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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Freestyle (frame stands and kickturns galore!) => Topic started by: Guillotte on August 16, 2008, 02:42 AM
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Got a heads up to come check out this site. Very nice. If anybody remembers Greg Guillotte come add me on Myspace. I suck at computers :uglystupid2: so no link...just look up the name. This makes me want to start riding again :D
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wow Greg Guilotte in the house!!
Big respect. let me be the first to welcome you in.
I'm sure someone will post up a few GG shots from BITD.
welcome to RadBMX
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I remember you Greg. I watch you and Lee Reynolds blasting airs at Meanwhile one day. Big air, big style. You definately need to get a bike, even if it's just to play around on. Welcome Greg.
Andy
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greg ,a serious welcome to rad mate and an honour to have such a natural rider with us
big props dan :daumenhoch:
dont be a stranger ;)
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now this site is seriously getting GLOBAL !!!
WELCOME GREG !!!!!!!
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Good to have you on Greg - respect!
Daz. :daumenhoch:
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Welcome aboard Greg, dunno if you remember me, we rode at Meanwhile together along with Andy Brown, Paul Zak, Lee Reynolds. I rode a trickstar and a Skyway t/a.
Welcome home :daumenhoch:
Stumpy
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Reeeeeeeeeee-spect!
Great to have you here
I posted up these pics on RAD about a year ago and everyone went nuts!
Some of the best photos in BMX ever!
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r313/alexleech/Magazines/Gov1i6-GGCover.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r313/alexleech/Magazines/Gov1i6-GGLookdown.jpg)
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that turn down is mental
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welcome to site greg and yep another one of the meanwhile crew bitd and i will never forgot the day we went to chingford and your rear skyway wheel expoded whilst riding down hill to ramps
cheers paul
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Hey Greg... welcome to RAD dude!!
One of my Favourite riders from back in the day!!! :daumenhoch:
Glad you found the site!! ;)
here's his Myspace link folks...
http://www.myspace.com/gregguillotte
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that turn down is mental
And with no brakes, pioneer?
Greg, do you remember "does your thatch match" from my friend Spike on the train to Crawley. too funny.
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greg its time to re invest in another bike mate.
talk to andy shohara andy619 on here hes taken back to it like a duck to water.
would love to see you riding again.dan
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That turn down says it all...... always one of my fav vert riders! Respect Greg.
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that turn down is mental
And with no brakes, pioneer?
Well, almost brakeless. Look hard, the front caliper is still on there!
Cool as Fook! 8)
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Don't think Greg minded too much when things fked on his bike, Ive seen him do 9' plus airs on a Haro sport which was almost snapped in half...the fkn seat tube was rattling loose and was only really attached to the frame at the BB :shocked: oh yeah and I think he had to undo his rear brake as the wheel was so buckled it wouldn't rotate with the brake attatched......never failed to amaze me!!
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Dave, Everything you just said rules! Cool as!
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i go out for 2 mins and daves confused me :D must keep tabs on him :)
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Greg! How ya doin' man?!
Welcome to the nuthouse, there's a lot of us old farts on here!
Don't thihk I've spoken to you since the 1988 Worlds!
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/k48/2ndChildhood/Old%20School%20Riders/gregandy01.jpg)
How the devil are you?
Hope all's well, and get yourself back on two wheels!
Gary
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that turn down is the radest ive ever seen, greg used to do loads of one handed turn downs too :daumenhoch:
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good to see you on here too greg.
you contacted me the other day via youtube about footage of you. you are in the right place to connect with fellow old skoolers.
i'm sure some of the guys on here have got pics of you you may not have seen. :daumenhoch:
denny
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Welcome Greg, i remember seeing you ride that big QP at Meanwhile a couple of times. :daumenhoch:
Get yourself riding again fella, you will wonder why you stopped like the rest of us have? ???
Sean.
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Thanks for the warm welcome, guys. Those were the days. funny pic, Gary...we must have made sweet, sweet love shortly thereafter :2funny:
Yeah I'm going to try and get back in shape and I'm sure riding again will help me do just that. This is a great site. Keep up the good work.
