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I met Sid at Kellogs...couldn't meet a nicer lad,gave me his zoom plate had to get it signed by Haro and leary while I was there and he used to send me decals and donuts and stuff,think he was based slough if I remember...Top Man was Sid
note from those pics that most of the pro's were riding semi factory rides as all the money was drying up
Nobody ever mentions Ruffell's Robinson days much do they.
he must have been on Raleigh longer than a year surely??
Quote from: Crooch on March 23, 2009, 01:56 PMhe must have been on Raleigh longer than a year surely??No, he left coz Raleigh wanted to drasticly cut his pay so he went back to Mongoose. This is when raleigh threw in the towel on BMX but i don't know why as they had the two of the best riders and talent in the country with ruff and schofield. If all of the companys stuck with BMX and made new products it would not have died so quickly,
Quote from: jimmyp on March 23, 2009, 03:10 PMQuote from: Crooch on March 23, 2009, 01:56 PMhe must have been on Raleigh longer than a year surely??No, he left coz Raleigh wanted to drasticly cut his pay so he went back to Mongoose. This is when raleigh threw in the towel on BMX but i don't know why as they had the two of the best riders and talent in the country with ruff and schofield. If all of the companys stuck with BMX and made new products it would not have died so quickly, Hmmm... I think Raleigh milked BMX for all they could get out of it. I don't remember them giving any support to the sport itself, just made a lot of money out of mass production bikes. I don't consider them to have ever been a real BMX bike company like Redline or GT, didn't they go bust in the end, what a shame.
Who can identify the location of this Pro race held in 1987?Damon Parkinson, Phil Charnley, Tony Flemming, Paul Gray, Andy Ruffel, Travis Chipres (USA), Mark Whatkins, Geth ShooterDougy Sladen on the startung handle
Quote from: PaulGray - AQL on March 23, 2009, 10:22 AMWho can identify the location of this Pro race held in 1987?Damon Parkinson, Phil Charnley, Tony Flemming, Paul Gray, Andy Ruffel, Travis Chipres (USA), Mark Whatkins, Geth ShooterDougy Sladen on the startung handle Thats one of the Pro mains from the Barlow Classic, Sponsored by British Coal as it was back then. Think Geth won that day, I seem to remember Travis Chipres getting his Factory Mongoose kit a bit dirty that day, got sent over a few berms Keep 'em coming Paul! I have very few pics of Pro Racing.
Quote from: PaulGray - AQL on March 23, 2009, 07:45 PMQuote from: jimmyp on March 23, 2009, 03:10 PMQuote from: Crooch on March 23, 2009, 01:56 PMhe must have been on Raleigh longer than a year surely??No, he left coz Raleigh wanted to drasticly cut his pay so he went back to Mongoose. This is when raleigh threw in the towel on BMX but i don't know why as they had the two of the best riders and talent in the country with ruff and schofield. If all of the companys stuck with BMX and made new products it would not have died so quickly, Hmmm... I think Raleigh milked BMX for all they could get out of it. I don't remember them giving any support to the sport itself, just made a lot of money out of mass production bikes. I don't consider them to have ever been a real BMX bike company like Redline or GT, didn't they go bust in the end, what a shame.Raleigh started to move heavely into mountain bikes and really put BMX to the back of there prioratys and this was apparent with the way they let Ruffell go. Craig was also offered alot less and things that had been promised where taken away so they had made there position clear. I think GT got into a bit of trouble like most BMX firms back then but they where one of the lucky ones and got bought out by a bigger company. The thing was non of these companys that took the BMX firms over never really had any idea how to take BMX forward so it was a long slow death.
loving it, nice to fill in some of the unknowns, as i gave up on my 16th birthday in '86 when i bought my first motorbike, and decided pedalling wasn't nearly as much fun. Really makes me wish we hadn't all dropped out so quick.But keep 'em coming ... tis great
OK this is from 89 and no more Pro class so it was called SilverClass racing or something silly like that.This was my final year of racing Me 6 and Jamie 54 out front in a moto.
Great pics Paul. I never raced myself, but I really looked up to alot the riders in your pics. I used to to go down our local track to jump the jumps. Someone dug a lift into the side of the start gate, that was my favorite jump BITD. Thats my roots and I still love the dirt to this day