the S in s&m

[kev-s]

didnt get many replies in bmx chat, so i thought it might do better in here


gregg scott talks about starting s&m with moeller 

nice pic of a young moeller too

http://www.crupibmx.com/SnM%20Connection.htm

[keep it lit!]

enjoyed that little read

cool mate 

[harris]

the boys did start young,and did very well.

[teamsano]

he's hardly changed!

[scott250]

Must be gutting getting out of one of the best BMX Co's, I'd be pissed being the S, when the M did so well after

Good find, love the oldschool jumping pics, roots.

[dialledbikes]

I wish I'd had the foresight (and bottle) to start my bike company at a much younger age.

Like S&M, Swingrover has doubled in size over the last 20 years.

[wirewheel]

me too but i didn't have the money until this year to do it.

s&m rules.

[dialledbikes]

Wirewheel, what's your company called?

[lodge]

GT in the day and S&M at night, you couldn't get two more different companies if you tried could you.

[gossa]

Greg owns Crupi so isn't doing too bad and I doubt he and Chris would have lasted putting up with each other.  I first met Greg and Chris in 88 in Cali, after Greg sold Chris his share in S&M he went back to work for GT.  Greg is a really cool guy and was a very good rider BITD.  Some of those pics were from the first KOD in Rich Bartletts back yard, I was lucky enough to be there with Will Smyth, we were like kids in a sweet shop surrounded by superstars.

I don't feel so fat now seeing that picture of Greg, i didn't realise 'pies' had caught on so much in the usa......

[wirewheel]

Wirewheel, what's your company called?

alphabmx. a specialist bmx shop in stoke.
 i got sick of getting a bum deal at local "general bike" shops in stoke, and seeing bikes built up from mail order parts assembled like shyt. so i hooked up with my many friends in the industry and we sorted things out for our sleeping scene.
 i have been riding and building bmx bikes since 83 when i was 13. i did an engineering apprenticeship at michelin. worked there in production for eight years, before leaving to start a skatepark which never got off the ground cuz of £££££££ then i worked in the guitar industry as a technician and lost my job last year due to the business getting sold. i was on the dole for near on a year until putting my heart, life and soul into alphabmx
now i have my custom workshop up and running. i'm doing an s&m i wanna live premier next sunday

one of the moderators asked me not to plug my shop on this forum. if promoting bmx in one of the worst off cities in the country is a bad thing then come up to stoke and you can hang me from the highest tree 

i didn't realise 'pies' had caught on so much in the usa......

there are a few stoke lads living out in HB 

[dialledbikes]

  All the best with your venture.

[lazychubs]

wirewheel good luck with the shop i also hate seeing kids bikes built up crap hence why im always fixing kids bikes at rom
i also thought of doin a shop local to the skate park since cyclones shut theres wasnt any decent shops near by .me and a few mates who used to work in a bike shop bitd
was well up for it .but lacked funds
so good luck with it mate

[wirewheel]

why has cyclone shut? christ!

[SaMAlex]

why has cyclone shut? christ!

Im sure other people will know more, and more up to date info, but Ray got ill. His brother tried to take over but wasnt as good as Ray.

Im still rockin a Cyclone Cycles sticker on my head tube. It went straight on there when I heard the shop had shut.

[lazychubs]

pat or sbd know more but was down to a major heart attack i was told due to stress
and i also have a cylcones sticker on me bent bars

[wirewheel]

 sorry to hear about ray getting ill. i never went to the shop but got stuff at one of the nec bike shows, and via mail order. they had it dialled. when did they close? did they go bust or just call it a day? i missed that one.. sad to hear it.




some rare decs there eh lads?
glad they went on a tool box.