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Thanks for the warm welcome, guys. Those were the days. funny pic, Gary...we must have made sweet, sweet love shortly thereafter :2funny:
Yeah I'm going to try and get back in shape and I'm sure riding again will help me do just that. This is a great site. Keep up the good work.
Yeah, you and Angry were good buddies....! :LolLolLolLol:
Good to hear from you dude!
G
p.s. take a look at this thread, 'The Forgotten men of Freestyle', should be a few faces in there that you'll recognise!
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=66392.0
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one of THE best ramp riders of the day!!
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/bb31/mackymc/oldskoolpicsracinnstuff1102.jpg)
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one of THE best ramp riders of the day!!
Dare I say "Of all time"
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Thx for the thread link. Lotta guys on there.Anybody know what ever happened to Jason Webb?
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as in scott-webb or another
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No Jason Webb the flatlander who lived near Rom. He stayed with me in Texas for a bit and then I lost touch with him. He was amazing.
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Just clocked your myspace - added you to my friends list! :LolLolLolLol: - if you're lookin' to get a new bike, ask on here. There's plenty of folk in the biz that can give you the right advice with no bull.
Reading your blog, you're talkin' about gettin' fit again (90lbs ain't that bad for someone as tall as you!), gettin' a bike again is a sure fire way to do it!
I got anew ACL put in my right knee about a year ago, could hardly walk properly never mind ride for a couple of months and was up to 90lbs no problem! Under 80 now since I was able to ride again, so there's your answer.
Bikes now are all about lightness combined with strength and the technology's come a long way, but it's all still bmx!
Lookin' forward to seeing your next air pics - 2008 style!
Have you hooked up with Lee?
I see he's on your friends list. He's been gettin' it on with the bike again this year too.
Anyway, it's a school night, so I better get some shuteye!
Speak to you again soon!
G
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I'll see Andy Braahn Thursday, if I don't remember to mention this next txting session I'll try to tell him before too many beers have passed.
Met you once at Alfreton (and Lee Reynolds, if that helps you recall it). I was most impressed with your bike; that is, the fact that it still moved and you could ride it in a straight line. The frame was cracked to Hell round Haro's notorious plate, and the back wheel was almost 'S' shaped. Then, I remembered the pic of the Ceiling Fan trick in RAD, the bolt thru the StreetBeat's seattube. So obviously it wasn't me that loaned you the bike for some after-comp airs.
Great days, good to hear from yet another name of note.
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How's it goin' man? Yeah I never did care much for upkeep...as long as it rolled I was happy. Tell Andy hello.
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one of THE best ramp riders of the day!!
Dare I say "Of all time"
Absolutely was!! :daumenhoch:
i'm hoping Mr WelshDenny has Greg's bmx beat run's in his VAST video vault collection!! ;)
wasn't he the first person to start doing ' Nothings ' too??
Greg, i remember when you came to Liverpool and stayed at Tony Puddifer's ( Puddy's ),
you rode the 15ft quatre at Rathbone park... 10ft airs 10 o Clock at night!! :shocked: AMAZING SIGHT!!
Man, I wish i had picture's of that!!
Here's the ramp!!!..........
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/bb31/mackymc/oldskoolpicsracinnstuff626.jpg)
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Hey Greg i was one of the chingford locals who took the piss and smoked a lot of pot.
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one of THE best ramp riders of the day!!
Dare I say "Of all time"
Absolutely was!! :daumenhoch:
i'm hoping Mr WelshDenny has Greg's bmx beat run's in his VAST video vault collection!! ;)
wasn't he the first person to start doing ' Nothings ' too??
Greg, i remember when you came to Liverpool and stayed at Tony Puddifer's ( Puddy's ),
you rode the 15ft quatre at Rathbone park... 10ft airs 10 o Clock at night!! :shocked: AMAZING SIGHT!!
Man, I wish i had picture's of that!!
Here's the ramp!!!..........
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/bb31/mackymc/oldskoolpicsracinnstuff626.jpg)
I remember that ramp! You'd launch an air, look down at the lip and see it swaying back and forth a good foot or so.
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I remember that ramp! You'd launch an air, look down at the lip
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Unfortunately, I don't have that pleasure. When I "launch" an air, i can usually still see the lip a good foot or so above me.... If I can't..Ive crashed :LolLolLolLol:
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yep, i still have the bmx beat tapes. :daumenhoch:
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yep, i still have the bmx beat tapes. :daumenhoch:
Just don't let the one where they made all the winners go up against each other come into circulation.... That was probably the worst run I EVER had! :LolLolLolLol:
And Denny, throw me a friends add on Myspace. If I get back into this which I'm planning on, it's because I found your vid on youtube and then Nick came along with encouragement. I give Macky credit for steering me to this awesome site, And Lee for getting back in touch and being a great friend.
Also there are a few things I'm hoping the good people here can help me out with...
1) What was the name of the contest in New York that was sponsored by Wendy's (I think) around 90? And the lady who organized it bailed? Nobody got their winnings except for one guy who cashed his check the second he got it...Once again I was riding a completely torn up bike and think I got 4'th or something. Hoffman was there doing 540's with balloons tied to his back and Johnson and Alamo were there as well. Some oooold school guy won flat as well I believe. What was this and does anybody have any footage or pics???
2) Me and Tim Ruck put together a contest at Chingford and I think we called it "Invert" I remember some mag (I think Freestyle BMX?) had pics. I remember I was doing that circus stuff with Canning around that time and Peter Hawkins was throwing me gear. He flipped when he saw the pics w/o a helmet. Meh...just wanted to get ahold of a copy of that mag or at least see some pics from it.
3)Also, I'd like to get ahold of a really old pic from Meanwhile of me doing a double step-up. Was my first pic in a mag so it's kind of sentimental ya know? Might have been a Radness Unlimited pic...can't remember.
4) Most of all...where the FUG is Jason Webb?
If you can help, I'd be in your debt for sure. I lost all my mags from all the moving I've done over the years and lost touch with really good people. :'(
Thanks
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was'nt that woman micky conti or somethink,i remember the contest but can't remember the name of it.
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Hey is that Rathbone ramp still there? I remember John T had the back cover of dig riding that thing but that was 14 years ago or something....
Would love to ride it.
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Micky Conti,theres a name i remember.Sure i remember her coming over to 87' worlds looking after some americans.She wanted flatlander Gary Neal to ride for her,Think she scared everyone ha ha
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Hey Greg, nice to see you on here! Can still remember you, Lee, Chilly and all the other vert rippers tearing up those shifty UKBFA quarters back in the day, Respect dude.
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Hey is that Rathbone ramp still there? I remember John T had the back cover of dig riding that thing but that was 14 years ago or something....
Would love to ride it.
Nar, it was ripped down by the council back in the 90's.....
would love to see another built somewhere...
That ramp was THE cure for Pop-out-itis!! ;D
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Hey Greg - welcome to mid-life crisis - :LolLolLolLol: Great to see you on here...love the pics Alex posted with the bike w/ no brakes, that invert is the best :4_17_5:
I'll look you up on myspace too.
Cheers - damon
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myspace be sorted tonite greg.
i have a little bit of footage from that contest with matt riding with balloons on his back. its on the flying alder bros vid from years ago and will try find it. also some mike d riding vert for bully there.
i'm off work for 2 weeks from 22nd sept so i'm gonna try get a lot of video stuff sorted out then. :daumenhoch:
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Denny whose that bird in your avator, she`s a honey :daumenhoch:
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the girlfriend. SAM.
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Denny whose that bird in your avator, she`s a honey :daumenhoch:
Stupps - i was just thinking the same thing...something about that pic that sends a message of mmmmmmmm
Denny - enjoy mate! :daumenhoch:
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2) Me and Tim Ruck put together a contest at Chingford and I think we called it "Invert" I remember some mag (I think Freestyle BMX?) had pics. I remember I was doing that circus stuff with Canning around that time and Peter Hawkins was throwing me gear. He flipped when he saw the pics w/o a helmet. Meh...just wanted to get ahold of a copy of that mag or at least see some pics from it.
Tim Ruck is on RAD but he doesnt get on here much. I will point him in the direction of this thread. I have got that mag somewhere, I remember the mug shot photo Tim got. If I find it I will scan it for ya.
