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What was your local BMX shop back in the day?
bigfatolly:
Earliest bike shop i went in that had bmx was sanders in Parkstone,Poole,they made SRE race bikes.
Then it was Strongs and Hotwheels in Bournemouth before Strongs closed down.
But the most local was a shop called BT's bikes on the main road near Poole bmx track,which i lived opposite to.
Bernie the owner was a legend,he could order most stuff,and he could build bikes and wheels etc,we used to hang out in there all the time,happy days.
That closed down,and hotwheels outlived them all,lasting well into the 90s.
I actually went in there in the late 90s when i bought a secondhand MRD and bought a nos tuf neck stem for it,if i had known how big oldschool was to become i would have bought up everything they had!
the_wheelie_king:
Before old school had fully dawned on me, I remember going into Hot Wheels in the mid 90's after a nice pair of wheels for a supergoose I had. It turned out that the old school option was cheaper than the new school one, so I walked out with a pair of brand new 7X's laced to a pair of Bullseye hubs - it was a wheelset that they'd built for someone but were never picked up - and I'm absolutely sure the pair cost me around £70. Literally no-one wanted them! It was mad.
A while later I began to realize just how collectible this stuff was becoming, so I decided to go back to Hot Wheels with the aim of getting a few more bits and pieces. When I turned up, the guy behind the counter told me that some yank called Jeff Haney (!) had bought absolutely everything a month or two earlier and had shipped the whole lot back to the states. This still haunts me to this day...I'll reckon he got most of his collection from that one shop alone. And it was all just sat there, waiting to be bought for next to fook all. The fact that it was all down the end of my road makes me want to weep. It must have been thousands worth. >:(
energiza:
blimey what a good thread.love it
i used to use superbikes in ilford(cant remember the ole ladys name in there) and also mike vickers in barking near the back of the old woolworths(goodtimes)
TIMMO1966:
Mine was Holts Cyles in Derby who sponsored the Derby Greyhound team,now owned by Andy Pass who used to ride for them. Paid them a visit today for some bits for my road bike and a bit of reminiscing.
Pooch:
Holdsworth on the lower Richmond rd putney. Bought my first red skyways from there.
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