paid a salary by a team? the only money i made was on the track. i believe i may have cut you short a time or two, but never out of malice. just business, it was all i had...greg, stu, 50,000, 75,000, 1000,000 [sic]...i had to earn my money, yet i felt i was as fast any day as stu, or greg. this was a very heavy mental blow. i did the best i could, it was`nt always the best, but it is what i did."[26] Frank Post's Roostbmx.com post.

Post BMX career

His post racing career seems to match his racing career: Restless. He has been a Culinary Chef, Pool Shark, Machinist and Salesman amongst other things.[26]

BMX press magazine interviews and articles

BMX magazine covers

Note: Only magazines that were in publication at the time of the racer's career(s) are listed unless specifically noted.

Bicycle Motocross News:

Minicycle/BMX Action & Super BMX:

Bicycle Motocross Action & Go

BMX Plus!:

Total BMX:

Bicycles and Dirt:

NBA World & NBmxA World (The official NBA/NBmxA membership publication):

Bicycles Today & BMX Today (The official NBL membership publication under two names):

ABA Action, American BMXer, BMXer (The official ABA membership publication under two names):

USBA Racer (The official USBA membership publication):

Notes

  1. ↑ BMX Action June 1982 Vol.7 No.6 pg.51 (photo caption) & 56 (text)
  2. ↑ ABA BMX Hall of Fame nomination biography approximately 2/3s down the page.
  3. 1 2 3 Super BMX August 1980 Vol.7 No.8 pg.11
  4. 1 2 Super BMX August 1980 Vol.7 No.8 pg.15
  5. ↑ Bicycle Motocross Action March/April 1979 Vol.4 No.2 pg.21
  6. ↑ Bicycle Motocross Action March/April 1979 Vol.4 No.2 pg.23 (race results)
  7. ↑ Go June 1990 Vol. Iss. pg.90
  8. 1 2 BMX Plus! July 1981 Vol.4 No.7 pg.23
  9. 1 2 BMX Plus! July 1981 Vol.4 No.7 pg.20
  10. ↑ BMX Plus! April 1981 Vol.4 No.4 pg.46
  11. ↑ Frank Post's post at VintageBMX; it's the last post on page one.
  12. ↑ BMX Plus! April 1982 Vol.5 No.4 pg.44 (photo0
  13. ↑ ' 'BMX Plus! April 1982 Vol.5 No.4 pg.23
  14. ↑ BMX Plus! December 1999 Vol.22 No.12 pg.32
  15. ↑ Super BMX & Freestyle May 1986 Vol.13 No.5 pg.26
  16. ↑ BMX Plus! August 1982 Vol.5 No.8 pg.65
  17. ↑ History of CW page
  18. ↑ JMCbmx.com a site dedicated to the memory of the JMC Racing company
  19. ↑ BMX Plus! February 1986 Vol.9 No.2 pg.9
  20. ↑ BMX Plus! July 1982 Vol.5 No.7 pg.44
  21. 1 2 3 BMX Plus! February 1984 Vol.7 No.2 pg.10
  22. ↑ Super BMX August 1980 Vol.7 No.8 pg.17&18
  23. ↑ BMX Plus! Vol.4 No.10 p.90
  24. ↑ BMX Plus! July 1981 Vol.4 No.7 pg.3
  25. ↑ BMX Plus! July 1982 Vol.5 No.7 pg.45
  26. 1 2 Roostbmx.com Frank Post post.

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