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Hey Greg, that Chingford comp was cool, I haven't got the mags, but Freestyle mag (later to change the name to Invert . . ) gave it a bad write up ('not such a good comp') and Nick Philip at R.A.D gave it a good one! I guess we were a bit more 'RAD' than 'FREESTYLE' what with the 'you choose' helmet policy! That turndown pic Alex posted is one of my all-time faves, well clicked and high, on vert. Get a bike now! Cheers, Tim
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Actually, there's a whole thread devoted to your turndown, it may even develop it's own fan club, ho ho ;D
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=46539.msg485119;topicseen#msg485119
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Nice one Tim. :daumenhoch:
I was going to try to find that thread but it seemed like a big deal. Its a good job you dont post many replies!
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ello Greg, dont know too much about you like all these guys but i know your one of my friends on myspace, so welcome to RAD =]
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So Tim is LaughingG? Cool cool. Man, I'm sure somebody must have some of those old pics or footage. Denny WTF? ;D
j/k..so Metal you're Lola? Good times :D
I'm trying to find a bike but got outbidded on E-bay. I hear I should just go with a new school bike so I'm considering that. Gotta get back with Steve 'cuz he gave me a really good run-down on new-school specs. I just need something strong and built for a tall dude. And cheap. Also I couldn't give a FUG about weight. I used to run pretty heavy stuff so it doesn't bother me.
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Ah fug. I forgot about another contest I'd love to see footage from. Think it was an AFA event in Austin. Pretty sure that's the one unless they had another in 89?
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hey greg
always wondered why did you move back to usa as i remember you and lee both went to usa , i know bmx was dead in uk apart from us hardcore ones that carry on as remember doing southback with agu and there was only a few of us about late 8o`s
paul
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hey greg
always wondered why did you move back to usa as i remember you and lee both went to usa , i know bmx was dead in uk apart from us hardcore ones that carry on as remember doing southback with agu and there was only a few of us about late 8o`s
paul
Well my Dad worked for a company called EDS. We were just in England on his work visa. So when they said it was time to move back, that's what we did. I wish more than anything that I had stayed.
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just posted up some unseen footage of greg in video section- ramp room 1986.
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Nice! lol..man, that is some old footage. Loved the 540's everyone was spinning. My ex gf found me on Myspace and sent me some old pics from Texas. I tried to post them but I fail at computers. Maybe I'm supposed to host them first? I dunno. Anyway, they're pretty cool. Just click on the Myspace link down below if you wanna check 'em out :).
Keep up the awesome work Denny. Love that old stuff! :LolLolLolLol:
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hey Greg i remember watching you at the hudson ramp a sure your were with lee reynolds
it started raining you were riding with no helmet and still getting 5 foot easy on a soaked wooden ramp scary to watch
awsome mate still remember it to this day prob about 87 88
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Nice! lol..man, that is some old footage. Loved the 540's everyone was spinning. My ex gf found me on Myspace and sent me some old pics from Texas. I tried to post them but I fail at computers. Maybe I'm supposed to host them first? I dunno. Anyway, they're pretty cool. Just click on the Myspace link down below if you wanna check 'em out :).
Keep up the awesome work Denny. Love that old stuff! :LolLolLolLol:
seen the pics on myspace. gret pics too.
you need to set up a photobucket account. its free and quite easy to set up.
once you have uploaded the pics from your pc to it then copy and paste the img code (the bottom one ) do that for each pic (have rad and photobucket up in 2 windows and click back and forth between the two. doesnt take long and you'll get some comments for the radsters for sure. :daumenhoch:
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Nice! lol..man, that is some old footage. Loved the 540's everyone was spinning. My ex gf found me on Myspace and sent me some old pics from Texas. I tried to post them but I fail at computers. Maybe I'm supposed to host them first? I dunno. Anyway, they're pretty cool. Just click on the Myspace link down below if you wanna check 'em out :).
