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Title: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: Zippy on October 10, 2008, 01:24 PM
Walking around Cycle '08 yesterday and a familier face looms into view, so not being one to miss the opportunity I managed to bag a piccy with him.

(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y80/hondadominator/DSCN0429.jpg)

Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: Bigplinky on October 10, 2008, 01:39 PM
Either your small or he's fookin cartoon character Huge  ;D

Top man Tim would love to see him race MK one year  ::)
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: SaMAlex on October 10, 2008, 01:42 PM
Make sure you dont what BSDforever did with the photo he took when he saw him. He nearly got beat up over it!

(Id post it up but I dont a giant after me!)
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: Jt on October 10, 2008, 01:44 PM
Make sure you dont what BSDforever did with the photo he took when he saw him. He nearly got beat up over it!

(Id post it up but I dont a giant after me!)

speak english boy!
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: SaMAlex on October 10, 2008, 01:47 PM
Make sure you dont what BSDforever did with the photo he took when he saw him. He nearly got beat up over it!
(Id post it up but I dont a giant after me!)
speak english boy!

OK, I will try again.

BSDforever (aka Grant), bumped into Tim.
BSD took a photo of him and Tim, much like Zippys one.
BSD photoshoped the photo and posted it up on his website
Tim saw the photo and wasnt that happy.
I think I have the photo somewhere but I wont be posting it up.


...clear?
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: JamesC on October 10, 2008, 01:49 PM
and I thoguht you were going to say you'd bumped into me  :(
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: RATTY on October 10, 2008, 01:55 PM
I met up with Tim at a rad do last year. Still a great bloke :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: teamsano on October 10, 2008, 02:19 PM
haha, it was me who took the pic of tim+bsd and done the aforementioned fotoshop!
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: SaMAlex on October 10, 2008, 02:21 PM
haha, it was me who took the pic of tim+bsd and done the aforementioned fotoshop!


Well then get it posted up!!!!
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: Jt on October 10, 2008, 02:51 PM
Make sure you dont what BSDforever did with the photo he took when he saw him. He nearly got beat up over it!
(Id post it up but I dont a giant after me!)
speak english boy!

OK, I will try again.

BSDforever (aka Grant), bumped into Tim.
BSD took a photo of him and Tim, much like Zippys one.
BSD photoshoped the photo and posted it up on his website
Tim saw the photo and wasnt that happy.
I think I have the photo somewhere but I wont be posting it up.


...clear?

thats fot translation like ;)

Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: MartyC on October 10, 2008, 03:58 PM
Lee Shurey and I had a similar experience with Tim and Andy Ruffell WAY back in the 80's at a bike show at Wembley  :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: Zippy on October 10, 2008, 04:31 PM
and I thoguht you were going to say you'd bumped into me  :(

I did say hello though didn't I James.  :daumenhoch:

Have to say Tim was a nice bloke too.  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: Zippy on October 10, 2008, 04:33 PM
Either your small or he's fookin cartoon character Huge  ;D

Top man Tim would love to see him race MK one year  ::)

My mate Lee is 6" 1 and Tim was a lat bigger than him.  ;)
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: LucyLastic on October 10, 2008, 04:40 PM
Er, who is it, Tim March?
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: magna13 on October 10, 2008, 04:45 PM
Er, who is it, Tim March?
me thinks so :)
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: LucyLastic on October 10, 2008, 04:47 PM
Er, who is it, Tim March?
me thinks so :)

Last time I saw him was in 1983 and he's changed a bit since then..he's a lot hairier  :LolLolLolLol:  Unlike me, I'm as youthful looking as ever.

Anyone got a pic of him in the early 80s?
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: magna13 on October 10, 2008, 04:52 PM
Er, who is it, Tim March?
me thinks so :)

Last time I saw him was in 1983 and he's changed a bit since then..he's a lot hairier  :LolLolLolLol:  Unlike me, I'm as youthful looking as ever.

Anyone got a pic of him in the early 80s?
hant never really seen any pics of Tim, only footage really
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: mr.magoo on October 10, 2008, 04:54 PM
Thats Tim March?? I thought it was Geoff Capes after a diet :crazy2:

So if thats Tim, is he crouching or are you stood on a box Si? :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: magna13 on October 10, 2008, 04:54 PM
 :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: southern andy on October 10, 2008, 05:41 PM
Really nice guy, he was down at Bournemouth BMX track last month when my son was racing there and agreed to have a photo with my bike,

The guy is a man mountain, made the bike look tiny. ;D ;D


(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/p191/carpcrazyox/timmarch.jpg)

Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: cantride on October 10, 2008, 07:20 PM
SORRY but how is he? new to bmx
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: RATTY on October 10, 2008, 07:41 PM
SORRY but how is he? new to bmx
Its Tim March, first 16+ national champ, rode for ammaco/mongoose in 1980/81. He went on to create MRD, started making numnber plates then onto full frame/forks.
He was a rad fekker as well, I remember a pic of him riding a pool and getting 8-10 foot airs.
He now works for ride mag if i remember rightly :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: SaMAlex on October 10, 2008, 07:45 PM
SORRY but how is he? new to bmx
Its Tim March, first 16+ national champ, rode for ammaco/mongoose in 1980/81. He went on to create MRD, started making numnber plates then onto full frame/forks.
He was a rad fekker as well, I remember a pic of him riding a pool and getting 8-10 foot airs.
He now works for ride mag if i remember rightly :daumenhoch:


He did work for Ride but he left about a year ago, he likes to play by his own rules

He was rad, a great racer, but I dont think he ever did 10 foot airs. There were some pics of him doing big jumps out of bowls, one was at Slades, but not airs.  :-\
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: sweetbeats on October 10, 2008, 07:57 PM
SORRY but how is he? new to bmx
Its Tim March, first 16+ national champ, rode for ammaco/mongoose in 1980/81. He went on to create MRD, started making numnber plates then onto full frame/forks.
He was a rad fekker as well, I remember a pic of him riding a pool and getting 8-10 foot airs.
He now works for ride mag if i remember rightly :daumenhoch:

made me chuckle that :LolLolLolLol:

I seem to remember him jumping 55 double decker buses too.


He did work for Ride but he left about a year ago, he likes to play by his own rules

He was rad, a great racer, but I dont think he ever did 10 foot airs. There were some pics of him doing big jumps out of bowls, one was at Slades, but not airs.  :-\
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: se on October 10, 2008, 07:57 PM
Alright, alright, that jump had some air in it  ::)

I went there when I was skatebording a lot in 89 and carved around that bowl. It was rough rock and rolling that bowl, let alone blasting out of it on a bike.
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: Lazarou on October 10, 2008, 08:00 PM
Didn't you rib him about his tiny c0ck? I would have had to have said something!
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: cantride on October 10, 2008, 08:16 PM
Thanks for that :) so he's a bit of a legend then
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: mr.magoo on October 10, 2008, 08:34 PM
you sure about jumps....all the nationals i went to don't recall seeing him jump anything, nor in any mags for the time i was into it?
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: magna13 on October 10, 2008, 08:53 PM
Really nice guy, he was down at Bournemouth BMX track last month when my son was racing there and agreed to have a photo with my bike,

The guy is a man mountain, made the bike look tiny. ;D ;D


(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/p191/carpcrazyox/timmarch.jpg)


Wow he's one tall fella
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: teamsano on October 10, 2008, 09:04 PM
tim's a great guy, a real laugh and not afraid to voice his opinion.

anyhow, im sure he won't mind this wee bit of fun.  ;D ;)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y202/teamsano/BSdvs.jpg)
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: billstup on October 10, 2008, 09:09 PM
 :LolLolLolLol:

Tims a cool guy, well right up to the time he sees` that pic again  :crazy2:
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: SaMAlex on October 10, 2008, 09:17 PM
Gogo you star. Thanks for posting  :daumenhoch: :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: bmxmatt1974 on October 10, 2008, 09:38 PM
 :LolLolLolLol: at that pic
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: Fiolas Lovechild on October 10, 2008, 10:21 PM
Met Tim a couple of times over the years at nationals ( he was a big lumb then ) and when he did this bmx day somewhere near Brighton that was televised on TVS wheelie comp and bunny hop contest (fook that was a long time ago) most memorable was at Tran Am in New Milton age 14 picked up my MRD Pro Long Frame forks and bars cant remember why he was there he signed my MRD race shirt though, best race frame i ever had , hung on the garage wall for over 20 years .....then my mum delivered it to the tip one day while having a clearout.....we're still not speakin  :'(  :knuppel2:
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: kdubbmx on October 11, 2008, 12:21 AM
Tim's 6' 5", one of my bezzy mates to this day, very passionate about bmx, couldnt give a damn about what anyone thinks of him or his views & also still does a lot for bmx especially at grass roots level.

Did do some big one handed flat tabletops for a very early edition of OBMX in 1981 but wasnt known as a jumper later on (but could jump).

Prob the most succesfull bmx racer of the early days (from the UK) & the most well known.

