my bmx chat,with a tat man

[stu27]

did the obligatory bank holiday thing,and hired a skip to clear the crap out of me garden
this fella turned up as i was doing it in a big wagon,asking if he could take any of the metal
told him not a problem,and if you give me a hand ive got 2 big metal cabinets down the garden
as we walked down,something went off in me head,and i said to him,did you use to race for birmingham wheels
fooking hell he said,i thought i recognised ya,we had a right good chat,talking about the quarter pipe and ramps we used to build
a few old names were mentioned,and he was telling me about how he went over to arizona with trevor robinson and dean bateson,racing for a week solid
said the yanks set up was so good,he talked about anthony sewell alot,how he first met him,and being in the same factory team as him
i could feel the sorrow,when i told him he passed away about 3 years ago
a bit of a waffle guys,but thats been me best skip filling ever

[Retrodan72]

Random bit of aceness that is Stu, did he have any bikes left?

[stu27]

1st words out me mouth dan
after he said no,he didnt get the cabinets
he was alovely guy when i was younger,and it was a pleasure talking to him again

[b45t4rd]

Cool story. 
Who was it Stu? Mate of mine was in & around the Wheels setup with Butty etc.
Don't know if true, but his take/story on B'ham wheels frames is very interesting.

[sawzall]

great story there mate,if you can find out any info on the bw team etc i would love to hear about

it as im collecting any info i can on british race frame builders

cheers

sawzall

[stu27]

it was steve grice,paul
also known as raggy
to be honest,he was abit of a hero of mine bitd,what with seeing him on the kellogs
what the goss on the brum frames then

[stu27]

great story there mate,if you can find out any info on the bw team etc i would love to hear about

it as im collecting any info i can on british race frame builders

cheers

sawzall

will do phill
ive seen his van around loads,ill just flag him down
it could prove to be the most expensive tat he has ever collected

[sawzall]

cheers stu

[b45t4rd]

Raggy, he'll defo know my mate then, heard all the stories countless times...

Wheels were, don't know if it ever happend, building frames for their riders based on other frames.
So my mate was to have a Wheels frame built to the same geometry etc as his Robinson Pro.
Could be BS though.  Who knows, the amount of herb thats passed through his lungs... 

[stu27]

 
got ya paul
ive seen him around loads in his van
im gonna lure him in with scatered metal on me drive