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Mid School BMX (>87) 1989 to 2003 (<05) => Mid School ( Keep the faith ) => Topic started by: harris on December 05, 2009, 02:19 PM
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spotted this in a mag of geoff astride one of mr leeches dirt bikes cool pic
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/d87/harris15570/100_6381-1.jpg)
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awesome pic! nice find Dan!
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1996 ,i have been scanning a big box of mags from 92 till 98 lots of interesting reads.
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Great pic Dan :daumenhoch:
More please :coolsmiley:
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i will be doing an alex scan evening,gonna take along time to even flick throu the box.
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Alex Leech's bike in "right hand drive" shock! :LolLolLolLol:
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That pic is rad. Geoff is one of my all time fav riders to watch/ride with.
I remember that comp well. It was Bath Mini ramp. Totally relaxed contest and really fun. Geoff used an old frame of mine for a while* while he was getting ready to make his first "Circle G" frame. Geoff did that mad double can off the extention. He also did a big whip air and a 540 off it. Most of the comp is on Video on line somewhere.
*Geoff rode that frame at a comp at Slades farm and lend the bike to another rider. The other rider Ghost rode the bike at the end of his run, not sure why. There was a photo of it in the magazine about 15ft out of the side of bowl. I wasnt all that happy about that! lol.
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geoff doesnt look a day older than today in that pic , i think its someting in the air down your way alex.
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just spotted our alex
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/d87/harris15570/100_6382.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/d87/harris15570/100_6384.jpg)
and old fools rad rider steve gealL "ZIMA"
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/d87/harris15570/100_6385.jpg)
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And there's Geoff and Derren on the platform behind me. :daumenhoch:
I spoke to Derren just now about meeting up at Corby next week
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how is derren one good lad right there..lol at some of these old mags haha some funny stuff.
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how is derren one good lad right there
Derren is fine, still riding, still way better than anyone really knows! He rides how I TRY to ride! :daumenhoch:
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bloody good company to be in ,he just makes me fel chilled when im around him .
ala pe hub
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/d87/harris15570/100_6389.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/d87/harris15570/100_6390.jpg)
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Just spotted you at the end on a seventies advert next to fids
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awesome pics Dan keep up the good work.
loving that PE Hubs article!
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Superb! I used to love reading about Geoff and Alex etc - and now fast forward to nowadays, and Ive slept in a bed with each of them. Crazy.
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and now fast forward to nowadays, and Ive slept in a bed with each of them. Crazy.
crazy and kinda hot! :shocked:
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Superb! I used to love reading about Geoff and Alex etc - and now fast forward to nowadays, and Ive slept in a bed with each of them. Crazy.
slut....
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Just flicking through some old ride mags and saw this very photo in a 96 issue, haha
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I used to want PE hubs so much back in the day. Anyone know of any kicking about somewhere?
Also, Alex do you think the G-Sport gland was influenced by your pie plate spoke protector?
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I used to want PE hubs so much back in the day. Anyone know of any kicking about somewhere?
There are a few sets around but not many. Ive got a few pairs. Harris got Geoffs old set. I think Tim Ruck might still have his.
Also, Alex do you think the G-Sport gland was influenced by your pie plate spoke protector?
George has said in a few places that he invented spoke protectors, even tho his were out after I used the grifter ones. His comeback was that he was the first person to make "BMX Specific" spoke protectors". Same as his invention of the "First Female axled, wheel bolt hubs (specifically for peg use)", cos Bulleye hubs were for racing only.
Of course my PE front hubs look nothing like G-sport front hubs, and my design of putting the bearing behind the freewheel is nothing like his rear hubs! Lol.
Who cares. We should all just ride more :daumenhoch:
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There are a few sets around but not many. Ive got a few pairs. Harris got Geoffs old set. I think Tim Ruck might still have his.
Wasn't trying to start the beef, it just occurred to me that they were similar. I also thought that about his hubs, but ho hum.
Yeah those badboys (PE hubs) were rare back in the day like, same with SYM hubs, I think that'd be my ideal mid-school set-up, SYM coaster rear and PE up front. Let me know if any pop up looking for a good home.
At about this time, I also designed and made a front hub, it was just for my GCSE final project and wasn't that amazing, but of note it had a 17mm hollow female alloy centre axle and 10mm steel bolts, the bearings were tiny though, so the hub shell was very slim and only one was made and it got lost by the GCSE assessors ...every time I return home, I try and find the CAD program floppy disc to make myself one again. I fear it will have been wrecked living in a loft though.
Who cares. We should all just ride more :daumenhoch:
I rode street in the rain last night with the locals :D
Back on topic though, those are excellent pics and it's great to hear the stories and information behind them.
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Hey here Dr Rob. No beef at all. There was always a bit of a PE vs G-sport thing.
