Ray............. bmx has alot to pay you back for.

[BigassBMX]

so im just on here wish RAY from cyclone good luck and i hope thing work out.

there are alot of people out there at the moment that have been proper pricks.


i mean there is not 1 person in the local / and not so local for that mater.
that has the right to be bad mouthing him he has helped every single 1 of as at 1 time or anouther.


well i just wonna put is out there to stop being pricks     (fullstop)....


 :Great_Britain:forever and always

[lazychubs]

yerah good luck ray get well soon bro
and who's bad mouthing him jack
they wasters if they are .

[SaMAlex]

Whats going on with Ray?
I havent seen or spoken to him for a long time but he was always a top man and really good to me.

Can someone fill me in on whats going on (PM me if thats better)

[JT71]

I guess becuase I have no idea what this is about I can't be guilty of anything.

[lazychubs]

he's got a dodgy ticker alex

[SaMAlex]

Thats lame man, he is such a good bloke. Is he still on the cyclone Email so I can drop him a line tomorrow?

What have people been being "proper pricks" about? Its not like you need that when you are ill.

[BigassBMX]

well when cyclone was still open i was trying 2 get as many people to go own there as possble.

so that it would get him as much money as poss.

an when peopel was saying i need this i was saying cyclone is the place 2 go an all that shit.

an people was like no fook that man.
as he is ill they didnt restock very  ofter but was doing things 2 order. coz he was not there.


and every1 was like no fook that they aint got shit in there he is a prick.

[TwoBobRob]

It's always a shame when a shop closes.  It's like a little bit of the scene dies with it. 

All the best to Ray for the future. Health must come first.

Jack, people around you will haveten disappoint you buddy. Fact of life I'm afraid   

[SaMAlex]

Man, I didnt even know Cyclone was closed! How much to I suck!!!!

That shop was the top dogs! It made and supported a movement all by itself!

Good luck Ray, I hope to cross paths with you again soon.

[TwoBobRob]

It only went at the end of November Alex, ie last week, with no publicity at all.

Bloody hard to make money in a shop these days   

[SaMAlex]

that is so crap. He and John made that shop work through the whole of the "quiet times" and now, in this BMX boom time, it had to go? There is reason enough to get your parts from the shops who earned it, not just the places that are a few quid cheaper! You know that the Highstreet Extream shops wont give a crap about getting you BMX parts when it "dies out" again so why support them now!

Im off to put a cyclone cycles sticker on my bike (not that its going to help Ray any)

[lazychubs]

ive just found a cyclones sticker in me van i didnt even know i had
the robot from dr who
thats going on my bike aswell

[superbikedan]

jack mate, the thing with cyclone is, it's a business,  love for a sport doesn't pay the bills,

after a massive heart attack and nearly seeing the heavens, maybe ray had to take stock of

his life and to see what's now at this moment in time is really important,  Ray told me himself

he carried 60 grand of stock,  now do the maths, that a hell of a lot of gear to sell,

i just think, forget any rumours, his life and well being is worth more then cyclone,

forget any bad mouthing. the shop didn't make ends meet so it had to go

that's life jack,  but now this is rays life,  Ray  make a full recovery mate

[TwoBobRob]

You're right about carrying the stock.  My tiny little box of a shop at Rom always had £3000 worth in it, and you could fit it all in the back of one car.

Fully stocking a shop is not easy at all. Especially when each month brings a new product and you're left saddled with last months now uncool component....  That's why so much stuff is done to order.

[bmxmatt1974]

didnt know cyclone had shut 
never actually went there but ordered plenty of stuff over phone from them

[Lazarou]

Man, I didnt even know Cyclone was closed! How much to I suck!!!!

That shop was the top dogs! It made and supported a movement all by itself!

Good luck Ray, I hope to cross paths with you again soon.

Me too! Ray is a diamond! (ever hear his Butthead impression?) Gave me a free Union hoody last time I was there! Top bloke! I wish him all the best.

[dialledbikes]

This is sad news.

Ray wouldn't know me from Adam (though he might recognise me if he saw me), but I used to go in the shop in the mid-90s and spoke to Ray at one of the Backyard Jams.  Nice bloke (dunno whether the lady in the shop who wore specs was his other half or not, but she was cool too) and excellent shop.  Shame to see it go and to hear of Ray's health problems.  Hope he gets well soon.

[Moose]

Top blokes in Cyclone - only met them on a couple of occasions when I dropped in to have my wheels built. A mate of mine pointed me in their direction as he knows them all very well.

I hope Ray is on the mend 

[SaMAlex]

Im thinkin of ya Ray 

[Biggeorge]

Gutted its gone, always loved popping in to get some bits, have a chat and share some mucky jokes.
All the harrow boys are wishing Ray a speedy recovery and all the best to Ray and Mark and all the lads.
Thanks for looking after us over the years fellas.
Please keep us informed about how they're all doing.
ta
Mark.