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Re-Up; Preserving BMX History #3: Mid School BMX with Ben Murphy (IRL)

Dec 29, 2020

Name: Ben Murphy
Hometown: Dublin, Ireland but now living in Vancouver, Canada
Started riding BMX in: 2000
Number of bikes in the collection: 20 I think, plus Tons of spare parts, Boxes and boxes of Magazines and a VHS/DVD collection for around 700 or so, who knows haha?

Do you remember the moment that you decided to start collecting BMX memorabilia?
Ben Murphy: I remember it to the day. It was 26 December 2015, I bought an FBM Night Train with Kick Ass Forks, 44t FBM sprocket. I had joined the group Mid School BMX Day on Facebook a while before. I got some money for Christmas and I knew I had to buy it.

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Andy Preston - Episode 20 - by The Union Tapes Podcast

Nov 24, 2023

Going right back to the start with this one, the northern start that is in sunny Manchester.

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Re-Up #2. Preserving BMX History: James White (GBR)

Dec 27, 2020

Name: James White
Hometown: South East London
Started riding BMX in: 1979
Number of bikes in the collection: About 10 complete I guess

Do you remember the moment that you decided to start collecting BMX memorabilia?
James White: No, I don’t think that ever happened, I prefer to call myself a BMX Historian, Hah. It goes far deeper than just collecting for me. The evolution of tricks, the media, it’s all of interest to me, the bikes and parts I have accumulated is just a part of it.

At this moment, do you wish you had started collecting earlier?
James White: Yes and No. I can’t help but cringe over the parts that have slipped through my fingers over the years but that was then and this is now. In the early 90’s everything was worthless.

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1987 HARO SPORT OLD SCHOOL BMX BUILD @ HARVESTER BIKES by harvesterbmx

Nov 22, 2023

Managed to get my hands on this awesome 1987 Haro Sport Frame!

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Re-Up: Preserving BMX History #1: Collector Christophe "Church" Detandt (BEL)

Dec 27, 2020

Name: Christophe Detandt
Hometown: Pont à Celles - Belgium
Started riding BMX in: 1984
Number of bikes in the collection: More than 40, I don't know exactly...

Do you remember the moment that you decided to start collecting BMX memorabilia?
Christophe Detandt: Yes, when I removed dust off my old 1985 GT PRO laying in the garage in 2006 ... the memories came back quickly and I took a look on the net and I discovered that there were some guys who were collecting BMX bikes... One month later, I bought the first bike of my collection, a Skyway Streetbeat!