bob
heres my short bmx history circa 80 - 82
I can remb riding a raleigh jeep 24" skinny knobblies and cow horns over local woods
barnhurst bostal and abbey that woud of been pre 1980
bent so many sets of bars on that
then a couple of us moved onto bmx i got a piranha poss dec 80 birthda or xmas
my mate saw a murray for sale in a car show room for £50 and had that.
next two both got pro stars and dumped their grifters
by now must of been late 81
i remb the taylor bros and their gang used to hassle us a lot
mainly in barnhurst woods their local turf but we would also go up the old dave taylor trail park
as a couple of me mates rode Mx bikes too and we would ride in the woods their too
i can remb riding with huge gang inc jason malony up bostal woods
he was mongoose then full factory DB
remb he turned up one day in full factory bling - he was like a god from then on
used to go to OTs and then the heath most saturdays
saw tim and andy do a mongoose demo at OT's wish i had some pics of that now
other than the woods we rode street but mainly endos bunny hoping the small kids (feck me that was mad looking back)
kerb jumping and wheelie comps and circus style stuff, all bit sad looking mirra today
used to go the car park next to the library in bexleyheath on sundays as it was empty and we'd race around that
it was all burners redlines kuwaharas mongoose DB's and of course piranha and murreys
by late 82 i was out of the scene , girls happened and bikes didn't matter
fast fwd to 2003 it started all over again and is even better