BMX News issue 15, july 31st, 1981:
BAD NEWS: BMX News shuts down.
GOOD NEWS: moves for a new weekly.
Mark Noble, Ride BMX UK #8, december 1993: Arguably the second BMX publication in Britain, this was [as the name suggest] a weekly BMX newspaper. It was tabloid size and covered the events and tested the grim bikes of the day [during very early 80's] in a newspaper style - imagine it today, 12 years on, a weekly BMX paper. Strewth.
No.1 covers Bradford, Chorley, Redditch on Royal Wedding Day.
IPSWICH: Riders battle for double point victory.
PARTINGTON: Words and pics from the Northern Regional.
GENERAL: What's on, Kid Keen and lot of news.
No.3 covers Ipswich National, Whithaugh Park & Chorley
No.4 covers Earls Court, Belgian Blitz, Poole and Albury
No.5 covers Earls Court Special, Chorley and Humberside Heroes
No.6 covers Cleethorpes, Redditch, Albury, & Bradford
No.7 covers Chorley National Buckmore Regional & National
No.8 covers Albury Bradford and Partington
No.9 covers Grasby Hindley and Albury
No.10 covers Peterborough
No.12 covers Redditch, Albury, Southport, Hattersley. A Ruffell profile
No.13 covers Chorley, Southampton, Cleethorpes Footballers will love the picture of Andy Gray on a BMX with HAIR!!!!
No.14 covers Outwell, Chorley, Falkirk & Poole Panthers
No.15 covers Pontiac Silverdrome, Bradford & Bingley Hall
Race reports from Albury, Chorley, Redditch and Grasby
BMX pants shoot out
General UK BMX, Whats on, Rad Gallery, Kid Keen.
24 pages
Big Spread on the new ET model Kuwahara.
Loads of shop adverts.
Wembley, Wigan, Romford & Guisborough.
Interview with Ruffle, Malony and Middleton about their new Pro Class Mongoose’s.
Higgys tips, letters, rad gallery and so on...
Closer look at the new Harry Leary Turbo.
Shop sponsorship: what is it ? and how can it benefit you ?
Races: Huffy Grand Nationals, USA.
First issue in magazine format with glossy cover at the beginning of 1983. Andy Ruffel on the cover at ROM(?) Editorial. 1983 lookin' big for freestyle, Romford racing, Sidehax, CW ZX test.
Tinker Juarez on the cover.
Pickett's lock racing, Sidehax, Bar comp, Fab Four...Jarvis, peat, Ruffell & Matthews. Great ET Ku ad.
INCLUDES EDS NOTE,FEATURE ON SAM JARVIS,MARK PEAT,NIKKI MATTHEWS AND ANDY RUFFELL,RACING FROM BOURNEMOUTH,NEW PRODUCTS,KID KEEN,DEAR ED,BAR WARS,RACING FROM THE LEE COOPER INDOOR GRAND PRIX,HOW TO WHEELSTAND,CLUB CORNER,RACING FROM POOLE,SIDEHAX CORNER,RACING FROM ROMFORD,CYCLO TRIALS,RACING FROM NOTTINGHAM AND OFFICIAL CLUBS AND TRACKS.
Diamond Back's Harry Leary on the cover.
Editorial: UK BMX reshuffle.
Rad' gallery: More colour action.
Racing: Mean stuff from Herlingshaw.
Dear Ed: Your letters.
Product analysis: Tyre guard.
Test: Mongoose Pro'.
Freestyle: How to kerb endo.
Nikki Matthews on the cover.
Editorial: Halfords extravaganza?
Racing: Two day outwell action.
Dear Ed: More of your views.
Ruff's spot: Andy Ruffell writes.
Stateside: World championship action.
Test: Kuwahara ET.
Products.
Racing: Sizzlin' action from Sheffield.
Ruff's spot: Ruffel writes more!
Launch: The new Raleigh range.
Test: Huffy Pro Lightning.
How to: Fit a Suntour headlock.
Freestyle: How to kick turn.
Mikes bikes: Hot racing tips.
Products: What's new on the BMX scene.
Dictionnary: Rad BMX vocab.
Great Kuwuhara ET full page ad in colour.
INCLUDES EDS NOTE,RACING FROM SHEFFIELD,KID KEEN,CYCLO TRIALS,RUFFS SPOT,THE RALEIGH 500 CLUB,RACING FROM POOLE,TESTING THE HUFFY PRO LIGHTNING,HOW TO FIT THE SUNTOUR HEADLOCK,HOW TO KICK TURN,MIKES BIKES,RACING FROM HERLINGSHAW, LEWISHAM,THREE SISTERS,ADUR ACES,SOUTHAMPTON AND MORECOMBE,SIDEHAX CORNER,NEW PRODUCTS,RADICAL DICTIONARY AND OFFICIAL CLUBS AND TRACKS.COVER SHOT RADICAL ROBINSON ACTION.
Cruiser comparison, JAG BMX test, Ashton National.
Bob Haro at NEC on the cover.
Bob Haro Talks about ET, Bob Haro Interview, Halfords extravaganza NEC, Prolite test.
