NEMBA - Lyme Park - 92?

[rory breaker]

So, while reminiscing the times of the Bula hat craze, http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=40065

My mind wondered over to the Beenbag 'trousers' in the same vain...

Which brought me to recall being at a NEMBA at Lyme Park, think it was 92?
Where Brant Richards/Zak Tempest was standing on top of a portakabin, singing karaoke on the PA to 'Like a Virgin'....

Good times....

Anymore for anymore?

 

[mrkawasaki]

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Did the whole NEMBA series that year and the downhill and the XC there - sadly, as I lived near by I didn't camp over... so tell me what I missed!

Mr K

 

[rory breaker]

Honestly, that's all that I can remember without the benfit of photo's

But I have a heap of photo's that I could scan from that race, I do recall seeing Jason McCroy riding the last half of the XC with no front tyre/tube, which was nice.

 

[Pace]

The NEMBAs were quality. Remember wrecking my bike riding the downhill race on the Sat at Guisborough - what was the college called? Anyway, wandered up to the Dave Yates stand as rather nervous 15 year old and asked if he'd be able to lend me a bike for the XC race the next day.

To my shock he said "no worries" and I lined up the next morning in the Youth race on a borrowed Diablo demonstrator - wasn't quite buying it when I tried for the DONKIS KNOB test bike he had there as well.

Great bike - horrible colour scheme.

Even ended up doing work experience up at M.Steel Cycles afterwards as well.....top bloke.

 

[Crell]

Kentmere was my fave.

 

[rory breaker]

Eston was my favourite, there was something kinda edgy about the place, being so close to Middlesbrough and all that.

I remember turning up one year to see the police with the horses trying to keep the kids who were shooting those racing with pellet guns.

Good times........

 

[mrkawasaki]

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I remember the Hamsterley round with the long slimy downhill through the ferns and a tedious route over the ranges at Catterick... What about the farcical Nationals at Broxa though... :roll:

Mr K

 

[rory breaker]

Catterick - that place was bleak, just so bleak.

And Hamsterley- have never been eaten alive by so many midges.
I remember a dude racing at Hamsterly, riding a proflex in Sport cat, with a 1inch slick back tyre "didn't need a fat tyre, as the suspension soaked it all up" - saw him at the end of the race - DNF with a broken (thinnk..) swing-arm.

 

[Crell]

Kentmere was my fave.

Was bosley a nemba round? that was good fun...waist deep in the quarry ... oh the memories. im sure i have some pics from Kentmere in 92

 

[steveslow]

Eston was my favourite, there was something kinda edgy about the place, being so close to Middlesbrough and all that.

I remember turning up one year to see the police with the horses trying to keep the kids who were shooting those racing with pellet guns.

Good times........

I trashed my front wheel at Eston - I seem to remember there was a long grassy downhill which was very slippy in the wet. Cue a long walk back to the start line.

Catterick was my fave - all those short climbs & descents.