Anyone familiar with the BMX Time Bandits annual ride will know that the lads cycle across 50 miles of English countryside (road, track and path) to visit some classic old school and new school tracks on the way.
As the idiot
charged with making this year's documentary, I find myself having to turn to you guys for help with data about the tracks.
The ride covers/visits the following:
- Faverdale (Darlington) - derelict
- Durham-Tees Valley Airport - derelict
- Stockton Tilery - overgrown but rideable.
- South Tees MX - formerly a BMX track, now motors only
- Redcar BMX Club, Eston track? - derelict
- Herlingshaw - now replaced by MFC
- Eston Rec - the one that got closed almost as soon as it was opened!
- Dormanstown pump track
- Redcar Racecourse - flattened
- Skelton Green pump track
- Margrove (Guisborough) - derelict
The information I have for the derelicts is scant. Information as to their history is non-existent and any help would be appreciated.
For instance, the South Tees MX track is supposed to lie over the site of a BMX track which was closed due to land contamination. Teesside airport clearly had a vibrant scene and is now gone - but when did it go... and so on.
Anyone who can supply me with information, pictures (their own) and memories will be mentioned and/or credited in the film.