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Title: Anyone in touch with John Lee?
Post by: LucyLastic on August 12, 2010, 03:35 PM

His dad used to own Chorley race track and John Lee was a cool, rad and fab guy.  I'd love to know what he's up nowadays, anyone in touch with him?

Title: Re: Anyone in touch with John Lee?
Post by: SaMAlex on August 12, 2010, 03:39 PM

Did he used to race for Raleigh? In the real early days?

Title: Re: Anyone in touch with John Lee?
Post by: LucyLastic on August 12, 2010, 03:41 PM

Quote from: S&MAlex on August 12, 2010, 03:39 PM

Did he used to race for Raleigh? In the real early days?

Yes.  He was completely mad on a ramp :)

Title: Re: Anyone in touch with John Lee?
Post by: hotdog on August 12, 2010, 03:43 PM

I was talking to John a few weeks ago at a Frank Sidebottom tribute night in Manchester. Happily married with 2 kids. He races flat track motocycles with Skooter Farm race team. He still has his bmx. I've got a lot of time for John,he's a good lad.

Title: Re: Anyone in touch with John Lee?
Post by: SaMAlex on August 12, 2010, 04:00 PM

Yeah, i was going to say he was into Flat track motobikes. My BMX mate Geoff Cain has started making/racing flat track motorbikes and he told me last week that he now knows John Lee.

Title: Re: Anyone in touch with John Lee?
Post by: bof on August 12, 2010, 10:10 PM

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/h10/fish116/johnlee.jpg)

Title: Re: Anyone in touch with John Lee?
Post by: Mattdub on August 12, 2010, 10:45 PM

Met Jon at scunny a couple of years back , top bloke  ;) . Then bumped into him again last year at Pboro , both were short track meets .

Pics from Scunny .......................

(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v201/Mattdub/07df3494.jpg)
(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v201/Mattdub/0b10a665.jpg)
(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v201/Mattdub/c55eb50a.jpg)
(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v201/Mattdub/116339b1.jpg)
(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v201/Mattdub/f2c93cbd.jpg)
(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v201/Mattdub/cd8dfd89.jpg)
(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v201/Mattdub/76219952.jpg)

The guy in the middle in the last pic is Chris Carr , a legend on the US flat track scene .

Title: Re: Anyone in touch with John Lee?
Post by: LucyLastic on August 13, 2010, 07:44 AM

Great pics, Matt, thanks for them!   :4_17_5:

Title: Re: Anyone in touch with John Lee?
Post by: SaMAlex on August 13, 2010, 08:54 PM

Geoff just sent me this. Some great BMX and flattrack pics:



Here's a little link of John Lee

AKA captain highside.........

http://sideburnmag.blogspot.com/2008/12/captain-highside.html

http://sideburnmag.blogspot.com/2009/07/funny-how-some-things-dont-change.html

Title: Re: Anyone in touch with John Lee?
Post by: LucyLastic on August 16, 2010, 11:00 AM

Fantastic!, Thanks Alex!   :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Anyone in touch with John Lee?
Post by: SaMAlex on August 22, 2010, 10:00 PM

Geoff just emailed me, said he was hanging out with John at a flattrack race today. He sent me a photo of Johns "general hack" a 26" Torker cruiser with a 6 bolt Torker stem & all...


(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r313/alexleech/johnlee.jpg)