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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Race (riders ready, pedals ready... GO!!) => Topic started by: jeff spicoli on March 17, 2007, 05:23 PM
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If I remember correctly someone said he was at the Bournemouth old school reunion national back in 05,still keeps in shape too,lol
Stu
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andy i'm sure he was at bournemouth last year, check the pics, there's a line up
with all the old skool boys and i'm sure charlies in it :)
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yes mate, many times and smooth as silk :coolsmiley:
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always remember him riding a white vdc changa for edwardes, he was a big lad and was even bigger at bmouth 05
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has not changed in any way shape or form ;)
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Yeah Dan just found the pic. He looks just as cool only bigger and bald lol. I was told bitd by one of his team mates that a French kid pulled a knife on him and was trying to intimidate Charlie at a ice skating rink and Charlie just knocked the French kid out cold :4_17_5:.
Sound about right but he was a great chap on the track full of life and alway up for a big jump used to knock around with the Spiers family as well was his track hayes or hounslow ? what ever he was R9 form memory ?
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Yep,just lookin at that pic of CR on that changa in one of the mags,sweet bike that :daumenhoch:
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He`s a scaffolder working in the South East London area :daumenhoch:
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Myself and jazzyje did a meeting for Brixton about eighteen months back, Charlie turned up signing race jerseys etc for the kids, and would talk to any body about his race days to anyone who would listen. It was good to see him again
TK the Mic
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One of the only people 360 king kong at wigan he was fooking mad. :idiot2: Andy there building a new park in wigan its looking good ;)
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he was a very powerful rider btd ,i watched him twice and he was o so good.
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Alexander park billinge road pemberton wigan. Spoke to dylan wednesday he was going on a top secret night ride moving the fences and having a quick go :D
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me and brooker went over to that park today for a look it looks great top class mini and jump box with proper take off . should be good in summer
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massive 360's massive seat post= CR. fast as fook as well
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I met Charlie at a Brixton meeting a couple of years ago. He presented the trophies to the riders. He was in amazing condition (six-pack to die for!!) and was as large as life as I'd heard he was. He declined a ride on a cruiser saying that if he nibbled the track again he'd be hooked and as he left as #1 he wasn't coming back to be an also ran. Reckoned if a top-line sponsor offered him backing he could be persuaded. I've got his signature on my Cheyenne race shirt and my youngest's STAATS racetop and bike. Top geezer!! Humps
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Charlie was also at the Peckham Fun Race in october 2005 not long after the Bournemouth reunion. I remember him doing a full X-up over the water jump at Buckmore whilst leading a moto once, & also 360ing the whoops in the snow at Herne Bay BITD!!!
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(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b270/daz1969/scan-4.jpg)
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The maddest thing Charlie ever did was 720'ing the massive double at the worlds track in the south of France near Marseille in (I think) 1990.
The dubs were huuuuge. The track was so soft that not many people could even make it over them never mind trick the things. Charlie just appeared from nowhere in practice and lofted over the gimps that couldn't even clear them and 720'd em.
The crowd went nuts.........
Tha track was absolutely dire. A few of us didn't even care about the racing cos the track was so bad so we went off swimming in the sea at Cassis.
We went down in Charlie's car (gold 7 series BMW with a boomerang aerial on the back!) with his mate Manny (Emmanuelle?. What happened to him?)
Anyway, Charlie pops the boot of the car at the beach and him & Manny pull out harpoon guns to catch some fish while we were swimming :wtf:
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Heres some pics of Charlies VDC Gorila. I haven't done anything with it since I got it a few years ago.
It was on a couple of magazine covers BITD - BMX Weekley and Racer and Freestyle
Before anyone asks - No its not for sale!
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/c51/baldbmxer/VDC241.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/c51/baldbmxer/VDC242.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/c51/baldbmxer/VDC243.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/c51/baldbmxer/VDC244.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/c51/baldbmxer/VDC245.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/c51/baldbmxer/VDC246.jpg)
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Awsome! :4_17_5: get it built JJ,you got all the best bikes :(
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Jesus John - where did you pull that one out of? :shocked:
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ffs jj, get it built, awesome feckin awesome
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baldy .. is it forsale :LolLolLolLol: ... what gem u have there my bald friend ... ooohh i feel a CR replica comin on ... ave it !! .. i had the pleasure of chatting charlie at bournmouth 05 he one big fcuker , i thought he was gunna TAX me black changa off me :knuppel2:
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a likkle late with me pic
but heyhoo
always rated :coolsmiley:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/f278/vin501/reynolds-1.gif)
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just bringing this old chestnut back, does anybody know about Charlies DP signature bike frame??
so he rode a Vorris Dixon but the Dave Park had his name on it
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/j56/cozzfather/dpfirebird1.jpg)
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It would be good to see Charlie again at the Southern Champs. Always brightens up any event he makes an appearance at.
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mike do you know more about Charlie ?, i have seen old DP Firebird race bikes and seen one as his model and would like to know more about him.
seems like he was a character and i'm surprised more people don't want bikes like his own model, i would love to ride one of his.
also DP did cruisers, did Charlie ride a DP cruiser at all? lastly any more pics of Charlie ??
ta
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(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b82/djboughton/charlie.jpg)
Charlie 1986 Buckmore, wednesday nights presentation evening.
Doing his usual showing up to the camera :LolLolLolLol:
If you thought Charlie was good on a bmx, you should have seen him on a pair of ice skates.
Talented bloke
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Someone's gotta have a recent pic of Charlie he was one of the first people who made me wanna work out bitd.. :)
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Charlie was huge last time I saw him. I think he jokingly described himself as the black Vin Diesel.
Cozzfather, contact Scott Dick (Uncle Buck) if you want info on Charlie. Scott knows everything about anyone who was anyone in BMX in the 80s!
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what can i say lads, fantastic stuff :P
i love to see a pic of Charlie on a DP Firebird signature model, i reckon if Charlie had of been American he would have had loads more interest and seeing as he was one of the U.K's top riders somebody must have a pic of him.
i'll ask Uncle Buck ;)
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Great thread. Lets see a few more pics...
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Charlie on the VDC at Birmingham Wheels Euro Champs. Prob more pics among me mags but here's a starter
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/s6/aerostylie/1133-2.jpg)
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i think this might be charlie too.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/a352/esemdesign/img210.jpg)
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Nice one Steve :P
love them race pants, i never knew DP did apparel, looks like he's on a mongoose and can't tell for sure but it does look like a tuff front wheel
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it looks to me as its the same bike that hes riding in the dp advert you posted up, just a different front wheel. i think its a pink delta2. the forks look like delat2 drop outs.
dp didn't make any pads to fit the race bikes, and he would have had to have them on the bike so its just a mongoose pad set.
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I want to know what was all the drama with Flemdog and Charlie after the Superclass final at Wigan back in 88? :)
Charlie was a legend. He needed his own TV show!
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I used to race against (well follow round the track) Charlie a lot in Region 9. He was hilarious, always talking to you and taking the piss while racing. Quick and well rad too. I remember Poole National, sitting on the start hill during practice with Geth and Dave Haynes contemplating jumping the dollys when Charlie turned up, pointed, laughed and sailed off over them without a second thought, Geth immediately knew he had to jump them too (and did so). Not sure how Dave got on but my attempt was sketchy to say the least and I decided I'd be riding them in the race. Charlie's second jump of them was either an X-up or a 360 so you can imagine how happy I was to draw both Geth and Charlie in my moto. Somewhere there's a copy of BMX Racer + Freestyler with a picture of that moto with me somewhere in the Dolly's cleavage with Geth and Charlie either side of me in mid-air.
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that would explain it if it was mandatory to have pads and DP didn't do them, shame you weren't around doing pads then Steve as you would have sorted it :P
i'd love to here what Charlie has to say about his DP days, hopefully it would be all good :P
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i don't know if dp went bust when CR was still with them.
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Charlie was the biggest personality i had the pleasure to meet bitd, he was always fooling around, always had time to give advise or have a laugh with the younger riders. He was probably the rider that i most aspired to be like more than any other.
Put him in the paddock with the Llewellyn brothers and Del Husband, and there was always some kind of fun going on.
Yes Charlie was one of those lucky guys that was very talented at asolutely everything he did, used to love watching him battling it out with Gary Llewellyn, he had such style, and you always felt like he was the under-dog as the guys he was mixing it with always had full factory suppport, where-as at the time Charlie was riding for Team Edwardes.
Upmost respect for Charlie.
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I want to know what was all the drama with Flemdog and Charlie after the Superclass final back in 88? :)
Charlie was a legend. He needed his own TV show!
:LolLolLolLol: you wouldn't know anything about that would you Dale ;)
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Charlie normally turns up for a few hours when Peckham have a fun day as I think CK always invites him.
Last time he gave a few nice words over the mic saying he had just popped in to see how BMX was doing and to make sure everyone involved was looking after it.
Joe Eastwood also turned up at the last one to give the kids some words of inspiration.
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And a few more pics (soz about quality, no scanner :( )
VDC
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/s6/aerostylie/1137.jpg)
GT
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/s6/aerostylie/1135.jpg)
Unknown make ;D
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/s6/aerostylie/1136.jpg)
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i pinched these pics of here
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/j56/cozzfather/charlieSmall.jpg)
and seems like Charlie liked a nice set of wheels to smoke about in
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/j56/cozzfather/charliesrover.jpg)
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GT
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/s6/aerostylie/1135.jpg)
Ahhh, Buckmore and more evidence of me following Mr Reynolds around a track (that's me right at the back with the 4404 plate)
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i had many a battle with CK BITD WHEN HE STARTED RACING way back i did beat him to regional number one twice had many a laugh with him gary gozza and del
top bloke and went on to be a legend
tony williams
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think this is him in the combats (someone say for sure pls)
this from 2005 bournemouth 25 year of BMX thingy
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/kdw712/web%20page%20images/festival%202005/IMG_4098.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/kdw712/web%20page%20images/festival%202005/100_1430.jpg)
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Yes that's Charlie for sure!! Humps
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Yes, that's Charlie, the "black Vin Diesel".
How cool would it be if he came back to race 40+?! He'd slaughter us for sure, but the meetings would be even more entertaining!
p.s. looks like a hot BMX Mom in that last photo ;)
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i think thats jason maloney wifes !
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i fink everyone noticed Jays wife for her enhancements :P
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Yes, that's Charlie, the "black Vin Diesel".
How cool would it be if he came back to race 40+?! He'd slaughter us for sure, but the meetings would be even more entertaining!
p.s. looks like a hot BMX Mom in that last photo ;)
i have heard of a soccer mom but never a bmx mom :P