Anyone remember HotWheels? ***NEW PICS***

[Stodgy]

Hello chaps!

Found this old pic today taken outside HotWheels in Bournemouth in 1985. That's my mate Chris Taylor on his TA, with me trusty old Performer (with coaster brake spokes on!) leaning against the wall. Check out the framesets in the window and a rather fetching CW race suit. I'd just bought a set of pink MX1000's which can be seen in a bag over my front wheel...oh, and the front stunt pegs were home-made by my grandad. Nice!

Brings back some memories, eh?



Sweet.

Dave

 

[Jazzchimp]

Oh to own everything in that shop

[Tefore]

Oh to own everything in that shop

yeh retirement here we come

[DR VINOAH]

right ,

wheres me tardis

ps i cant believe the shop aint got no ramraider shutters

[stidds]

Hotwheels were my 1st major sponsor.  I rode for Hotwheels-JMC.

[Moose]

There's a freeagent in the window

[JAY]

cool pic .......

[theRuler]

wicked pic
that trick is called a "peterson" and is harder than it looks!
it was easier for peterson though, as his bars hit his seat (cheat)

[Stodgy]

Hotwheels were my 1st major sponsor.  I rode for Hotwheels-JMC.

Cool - did you use to race at Bournemouth track then dude?

[dirtyvans]

they had a shop in cosham in portsmouth aswell, run by Mick Whitlock who also ran and built Whitehawk racing bikes, i've still got my Hotwheels Whitehawk racing shirt, bit small though top bloke gave me a load of stuff when the whitehawk shop in horndean closed, all i got left is some whitehawk sticker sets

graham who runs Hotwheels came to last years bournemouth reunion, he was amazed to see my zeronine (i asked him if he had any 80's stuff - but he'd bunned it ), which he imported because he liked the race gear, that reminds me i'm still after a black raceshirt

[sawzall]

showing my age now but i remember when hot wheels started out ,they had a small corner in a petrol station shop in bournemouth,we also used to do a round trip bitd get the train to christchurch then ride to the track then howheels, strongs and finally slades farm skate park, those were the days !!!!!!!!!

[retrogeezer]

HotWheels are still going very strongly - they have a huge purpose built distribution unit on a new industrial estate near Poole.

Matt Farrow was also at the Bournemouth meet last year on a very nice Patterson Pro, he has worked at Hot Wheels for most of his life and used to race for them too......there's a pic of him & me at Bournemouth somewhere.

[retrogeezer]

Me in the beige shirt with spector on the front, Matt on his bike.

[stidds]

Hotwheels were my 1st major sponsor.  I rode for Hotwheels-JMC.

Cool - did you use to race at Bournemouth track then dude?

I rode at Bournemouth loads of times, I live in Bristol and raced in the South Central region, which included Bournemouth, Poole, Southampton and Wimborne. 

Here is a picture of me (riding for GT) at the 1st turn at the 1995 UKBMX National at Bournemouth.

[Stodgy]

showing my age now but i remember when hot wheels started out ,they had a small corner in a petrol station shop in bournemouth,we also used to do a round trip bitd get the train to christchurch then ride to the track then howheels, strongs and finally slades farm skate park, those were the days !!!!!!!!!

So, Bournemouth track, Hotwheels, Strongs and then Slades Farm...that was the route we used to take too! Sounds like you might have been stalking me!   

My Peugeot race bike at Bournemouth, around May 1984


Me and Tim March, Bournemouth race track, May 1984


My mate Chris outside Strongs Bike shop late 84 (is that a Kuwi ET in the window?)


Me at Slades Farm skatepark, late 84


Me again at Slades Farm, late 84


Rad memories...

 

Dave

[ORB]

There's a freeagent in the window

and a CW Calie luggage

[Bren Gunn]

Cool pics, cheers

[gjs]

This is some very Hotwheels

[oberonspacefruit]

camels toe.


a rickman too, i see lurking.

[Rombloke]

a rickman...where in her camels hoof or the window of the shop?

Dave

[Flaz]

This is some very Hotwheels

camels toe.

chilli sauce on yer kebab sir!

[sawzall]

that looks a badly packed kebab to me

[DR VINOAH]

that looks a badly packed kebab to me

 

[twintoptuber]

There's a freeagent in the window

Good eye.  Here's a weird tale, my white Free Agent forks are from Hotwheels.  Considering they only made 300 Free Agent framesets, I wonder if my forks belonged to the frame in the window?

Even odder (almost positive), my CW luggage rack is from Hotwheels.