Author Topic: Benfleet track! (Read 14600 times)

Sean 2000 · « **on:** May 02, 2007, 01:18 PM »

Anybody else visit this back in the day.
I beleive Mr Stupple may have gone down there after the demo at Rad City (please confirm Billy).
I definately remember riding the mile or so to get there from Rad City with some OS Pro's and Sid Salisbury on his PK Ripper.....closely followed by 200 kids on there bikes.
It was either the Skyway boys or Eddie Fiola and Chums. Cant remember? Superb!

I only saw 2 demos at Rad City so it must be one of them 2? Help BillStup?
Remember the GT demo ramps fading from yellow 2 orange........fibreglass!!!!!!

Anyway i think its some sort of animal sanctuary or summit now

Sean.

ronnie360 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 02, 2007, 04:46 PM »

i remember the track but not sure what it is now

harris · « **Reply #2 on:** May 02, 2007, 04:49 PM »

i walked one day from wickford throu burnt mills id estate all the way along pound lane then to radcity.
to get a pair of orange tuff 2s and walked half way back on my 13th birthday

took nearly1 /2 a day dedication lol

ronnie360 · « **Reply #3 on:** May 02, 2007, 04:51 PM »

dan would it have been easyer to go to prentice

the bike shop in wickford

harris · « **Reply #4 on:** May 02, 2007, 04:53 PM »

lol they never had the quality of the little rad shop.

ronnie360 · « **Reply #5 on:** May 02, 2007, 04:56 PM »

this is true dan they never had much in there ok for the

old raleigh arena

lazychubs · « **Reply #6 on:** May 02, 2007, 05:42 PM »

theres still a track or park on canvey from bitd app somit gun
and the new one is getting bigger

Sean 2000 · « **Reply #7 on:** May 02, 2007, 07:32 PM »

Quote from: Lazychubs on May 02, 2007, 05:42 PM

theres still a track or park on canvey from bitd app somit gun
and the new one is getting bigger

I rode a midi (5ft-ish) ramp on canvey a couple of times on my mongoose decade....probably 1990 i reckon.
Waterside farm leisure centre i think it was? As far as i know its still there.....i wonder if its that one they are making better Lazychubs??

Sean.

lazychubs · « **Reply #8 on:** May 02, 2007, 07:33 PM »

yep waterside one is gone to a nice new metal complex
was ok but is now getting bigger
and theres a old one somewere else on canvey aswell

Sean 2000 · « **Reply #9 on:** May 02, 2007, 07:53 PM »

Quote from: Lazychubs on May 02, 2007, 07:33 PM

yep waterside one is gone to a nice new metal complex
was ok but is now getting bigger
and theres a old one somewere else on canvey aswell

Where you at then Rhys, im in Leigh-on-Sea.
Ive got a mate that used to ride who lives on Canvey, will have to find out if he knows anything?

Sean.

billstup · « **Reply #10 on:** May 02, 2007, 08:36 PM »

Can you see yourself in this pic Sean :

I can`t remember if we went to the track afterwards, but if Sid was there then I doubt it was anyting to do with Skyway, but I`ve been wrong before

harris · « **Reply #11 on:** May 02, 2007, 08:43 PM »

billy i saw another shot of that the other day ,but from the side looked cool aswell.

superbikedan · « **Reply #12 on:** May 02, 2007, 08:46 PM »

me and arma met up with sid salsbury and i think it may

have been craig schofield, they met us at the station and we

headed on to the track, must say didn't rate it much

lazychubs · « **Reply #13 on:** May 02, 2007, 08:50 PM »

sean im dagenham now was hx bitd worked in penny farthings( bike shop) down the rd to rom
but work on canvey now
been watching the blokes build the park up
prob is more kids fink its for sliding on there arses than riding

stumpy · « **Reply #14 on:** May 02, 2007, 09:17 PM »

Lazychubs, small world init, I worked in Upminster in Daycocks bitd in the 90's. There was this young kid rode flatland Jason Webb.... I think, he used to hang out with me at Rom.

lazychubs · « **Reply #15 on:** May 02, 2007, 09:31 PM »

yeah me mate forget his name work at the shop in hx johns place.opp the old bus garage then went onto dayc0cks
used to pass by there alot lol

stumpy · « **Reply #16 on:** May 02, 2007, 10:34 PM »

you mean vic? think he left bike trade an became a postman

lazychubs · « **Reply #17 on:** May 02, 2007, 11:30 PM »

think that him
worked with guido lol

QuadPaul · « **Reply #18 on:** May 03, 2007, 12:02 AM »

The old waterside half pipe on Canvey has gone

Sad, Sad day as that was partly what got me back into riding. It's been replaced by pre-fab crap that is more skateboard oriantated.

There was also the Gunny, on Canvey, which was a concerte park in the middle of a housing estate. It's still there but very over grown and not much of it left. Visited it last summer with about 10 other 30 something's on O/S bikes and nearly ended up in a punch up with local Chav's claiming it as there own. The concrete that is left now is covered in glass. Real Shame!!!

I have some old pics at my mum & dad's of me riding benfleet track back in the 80's on an old Raliegh, I'll try and get them scanned in over the next few days.

stumpy · « **Reply #19 on:** May 03, 2007, 08:32 AM »

I remember the gunny, wasn't there two quarter pipes back to back there? One wooden the other metal framed with a trailer attachment for towing?? That was bitd! Think there was article in one of the mags.....

ronnie360 · « **Reply #20 on:** May 03, 2007, 08:50 AM »

i know someone who owns a bike shop in southend that has some

pics of him slef riding the q/pipe that used to be down the gunnery

i will see if i can borrow them and post them up

stumpy · « **Reply #21 on:** May 03, 2007, 10:19 AM »

Ronnie, you mean Jays? Is he still there, used to visit him when I was Rep for GT around '99-'02. I've seen the pics, he's got some good uns.

QuadPaul · « **Reply #22 on:** May 03, 2007, 11:32 AM »

Jayz is still there, last time I went in about 9months back he had an old Skyway he was building. those pics of him at the gunny in it's hay day are well cool, defo big air

That's on the Wooden Qtr that was at the top of the conceret banking. There was also a Bowl dug out in the mud, and a table top.

The place used to be rammed BITD, I'm gutted, I was just to young to appreciate it and only went a few times as was more into racing at 6.

However talking to people who where there the day of the Mag shoot, and just generally by all account there where always top riders over there Jay, Sid, Eric Hall & I think Mayo/Hayo brothers all who where pro's.

ronnie360 · « **Reply #23 on:** May 03, 2007, 11:36 AM »

yes it is jayz will see if i can get the pics up on the site

adam · « **Reply #24 on:** May 03, 2007, 05:16 PM »

I can remember going to Benfleet station and then riding to a track somewhere on Canvey, I don't remember it as being a proper organised track more like a series of large bombholes out in the middle of nowhere, we was the only kids there.

Also remember many visits to Rad city, yer bike wasn't cool if it didn't have one of their stickers on it !

And yes, I did used to go to the bmx shop by the railway just down the road from Rom, I can remember it being a sad day when it closed. I usued to go to Rom then sometimes ride up the road to the Bretons track. Does anyone remember the time that they filmed the races down there with Angelo and Andy Dangerous (The Dangerous Bros), they had some great quarterpipes in the car park.

Thanks for reminding me of all these happy memories guys...........Adam

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