In the mid to late 80s in the UK the small town of Retford near Sheffield was one the main hubs of BMX riding in the UK. It got known as the Trumpton scene. And featured a long side London's Meanwhile and Chingford as the new hot spots of that era.
USA BMX has the ultimate weekend planned, with a wide array of BMX festivities going on over three days. October 6, 7 & 8th will be one incredibly fun, action-packed weekend you won't want to miss!
SKYWAY's 60th ANNIVERSARY
Skyway is celebrating their 60 year Anniversary - and wants everyone to join in on the celebration! Throughout the weekend, Skyway will be a featured sponsor of this year's festivities!
FRIDAY EVENING - Oct 6
HALL of FAME RECEPTION. Much like last year, the BMX Hall of Fame & Museum will host an 80's themed pre-Induction Reception at the National Hall of Fame & Museum. Check-in / Doors Open @ 6pm. Drinks and appetizers provided. This is a ticketed event. HoF Museum open to public 9am to 3pm.
SATURDAY DAY - Oct 7
Do you know Mike Miranda? You know the OTHER star of the movie Rad - The one who goes by "Hollywood" the original Dirty Knob? Well we got him to drop by the Supercross BMX Warehouse and sit down and talk a little bit of BMX Racing History, the Dirtyfest and his Dirty Knobs podcast.
Peter Adam takes his video production in a whole other direction with the release of LIFERS, a film focused on a select group of riders in DIG's birthplace of Belfast, Northern Ireland who all started riding around 1980 at the height of 'The Troubles' in their hometown. Riding against the backdrop of violent sectarian, state, and terrorist conflict, made BMX in Belfast let's say, 'a little more challenging', than it was for most riders growing up in the eighties elsewhere.
Some months ago, RBK started the process of developing a mold for the Flyte Tech Seat. This was of course a product that was specified on the RL 20 II Prostyler, among many other Freestyle bikes from the mid-1980s era including Kuwahara, Peregrine, etc. RBK receive regular communication requesting this product, and it's now offered in three classic colors - Black, White, and Blue. Because the Flyte Tech seat is a non-Redline product that falls outside our RBK manufacturing plan, this product is offered on the shortest lead time possible and produced in a mold that has already been developed, refined, reviewed, and readied for its first shot of resin. The first order has a quantity cap to meet the desirable delivery timeframe and as RBK have no insight into demand.
Tim March was the other big name in 80's BMX to Andy Ruffell these guys were legitimate super stars for a couple of years in the BMX boom of
the 80s, Tim goes back to the very start of UK BMX. He scored endless magazine covers, features and TV appearances. Tim moved rapidly through some of the early BMX race teams, then went on to expand his brand MRD from making handlebars, race plates, stickers and brake guards and with the help of Tran Am moved on to making UK made MRD frames with a huge team and a double decker bus to ferry 'em all around. Tim has lived it.
USA BMX has the ultimate weekend planned, with a wide array of BMX festivities going on over three days. It's one fun weekend you won't want to miss!
Save the Date: OCTOBER 6 thru 8, 2023, SKYWAY's 60th ANNIVERSARY
Skyway is celebrating their 60 year Anniversary - and wants everyone to celebrate the occasion. Throughout the weekend, Skyway will be a featured sponsor of the festivities, and plans to bring with them a variety of Team Skyway Legends.
FRIDAY EVENING - Oct 6, HALL of FAME RECEPTION
Much like last year, the BMX Hall of Fame & Museum will host an 80's themed pre-Induction Reception at the National Hall of Fame & Museum. Drinks and appetizers will be provided. This is a ticketed event.
SATURDAY DAY - Oct 7, USA BMX VINTAGE NATIONAL
Taking it back to the start with The founding father of BMX, Bob Haro. On this episode, we follow Bob to a quaint spot in Cardiff, CA for a margarita and a chat.
If you are in the hunt to complete your oldskool Redline and are looking for a stem, keep on reading. Redline by Kastan Forklifter stems come in colors California Red, ‘85 Radberry, and Hazard Yellow. For those interested, Redline also has 50 white and 45 black stems available that will ship imminently. This batch of stems are the last of these classic colors available individually for the foreseeable future.
The Redline by Kastan Forklifter stems are painted in the US to match the frame and handlebar colors with pad-printed Redline logos on the cap - just like the originals!
Many other components are coming through, including a new batch of Panaracer tires in white
If you love Old School BMX, you NEEDED to be at Dirtyfest! The First ever Old School BMX Event in Temecula, CA ! This was Rad! A modern day Helltrack! Cru Jones was there! Bumping, Crashing, Jumping, it was BMX! Your Bike, Your friends some Dirt!! Welcome to Dirty Fest you Dirtyknobs you!
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.