Mike From exeter did the Sym Hubs. He is a top man, I used to ride with him quite a bit. He said that he took my PE front hub as a starting point and designed on a freecoaster to it. Me and Mike NEVER had any issues (with PE Vs SYM). We help each other out when ever we could.
Would it surprise you to know that Harris has got some Sym Hubs?
Oh, and I didnt mean anyone specificaly should ride more. Just that BMX is about riding, not who was the first to use a plastic disc on their wheels. G-sport ones and grifter ones look just as horrid as each other anyway! lol
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Mike From exeter did the Sym Hubs. He is a top man, I used to ride with him quite a bit. He said that he took my PE front hub as a starting point and designed on a freecoaster to it. Me and Mike NEVER had any issues (with PE Vs SYM). We help each other out when ever we could.
Would it surprise you to know that Harris has got some Sym Hubs?
Oh, and I didnt mean anyone specificaly should ride more. Just that BMX is about riding, not who was the first to use a plastic disc on their wheels. G-sport ones and grifter ones look just as horrid as each other anyway! lol
Cool, cool, I'm just interested in the history and development of it all as I wasn't living in the UK at this time and only got the odd UK magazine here and there.
Cool to hear about the link between SYM and PE, maybe my ideal wheel set isn't as mad as I thought.
It would not surprise me that Harris has some if not all of the SYM hubs after seeing his garage posted the other day. ;D I might ask him if he has one looking for a new home if I suddenly have a windfall, would have to be after Christmas though, as that's looking v. expensive. Women! :shocked:
As for those disc guards looking horrid which is the general consensus, I always thought they looked great, they just made me think that person loves a good grind and has thought about protecting their set-up. I'm a function over fashion man myself and like the look.
BTW I didn't take the riding comment personally, I just thought "I went riding in the rain last night so I've got that covered", hahaha.
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As for those disc guards looking horrid which is the general consensus, I always thought they looked great, they just made me think that person loves a good grind and has thought about protecting their set-up. I'm a function over fashion man myself and like the look.
For sure. Have you seen any photos of my bike from the early 90s?
Not nice to look at at all, but it didnt fall apart .... all that often! :LolLolLolLol:
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As for those disc guards looking horrid which is the general consensus, I always thought they looked great, they just made me think that person loves a good grind and has thought about protecting their set-up. I'm a function over fashion man myself and like the look.
For sure. Have you seen any photos of my bike from the early 90s?
Not nice to look at at all, but it didnt fall apart .... all that often! :LolLolLolLol:
Yeah man, deff nice looking bikes.
I liked how free it all was back then with all sorts of weird and wonderful set-ups just so people could ride, but I had no knowledge of anything really so didn't understand the purpose of all the mods like I do now.
I just thought as well, I've always been a fan of being different and when I was getting a bike around 1997 I really really wanted LHD (I didn't know why people had it :uglystupid2:) I just wanted a bike different to the other guys. Thankfully I couldn't afford it and also because I ride left foot forward and go from left to right. ;D
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all these hubs ,PE,rekka ,sym ,gsport ,truck wheels ,circle g and even zima frames are for me bloody inspirational
from the rider from what they wanted and got it made,yes i own all these parts and i hunted the uk to source them
and bloody glad i did ..90s rule
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all these hubs ,PE,rekka ,sym ,gsport ,truck wheels ,circle g and even zima frames are for me bloody inspirational
from the rider from what they wanted and got it made,yes i own all these parts and i hunted the uk to source them
and bloody glad i did ..90s rule
Good lad. 90's do rule. If you ever come across a spare PE front and a SYM rear let me know. BTW are they as good as they made out in the magazines? I never ever saw anyone ride one because of the cost.
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they are solid units ,they look very hard to bust and large bearings,i am at the moment building a set of wheels
one set with sym front and rear and the pe hubs into super pros ..will get a pick when done mine are rhd version.
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they are solid units ,they look very hard to bust and large bearings,i am at the moment building a set of wheels
one set with sym front and rear and the pe hubs into super pros ..will get a pick when done mine are rhd version.
Can't wait.
BTW the cost and rarity comment referred to the SYM hubs. Though rare I don't remember PE's being as expensive as SYM's, though I could be wrong.
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they did cost hundreds and not many sold,i never new the price of the fronts but rears reached lots
but alot of work went into them and not on a vast scale so costs couldnt be kept down.
mike has been very good to me sorting these throu alex and tim ruck..
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they did cost hundreds and not many sold,i never new the price of the fronts but rears reached lots
but alot of work went into them and not on a vast scale so costs couldnt be kept down.
mike has been very good to me sorting these throu alex and tim ruck..
I understood the economies of scale were not in his favour, not knocking that one bit, but I think they were £345.00 from memory in the late 90's. So I never saw one.
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