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Title: dingo is this you
Post by: glov on February 01, 2006, 06:30 PM

hey mark is this you in front of me at chesterfield
jamie
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Title: Re: dingo is this you
Post by: Dingobmxer on February 01, 2006, 08:28 PM

JEEEESus Jamie how old is that???
Yes it is me mate, thanks for the nostalgia trip
 :) DINGO :)

Title: Re: dingo is this you
Post by: glov on February 01, 2006, 08:32 PM

hopfully i will be in front at mansfield  :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: dingo is this you
Post by: Dingobmxer on February 01, 2006, 08:34 PM

I have no doubt you will, Mansfield has jumps lol
I used to love that Chessy track
 :) DINGO :)

Title: Re: dingo is this you
Post by: glov on February 01, 2006, 08:45 PM

great fun nice and flat

Title: Re: dingo is this you
Post by: jon016847 on February 02, 2006, 08:20 AM

Whats up with you guys  ""Nice and flat"" ,  tracks should all be built on the side of a hill, like coxmoore, but including standard 40ft triples and  45 degree downhill rhythm sections,   

LOL,  -

Title: Re: dingo is this you
Post by: stidds on February 02, 2006, 10:31 AM

Jon, you should have tried the track in Yeovil that they built in the 80's.  It was on the side of a hill and dropped nearly 100ft front start to finish.  I was mad and bloody frightening.  The start gate was actually hardly sloped at all otherwise you would have been going too quick.

Title: Re: dingo is this you
Post by: jon016847 on February 02, 2006, 12:29 PM

Sounds just like the track i was looking for, all the riders in my age group were about 4" Tallerr then me and could haveten out-pedaled me on the strights, i always made up my ground on the the technical parts of the track,  as soon as strengh alone was removed wit the down hill tracks I was more like no 1 or 2 rather number 6  wm  LOL

Title: Re: dingo is this you
Post by: Dingobmxer on February 02, 2006, 04:39 PM

what Jamie meant by flat is that there were no big jumps, Chessy track was built on a hill and superfast, you had to add a couple of teeth up front so you didnt spin out
 :) DINGO :)

Title: Re: dingo is this you
Post by: glov on February 02, 2006, 07:25 PM

well said mark these tech riders should face the old power riders

pure power  :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: dingo is this you
Post by: stidds on February 03, 2006, 07:20 AM

I'm with Jon on this one.  I too was one of the smallest in my age group.  At places like Derby, riders like Whopper etc who were massive blew me away, get me at the Birmingham Wheels where the track takes away the advantage for the big riders and I was up there with the leaders.

Title: Re: dingo is this you
Post by: jon016847 on February 03, 2006, 08:02 AM

Well said Sean,  derby was a nightmare, fancy having the brits there !

Jon W

Title: Re: dingo is this you
Post by: glov on February 03, 2006, 08:07 AM

come john i remember some good laughs at derby you loved the track lol

Title: Re: dingo is this you
Post by: jon016847 on February 03, 2006, 09:21 AM

My derby memory is being in a qualifying position in the semi final and being t-boned on the last turn.

Realistically I wold not have been competative on that track at my age back then, but I was gutted not to make the final !

Do you remeber a kid called Tom Mountsey, or something like that, he was a really young rider from malvern when we used to race,  one morning of the racing my family and his familey were playing crazy golf somewhere,  he took an almighty swing at the golf ball, missed compleatly and smashed me on the head with the golf club, I had to go to A&E and had to ride the rest of the brits with stiches and a bandage on my head !

Thats my other memory of derby - LOL

Title: Re: dingo is this you
Post by: glov on February 03, 2006, 09:39 AM

LOL LOL golf is a tuff sport yeh i remember tom used to live in poolbrook had a older brother in my year
funny the peopole you remember lived near ian and niell brown
 :D

Title: Re: dingo is this you
Post by: jon016847 on February 03, 2006, 03:34 PM

I remeber neil / ian brown  -   small town 

Remeber the taintons,   James was a bit younger than us,  My mom and dad are still friends with his parents, i think they met through bmx !!!

Title: Re: dingo is this you
Post by: AJWD on February 03, 2006, 04:40 PM

Cocksmoor was a killer. Those quadruple whoops had me in the ambulance.....god damn mo fo's!!

Title: Re: dingo is this you
Post by: glov on February 03, 2006, 07:12 PM

i remember dave he was my age bit ov a t-t funny face lol :LolLolLolLol:
dont remember james more you age john

jamie