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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Freestyle (frame stands and kickturns galore!) => Topic started by: SteveG on February 04, 2007, 04:48 PM
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I have been searching through all my stuff and found my Yes bag with all my kit, helmet etc in it still. Sadly it doesn't fit anymore. :'(
I was lucky enough to be given the stuff by Motorcycle City and did a few displays as a member of the team.
As I recall Jason Nash and Chris Laney were the 2 original members. Jason approached us at a local club and asked if my Father could build another quarter pipe for Motorcycle City. This was done but Jason ended up leaving before using it. I'm not sure how it happened but myself, Jason Walsh, Mike Goodman and Dave Callister joined the team. We did quite a few Displays and had a great time.
Is there anyone else on here that used to ride for Yes, we met some of their racers at one display in Cornwall as well.
Happy days :)
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hi mate ,i can remember doing the odd demo with yes back in 85,we was halfords demo team and they sort of mixed a bit for a while or something along those lines.some of the yes team rode with a show/display crash team and held local comps and handed out bags of goodies.one of them dod wheelies and his front wheel would drop out and he would carry on wheeling around the stadium but cant remember any names.
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85 we was the scorpion team under halfords.
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Hi
I think that Yes had a lot of people riding for them, probably done through their network of distributors. I never really knew the full story.
I think my main contribution to the team was putting the ramps up, but the tricks I could do were quite polished and filled in the gaps between the others doing wild stuff on the quarter pipe.
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jeez, i still have my Yes Titan Dominator bike, all original in my parents garage! its f**ked though, loads of cracks, no decals, tuffs are wrecked but I loved that bike!! My grandad drove me to Motorcycle city in Farnboro from Portsomouth to but that thing, man I was soooooo happy that day!!!
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i used to work for motorcycle city does that count?
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I can't remember much about the Yes bikes as we used our own. They were going to give us all frames but I can't remember what they were now. I remember going upstairs at Motorcycle City for something and seeing all the grips they had in stock. If only I had seen into the future ;)
What branch was that at Spesh?
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i worked at the portsmouth branch
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I probably never met you but you might some of the people involved. I think Dean Hemmings was somewhere high up and a guy called Bob (something) used to arrange what we did. They used to get the Motorbike delivery guys to take us and the ramps to events and they were all mad. Renault Master vans do over 100mph downhill, not so fast going up mind ;)
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Just found this photo of Chris Laney amongst my collection. Hope you don't mind me putting this one on if you see it Chris but its one of the best photos I have. It does show off the kit Yes gave us all to wear though !
Just to prove that he didn't just pose for the camera the next one is of Chris actually doing something , and me rolling back after doing an endo on the other ramp ;)
(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/c42/Good4x4/ChrisLaney.jpg)
(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/c42/Good4x4/ChrisLaneyOnQuarterPipe.jpg)
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I used to work for Motorcycle City as well at their Clapham, Batersea, Great Portland St, Greenford, Hanger Lane branches.
What's your name Spesh, is it Chris?
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Oh my God,
Hey Steve, it's Mike Goodman. I can't believe I'm sitting at my computer looking at photos of us in 1984!!!!! If I get time I'll try and scan in some photos and put them up here too.
Mike.
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Hi Mike.
Nice to hear from you. Chris Laney has been on here. Be nice to get Darren on as well and have a mini reunion, on here at least.
I'm such a sad git, still got my Ripper and my Brothers Redline, even had a go at the local skatepark a few weeks back, still as bad as ever though. ;)
Be good to see some photos if you have any, no embarracing ones of me though, I still remember how bad a card player I was and how fast I ran round Gilly's tent. Hopefully you can't remember and there aren't any incriminating photo's.
Anyway, best go and get my daughter her lunch, she keeps asking who I am writing a message to.
Steve.
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i have a yes cruiser thanks to harris
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Just want to pop in a say Hi as I used to pop in from time to time at the Camberley Autofactor car park and ride the ramps. Did a couple of displays also but I can't rememeber where apart from the odd schol and the Frimley Green fete.
I knew Darren also and his sister Nina. I remember Darren had a lovely Haro Master and was designing his own stem with the brake cable going through the middle. It was part of a school project. Never knew if he finished it but I remember him showing me it at his house and it looked brilliant.
I also remeber Mike Goodman. I remember him being very good. Other people I knew were,
Anthony Colgate
Nick and John Preece
Steve Madden
Nick Pugh
Ricardo Susio
Nick Biddle
There was also some guy that lived down the end of Darren's road that had a PK Ripper but I can't remember his name.
If I wasn't riding around the street then I was up at the half pipe at Farnborough, in the woods by Tomlinscote School or down at Southsea.
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Arrgh Happy days indeed. I did my first arial on that Qpipe outside camberley auto factors.
