Author Topic: I expect this gets asked quite often.. (Read 1086 times)

ghinzani · « **on:** August 17, 2007, 08:22 AM »

..and has probably been answered in a FAQ somewhere.. but, when was the first BMX racing in Europe and also the UK? I'm talking organised as opposed to ad hoc. Are there any good histories out there of racing this side of the Atlantic?

Thanks and apols if its old ground. Which it is, technically..

se bikes · « **Reply #1 on:** August 17, 2007, 09:00 AM »

check Gerrit Does website, University of BMX, gives a full run down on how it all started

bmxmatt1974 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 17, 2007, 09:03 AM »

here ya go, off his website
1980

August 30th. Halfords Team BMX - Britain's first ever official BMX Event at REDDITCH. UK.BMX.A. The track was kind of a down-hill track.