Mad Dogs and Englishmen (and Irishmen)!

[gossa]

Just found some old pics, may have been posted before so forgive me if you've seen them.

This red Mad Dog was (as far as I know) the first S&M in Europe, was owned by Glen Leyburn, one of the Jive guys from N.I. (Will Smyth was also in the Jive crew for all you newbs). This one had a bit of a story as it had a missing weld on one of the dropouts, this would have been a Cook Bros made one. The pic was taken at the first organized K.O.D. comp at Slough BMX track in 1988. I have some good pics of Glen riding it somewhere.



This next pic is my black Mad Dog, again Cook Bros made, this pic would have been taken in 1988 also, check out the Son Lite hubs on there too. That's not me on it, it's Andy Please.



Last pic for good measure, Will Smyth at that 88 KOD, no foot bar grab on his old Robinson.

[Dark Diggler]

Awesome pics 


That black one is ace 

[andy_116]

id love to discover one of these frames

[harris]

proper pieces of 8..history rare enough to boot.

[gossa]

Isn't it weird though how time makes the mind go fuzzy as I couldn't tell you for a minute when or who I sold that frame to (or any of my frames for that matter)!

[kev-s]

nice pics and history, love the red maddog

[scott250]

Roots! love the nofooterbargraber.  To be honest in 88 i'd all but forgotten BMX and was probly in a club somewhere dancing to 'the dance' or some other post acid, post electro techno or bleep track, haha,,, mmm or was that 89 .  Glad I rediscover BMX in about 92.

[SaMAlex]

i remember when S&Ms started popping up in race pics and KOD shots. Mainly Will riding them. 

[jon_e]

Clive, that mad dog was the bike I had when I moved to Bournemouth 20 years ago. It was the frame with the "missing weld" on the rear non drive side and was featured in a Jive sticker. I sold in around '91 ish to some guy in Hull, I think (Up north at least).




It had yellow landing gears on it back then.

[jon_e]

I've been promising to restore this ex Will Symth bike to it's former glory for the past 3 years...life gets in the way sometimes...2011 is it's year

http://www.flickr.com/photos/prestwick_tower/sets/72157603503539034/show/

[harris]

that bikes a beauty ,get it restored or send it to me haha magic mate thanks for sharing

[gossa]

JB, get that thing yellowed up again and i'll trade you some GT hubs (what Will probably was running) for those tatty old Son Lites.....

[jon_e]

Peregrine 48's they where....and it'll be yellow don't worry I g=have the fresh Del Decals ready and waiting as well ;>

[gossa]

Peregrine 48's they where....and it'll be yellow don't worry I g=have the fresh Del Decals ready and waiting as well ;>

Superbike Dan is your man for the yellow JB....

[jon_e]

It'll be done young man don't worry...I have to grind off the brake boss's first!

[harris]

jon ,i gotta say,that restoration if you do it....i kinda love it as it is..
has to be the most honest mid school early ride i have seen on rad in a long while..

[gossa]

It'll be done young man don't worry...I have to grind off the brake boss's first!

Who welded them on in the first place?

[jon_e]

jon ,i gotta say,that restoration if you do it....i kinda love it as it is..
has to be the most honest mid school early ride i have seen on rad in a long while..

Thanks Harris...that's 'cos it was my own race bike ;>


Clive, Geally or his dad did it...you supplied the boss's ;>

[gossa]

jon ,i gotta say,that restoration if you do it....i kinda love it as it is..
has to be the most honest mid school early ride i have seen on rad in a long while..

Thanks Harris...that's 'cos it was my own race bike ;>


Clive, Geally or his dad did it...you supplied the boss's ;>

Did I?? Jeese my memory really has gone to sh1t!!! Anyway, chop em off JB, get a pitbull on there!

[jon_e]

Pitbull's been here waiting for the last 3 years!

[gossa]

Pitbull's been here waiting for the last 3 years!

Hacksaw, file then dremel.........

[jon_e]

Big hammer and angle grinder!!

[gossa]

Big hammer and angle grinder!!

Well at least you're proving that old saying right about the hammer being the Irish 'multitool'!

So anyway, about the hubs, remember, I know what you (we) paid for them!

[jon_e]

Paid for them....17 years ago. And they were Old School then!!

As I said I building a cruiser to race so I'll need help/advice....all new school as well ;>

[gossa]

JB, there's only one cruiser for you my man, 2010 S&M 38 Special. I just ordered a 20" this week.

Want me to get you one?