The @UKBMXHistory account on Instagram is my favourite place to hit right now. It’s filled with images and info from predominantly the 1980’s race scene. It was an era of BMX I unfortunately missed, even though as a toddler I had a sweet Casio watch with racers on it.

We’ve decided to do a “best of” for Friday Randoms today. It’s not really a best of as such because every image on there is amazing and always tells a great story. I’ve picked my personal favourites which tend to be kids who look like they’re from Grange Hill riding in packs around the streets of Britain. Something which I did in the 90’s as we rode knackard old freestylers about and built ramps out of old council house doors and milk crates. These were the days before I knew what a BMX scene actually was and the memories are fond. Follow @UKBMXHistory on Insta, the community is growing as riders from the era are tagged in posts and tell their own story.