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Gary72:
It is on Extreme every so often and sometimes on Eurosport. They cover Dew tour and X Games. They also did the documentry on some guys quest to do a backflip. And followed a race team around for a series.
My LBS has virtually stopped stocking BMX and scooter stuff.
The internet has a lot to answer for. Call me old fashioned, But when I'm spending money I like to physically see/feel the product.
My kids would buy everything of eBay and Online stores. I work in the motor trade and it outstands me that people will buy cars without road testing them or seeing them first. We are based in Essex and have delivered cars as far as Scotland for customers that have been bought over the phone/online.
The smell/feel of a mag is so much better than swiping/scrolling a screen.
Maybe they should look into blurb. Where books are printed to order. It's where my copy of 'You won't 100 pools ridden' came from. Think it's the only place you can get it.
http://www.blurb.co.uk/b/3894209-you-won-t
Dont think my wife paid that much for it, But it was a couple of years ago.
I did subscribe to The Albion because I thought it was worth the money, But obviously I was in the minority. 

Dark Diggler:
The whole jobs fucked, when it's cheaper for a shop to buy from big internet retailers than it is from the UK sole distributors then you have to question the whole process......
To be fair, BMX is suffering a different pain to the rest of the cycling trade, where rider numbers are up and prices are being battered down using bulk, direct ordering and tax avoidance to be blunt, the big internet sellers are not that interested in diminishing sectors of the industry, bmx's main problem isn't the internet, it's rapidly falling numbers of customers but it would just as bolloxed if numbers were up because then, the big tax avoiding coonts would be all over it properly, just like they are with the rest of the cycle trade.

Dark Diggler:
But hey, think of all the bargains to be had  :4_17_5:

rodriguez:
If street/park is on the decline racing seems to be bucking the trend though, is it because the BCF and Cycling Ireland now recognise BMX as a proper discipline?  The knock on effect of BMX in the Olympics in practice  :-\

In N Ireland there's 4 clubs AFAIK and there isn't even a proper track yet, the track in Belfast is still under construction, as BMX racing is an all Ireland sport the clubs use the tracks in the ROI.  There seems to be good enthusiasm and a whole lot of it has to do with people who were involved with BMX racing 30 years ago championing the cause.

QUADROPHENIA:


Bmx distributors can't afford shit, drinks company's start pulling out it all disappears

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