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Title: chris young in cardiff -early 80's......................
Post by: welsh denny on November 05, 2007, 05:53 PM: a few pics of chris young riding in a demo in cardiff in the early 80's. 84 perhaps? pics courtesy of chris fowler.

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/q14/dennydyer/CopyofChrisYoungairUKHaroteamdemoca.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/q14/dennydyer/CopyofChrisYoungbigjumpHaroUKteamde.jpg)

and i wouldn't want to be his wrists..............
Title: Re: chris young in cardiff -early 80's......................
Post by: CD17 on November 05, 2007, 05:55 PM: Cool pic's :daumenhoch:

Yes I would say 84, that looks like a Sport :)

Looks like Rob Bell in the background in the first pic ???

Got anymore :)
Title: Re: chris young in cardiff -early 80's......................
Post by: DR VINOAH on November 05, 2007, 06:54 PM: i may be wrong
but when we got chris back to racing earlier this year
the bike he rode & im pretty sure was this white sport f/f

oh yeah ace pix fella :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: chris young in cardiff -early 80's......................
Post by: CD17 on November 06, 2007, 06:09 AM: The photo's I saw of him racing he was riding an 86 Master :-\
Title: Re: chris young in cardiff -early 80's......................
Post by: DR VINOAH on November 06, 2007, 04:42 PM: Quote from: wish id kept my TA on November 06, 2007, 06:09 AM
The photo's I saw of him racing he was riding an 86 Master :-\

bang on chris

my memory is getting bad :angel:
Title: Re: chris young in cardiff -early 80's......................
Post by: tricknuts on November 07, 2007, 12:05 AM: looks like a nice ramp.. certainly not typical of 84. well not the ones round my way.. :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: chris young in cardiff -early 80's......................
Post by: meddling kid on November 07, 2007, 01:46 PM: I used to ride in Cardiff around that time - anyone here know if 2 hot 4 U is still up and running? That was a great BMX/ skate shop
Title: Re: chris young in cardiff -early 80's......................
Post by: gareth rs1800 on November 07, 2007, 07:06 PM: wicked pics den i remember going to that,its the first time i met phil bevan,tom martin asked my dad if we would take him home he had already rode from merthyr to cardiff which is 25 miles if i remember rightly mark anderson and ben dickenson were riding there aswell.glyn lewis was at that demo aswell i remember getting their autographs.
Title: Re: chris young in cardiff -early 80's......................
Post by: welsh denny on November 07, 2007, 07:13 PM: Quote from: gareth rs1800 on November 07, 2007, 07:06 PM
wicked pics den i remember going to that,its the first time i met phil bevan,tom martin asked my dad if we would take him home he had already rode from merthyr to cardiff which is 25 miles if i remember rightly mark anderson and ben dickenson were riding there aswell.glyn lewis was at that demo aswell i remember getting their autographs.
this you swanny?? havn't seen you for years if it is. i didn't make it to this, chris fowler took the pics and gave permission to use em. i know from the pics glyn lewis & rob bell were there. bevan- lost touch with him many years ago, last time prob riding his halfpipe in mynachdy in cardiff about 1989.
Title: Re: chris young in cardiff -early 80's......................
Post by: welsh denny on November 07, 2007, 07:16 PM: Quote from: meddling kid on November 07, 2007, 01:46 PM
I used to ride in Cardiff around that time - anyone here know if 2 hot 4 U is still up and running? That was a great BMX/ skate shop
2 hot 4 u was a great shop. didn't last too long though. the owner ,Richard Lee (pretty sure thats what his name was) did a runner, and also other businesses over the years and got sent to jail. he 's prob out now somewhere, hopefully not still practicing dodgy shop antics.