pike mardon 81

[DR VINOAH]

after reading bout mike,s cruiser win

i dug this pic out from the classic and much loved Obmx 6 1981

thought it would be good to show y,all

check the quote ,b4 freestyle it was called....................

[RATTY]

I remember that first time round....dont spose you wanna scan the rest of it   

[MartyC]

Vinoah, don't suppose you have any scans of the ACE Racing adverts at all?

Ratty, don't suppose you know anyone that's still got an ACE Racing bike at all do you?  Would be great to see a pic of one, the pics I have aren't very good but I've yet to scan them.

[Bob_Acid]

whatever happened to Pike Mardon?

[DR VINOAH]

i will be posting some more of it very soon

tone did you race then,im sure you did

in the same issue it has the 1st year of ukbmx rankings

some names in there i can tell thee

whatever happened to Pike Mardon?

i think he has signed off for the night 

[RATTY]

I havent seen an Ace frame since my one in 82, I remember when I got offered the ride, I went into the shop, and out the back was about 20 frame sets just hanging up, Ace went skint shortly afterwards, I often wonder what Rich did with em all?

I did race the first 2 years of bmx in this country, I am in the rankings twice, they spelt my name wrong a couple of times so I got 2 listings...lol

I have a copy of some ace adverts, but they are at work, I will try and post them 2morrow

[MartyC]

whatever happened to Pike Mardon?

Ripping it up riding 40+ cruiser for Alans I think  

[RATTY]

Marty, I would love to see the pics mate.....

[MartyC]

I havent seen an Ace frame since my one in 82, I remember when I got offered the ride, I went into the shop, and out the back was about 20 frame sets just hanging up, Ace went skint shortly afterwards, I often wonder what Rich did with em all?

I did race the first 2 years of bmx in this country, I am in the rankings twice, they spelt my name wrong a couple of times so I got 2 listings...lol

I have a copy of some ace adverts, but thet are at work, I will try and post them 2morrow





I did race the first 2 years of bmx in this country, I am in the rankings twice, they spelt my name wrong a couple of times so I got 2 litings...lol

Me too, never made the high rankings though  

I remember going to the shop to get my frame just before Xmas in 81 I think, loads of frames and bikes all over the place.  Got given a pair of race pants at Earls Court in '82 (still got them!), I had one of those membership cards, but that went missing many years ago!

[MartyC]

Marty, I would love to see the pics mate.....

I'll try and get them scanned over the weekend 

[RATTY]

Wow, they are a trip down memory lane, Them ace patches were the same ones andy and nikky had on their shirts for the cover of the first obmx...
Marty was you a walthamstow boy??
the old ace shop is an indian takeaway now

[billstup]

The frames ended up in a shop called Superbike, they were all re-stickered as something else and sold on. Superbike Dan should know more  

[RATTY]

Bill, did any survive that you know of?

[billstup]

I`ve just sent Dan a PM directing him to this thread so perhaps he will be able to tell more 

[DR VINOAH]

Vinoah, don't suppose you have any scans of the ACE Racing adverts at all?

Ratty, don't suppose you know anyone that's still got an ACE Racing bike at all do you?  Would be great to see a pic of one, the pics I have aren't very good but I've yet to scan them.

marty

there are some "ace" ads in there

proper rad aswell

ill post them up 2morrow

[RATTY]

I`ve just sent Dan a PM directing him to this thread so perhaps he will be able to tell more 

Cheers bill 

[MartyC]

Wow, they are a trip down memory lane, Them ace patches were the same ones andy and nikky had on their shirts for the cover of the first obmx...
Marty was you a walthamstow boy??
the old ace shop is an indian takeaway now

Not a Walthamstow boy, I'm from West London but met Andy R and Cav at Harrow where I used to skate.  Got to know them really well and often went to ride hollow ponds and the red rec as well as Eastway with them once I swtiched to BMX.  Raced a lot of the early races like Buckmore park on the wooden ramps and then the dirt track, Eastway, Ladbrook Grove and many others.

[RATTY]

we must have met up at some time mate, the rec was where I spent almost every evening of my life.....
Eastway, chatham the hollow ponds.....

Been to eastway and the hollow ponds recently, the sugar bowl has been trashed over the ponds and eastway is just a wreck now

I may have to go down to chatham one bright sunny day....if we get another bright sunny day

[superbikedan]

yes bill i joined my partner when i was 17 and started to paint a load of bmx frames from superbike witch kieth the owner had bought from ace about a year or so earlier, this is mad because paul spurr my old manager on superbike race team took over the day to day running of superbike and didn't know that i had just started painting for a living, anyways painted loads of ex stock including bars forks chainrings all loud colours and one i done was a pink frame with dots all over it witch made it in one bmx mag, don't know wicth one but one member on hear must have a copy, also jason spurr son of paul any one know how he's doing, would love to speak to him again.           ps just remembered the frame we painted was pink with spots but not sure what colour, was a race frame and i'm sure it was jasons and probs between 84 to 86,  defo in some bmx mag of that era, jason was my team mate and a top young rider and i'm sure this was some kind of promo,

[DR VINOAH]

i,ve got the pic

ill post it  up  2morrow dan

 

[RATTY]

heres an ACE advert from an old OBMX

[MartyC]

Ratty, that's way cool!  Cav styling it up and Nicki Mathews, great style! Anyone know what he's doing these days?

[RATTY]

Ratty, that's way cool!  Cav styling it up and Nicki Mathews, great style! Anyone know what he's doing these days?

Lat heard he was a motorbike courier up town....fook getting in his way 

[jeff spicoli]

Yo this is odd but Mike phoned me yesterday after  20 years .I was a bit surprised to say the least. Anyway I rode with mike a few times bitd as we both tested bikes for the same magazine and also we both were well into skateboarding in a big way. Mike called yesterday to see if I wanted to go to the skatepark and catch up on all the old gossip.

I have always stayed in contact with Mikes old partner and my partner on GT Andy Preston and so I have always passed on messages to Mike over the years through Andy. So it looks like I will be bringing Pike to Bones soon . He is on a TJ Lavin dirt bike and is well into new school now. If he is anywhere near as good as he was he will be Rad as fook.


see ya all at Bones soon

[DR VINOAH]

as promised two "ace racing" adverts from 81,featuring the man cav strutt

enjoy.................