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Chapter 1 — It Was Retrieved

Record Identification

Campaign: #OperationDIRTWERX
Official unit: 1
Official title: It Was Retrieved
Primary source date(s): April 10, 2025
Record status: Verified
Original platform: Google Sites campaign page with preserved Facebook/social-media source records
Produced by: Lititz BMX
Archive display version: 1.1

Resource Structure

Preserved original source image or images
Searchable transcription of the original published source wording
Original campaign-page text
Normalized archival summary and context
Preserved public archive-page capture or captures
Source documentation and verification notes

Public Campaign Page

View #OperationDIRTWERX — The Story

Stable direct social-media post permalink(s): Not supplied for the current evidence set

Archival Summary

Chapter 1 establishes the bicycle as a recovered piece of lived BMX history and introduces the project through the April 10, 2025 campaign-launch post showing the bike disassembled for cleanup.

Preserved Published Source Record

Source 001

The April 10, 2025 campaign-launch post showing Harry Leary’s DIRTWERX bicycle disassembled as cleanup begins.

The image above is preserved as a visual source record. Its transcription remains separate so the wording is searchable and accessible.

Preserved Source 001 Text

#operationdirtwerx is underway.

Please join us to keep up to date on our progress. This was Harry Leary’s bike that was originally given to his nephew, where it ultimately found its way back to him - then us.

We’ve started clean up. Bars are off and cleaned along with the stem cap, brake lever, and rims. Tubes and tires are being replaced. We now go from here.

As you can see, we need to bend some pipe.

Oh, Greg Mathias donated a couple of things - wait until you see what he donated.

Of course, there are stories to tell along the way 😉

#firesidebmxchat #bmxhistory #newmuseum #bmxculture #bmxlife

Tagged accounts visible in the screenshot: Marzocchi Suspension; GOrk Barrette; Linda Leary Taylor; Honda Motorcycles & ATVs.

Original Campaign-Page Text

Ch. 1: It Was Retrieved
Not every bike gets a second chapter.

This one did.

After years away, this DIRTWERX bike — once ridden and owned by BMX legend Harry Leary — was reunited with his family.

What we’re looking at isn’t just a frame and parts.
It’s a piece of lived history, carried through decades of riders, stories, and moments.

Now it sits here, waiting.

Not to be displayed.

To be understood.

Archival Context

Chapter 1 establishes the bicycle as a recovered piece of lived BMX history. The accompanying post documents the project’s practical starting point: a disassembled bicycle, initial cleanup, replacement tubes and tires, and the need to address bent tubing.

Preserved Public Archive-Page Capture

The Lititz BMX public campaign section for Chapter 1, It Was Retrieved.

The capture or captures above preserve the public Lititz BMX presentation, including layout, image placement, campaign text, and surrounding context as supplied during the July 2026 archive build.

Source Documentation

Campaign ledger:
Operation DIRTWERX Campaign Ledger

Source transcriptions: Open the preserved source-transcription record

Source 001 image: Open preserved source image

Public-page capture: Open preserved page capture

Image manifest: Open image manifest
Fixity manifest: Open SHA-256 manifest

Verification Notes

Source 001 is dated April 10, 2025.
A stable direct Facebook-post permalink was not supplied.
No missing wording has been invented or reconstructed.

Preservation Note

This record separates original campaign language from later archival explanation. Source images, source transcriptions, campaign-page wording, normalized summaries, public-page captures, and verification findings remain identifiable as different evidence layers rather than being silently merged.