Keep up the awesome work Denny. Love that old stuff! :LolLolLolLol:
seen the pics on myspace. gret pics too.
you need to set up a photobucket account. its free and quite easy to set up.
once you have uploaded the pics from your pc to it then copy and paste the img code (the bottom one ) do that for each pic (have rad and photobucket up in 2 windows and click back and forth between the two. doesnt take long and you'll get some comments for the radsters for sure. :daumenhoch:
Sweet. Thanks, Den. Ok I'll give it a shot. Here we go.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/pp218/Guilloteg/austinafa.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/pp218/Guilloteg/backyardindy.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/pp218/Guilloteg/backyard1fi.jpg)
Ok well I got them to show up but they're tiny lol. Oh well :2funny:
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i'll check my settings to see how you can get em big for better viewings.
right, in the centre of the photobucket page should be the upload box. check the part where it says reduce to......
you may have it set too low. i set mine at 800x600 for a 15" screen. you may have to upload those pics again but they will be much more viewable.
by the way i found the brief clips of hoffman riding with balloons on his back, it cuts into someone doing a massive turndown, then a lookback, a no hander. thought it was blyther cos of the smoothness and height but then realised it was YOU.
:daumenhoch:
will put together some of your clips in next few weeks so you have a copy of em.
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Sweet. thx man :)
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Christ is that second (the Indian) one out of a quarter.....? Its fkn nuts :shocked: Now Daz has sorted the pics out they look even crazier.... great stuff Greg
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Here yer go Greg...I've tidied them up for you and made them the right size.
Awesome airs...the Indian Air is just fooking nuts and that Lookback is totally ridiculous!
These airs would be awesome even by today's standards!! ;)
Daz.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/j46/Flatcap1968/GG_1.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/j46/Flatcap1968/GG_2.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/j46/Flatcap1968/GG_3.jpg)
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(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/j46/Flatcap1968/GG_5.jpg)
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Here yer go Greg...I've tidied them up for you and made them the right size.
Awesome airs...the Indian Air is just fooking nuts and that Lookback is totally ridiculous!
These airs would be awesome even by today's standards!! ;)
Daz.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/j46/Flatcap1968/GG_1.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/j46/Flatcap1968/GG_2.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/j46/Flatcap1968/GG_3.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/j46/Flatcap1968/GG_4.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/j46/Flatcap1968/GG_5.jpg)
Only one word... RAD :daumenhoch:
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wicked pics where were those taking then greg look like that place canning rode in rad mag , never went there tho
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Im lost for words!!How high!!Got some balls too with no helmet!
Was anyone filming when those were taken?Would like to see that.
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great pics and greg you was one free riding mad fooker :) respect
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That's awesome Daz. Thanks :)
The lookback was on a friends quarter. The indoor was an AFA in Austin. The rest were on my backyard half in Texas. I'm still trying to locate some video footage from it. Hard to track down though.
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Greg - you are truly nuts! :LolLolLolLol:
You gonna get back into the vert then..?
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Greg - you are truly nuts! :LolLolLolLol:
You gonna get back into the vert then..?
I'm gonna have a go :)
Just ordered this...
http://www.danscomp.com/101411.php?cat=BIKES
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Greg - you are truly nuts! :LolLolLolLol:
You gonna get back into the vert then..?
I'm gonna have a go :)
Just ordered this...
http://www.danscomp.com/101411.php?cat=BIKES
Great stuff Greg....you gotta make the Old Fools trip next year!
I'd have been tempted to go for a long TT for a guy as tall as you though dude, it's up to you obviously but I thought summat 21 or 21.5 would have been better. But what do I know ;D
Just don't have the bars pulled back and seat slammed down just because everyone else in their sisters jeans does!
Daz.
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Was longest TT I found but decent parts for my pauper azz. Had to go cheap cuz I have more kids than the old lady in the shoe!. Child Support for the OUCH! lol
EDIT: Yes the bars will be moved forwards but the seat is no big deal. Gotta learn whips anyway :LolLolLolLol:
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cracking photos matey, cracking photos. enjoy the painful crawl back into it.......its fun
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Thx dude. Yeah I'm gonna go slooooow. Mostly because I'm so out of shape. But I'm looking forward to how a new school bike feels.Can't wait :)
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Damn Greg. How you doing? Been awhile. Wayne mentioned you'd appeared on this site. Good to see you haven't killed yourself!
What you been up too?
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Andy!!!! Man, how are you? Yeah it's been like 2 decades bro. Coming to England next year, we need to hang out. Maybe busk at Leicster Square? :LolLolLolLol: