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Title: Mark white racing
Post by: mattfx81 on September 28, 2011, 02:40 PM: Who was this guy, what was his team and what did he ride? I've seen plenty of pics of him in old magazines and annuals but never any details.

Matt
Title: Re: Mark white racing
Post by: Darren Wood on September 29, 2011, 01:23 PM: Mark was a top bloke who rode for some of the big teams SKYWAY and DIAMOND BACK but felt the need to build something better much the same as TIM did but no way as large a deal as MRD i think that Birmingham wheels made MARKS FRAME and FORKS and they would be very sought after as not many would have been made

Sorry thats all i can tell you other than he rode in a tough class and was one of the first UK SUPERCLASS / PRO riders and was always a main maker and one top bloke !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice one WOODY :)
Title: Re: Mark white racing
Post by: mattfx81 on September 29, 2011, 02:52 PM: Cheers Woody, I think I have a picture of Mark Racing ona brum wheels frame at Kelloggs. Ive seen another video of him racing at the screen sports events and he has a Mike miranda tash thing going down. Has anybody seen one of these mark white frames ever?

Matt
Title: Re: Mark white racing
Post by: Darren Wood on October 12, 2011, 09:14 PM: Quote from: mattfx81 on September 29, 2011, 02:52 PM
Cheers Woody, I think I have a picture of Mark Racing ona brum wheels frame at Kelloggs. Ive seen another video of him racing at the screen sports events and he has a Mike miranda tash thing going down. Has anybody seen one of these mark white frames ever?

Matt

Ha Ha Mark had a MAGNUM tash at the age of 15 :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Mark white racing
Post by: baldbmxer on October 12, 2011, 11:26 PM: Yep Mark was a rad guy :daumenhoch:

Around 10 or 11 years ago he was racing again in and around the Midlands region, I remeber talking to him at Chesterfield. He was racing the cruiser class on a mountain bike.
Title: Re: Mark white racing
Post by: dordymush on October 12, 2011, 11:34 PM: i remember him having a little bike shop bitd in brigg just up the road from the falcon factory.
Title: Re: Mark white racing
Post by: Mattdub on October 17, 2011, 09:36 PM: Got a pair of Mark White's old bars off Alan Woods ( Redline Proline V bars ) . You can just see the W of the kinda stepped/offset MW logo decal on the bars in the foreground ;)

(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v201/Mattdub/IMG_3944.jpg)
Title: Re: Mark white racing
Post by: mattfx81 on October 20, 2011, 09:56 AM: I wonder if Mark still has his old bikes, would be interesting if he has. So people put out the feelers if you can. :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Mark white racing
Post by: stidds on October 20, 2011, 09:22 PM: Quote from: mattfx81 on October 20, 2011, 09:56 AM
I wonder if Mark still has his old bikes, would be interesting if he has. So people put out the feelers if you can. :daumenhoch:

More importantly I wonder if he still sports a tash? :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Mark white racing
Post by: mattfx81 on October 20, 2011, 10:00 PM: He was the UK's answer to mike miranda.
Title: Re: Mark white racing
Post by: elevensies on January 06, 2012, 09:41 PM: i used to ride with mark a good few years ago, i not seen him in a while, but hes an animal, his interest in BMX a few years ago was ziltch, he liked his mountain bikes, and as been put he did a few cruiser races on his MTB.

hes a man of MAN, and raced XR2's around carparks for fun, and for training lol

nice bloke, allround good egg, but i still not seen him in ages.
Title: Re: Mark white racing
Post by: That Swan Guy on January 06, 2012, 10:34 PM: Quote from: dordymush on October 12, 2011, 11:34 PM
i remember him having a little bike shop bitd in brigg just up the road from the falcon factory.

Yes he did, watched him race a few times around the East Yorks/Lincs region bitd. He was a big cnut then!
:LolLolLolLol: