Gamblingay track, quarter pipe

[Trev666]

HI all,

Just wondered if anyone here used to hang out at Gamblingay's track, my bmx days where kinda short but used to hang out there a hell of a lot.
Just wondered if anyone remembers a kid on an orange GT pro performer ?


Nice site btw , brings back so many memories.

[harris]

i rode it crashed bad a few times ,it was on a slant and over vert a tad ,hooked up  bloody thing   

[Trev666]

Gamblingays pipe, never thought of it being over verted?
Had my share of crashes on it falling off the back and one time doing a huge ally-up and missing the ramp completly on the landing (had a huge scab on my chin for weeks cos of that one).

Stevenage skate park in the clover leaf .... now that was well diferent, kinda had a dip before the vert that threw you out, hated that place apart from the half pipe, used to ride there now and again with Mason Smith , Andy Rook ect.

[harris]

did they move the ramp  it was beside the start hill ,the back side sat on the hill and lent it forward    they might have moved it some.
i rode stevenage alot in the 90s   did flatland upstairs in the building.

[Trev666]

Yeah they changed the track at some point and had some rough tarmack kinda layed in the center of the track, we used to roll down the side of the start hill to get a bit of extra speed for high airs (in my case this was about 2 foot out the pipe max    )

just out of intrest do you still ride now?, I'm like 39 years old and something seems to be drawing me back in, have all ready looked at e-bay ect for a new bike

[harris]

yep i still ride  never stopped   im 38 now and feel it.

[Trev666]

Trying hard to remember someone named Harris at gambling gay, did you used to ride at wicksteed?

[harris]

never rode wickstead    sudbury  norwich  brandon ipeswich peterbourgh  ipswich mk  and a few others ea region

[Trev666]

must just be harris being a popular name then.
remember skiving off school with a kid named harris and teaching hin a vertical drop in 
 (ahh them old days )

[harris]

im danny  i had a video of me racing at the track it was of the whole meet from the club
my mums friend borrowed it and recorded over it   

[fugazi]

Trying hard to remember someone named Harris at gambling gay, did you used to ride at wicksteed?

I used to travel down to wicksteed with a mate from norfook bitd, did you know chilly, brian & co?

[jedi]

i rode the track a bit as i have family in gamblinggay

[jedi]

early /mid 80s

[Trev666]

Yeah would have been mid 80's when i was there, 84- 89 ish i think......................... then got into motor bikes / girls ect
course now im married and have been for the last 17 years i'm heading back to bmx guitars and golf belive it or not 

The wicksteed park I didnt like it, didnt it used to have round edges on the vert ( if memory serves me right ? ) only rode it twice max, ramps have changed a huge amount since i used to ride, dont think i ever rode a pipe with coping on it 

[fugazi]

Wickys park wasn't that great, it had some big cracks in it & was very uneven, no coping but I loved it, it was unique in some ways, can't beat a 70's concrete park for a riding challenge!