My first crash! Stoked!

[Guillotte]

Third week in I got about 7 and hung up my back wheel. I'm so fat I went over the bars and got scraped up but lived.  It was AMAZING! I needed that shite. Going to a foam pit on Monday  . Lost some weight too. Didn't expect that so soon!

[macky]

7 ft airs third week back on a bike man!!!   

that is the dogs bollox that dude!! 

I can't wait to see how your're doing 6 months down the line... 

you're an inspiration to all old skool riders man!! 







Won't be long before ya back to ya old self!!! 

[Guillotte]

Lulz....nice pics  . Most look like alley-oops but I dunno. I never really came into my own 'til I built the backyard monstrosity. Still trying to track down footage.


Edit: Actually, you know what's funny? Look at the "in progress" pic on Myspace...The initial 12 ft wide section was half paid for by the parentals. Everything else you see was "borrowed" from construction sites. 2k$ paid for 6 feet wide and 10 ft high. The rest was courtesy of my good friends and my truck  . I'm inclined to do it again but they all use particle board now instead of straight plywood  . Still, skeleton ribs are fair game!

[trill]

yer trucks do come in handy when "finding" wood,jus ask dirty vans.

[harris]

respect for getting back so fast 7 ft   
when i was a lad riding in my area magazines pretty much was the only way
we herd about other riders but some times word travelled almost in the wind about "some guys"
just across the country from parks to small venues   greg guillotte  was one of said riders  never met you
but glad to hell your back riding again and possibly oneday will watch you as i never got the chance back then.

dan

[stuntmaster]

glad to hear your fine and keep it up and get some pic up as love to see if your style has changed since riding a nu skool bike and how does that feel riding nu skool to old skool as i know it was a differences when i changed   

[bmxer4ever]

Third week in I got about 7 and hung up my back wheel. I'm so fat I went over the bars and got scraped up but lived.  It was AMAZING! I needed that shite. Going to a foam pit on Monday  . Lost some weight too. Didn't expect that so soon!

Oh yeah - riding hard makes a difference. Since I got back riding after my knee op. I 've been building up my time and trick rate down the skatepark. Combine that with full time construction job and I've built muscle and lost fat to the tune of around a stone.... (6 1/2 kilos Greg!)

G

[Lee Reynolds]

I'm so excited that you're riding.
Can't wait to see some pics.
I should be getting a new bike this week... come out to Cali and ride with me!
Peace.
-Lee

[evilone]

3 weeks and getting 7ft airs thats excellent greg,how long a break did you take?
ive not been riding now for 20 years but am about to hit the ramps again very soon.
gotto loose a few pounds myself aswell.
big big respect to you greg,and when are you coming to the uk?
all the best dude.

[bmxer4ever]

I'm so excited that you're riding.
Can't wait to see some pics.
I should be getting a new bike this week... come out to Cali and ride with me!
Peace.
-Lee

It's all kickin' off this year!
So many people comin' out the woodwork and gettin' back on the bike.
What on earth is next year gonna be like?!
G

[Wayne Ryder]

Oh my. A Reynolds/Guillotte reunion? I got a whiff of Alfreton Leisure Centre just then, I can almost hear Gary Neal's mum telling me about missing the ferry to France...
Why am I in this rainy West European slum district when the action's over the Atlantic Ocean?

[macky]

Oh my. A Reynolds/Guillotte reunion? I got a whiff of Alfreton Leisure Centre just then, I can almost hear Gary Neal's mum telling me about missing the ferry to France...
Why am I in this rainy West European slum district when the action's over the Atlantic Ocean?

[SaMAlex]

I was talking to a friend last week who was at southsea once when Greg Guillotte was riding. He said that Gregs bike had no pedal cages, just the spindles. You know, so when you pedal your foot rolls off! I guess he didnt need to pedal much on the big vert ramp there, but you'd think you'd need pedal cages to help keep your feet on!

[Wayne Ryder]

Dave, I think I've a pic of Greg on the same run taken from the top of the ramp. Let me try & find it, I'll scan it in tonight.

(Later that evening)
And here it is! Except he seems to be wearing a red shirt now, so it wasn't the same run. According to what I wrote on the back of the photo, it was taken in December '88.

[Guillotte]

I don't know how to multi-quote so...

Dave-  Kind words bro,thx. And nice pic. My nose is now 3 times that size.

Pidgeon-  Didn't you help "borrow" wood when you came over that Summer?

Dan-  I definitely hope to see you when I visit.

Stunt-  A bike's a bike, dude. They all feel good 

Gary-  How much is a kilo in lbs?

Lee-   Dude. Bring you and your friends over THIS way! I need to save for a plane ticket! 

Evil-   Thx man...next year.

Alex-  Lies I tell you! 

Wayne-  You sure that's me???

[Wayne Ryder]

Yep, it's your good self. You sowed a few seeds of doubt but the bike seems to be the same except for the rear tyre, and the jeans look like a good match.
If anyone has any theories about who else it could be, I'm all ears.

[bmxer4ever]

I don't know how to multi-quote so...

Dave-  Kind words bro,thx. And nice pic. My nose is now 3 times that size.

Pidgeon-  Didn't you help "borrow" wood when you came over that Summer?

Dan-  I definitely hope to see you when I visit.

Stunt-  A bike's a bike, dude. They all feel good 

Gary-  How much is a kilo in lbs?

Lee-   Dude. Bring you and your friends over THIS way! I need to save for a plane ticket! 

Evil-   Thx man...next year.

Alex-  Lies I tell you! 

Wayne-  You sure that's me???

I don't know how to multi quote either!

1 stone = 14 lbs
1 lb = 0.454 kilos
1 kilo = 2.205 lbs

Look at a conversion table man!!!   

G

[Lee Reynolds]

Yeah... Twist Trick Team re-union!
My new bike is arriving monday, I just need a couple of days practise!
The Verde Spectrum...
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[Guillotte]

Yep, it's your good self. You sowed a few seeds of doubt but the bike seems to be the same except for the rear tyre, and the jeans look like a good match.
If anyone has any theories about who else it could be, I'm all ears.

I just never liked chrome so I wonder.

[Wayne Ryder]

I remember wondering about your bike, too. Not so much how you could still ride it as the back wheel was sort of 'S' shaped and the seatpost was almost free of the platform plate, but that the platform area itself was chrome. All the sports I'd seen at the time were painted up to the seatstays. Was the paint taken off so that it could be rewelded?
At that comp, I'm sure something finally gave up for good, and you were using someone else's ride for a while. If it was the back wheel or tyre, that might explain the difference in pics, you could've been using someone's spare.

[bmxer4ever]

Yeah... Twist Trick Team re-union!
My new bike is arriving monday, I just need a couple of days practise!
The Verde Spectrum...

Or Team 43......

[Guillotte]

Yeah... Twist Trick Team re-union!
My new bike is arriving monday, I just need a couple of days practise!
The Verde Spectrum...

Or Team 43......

Why do I not remember this??

[Lee Reynolds]

Weird!
It looks like us... but I have no recollection of this!
Bizarre.
Team 43???
Does anyone know where this picture is from?

[Ged]

Weird!
It looks like us... but I have no recollection of this!
Bizarre.
Team 43???
Does anyone know where this picture is from?

looks like alferton

[bmxer4ever]

Well, since I posted it, I should know Lee!

It's from the UKBFA Champ of Champs comp, from Alfreton, as featured in the Feb 1989 edition of Freestyle magazine...