Would be the ideal person to run a full season long no-clips series!!!   8)
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: dirtbro on October 11, 2008, 12:45 PM
i had a great drink with him at the last backyard jam  some real funny stories about the good old days. top fella  he also has a go at motocross
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: aerostylie on October 11, 2008, 04:27 PM
Icon :Great_Britain: :daumenhoch:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/s6/aerostylie/1-4.jpg)
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: kdw712 on October 11, 2008, 05:01 PM
Did do some big one handed flat tabletops for a very early edition of OBMX in 1981 but wasnt known as a jumper later on (but could jump).

Keith think this is the article
in OBMX 2    :daumenhoch:

sorry about big pics

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v603/kdw712/obmx%202/15.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v603/kdw712/obmx%202/20.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v603/kdw712/obmx%202/21.jpg)
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: RATTY on October 11, 2008, 06:24 PM
Found this pic of me and Tim last year

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/i236/citypets/IMG_6149.jpg)
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: SaMAlex on October 11, 2008, 06:28 PM
Nice one Ratty, those are the ones. That bowl is Slades Farm, still there and unchanged.
I wouldnt wanna fly out to flat that high :shocked:
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: mr.magoo on October 11, 2008, 06:36 PM
Well cool, remember the one of Tim jumpting the car, but the others must have been before i discovered mags.

Suprised, i know he was fast as bitd, but like i said earlier never seen that radness side of him....excellent.
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: dirtyvans on October 11, 2008, 08:39 PM
haha those captions are well funny ;D

i'm sure tim can laugh about it now :daumenhoch: not sure he can laugh about the winkle out picture  :LolLolLolLol:

i always prefered ruffel (as he was well good at freestyle as well and was the first person i saw 360 a set of doubles), but the big personality rivalry was thing was good  :)
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: jazzyje on October 11, 2008, 08:48 PM
did you tell him you were hersden oldschool champ two years running zip?


i bet my left bollock you did ;)
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: kdubbmx on October 11, 2008, 08:52 PM
did you tell him you were hersden oldschool champ two years running zip?


i bet my left bollock you did ;)

He would have already known! Tim knows every result of every race everywhere.  ;)
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: RATTY on October 11, 2008, 08:59 PM
did you tell him you were hersden oldschool champ two years running zip?


i bet my left bollock you did ;)

He would have already known! Tim knows every result of every race everywhere.  ;)
PMSL
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: oldmankev on October 11, 2008, 09:06 PM
Tim turned up at Southsea (skatepark) with his kids a couple of years ago
before i started racing again, he was ripping up the bowls on a skateboard,
my boss who knows him from from both being involved with Ride mag
introduced me  and i was like i know who he is from 20 odd years ago.
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: DR VINOAH on October 11, 2008, 09:07 PM
hats off to ya kev for the tim pix
OBMX classic mag :coolsmiley:
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: kdw712 on October 11, 2008, 09:47 PM
steve you need to get your obmx's scanned

love to see those  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: cantride on October 12, 2008, 07:59 PM
did you tell him you were hersden oldschool champ two years running zip?


i bet my left bollock you did ;)

Come on do you tell him?????
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: SEARLE on October 13, 2008, 10:02 AM
Met Tim a couple of times over the years at nationals ( he was a big lumb then ) and when he did this bmx day somewhere near Brighton that was televised on TVS wheelie comp and bunny hop contest (fook that was a long time ago) most memorable was at Tran Am in New Milton age 14 picked up my MRD Pro Long Frame forks and bars cant remember why he was there he signed my MRD race shirt though, best race frame i ever had , hung on the garage wall for over 20 years .....then my mum delivered it to the tip one day while having a clearout.....we're still not speakin  :'(  :knuppel2:
I REMEMBER HIM COMING TO GIVE HIS MASTER CLASS AT ADUR ACES.SHOWED ME HOW TO PROPERLY TWO PEDAL START.AND HE CAME TO PRESTON PARK.WAS ON SOUTHERN TV WITH FRED DINNAGE!!! AND HE GAVE ME A FREE MRD PLATE!
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: zed4130 on October 13, 2008, 10:13 AM
I did that bowel at slades around 4 years ago, its a hard flat landing, i would collapse in a heap now,  :LolLolLolLol: tims been slaged of alot over the years, but i think this post shows he's a good guy, and a giant at that  ;)
Title: Re: Look Who I Bumped Into Yesterday....
Post by: Zippy on October 13, 2008, 01:49 PM
did you tell him you were hersden oldschool champ two years running zip?


i bet my left bollock you did ;)

Come on do you tell him?????

Funnily enough no.

But had I told him anything it would have been about being the OSSS Champion, not the Hersden champion.  :LolLolLolLol:
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