I still remember the fear of the first one like it was yesterday (24 years ago)
I only did one demo which was Lightwater but remember using the pipe after the demos at frimley fete and at Grove school where I think Darren walsh popped out and went straight over the platform lukily the long jump pit was behind.
You can also add Mike Boylan to that list (unless that is you Mike/Linus?)
and also Julian and Christian Neison
I think I may be able to get hold of a lot of pics taken one sunday down there. will see if I can source them.
Cheers...Steve
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Arrgh Happy days indeed. I did my first arial on that Qpipe outside camberley auto factors.
I still remember the fear of the first one like it was yesterday (24 years ago)
I only did one demo which was Lightwater but remember using the pipe after the demos at frimley fete and at Grove school where I think Darren walsh popped out and went straight over the platform lukily the long jump pit was behind.
You can also add Mike Boylan to that list (unless that is you Mike/Linus?)
and also Julian and Christian Neison
I think I may be able to get hold of a lot of pics taken one sunday down there. will see if I can source them.
Cheers...Steve
STEVE!! Is that really you. Yes this is Michael Boylan :) I was going to try and contact you through friends reunited to see if you had any photo's. I also wanted to ask you what bike you rode. I remember it being chrome with bright green Skyways. it looked great but I could never remember what make it was.
I also remember Julian and Christian. Do you remember Nick Pugh. We used to ride with him all the time up at the half pipe in Farnborough. You were awsome at aerials. Nick and I could never understand how you could get such air out of that Farnborough pipe. You just had no fear :)
See I remember that Frimley fete and the Lightwater and Grove school fetes. I remember doing some of these shows so its good I am not the only one.
I so hope you can get some photos as I only have 1 or 2. I have this one of you on my old CW freestyler.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/k46/Linus27uk/Various009.jpg)
Hope to talk to you soon.
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Hi
I'm having a big problem remembering everyone. Mike Boylan is Linus. I've got some more pictures of Lightwater demo, well my mum has. I haven't had the chance to get them from her again.
I was talking to her about things and she was saying that there was a younger guy who did maybee one demo and his mum was a supply teacher. Wasn't sure if it was Mike might have been you.
I thought I could remeber most things but I am starting to wonder now !
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Hi
I'm having a big problem remembering everyone. Mike Boylan is Linus. I've got some more pictures of Lightwater demo, well my mum has. I haven't had the chance to get them from her again.
I was talking to her about things and she was saying that there was a younger guy who did maybee one demo and his mum was a supply teacher. Wasn't sure if it was Mike might have been you.
I thought I could remeber most things but I am starting to wonder now !
Hi SteveG,
Yes Linus is me, Michael Boylan :) Really look forward to seeing any photos you have. I don't think I am that person as my mum I don't think was ever a supply teacher.
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Hi Steve
If you have some pictures of the lightwater demo thatn would be cracking. I think the pants I wore on that day were tighter then the ones Mike has snapped me in that photo.
Mike,
good to hear from you buddy , whats it been 20+ years. That pic is a gem I have this one of outside M&Ws as well
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=62914.msg666567#msg666567 (http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=62914.msg666567#msg666567)
The tuffs in this pic are the same as on your CW. Do you remeber you swapped them for my white ones?
I have spoken to Nick Pugh a couple of time through friend reunite, but that was a while ago now.
I still have the bike with the green tuffs. It is a Craig Campbell prolite Freestyler just in the process of doing a restoration job on it at the moment.
The photos belong to a bloke called Martin Nelson I think. I should be able to get hold of him still he used to do live near the railings by the alley way at the bottom of St.Catherines near Lel's house.
As for the arials it was a mental thing. You used to blow me away with your street stuff so there was no way I was going let you beat me on the pipe ha ha ;)
memories memories mate could go on all night.
Steve
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I think this was taken at Lightwater, if it was then there are more photos
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/c42/Good4x4/MikeGoodmanAriel.jpg)
This is Mike Goodman.
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Hi Steve,
not sure that was lightwater.
Definitly remember it being a wet day as I come a cropper on the quater pipe practising in the morning.
I think also it was the blue pipe. You did have two pipes as memory serves me correct. Is that right?
Cheers...Steve
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I'm not sure now then.
Yes we did have 2 pipes although the blue one was paid for by the bike shop in Frimley Green and belonged to the Farnborough club. The smaller one was buit for Motorcycle City for the Yes trick team which I think was only Jason Nash at the time. They told us the size they wanted then found it wouldn't fit in their van. I don't think they actually paid for it but I got to take part in the demos.
It would be interesting to know what happened to the ramps. The Farnborough club kept the blue one and my dad sold sold the smaller one I think. The last time I saw it was at Camberley sports center when Chris Laney and Darren Walsh were using it.
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Hi Steve
If you have some pictures of the lightwater demo thatn would be cracking. I think the pants I wore on that day were tighter then the ones Mike has snapped me in that photo.
Mike,
good to hear from you buddy , whats it been 20+ years. That pic is a gem I have this one of outside M&Ws as well
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=62914.msg666567#msg666567 (http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=62914.msg666567#msg666567)
The tuffs in this pic are the same as on your CW. Do you remeber you swapped them for my white ones?
I have spoken to Nick Pugh a couple of time through friend reunite, but that was a while ago now.
I still have the bike with the green tuffs. It is a Craig Campbell prolite Freestyler just in the process of doing a restoration job on it at the moment.
The photos belong to a bloke called Martin Nelson I think. I should be able to get hold of him still he used to do live near the railings by the alley way at the bottom of St.Catherines near Lel's house.
As for the arials it was a mental thing. You used to blow me away with your street stuff so there was no way I was going let you beat me on the pipe ha ha ;)
memories memories mate could go on all night.
Steve
Hi Steve,
Yeah, bloody long time. Your right, it must be way over 20 years. I'll PM in a day or to to catch up.
HAHA great photo. I had forgotten we swapped wheels ( suffering from SteveG syndrome now :) ) That must had been for my white Haro sport although I always thought I had normal rims on that. Maybe they were for my CW as that had a white seat.
I bet that Craig Campbell prolite Freestyler is pretty rare. Well worth hanging onto. I remember when you first turned up on it with those green wheels. It looked totally awsome. I think it was when Skyway first started to make other colours other than white and black and your bike looked really modern and cool.
I also spoke to Nick a few years ago but like you, not for a long time. I met up with him and Ian Randle about 5 years ago for a drink but not seen or heard from him since.
I guess I was good at flatland because I spent every day practising. I so had no life :):) Plus, it was less scary that jumping 5 ft off the top of a halfpipe. I had a go at some of the old tricks on my new bike the other day and they have left me big time. I can nearly do a 360 tail whip though :) I remember you would see somebody do a trick and just go and try it. I remember you were a total nutter and had no fear. Do you remember being up at the Farnborough half pipe with Nick. I think I had just bought a Redline flight crank from somebody and mid turn it fell out and I bailed big time at the bottom of the pipe :LolLolLolLol:
I so hope you can get some photos. I only have about 5 and would love to see some more. I was telling my wife about riding up at M & W al the time so its so cool you got a photo of it.
Also, if you ever get your bike finished and fancy meeting for ride, either at Farnborough skatepark or other then just say. Would be great to meet up and say hi again.
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A few more names you can add to who rode for the Farnborough Team which I think was called Farnborough Phantoms is,
Matty Chilman - Diamond Back
Nigel Brown - Haro (ex Darren Walsh)
Keith Potts
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Listen to you lot, honestly its as if it were yesterday. Not bad turn out by all accounts.I'm not sure if any of you lotare still reading this but for what it's worth - Hello from Darren W. I still get flashbacks. Anyone remember Adam Kimberley. he got in touch lately and tells me he still has his ripper on the wall in his study...HIS STUDY FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! How the mighty have fallen. My Haro is rusting at the back of my sisters garage if anyone is interested in it.
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Hey Darren,
Good to here from you. So, you telling us it was not yesterday we were all BMXing??. Now I know why my clothes don't fit me and everyone laughs at me when I go out to the shops. :LolLolLolLol:
I know the name Adam Kimberley but can't picture him. I was talking to Nigel Brown yesterday and he was telling me he bought your old Haro :)
Man your Haro rusting away. Thats criminal :) Did you ever finish your stem conversion? I remeber you were designing it at school where the brake cable went through the stem but I never saw the finished project.
Anyway, good to have you aboard. Before long your be rebuilding your Haro and joining us at the Novice nights :LolLolLolLol:
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A few more names you can add to who rode for the Farnborough Team which I think was called Farnborough Phantoms is,
Matty Chilman - Diamond Back
Nigel Brown - Haro (ex Darren Walsh)
Keith Potts
One more name to add to the list,
Dave ??? (rode with the Yes team but died in a car crash in 1988)
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Yup, I finished the mod and won an award for it then Skyway came out with a similar one so bang went my plans of being a bmx tycoon. I think it's still on the bike.
I think it was Dave Calister who was in the crash. We did a summer tour of duty with Yes with Steve G, Mike G and Chris L. A fine time at the mercy of 'Cliff' our driver from hell.
I've found a ton of images but have no idea how to put them on.
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Yup, I finished the mod and won an award for it then Skyway came out with a similar one so bang went my plans of being a bmx tycoon. I think it's still on the bike.
I think it was Dave Calister who was in the crash. We did a summer tour of duty with Yes with Steve G, Mike G and Chris L. A fine time at the mercy of 'Cliff' our driver from hell.
I've found a ton of images but have no idea how to put them on.
Bugger, thats a shame. I remember you showing me it at your house and I was well impressed.
Do you remember the name of the guy that you used to hang around with that did not live around our area? He was very tall and did freestyle also and he used to do a fair few shows. I think one of them may have been at Olympia in London. It was probably around 1984/1985.
Are your photo's scanned in? If so then it will be dead easy to post them on here. Upload them to somewhere like photobucket and then provide a link on here. Let me know if they are scanned first and I can guide you through. Would be great to see more photos.
By the way, do you remember Anthony Colgate?
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Hello Darren.
Get that bike of yours out and let me give it a polish up. I haven't lost the nack.
Nice to see you on here. It would be great to see a few pictures if you can sort them out. Give Chris Laney a shout and see if you can coax him back on here.
I don't think I will ever forget the trips we went on. I think we were lucky to survive, just how fast can a Renault Master go downhill filled with ramps and bikes !
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Ha, it was a riot. I remember that whirlwind trip to great Yarmouth to ride in a nightclub to Danny owen singing that BMX boys song, watching it on telly in a pub (they shot it on 16mm film and processed it in time for the evening news) then sleeping in the van all the way home. Then doing it all over again a few weeks later.
I'll dig out the Haro. My race inc got nicked from the same garage a couple of years ago.
Mike I do remember Colgate. He had a redline with red tuffs and tyres. still cant get my head round the photo thing - I'll have a bash
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Ha, it was a riot. I remember that whirlwind trip to great Yarmouth to ride in a nightclub to Danny owen singing that BMX boys song, watching it on telly in a pub (they shot it on 16mm film and processed it in time for the evening news) then sleeping in the van all the way home. Then doing it all over again a few weeks later.
I'll dig out the Haro. My race inc got nicked from the same garage a couple of years ago.
Mike I do remember Colgate. He had a redline with red tuffs and tyres. still cant get my head round the photo thing - I'll have a bash
Yeah thats the one. I forgot he had a Redline.
Let us know if you need a hand with the photo's. Its dead easy honest and would be great to them.
By the way, hows Nina? She was in my class at school and totally bonkers :)
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Nina's good, she lives around the corner from me in Streatham. I'l let her know I'm in touch, I'm sure she'd want to catch up. She's a great musician these days(check her out on myspace) I'll have a basha t the pics now.
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Talking about the drivers I remembered this. (http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/c42/Good4x4/YesVan.jpg)
Seem to remember one of them was called Bruce (I think) He used to bring a different young lady every trip and none of them was his wife ! I think it was him that plastered all the scooters in the background with YES stickers.
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Darren have a read of this :
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=32.0
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Hey Darren,
you have to get that master out mate. Gen1 if I remeber right. Graphite black tuffs and Redline flights talk about envious.
I had the Green prolite freestyler used to hang about with Mike B.
Saw an old friend Becky Clarke just last week and occasionaly bump into Ad kimbeleys brother Chris.
Think last time I saw you, you were on either Blue Peter or Take Hart doing some Arty thing with Masks.
I wern't dreaming that...or was I :uglystupid2:
Do you still keep in touch with Jonny Priest?
Steve
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Hmm, I traded the toughs in for some chrome araya's with a giant dogger of a GT coaster brake on the rear (obviously) They ended up on the mother of all boot sale tables along with a small shop's worth of amazingbike parts. I think a collector swiped the lot. It was very cathartic. The Master ended up with vile lavender comp s.t's on - They were the last ones in the country at the time and no other colour was available. I loved the tyres enough to put up with the hue - very 80's. They're still on there so unless anyone has something better I'm gonna have to put some shoppers on it (maybe...one day)
I'm afraid that was rolf Harris's cartoon club back in 92. Oh dear, I thought I'd got away with that one.
I've not seen Jon Preece for about 20 odd years. According to Adam K he's working in a shop in frimley high street. Don't know about his brother Nick either - be good to know.
Howz Becky?
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(http://) Cznt seem to paste pics but you could try for a tester
http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/darnwalsh/goods.jpg
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(http://) Cznt seem to paste pics but you could try for a tester
http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/darnwalsh/goods.jpg
HEHEH great photo. Check out the old Haro brake levers. I remember the little nut in them would always fall out. :) Looked a bit foggy that morning at Camberley Auto Factors.
Keep posting them piccies up. They are great.
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(http://) Cznt seem to paste pics but you could try for a tester
http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/darnwalsh/goods.jpg
Nice picture, hope Mike sees it !
All you need to do to include the picture into the message is to click on the img code and paste that into the message.
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(http://) Cznt seem to paste pics but you could try for a tester
http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/darnwalsh/goods.jpg
Nice picture, hope Mike sees it !
All you need to do to include the picture into the message is to click on the img code and paste that into the message.
As Steve says, like this Darren. Clink on the quote tab in this post (top right) to see how I have linked your picture.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/pp272/darnwalsh/goods.jpg)
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If I wasn't riding around the street then I was up at the half pipe at Farnborough, in the woods by Tomlinscote School or down at Southsea.
Linus, we must have met at sometime as I used to ride those very same places with an old mate, Darren Norman who lived on the Heatherside Estate and went to Tomlinscote School! Some awesome riding spots down that way, just off the Maultway on what is now a golf course and some great jumps round the back of the school in the ranges at the top of the hill. I loved that place :LolLolLolLol:.
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If I wasn't riding around the street then I was up at the half pipe at Farnborough, in the woods by Tomlinscote School or down at Southsea.
Linus, we must have met at sometime as I used to ride those very same places with an old mate, Darren Norman who lived on the Heatherside Estate and went to Tomlinscote School! Some awesome riding spots down that way, just off the Maultway on what is now a golf course and some great jumps round the back of the school in the ranges at the top of the hill. I loved that place :LolLolLolLol:.
Yeah we must have done. How old would Darren be now. Just trying to work out if he would be in my year at school or older/younger. Yes, the jumps at the Maultway were cool. I remember one really big jump that everyone would do a tabletable off. There was also a track further down which was oppersite Ravenscote school and behind the Tomlinscote playing field. Is this the one you mean? That was a proper track and where I broke my collar bone. I went up there the other week to see if its still there but its all over grown now.
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(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/pp272/darnwalsh/watson.jpg) I have boxes of pics but this one makes me cry. My first race. Left to right. Robin Human, not sure, Me and Jon Watson who was very fast. I know this isn't freestyle but couldnt help it.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/pp272/darnwalsh/laney.jpg)
Also a winnning cherry picker to match a winning perm from Mr Chris Laney
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/pp272/darnwalsh/haro.jpg)
my haro - sniff
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Yeah we must have done. How old would Darren be now. Just trying to work out if he would be in my year at school or older/younger. Yes, the jumps at the Maultway were cool. I remember one really big jump that everyone would do a tabletable off. There was also a track further down which was oppersite Ravenscote school and behind the Tomlinscote playing field. Is this the one you mean? That was a proper track and where I broke my collar bone. I went up there the other week to see if its still there but its all over grown now.
Darren is now 40 and used to ride a Hutch Pro Racer, all chrome and black. He used to know the Preece brothers really well; I once rode off ther garage roof for a bet :D. Jon used to teach snowboarding in Andorra (I bumped into him there), no idea what Nick is up to though. I remember the track by the school, the jump I'm thinking of was the huge bombhole at the top of the hill by Tomlinscote in the ranges, I remember getting huge airs out of that ;). There was also a really great jump close the old convent and hospital near the junction with the Maultway, I think I cleared ten tyres off that jump :D.
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I remember Darren - he was dangerous. I remember him doing a 360 and narrowly missing a small girl head - brilliant! He used to hang out with the heatherside lot (andrew Walsh, Dave Tiny, DAve Shaw) I remember those tyres being stacked too. Like I said Dangerous. Anyone remember Alan Tucker?
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Yeah we must have done. How old would Darren be now. Just trying to work out if he would be in my year at school or older/younger. Yes, the jumps at the Maultway were cool. I remember one really big jump that everyone would do a tabletable off. There was also a track further down which was oppersite Ravenscote school and behind the Tomlinscote playing field. Is this the one you mean? That was a proper track and where I broke my collar bone. I went up there the other week to see if its still there but its all over grown now.
Darren is now 40 and used to ride a Hutch Pro Racer, all chrome and black. He used to know the Preece brothers really well; I once rode off ther garage roof for a bet :D. Jon used to teach snowboarding in Andorra (I bumped into him there), no idea what Nick is up to though. I remember the track by the school, the jump I'm thinking of was the huge bombhole at the top of the hill by Tomlinscote in the ranges, I remember getting huge airs out of that ;). There was also a really great jump close the old convent and hospital near the junction with the Maultway, I think I cleared ten tyres off that jump :D.
I don't think I know Darren although I remember someone having a Hutch as they were pretty rare bikes. Yeah the jump by the old Brompton Hospital was cool although jumps and racing was never my thing. I was utter pants at them. I used to just watch everyone else do them. There was also a guy called Chris Harbour who used to live up at heatherside. He had a Redline but he was more my age (38) so you guys may not had known him.
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I remember Darren - he was dangerous. I remember him doing a 360 and narrowly missing a small girl head - brilliant! He used to hang out with the heatherside lot (andrew Walsh, Dave Tiny, DAve Shaw) I remember those tyres being stacked too. Like I said Dangerous. Anyone remember Alan Tucker?
The name Alan Tucker rings a bell but I can't picture him. What bike he ride.
Keep the photos coming coming Darren. I think Chris laney is the guy I was thinking about that you used to hang out with. Am I right in thinking he did not live around our way????
