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What was your local BMX shop back in the day?
steve69:
My weekly hang out was Edwardes and if we fancied a change it would be Youngs or Alpine Sports/Action.
Happy days :smitten:
stidds:
Main place near me in Bristol was either SR Cycles (who ran the Bristol BMX club SR Jets) or Rollermania.
pickle:
--- Quote from: Robbo on January 14, 2011, 12:13 PM ---They had a Raleigh specialist in Hatfield which is still there now and wasnt much good so we used to jump on the train to Stevenage to visit Custom Riders, was a much smaller shop than it is now and Mason had hair!!! :LolLolLolLol:
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Rob that cycle shop in Hatfield is cack! they never have a thing in the shop that need! >:(
as for Custom Riders, i think they were in Hitchin rather than Stevenage fella..........i grew up in Stevenage and we never had a shop like his (unfortunately) although it was great when Mason popped into Bowes so we could all drool over his Gen1 :smitten:
Dannywhac:
--- Quote from: Southern Andy on January 14, 2011, 01:25 PM ---Hot wheels and Strongs cycles, both were in Bournemouth and used to take their shops to the race meetings which was handy.
Local shop in Southampton which we only used for an emergency were Peter Williams. This was actually a motor bike shop but he did a few decent BMX parts.
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Got good memories of Hot Wheels from around '95 to 2001 - used to get most of my bmx stuff from them, would always pop down for a chat (even to Pod when he was being a miserable bugger ;) ) and a butchers at some of their old stock from the 80's.
Late 90's Hot Wheels sticker (think Troy designed it):
There was also a shop in one of the indoor arcades at the time that had Phil Bray? working there - sold Addict clothing etc....
PRO THUNDER:
--- Quote from: S&MAlex on January 14, 2011, 12:10 PM ---HOTSHOT. First it was about 8 miles from me and we'd cycle there (on BMXs) just to LOOK at stuff. Then it moved to a bigger shop that is right next to where I live now. Shame HOTSHOT went ages ago. I used to love it in there. :shocked:
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Same as me Alex. Hotshot used to be in Kidlington near Oxford. It's where I got my first bmx in 1981 (HUFFY PRO THUNDER PRO 1) Then it went to a big shop above a womens clothes store in the Cowley centre, again just outside Oxford. My grandma used to live 100yds from it. Great times, just like being in a candy shop, just looking at all the stuff you could never buy, but I would always came away with just a couple of stickers. :) How I miss those days and wish I could go back. :)
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