Author Topic: 30 Years of BMX in the UK (Read 73640 times)

trickydeno · « **Reply #50 on:** November 06, 2010, 08:48 PM »

WOW!!! great thread to read through guys.i was never a racer,and wasn't into bmx till 1984.but i've been lovin reading about the early days and how cool it must have bin.must be great for you all to relive it between you-real quality times-fair play to ya guys!

i remember going to the kellogs at birmingham in 1985 i think and having pics taken with stu thompson-nelson chanaday aswell as others.top top times.i also went to paris again in 1985 i think-in november to the yop challenge at palais omnisports in bercy.there was this wicked indoor track with a halfpipe/ramp complex in the middle of it.if my memory is correct i'm sure andy ruffell won there.they had ron wilkerson & rich siguir riding for haro on the ramps.and i won a pair of vans

brilliant day out....never forget it....even though i was on my own with 10000 frogs

great thread mr ratty

nice 1 fella!

paulgray · « **Reply #51 on:** November 08, 2010, 07:35 PM »

Quote from: Sithom on October 05, 2010, 09:03 PM

slagharen worlds 1983 (CAN YOU NAME SOME OF THESE)

There's a young Sean Rose in there wearing the Cobra top.

paulgray · « **Reply #52 on:** November 08, 2010, 07:41 PM »

I started racing aged 14 so that must have been 82. I know Andy Davidson has a load of photo's from before then, if I ever see him again I'll try and get them scanned.

richboy · « **Reply #53 on:** November 29, 2010, 11:10 PM »

1st started when the team murreys hit our shores,can still remember the xmas day my mum and dad wheeled it out into the living room

got the hang of things riding over at mill lane purfleet and the bowl at basildon train station. joined canvey roadrunners and then started racing. buckmore, earls court, lee valley and bishop stortford come to mind. ill hold my hand up and admitt i was crap at racing though

spent many an hour in school holidays(and not) riding rom. come to think off it ,it was bmx that got me expelled from school,everything just involved bmx in them days with me couldnt be arsed with school. to this day i still remember me mother waking me 1 evening not long after being chucked out of school to come and watch some guy on the tv doing wheelies with front wheel missing. ill stand to be corrected but i think it was cav strutt?
could shoot myself

for chucking out all my old bmx weekly newspapers from the ol days,would love a read through them now.

top thread aswell

got my old memory in overdrive.

Rooonga · « **Reply #54 on:** November 29, 2010, 11:53 PM »

Probably Craig Strong doing the wheelie, I remember him stripping his bike as he wheelied.

dirtyvans · « **Reply #55 on:** December 25, 2010, 12:05 AM »

cool thread, good to see some pics of you guys first races, i didnt start racing till 84, the only indoor track i raced was in Liphook, in a big barn thing with wooden ramps and sawdust floor!

MartyC · « **Reply #56 on:** December 29, 2010, 01:47 PM »

Quote from: Rooonga on November 29, 2010, 11:53 PM

Probably Craig Strong doing the wheelie, I remember him stripping his bike as he wheelied.

He wheelied round the old Eastway road race circuit at one race I was at with no front wheel, that's over a mile, up hill, down hill and round heaps of corners

LucyLastic · « **Reply #57 on:** January 19, 2011, 05:02 PM »

My brother and I started racing in 1980. Southport was the first meet, Three Sisters hadn't been built yet and Chorley had been started but was unfinished.

These are the guys at Southport skate park after the racing.

Pike Mardon, I'm sure this was the same day but different plate, so I could be wrong, still in the early days though

kdubbmx · « **Reply #58 on:** January 19, 2011, 10:25 PM »

214 is Alan Woods.

reilley1 · « **Reply #59 on:** January 20, 2011, 05:36 AM »

Here's a couple of Brandon BMX (1986-87?)

626mongoose · « **Reply #60 on:** February 05, 2011, 06:09 PM »

Hi Ratty I do remember them ! I was there until my Knee packed in but it was great fun! I raced with all the names listed below and Craig scholfield was in my age group with Matt White and Jason Ramsden. I grow up in Hindley Green near Alan Woods BMX shop which I believe was the first in the country selling Robinsons.
I will see if I can dig out some photos ! my dad still has all the BMX news papers from 1980 to its close and the first issues of BMX Weekly!

Quote from: RATTY on October 04, 2010, 10:24 PM

Did anyone remember that BMX in the UK started 30 years ago this year!!!!!!
I wasnt at the very first race, in fact my first race was 1981, but how many RAD members did race in 1980?
I can think of a couple.

Lets make this thread a celebration of the first 12 months of UKBMX, post some pics, stories, old articles etc.....

Oh and a big thanks to the pioneers.

Don Smith
Andy Ruffell
Malcolm Jarvis
Alan Woods
Dave Young
Cav Strutt
Richard Barrington etc...

