Author Topic: What was your faviourite OS track (Read 4652 times)

billstup · « **Reply #25 on:** February 20, 2006, 10:37 PM »

Rom, it had a cracking skatepark right next to the track

Mr Rusty · « **Reply #26 on:** February 20, 2006, 11:39 PM »

1. Buckmoor
2. Hounslow
3. Birmingham Wheels

Becki · « **Reply #27 on:** February 21, 2006, 03:15 PM »

For me its gotta be:

Chelmsley Wood
Coxmoor
Bromsgrove
and of course... Birmingham Wheels

Funny how our favourite tracks always seem to be those closest to us. (well they were in my case!!)

2020mad · « **Reply #28 on:** February 21, 2006, 04:04 PM »

Leamington, my home track. 1st one tho. They ruined it about 6 years after it opened by changing it and taking out the huge hill drop.

OrgasmDonor · « **Reply #29 on:** February 21, 2006, 04:46 PM »

Quote from: Bren Gunn on February 19, 2006, 09:11 PM

Southbank nr. Middlesbrough... fantastic track. Teesside Airport and Guisbrough had a great atmosphere, but Hartlepool was my fave track, loved it!!!

second Southbank and Hartlepool (very fast track cool first n second straights with big airs to be gained on table top n whoops) not keen on teesside though (didnt like the horseshoe whoops, too small)

ash · « **Reply #30 on:** February 21, 2006, 08:28 PM »

Quote from: sawzall on February 20, 2006, 11:22 AM

Quote from: ash on February 19, 2006, 08:33 PM
Quote from: sawzall on February 19, 2006, 07:54 PM
mine was poole track (poole panthers) a close second was southampton my local track.

is that poole dorset?!?!?!?
i live there now and didn't know that there was a track here!!!
sure was, the address was alderney poole behind kemp welsh school take herbert avenue turnoff from a348 well worth a look may still be there ,let us know if its still there cheers phil

NO WAY DUDE!!!!!!
I LIVE ABOUT 1 MINS DRIVE FROM THERE

sawzall · « **Reply #31 on:** February 21, 2006, 08:43 PM »

have you been for a look yet ash? if not best way to find it is when you come to the dead end off main road the track was to your left built on the side of a slope

jonpaul11 · « **Reply #32 on:** February 21, 2006, 11:32 PM »

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Powder Monkey (Newcastle) was just about right first three straights...

I never saw you ride there Plinky - I thought you'd packed in before that was built...

It still looks like it's there - pic from Google Earth:

AJWD · « **Reply #33 on:** February 22, 2006, 09:22 AM »

C.o.c.k.smoor (that's how it is spelt!!), Penrith (track in BMX Bandits) Australia, and Malvern Rebel Force.

Nuff said.

Nicko · « **Reply #34 on:** February 22, 2006, 01:50 PM »

Wheels (euro) track
Chelmsley Wood
Perry Barr
Norton Canes
Wordsley
Redditch
Leicester (from memory)
Bournmouth (4th in National)

the list could go on and on, can ya tell i rode in the midlands?

Nick Baines

toooldforthis · « **Reply #35 on:** February 22, 2006, 02:00 PM »

The Eastway track in Hackney used to be the place I raced at as a kid bitd, we had a team called the Brown's Jets (Brown's garage in Loughton Essex, used to supply us with a few bits and pieces and helped sponsor us) and was also where a certain Neil Ruffell used to ride if I remember correctly.

Did anyone on here ever venture round the berms at Eastway, I'd say about 1982 ish??

boogaloo-tramp · « **Reply #36 on:** February 22, 2006, 04:45 PM »

Quote from: Jazzchimp on February 19, 2006, 07:41 PM

Does anyone remember Derby?? been racking my brains but I can't remember anything about it... think they call it Alzheimers

Yes, it was in the old greyhound stadium, now gone and replaced by luxury apartments. Quite a long flat track, not very exciting. And also the one at alvaston, crap in 83, still crap now.

stidds · « **Reply #37 on:** February 22, 2006, 04:56 PM »

I hated Derby Greyhound stadium track with a passion, you would race regionals all year on varying tracks that got more and more technical as the years went by, and come NBMXA championship you were faced with a flat boring track that only suited bigger, powerful and (in my opinion) less technial riders. Never gave the smaller, technical (read more stylish) riders a chance.

oldmankev · « **Reply #38 on:** February 22, 2006, 05:12 PM »

Mr Stiddard you are wrong my friend. I was the original 8 stone skinny kid
who always did good at Derby on 42-16 3rd behind Geth in 84, was a bit
tame though untill they built the 1st doubles up.

stidds · « **Reply #39 on:** February 22, 2006, 05:28 PM »

There is always an exception Kev, I could reach the final, but in my age group Derby was so much better suited to people like Whopper Watkins etc who were 'power riders'.

I think that better tracks could have been used for the NBMXA Championship.

billstup · « **Reply #40 on:** February 22, 2006, 05:38 PM »

Quote from: toooldforthis on February 22, 2006, 02:00 PM

The Eastway track in Hackney used to be the place I raced at as a kid bitd, we had a team called the Brown's Jets (Brown's garage in Loughton Essex, used to supply us with a few bits and pieces and helped sponsor us) and was also where a certain Neil Ruffell used to ride if I remember correctly.

Did anyone on here ever venture round the berms at Eastway, I'd say about 1982 ish??

Yep, I raced there a couple of times around that time

Flaz · « **Reply #41 on:** February 22, 2006, 06:03 PM »

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Did anyone on here ever venture round the berms at Eastway, I'd say about 1982 ish??

yeah but only for fun 81/82 ish,, me and my mates where more into Freestyle we used to go to spaniards at hampstead very early trails riding I suppose, also jess drynthforth had a bit of waste land next to his house we bulit a small track on it, and put up a quarter pipe used to spend loads of time there,although we used to have to rebuild the quarter pipe all the time!! cause there was some skinheads nearby who used to like to wreck it for us

bmxmatt1974 · « **Reply #42 on:** February 22, 2006, 07:33 PM »

would have to be Redditch as it was my local track, and also the only track where i ever won any races.

Zippy · « **Reply #43 on:** February 22, 2006, 10:20 PM »

I raced Derby once. I thought it was quite a good track. I always preffered Hillbillies track in Malvern though.

daz bmx it! · « **Reply #44 on:** February 22, 2006, 10:47 PM »

Any of you ever remember racing inside in what seemed like a massive barn? wooden jumps and most of the track was just earth'may have been down south somewhere? I guess it was in a farmers place

Flying_fox · « **Reply #45 on:** February 22, 2006, 10:49 PM »

Out of the Derby tracks I thought Alveston was much better. The Derby Greyhound stadium track was very bumpy, lumpy, soft and a bit flat and jumpless even by old school standards I seem to remember. I never did anygood at any of the Greayhound standium Brits, but it was a top venue with a awesome atmosphere.

A couple of Brits pics of the two Derby tracks.

daz bmx it! · « **Reply #46 on:** February 22, 2006, 10:51 PM »

I seem to remember Derby greyhound track had a practice table top jump in the corner somewhere? am i right?

Flying_fox · « **Reply #47 on:** February 22, 2006, 10:58 PM »

That rings a bell somewhere in the mist of my brain. I think it did, or was it just a pile of unused surface we all thought was a jump?

Any one remember when that kid fell through the roof of that shed by the big score board thingy must have been 85 or 86? Classic.