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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Race (riders ready, pedals ready... GO!!) => Topic started by: hudu on December 12, 2007, 03:32 PM

Title: First Press
Post by: hudu on December 12, 2007, 03:32 PM

This is one of the two Pre-Publication issues of BMX News (That became BMX Weekly, that became BMX Bi-Weekly, that became Invert, that became Ride.

It was given away free with Trials and Motocross News in late 1980

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b2/beanokurtz/scan0025.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b2/beanokurtz/scan0026.jpg)

Title: Re: First Press
Post by: bmxmatt1974 on December 12, 2007, 07:26 PM

cool cheers for sharing

Title: Re: First Press
Post by: RATTY on December 12, 2007, 10:31 PM

thats well cool, i remember reading it, but never had a copy. any chance of a full scan?

Title: Re: First Press
Post by: MartyC on December 12, 2007, 10:42 PM

Would be good to see the early race reviews, especially the early Chatham races :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: First Press
Post by: kdw712 on December 12, 2007, 11:59 PM

very cool

yeah love to see some more scans from it  :daumenhoch:

i have some of the later ones

Title: Re: First Press
Post by: theRuler on December 13, 2007, 08:59 AM

i didn't know bi-weekly became invert

Title: Re: First Press
Post by: hudu on December 13, 2007, 12:34 PM

I'll scan a few choice bits in soon as I get a minute.

Ruler...I'm sure someone will correct me on this if I'm wrong - but as i recall (or made up in my frazzled memory) the Higginson family signed over distribution rights from Bi-Weekly to the Nobles who re-launched.

Title: Re: First Press
Post by: BrianP on December 13, 2007, 12:46 PM

yeah i think ur right hudu,
from what i can remember about it, bi-weekly and freestyle bmx ran side by side for a short time, then combined into freestyle bmx, which then became invert, and eventually ride... ???

(would also love to see some scans of ur mag :daumenhoch:)

Bp.

Title: Re: First Press
Post by: darkersomeday on December 13, 2007, 05:59 PM

was that the newspaper type thing that was around,

i've only got the vaguest memories of it but it was like a broadsheet type thing?

Title: Re: First Press
Post by: Dingobmxer on December 13, 2007, 09:03 PM

That was Bi-weekly Joe,
I have a copy or two in the loft

Hudu, any piccys from that track on the farm hillside? Eckington????

DINGO

Title: Re: First Press
Post by: hudu on December 13, 2007, 10:32 PM

Yeah Joe, It was a full on weekly newspaper in broadsheet size, colour front page. I have the full collection. Some a bit tatty now.

Mark, you know that Eckington was before both bmx AND cameras were invented.