I went riding with my boys …. For the first time!

[woody allen bars]

Great stuff mate, the day you've been waiting for finally came....

Next thing they'll be teaching you the latest tricks 

[subversion]

Nice one Al

[Lazarou]

I think the S&M Cobra is about £400 but its as good as a 16" gets. Not sure I will be getting 2 of them ..... quite yet

You'll have to have a word with Chris! Great pics BTW!

[TwoBobRob]

I built that miniramp Alex.  They did the track facelift first, then called us in for a miniramp.  The council officer who looked after it all for the Vale of White Horse left his job a while later and went to work for Fearless Ramps as a 'consultant' and/or salesman type bloke.

Fcuking useless by all accounts, he's gone now   

[SaMAlex]

I built that miniramp Alex. 

Wow, thats rad. I was totally around when they were doing the work to the track and rode on the opening day and all. The mini was nice but I never get on with metal surface ramps. And they are never that good to ride when the metal starts to come up, like it usually does (and did on that one too). I think Bencrete did the rest of the track. Its not that great but better than it was, and worth a visit if your near, and if youve got small kids! haha.


Trivia point for you .... before the facelift, the track had a set of doubles and a set of triples. The jumps were like little bumps on the track that you could easly hop over rather than hit cos they were so small, but were still quite far apart. I remember riding there in the 80s with some of the Banbury/Mons ramp crew. Andy Shohara was jumping the doubles ... on his skateboard!

[dirtyvans]

cool pics, bmx tracks are spot on for kids and racing too

[teamsano]

thats awesome alex! my wee innes is 5 now, but sadly not too into his bike. he can ride it fine with stabilizers, but not keen without yet.

[TwoBobRob]

I think Bencrete did the rest of the track. Its not that great but better than it was, and worth a visit if your near, and if youve got small kids! haha.


Trivia point for you .... before the facelift, the track had a set of doubles and a set of triples. The jumps were like little bumps on the track that you could easly hop over rather than hit cos they were so small, but were still quite far apart. I remember riding there in the 80s with some of the Banbury/Mons ramp crew. Andy Shohara was jumping the doubles ... on his skateboard!

Bendcrete also did a tiny park down the road somewhere didn't they?   The slipperiest thing known to man as I recall.....  can't remember exactly where it was though...

Doubles on a skateboard.  I'm liking that   

[SaMAlex]

Bendcrete also did a tiny park down the road somewhere didn't they?   The slipperiest thing known to man as I recall.....  can't remember exactly where it was though...

Bencrete have done loads of parks, but they are based in Abingdon so they have done quite a few round here. Most of them are very samey; 1/4 and or flat bank each end with a driveway/grind block in the middle. Sometimes with a mini set up too. And yes, they are so so slippy. They did the new Meanwhile bowls, which are OK. I havent been there for ages. Maybe the surface has weathered a little and taken the shine off it.

[TwoBobRob]

It's been brought up many many times.  They just overpolish the concrete. Nice to look at for the council types, which is probably why they do it...

Death on a stick to us though eh?   

[SaMAlex]

They built quite a big park at Grove. Where New School ripper Lima comes from. 

[Gary72]

Great feeling riding with offspring, my 6 1/2 rides a Hoffman Scarab 16. 16 inch bikes are a bit of a minefield I have 3 and they all have different top tube lenths 15.5 inches to 17 inches.


And my fave pic at the moment, eldest jumping over me

[andy619]

Alex, that is awesome that your kids are into bmx.  What an unbeleivable feeling it is to ride with your kids, it makes my heart smile.  I like to just sit back and watch the progression, how hard they push, and the little corner of the eye look that they give you to see if you were watching them take that next step.