TIM MARCH AND THE MRD PROTOTYPE

[Bob_Acid]

Just the facts, Dave, Just the facts.

[CD17]

I would restore it, it looks like its been left in the garden for twenty years.

Some should be left as survivors, but this is not one of them.

[darkersomeday]

separated at birth....

tim march


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mike leigh


quite a gesture offering his first frame up like,

we love you tim

[adam01]

hi Tim

[Flaz]

Ratty, Tim has a very weird sense of humour and loves a wind up, he's a good guy, a lot of his quotes/misquotes are probably said just to get a reaction. He loves seeing all the old sh1t i have and has a lazer sharp memory on OS stuff and th history of it all.

The memory I can vouch for Clive, He recognised me straight away. I just feel that the slating he gets sometimes is out of order.  

but he did keep calling you "dave" tho tony didnt he

Im sure it was Jon

theres a funny story about tim and his memory and how good it is from that night in london  but only me and billy stupple know about it    

[se bikes]

IMO leave it be, every ding and dent is a little bit of history that'll be wiped away with a full on resto, if you want a minty one buy NOS, if you want history get out some hard earned cashola and bid for the above 

Good on Tim for helping out a BMX bro with this kind gesture too 

[Flatcap]

Behind AR, Tim was a huge influence on the early days of BMX, so show him a bit of respect

Here here, even as a Freestyler who never ever raced I knew who Tim was and what he stood for - top bloke!!!

Daz. 

[RATTY]

Daz, dont forget Tims jumping was awesome as well, I think there was a skatepark in Poole? he was getting 10 foot plus airs to flat out of the bowl

[Bananaman]

Love the pic ! .................................

I'm leaning towards the "leave as is" but deffo supply new decal set .

BUT .................

Would it raise more money refinished/decalled ? , perhaps the auction winner would'nt be one of the usual suspects/collectors ? .

Thats my point Matt, the question was asked would it fetch more painted and decalled and I recon it would....I die hard collector would want it as is but I think it would fetch more with forks, painted, decalled and some sort of signiture or note on the top tube to anyone, widen the sales net

Its to raise money and it would say more that way!??

could be wrong though, as usual the evil place would decide!!!

[Mattdub]

Love the pic ! .................................

I'm leaning towards the "leave as is" but deffo supply new decal set .

BUT .................

Would it raise more money refinished/decalled ? , perhaps the auction winner would'nt be one of the usual suspects/collectors ? .

Thats my point Matt, the question was asked would it fetch more painted and decalled and I recon it would....I die hard collector would want it as is but I think it would fetch more with forks, painted, decalled and some sort of signiture or note on the top tube to anyone, widen the sales net

Its to raise money and it would say more that way!??

could be wrong though, as usual the evil place would decide!!!

 

I have the ideal solution ?? .

The winner of the auction has the following choices:

1. To receive frame as is with seperate new decals .

OR

2. It can be finished to winners spec. ie re-powdered white for instance & decalled ( and signed by Tim ) .

Best of both worlds & guaranteed the best cashola bid , fingers crossed from someone with mucho deep pockets  .

[zed4130]

Daz, dont forget Tims jumping was awesome as well, I think there was a skatepark in Poole? he was getting 10 foot plus airs to flat out of the bowl

think it was at slades farm tone, its the only one in poole, with a concrete bowl    and what a guy, for doing this for stephen, i watched stephen on the exteme sport channel, the other day, talk about a guy determind to walk again, as he said he is doing it for his kids    good on you tim,   

[gossa]

OK, I like Mattdubs option, any views on it's value?  Any diehard MRD fans on here that should be offered first refusal?

[dialledbikes]

My first ever BMX memory is a picture of Tim on the cover of OBMX (I think it was issue No.2) doing a huge one handed table at Slade's Farm.  From that moment, I was hooked.

Very nice of Tim to auction that frame for Stephen Murray.  I'm with the leave as is crowd.  If the winner wants to get it restored and signed by Tim, they can always do that after winning it.

[Stodgy]

I'd go with Matdubs suggestion - seems like the way to go. Buyer gets the option. Sweet.

Oh, and here is me with Tim in 1984...man he's big! The frame looks very similar:







BTW Tim was working at Ride as Ad sales manager, but recently left.

[adam01]

great to see Tim on the bmx side still to this day excellent
 
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[sawzall]

when does the auction start,i would love this to go with my other mrds

[zed4130]

stodgy is that at iford track,   

[Flatcap]

Daz, dont forget Tims jumping was awesome as well, I think there was a skatepark in Poole? he was getting 10 foot plus airs to flat out of the bowl

Yep......good point mate.

Always had a lot of respect for him and his name is up there with the big boys for their impact on the UK BMX scene. 10 foot jumps to flat is misters stuff too, that's why my wrists fooking hurt so much now after I've been riding