RATTY · « **Reply #61 on:** February 05, 2011, 10:08 PM »

Nice one~~
Be good to see the old bmx weeklys

Oh and welcome to RAD

58 delray · « **Reply #62 on:** February 06, 2011, 12:17 PM »

Quote from: 626mongoose on February 05, 2011, 06:09 PM

Hi Ratty I do remember them ! I was there until my Knee packed in but it was great fun! I raced with all the names listed below and Craig scholfield was in my age group with Matt White and Jason Ramsden. I grow up in Hindley Green near Alan Woods BMX shop which I believe was the first in the country selling Robinsons.
I will see if I can dig out some photos ! my dad still has all the BMX news papers from 1980 to its close and the first issues of BMX Weekly!
Quote from: RATTY on October 04, 2010, 10:24 PM
Did anyone remember that BMX in the UK started 30 years ago this year!!!!!!
I wasnt at the very first race, in fact my first race was 1981, but how many RAD members did race in 1980?
I can think of a couple.

Lets make this thread a celebration of the first 12 months of UKBMX, post some pics, stories, old articles etc.....

Oh and a big thanks to the pioneers.

Don Smith
Andy Ruffell
Malcolm Jarvis
Alan Woods
Dave Young
Cav Strutt
Richard Barrington etc...

would love to see scans of the BMX News, i had mine until 5 yrs ago when my mum chucked them out

Badbaldie · « **Reply #63 on:** February 12, 2011, 05:18 PM »

Brian jones aka 626 Mongoose has kindly forwarded some photos from bitd . enjoy

Brian Jones Mongoose Factory Rider

Team Mongoose

Brian on a redline Ashton 1983

from left to right 506 Craig scholfield 626 Brian jones 772 Matt White

Chorley BMX track 1981

Bishop Stortford 1981

kdubbmx · « **Reply #64 on:** February 13, 2011, 11:00 PM »

Brian Jones was super Quick, seemed to dissapear and leave Schofield to clean up pretty early on.

That picture of him racing Craig was at Ipswich, i was 2 races after this one and have a picture of me hitting the same jump on the same page of BMX NEWS.

Badbaldie · « **Reply #65 on:** February 14, 2011, 10:07 PM »

a few more photos from Brian Jones

chorley start gate ,no 3 Jason Ramsdon,626 Brian Jones ,942Jonathan Higgins

Smuggy c**thorpe 506 Craig scholfield ,626 Brian jones and 772 Matt White Below Brian Jones Chorley

Redditch (international) start gate 1 Brian jones, 3 jason Ramsden, 1251 I think was Scott Parker. The other photo is Greg Esser showboating because he was so far in front

hunterdubber · « **Reply #66 on:** February 14, 2011, 10:24 PM »

Awesome pics those Lenny ,pass a big thanks on to Brian for letting you post these up

Love em

,,

See if he has any more

hunterdubber · « **Reply #67 on:** February 14, 2011, 10:26 PM »

Just looking at the Mongoose advert ,,

Did Chris Young used to be be called Chris Bishop ,or is that an editorial mistake

RATTY · « **Reply #68 on:** February 14, 2011, 10:57 PM »

It was a cock up at the typesetters, why it was ever allowed to go to print!!!

LucyLastic · « **Reply #69 on:** February 15, 2011, 01:28 PM »

I've got quite a few pics of Brian Jones which my dad took. I must dig them out. My brother's name (David Westwell) is in the 14s results on those Southport write ups. Great pics.

626mongoose · « **Reply #70 on:** February 16, 2011, 11:53 AM »

Lucy
Say Hello to Dave your brother and if you get the photos post them so we can all see them.

Thanks Brian

sadowdgit · « **Reply #71 on:** February 16, 2011, 08:13 PM »

Alreet Bri, long time no see pal, hows tricks? what you bin up to? Rammy contacted me tuther day too (we're gonna get out on the mountainbikes soon)

.... me mate Lenny said he'd been chatting to yer on here so i thought i'd pop in and say hello

hope yer well

Lawy

LucyLastic · « **Reply #72 on:** February 18, 2011, 09:12 PM »

hey Tony

Are you talking about Jason Ramsden? I have some pics of him too

hiya Brian, good to hear from you, fella, I'll load up the ones I've got here in Kent (my mum has 100s) and get them on here this weekend.

LucyLastic · « **Reply #73 on:** February 18, 2011, 09:20 PM »

In that last pic is Andy Parr #481. He's racing now and doing really well.

sadowdgit · « **Reply #74 on:** February 18, 2011, 09:27 PM »

yea Lou i was talking about Jason ramsden

... you Ok missus? are you still riding yer mountainbike?

Author Topic: 30 Years of BMX in the UK (Read 73640 times)

trickydeno

paulgray

paulgray

richboy

Rooonga

kdubbmx

626mongoose

kdubbmx

626mongoose

sadowdgit

sadowdgit