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I remember Darren - he was dangerous. I remember him doing a 360 and narrowly missing a small girl head - brilliant! He used to hang out with the heatherside lot (andrew Walsh, Dave Tiny, DAve Shaw) I remember those tyres being stacked too. Like I said Dangerous. Anyone remember Alan Tucker?
That would be Daz :LolLolLolLol: Some old names there; Walshy RIP, there was also Adam, Liam, Joe, Jamie and many more. I was Daz's mad mate from London with the glasses; happy days :). Linus, I'll ask about Chris Harbour, rings a bell but I can't put a face to him at the moment!! Lots of drunken nights at the Wheatsheaf on the Heatherside bitd :D.
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I remember Darren - he was dangerous. I remember him doing a 360 and narrowly missing a small girl head - brilliant! He used to hang out with the heatherside lot (andrew Walsh, Dave Tiny, DAve Shaw) I remember those tyres being stacked too. Like I said Dangerous. Anyone remember Alan Tucker?
That would be Daz :LolLolLolLol: Some old names there; Walshy RIP, there was also Adam, Liam, Joe, Jamie and many more. I was Daz's mad mate from London with the glasses; happy days :). Linus, I'll ask about Chris Harbour, rings a bell but I can't put a face to him at the moment!! Lots of drunken nights at the Wheatsheaf on the Heatherside bitd :D.
If it helps, Chris had an older brother who was a few years older that us so I guess would be around 41 ish now. I think he had to inject himself but not sure if it was hayfever or he was diabetic.
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I remember Darren - he was dangerous. I remember him doing a 360 and narrowly missing a small girl head - brilliant! He used to hang out with the heatherside lot (andrew Walsh, Dave Tiny, DAve Shaw) I remember those tyres being stacked too. Like I said Dangerous. Anyone remember Alan Tucker?
That would be Daz :LolLolLolLol: Some old names there; Walshy RIP, there was also Adam, Liam, Joe, Jamie and many more. I was Daz's mad mate from London with the glasses; happy days :). Linus, I'll ask about Chris Harbour, rings a bell but I can't put a face to him at the moment!! Lots of drunken nights at the Wheatsheaf on the Heatherside bitd :D.
Ha, I remember you. It was long running joke with Nick Preece, tucker and co when I once suggested that you had retrofit hubs and you fired back "Campag you tw*t!" It became a mantra whenever I got it wrong. Strange thing to remember but I still say "Campag you Tw*T" under my breath on various occasions. Cheers for that
I was at school with Liam and Walsh. My brother bumped into Liam in Ibiza about 10 years ago.
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I remember everyone going round saying ZALA to everything like Animal from the muppets used to do :LolLolLolLol:
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I remember everyone going round saying ZALA to everything like Animal from the muppets used to do :LolLolLolLol:
:LolLolLolLol:
I seem to remember something similar going on at Thorpe Park when we did a display there. I'm surprised we didn't all get banned from one particular ride as we probably frightened a few people away
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I remember that Thorpe Park display
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/pp272/darnwalsh/thorpepark.jpg)
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Thats a good picture. I have some but they were taken from quite a way away and you can't see much of what is going on. I will have a look through them to see if any are good enough to put on here.
Here is one of you (get your binoculars out)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/c42/Good4x4/DarrenatThorpePark.jpg)
And this is most of us that took part
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/c42/Good4x4/ThorpeParkRiders.jpg)
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ace, shows on grass......used to do some of those, hated em..
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I remember Darren - he was dangerous. I remember him doing a 360 and narrowly missing a small girl head - brilliant! He used to hang out with the heatherside lot (andrew Walsh, Dave Tiny, DAve Shaw) I remember those tyres being stacked too. Like I said Dangerous. Anyone remember Alan Tucker?
That would be Daz :LolLolLolLol: Some old names there; Walshy RIP, there was also Adam, Liam, Joe, Jamie and many more. I was Daz's mad mate from London with the glasses; happy days :). Linus, I'll ask about Chris Harbour, rings a bell but I can't put a face to him at the moment!! Lots of drunken nights at the Wheatsheaf on the Heatherside bitd :D.
oh the wheatsheaf a place of dreams :smitten: drunk in there for more than 15 years, that shithole has a special place in my Heart. went up there 2 weeks ago still some old faces. No BMXers though.
Chris Harbour is now a postie in Camberley. Used to see him in the wheatie sometimes.
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I remember Darren - he was dangerous. I remember him doing a 360 and narrowly missing a small girl head - brilliant! He used to hang out with the heatherside lot (andrew Walsh, Dave Tiny, DAve Shaw) I remember those tyres being stacked too. Like I said Dangerous. Anyone remember Alan Tucker?
That would be Daz :LolLolLolLol: Some old names there; Walshy RIP, there was also Adam, Liam, Joe, Jamie and many more. I was Daz's mad mate from London with the glasses; happy days :). Linus, I'll ask about Chris Harbour, rings a bell but I can't put a face to him at the moment!! Lots of drunken nights at the Wheatsheaf on the Heatherside bitd :D.
oh the wheatsheaf a place of dreams :smitten: drunk in there for more than 15 years, that shithole has a special place in my Heart. went up there 2 weeks ago still some old faces. No BMXers though.
Chris Harbour is now a postie in Camberley. Used to see him in the wheatie sometimes.
Still a postie. Bloody hell. I think he did that when he left school around '86. He must have the best pension ever :LolLolLolLol:
Yeah riding on grass. Never a good thing. I remember doing a few displays on grass and it was so pants, especially trying to do things like frame stands etc.
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I'm afraid that was rolf Harris's cartoon club back in 92. Oh dear, I thought I'd got away with that one.
I've not seen Jon Preece for about 20 odd years. According to Adam K he's working in a shop in frimley high street. Don't know about his brother Nick either - be good to know.
Howz Becky?
That's it cartoon club quality :daumenhoch:
Didn't kow Nick only John, but as you have not seen hime for 20 plus years. Didn't he used to have some sort of race bike? I don't remeber him riding a freestyler, but I do remeber him jumbing that big table top down the rad track behind tomlinscote.
Beckys good has a kid live in Croydon now. Sure Nina still keeps in contact with her.
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I remember Darren - he was dangerous. I remember him doing a 360 and narrowly missing a small girl head - brilliant! He used to hang out with the heatherside lot (andrew Walsh, Dave Tiny, DAve Shaw) I remember those tyres being stacked too. Like I said Dangerous. Anyone remember Alan Tucker?
That would be Daz :LolLolLolLol: Some old names there; Walshy RIP, there was also Adam, Liam, Joe, Jamie and many more. I was Daz's mad mate from London with the glasses; happy days :). Linus, I'll ask about Chris Harbour, rings a bell but I can't put a face to him at the moment!! Lots of drunken nights at the Wheatsheaf on the Heatherside bitd :D.
Ha, I remember you. It was long running joke with Nick Preece, tucker and co when I once suggested that you had retrofit hubs and you fired back "Campag you tw*t!" It became a mantra whenever I got it wrong. Strange thing to remember but I still say "Campag you Tw*T" under my breath on various occasions. Cheers for that
I was at school with Liam and Walsh. My brother bumped into Liam in Ibiza about 10 years ago.
Liam RIP too :(, must be nearly 10 years now as well.
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I'm afraid that was rolf Harris's cartoon club back in 92. Oh dear, I thought I'd got away with that one.
I've not seen Jon Preece for about 20 odd years. According to Adam K he's working in a shop in frimley high street. Don't know about his brother Nick either - be good to know.
Howz Becky?
That's it cartoon club quality :daumenhoch:
Didn't kow Nick only John, but as you have not seen hime for 20 plus years. Didn't he used to have some sort of race bike? I don't remeber him riding a freestyler, but I do remeber him jumbing that big table top down the rad track behind tomlinscote.
Beckys good has a kid live in Croydon now. Sure Nina still keeps in contact with her.
Yeah Jon and Nick used to race. I can't remember what they rode though. Nick even got onto TV on that Kellogs show.
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I know that Nick had a MCS Magnum XL. Probably about the only thing he could get at the time that was a bit longer. He must have been well over 6ft tall. Not sure what Jon had might have been another MCS.
Darren might remember.
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Nick ended up riding for PR (PAinter Rose) and he bent it riding off the top of Steve's Qarter Pipe one Sunday morning...off the side, not a drop in. Jon ended up with a white VDC Changa - mother ugly bike.
Do you remeber CHris Clopet - he had an MCS too. He live in Devon now. We're still in touch
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/pp272/darnwalsh/vdc.jpg)
Jon comin out of the Rom cigar bowl
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I do remember Chris, think he is in one of the pictures I put on of Hawley lane. Who was the Martin that lived down your road Darren ?
A few names have come back to me but I still can't remember some poeple, must be getting old !
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Martin 'Mooncat' Soans (pictures Left) who now lives in Houston. Had a bit of a text talk with him when workng in the states but not met up for 20 years. He rode a JMC quite fast as I remember.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/pp272/darnwalsh/mooncat.jpg)
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I remember the name Martin Soans. Smallish kid if I remember right. Do you know what happened to Michael Simon's??
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Great Picture Darren. Keep posting them on here when you get the chance. Oh I wish I had a digital camera back then !
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Great Picture Darren. Keep posting them on here when you get the chance. Oh I wish I had a digital camera back then !
I wish I had taken more pictures back then. So many memories or events not captured. It's why I take so many photos now. Great to look back at them after so many years and remind yourself.
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sometimes the memory is better than the proof
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sometimes the memory is better than the proof
Yeah true, can be a bit embaressing some of them old photos ;D
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Oh my god, Steve sent me a link to this thread and I've been going through looking at the photos. Some of this stuff I'd completely forgotten about, like the Thorpe Park display. I'll have to dig out my old photos and scan them in, I do have some belters. I see Jon Preece every now and then in Bagshot, next time I bump into him I'll tell him to check this out.
Mike Goodman
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Hey Mike,
Not sure if you remember me. We did some gigs together way back in the 90's. Not sure what the name of your band was but we played at a community centre between Frimley and Frimley Green and then a gig that Jo Clynes's dad put on up in a Hangar at Heathrow Airport. I have some photos if you ever want copies. Oh, we also used to do some BMX together ;D ;D
Anyway, hope your well and yeah, get them pictures posted up. Would be great to see them.
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Oh dear - more photo's incoming - let the games commence.
Hello Mike G. How the devil are you?
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(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/pp272/darnwalsh/drop.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/pp272/darnwalsh/mike.jpg)
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white graphy tuffs :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: only ever seen one other pair, never seen any photos of any here at all
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WOW, great photos Darren :daumenhoch:
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white graphy tuffs :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: only ever seen one other pair, never seen any photos of any here at all
No such thing Pete, they are white Tuffs that have gold hubs ::)
Cracking pics though :daumenhoch:
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great pics lads..DAN HARRIS do you have any from the day?
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from what day mark that day or any btd
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white graphy tuffs :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: only ever seen one other pair, never seen any photos of any here at all
No such thing Pete, they are white Tuffs that have gold hubs ::)
Cracking pics though :daumenhoch:
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thats what i meant old wise one
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anyday!, anything? at the start of the thread you mentioned you partisipated in the scene, have you any photos? im not calling you out here Dan its just i have been on here for a couple of years now and i have heard you mention about the halfords team, i am genuinenly intersted in seeing your pics because i rode for them too ;)
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anyday!, anything? at the start of the thread you mentioned you partisipated in the scene, have you any photos? im not calling you out here Dan its just i have been on here for a couple of years now and i have heard you mention about the halfords team, i am genuinenly intersted in seeing your pics because i rode for them too ;)
Didn`t take you long did it Mark, goodbye :police:
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More pics Darren !
That double drop in is brilliant. Good job the quarter pipe was reasonably wide although still don't know how you both managed to pop out without knocking each other off !
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white graphy tuffs :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: only ever seen one other pair, never seen any photos of any here at all
No such thing Pete, they are white Tuffs that have gold hubs ::)
Cracking pics though :daumenhoch:
Billy, am I right in that only the factory riders got the option of coloured hubs? I seem to remember being offered a set with blue hubs around 83 by the Skyway rep (Freewheel I think but too long ago) :-\.
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white graphy tuffs :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: only ever seen one other pair, never seen any photos of any here at all
No such thing Pete, they are white Tuffs that have gold hubs ::)
Cracking pics though :daumenhoch:
Billy, am I right in that only the factory riders got the option of coloured hubs? I seem to remember being offered a set with blue hubs around 83 by the Skyway rep (Freewheel I think but too long ago) :-\.
Have a look at this Marty :
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v472/billstup/sobel.jpg)
I can`t remember having any but do those Tuffs look like they might have blue hubs ?
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Hey Darren, I'm good mate, it'd be great to hook up, it's been a while.
Wow I've never seen those pics, brilliant!!!! I've got some great old ones of us all, I need to get hold of a scanner and get them up here.
I've only just put the name Mike Boylan to a face, I now totally remember you and that gig in the aircraft hangar at heathrow, how funny.
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Hey Darren, I'm good mate, it'd be great to hook up, it's been a while.
Wow I've never seen those pics, brilliant!!!! I've got some great old ones of us all, I need to get hold of a scanner and get them up here.
I've only just put the name Mike Boylan to a face, I now totally remember you and that gig in the aircraft hangar at heathrow, how funny.
Hi Mike,
Yeah, one of the most bizarre venues I have played. Still, I remeber it being a good night with lots of free food and drink :)
Would be great to see more photo's if you can.
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I mean....A PERM FGODSAKE.We need to pull mr Laney up on this. Come out come out wherever you are - Istill havemore pics.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/pp272/darnwalsh/xup.jpg)
And yeah any time Mike. You still goyy number coz I lost yours along with my last phone
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He he !
I don't remember Chris having a Skyway, the proof is there though. Keep em coming when you get the chance.
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oh I think drip feed will draw them out - don't you?
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Hello Steve. I met up with Nic Preece, Matty French, john Watson and Marcus Rich last Saturday. It was such a laugh. How are you. I was hoping to catch Mike G before christmas. Lets try and all hook up.
Darren