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What was your local BMX shop back in the day?
Tefore:
supertune in studley..
monkeybat:
I used Radcity in the early eighties then Superbike and Hotwheels when it closed down. What a shame , i loved that place they really seemed to care.
northern dean:
First local bike shop was kawasaki, Carlisle. A small shop that stoked all the latest parts. Through that shop i owned and rode a Viceroy, a Dragon race frame, a Gt race frame, a Rickman freestyler and a Craig Campbell Prolite. Good memories. They sponsored a team and had a quarterpipe. The first quarterpipe i ever rode. They got out of BMX as soon as all the money left.
trickydeno:
--- Quote from: lk_97 on February 13, 2011, 12:57 PM ---Oh and my dad got his night burner from julies cycles leicester, and was there a bmx track near the leicester city ground? or is that western park? And another thing is There is a shop in south wigston that sells choppers,skyways and they have a re-issue pk ripper frame :)
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hi mate,the track near the city ground was twin forks.it was a cool little track with a quarter pipe aswell.spent many happy days there in the early 80's.its a housing estate now :( i remember julies well,they were a mongoose dealer.the shop in wigston is suppose to be pretty good but not been in yet.and where was the warehouse you mention in aylestone?.....as i've lived in aylestone all my life and never heard of it?
SteveG:
Was spoilt for choice in the Frimley area where I used to live. First I remember was one in Aldershot. It was there before many people knew about BMX and wasn't open long. Not sure what order they cam in but there were many others within cycling range.
Frimley green had 2 bike shops one called Camberley Cycles the other Deeks. Deeks were mainly a Raleigh stockist and didn't get too involved in BMX but Camberley cycles did but mainly sold lower end affordable stuff. They halped out the local BMX club by paying for a quarter pipe my father built.
Farnborough and Camberley had shops owned by the same person, Farnborough Cycles and Surrey Cycles. They had some nice part and bikes in. I bought most of my parts and Ripper frame from them.
Then there was Surrey Skatebords or Surrey BMX (think this is right) in Woking well known to many and probably the best shop in the area. I only got to go there on special occasions like my Birthday !
There was also Pedal Pushers in Guildford but I don't remember ever looking in there, and a few Halfords dotted around as well.
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