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1986-1988, the 1st ever KNWU National BMX Team

1986 Pierre van Zuylens AMEV outfitIn 1986 the Royal Dutch Cycling Federation - KNWU started a National BMX Team. Main sponsor at the time of the KNWU was AMEV, a national operating insurance company. The National BMX selection was therefore also sponsored by AMEV and had to operate at a semi professional level, unique for that periode of time in BMX, having a budget of 90.000 guilders. The AMEV TEAM consisted of 5 selected riders from the Superclass ranks, had a teammager/coach, 2 official trainers, a mechanic and a doctor. Seen here the AMEV outfit of Pierre van Zuylen, one of the 5 top riders selected.

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Webco Advertising

The name WEBCO Bicycles was one of the first brands in BMX in the '70 s. Here a short story on the original WEBCO brand, bicycles produced and sold by WEBCO Inc. Motorcycle specialties in the USA, through their advertisement. Webco Inc.USA stopped producing and selling BMX products ending '80 s.

Nico Does (Holland) being an official WEBCO Inc. works rider at 8 years old in 1979, started all over again with brandname WEBCO (West European Bicycle COmpany) here in Europe in 1990, after a long periode of racing and designing/prepairing his new brand in the USA. Here an impression of WEBCO Inc. USA  ánd WEBCO Europe through their advertisements.

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Webco Factory Teams

Since 1991, NICO DOES has been organizing his WEBCO Factory teams. He started his company called ND QUALITY PRODUCTS in 1991 and recreated WEBCO Bicycles (WEBCO stand for West European Bicycle Company). Early 1995 Nico started with Mr. Albert Knill (Switzerland) a new company called KD QUALITY PRODUCTS, located in Switzerland. WEBCO Bicycles, 10 year unniversary: 1991 - 2001. Since 1991 Nico had the following riders under contract and racing for Webco Bicycles.

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Does Factory Teams

Since the early days of BMX, I have been able to organize several official BMX trade/ factory teams. In some of them I was active myself as team-manager in others I did find interested people to act as team-managers. Main reason to set up teams was to professionalize the sport and improve the image of BMX. Also riders were helped with free equipment and in some cases financial help was offered.

Up and till 1989 all team members were Dutch. In 1990 I organized the first official "European" BMX Team.

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BLUE MAX factory team

nd bluemaxBlue what team ......? Many of you probably never heard of team BLUE MAX. The USA brand BLUE MAX was owned by Mongoose and in the early '80 ‘s several top riders, among others Brian Gass (USA), were on the BLUE MAX BMX race team. The only rider known to have a factory ride with BLUE MAX in Europe, was Nico Does. Here a picture of Nico taken in Holland during a national championship race in 1985. I still like the design very much. The bikes were in fact Mongoose bikes and transferred to Blue Max bikes.

1985, Nico Does on BLUE MAX BMX bike and in a BLUE MAX Uniform, a Mongoose project.

 

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Before BMX there was BX

Scott Breithaupt at the BUMS trackAmerican BMX (20 inch special bikes) was shaped in the late ‘60’ s early ’70 ‘s in the USA. Youngsters imitating motorcycle moto-cross riders, on their bicycles was the reason to built these special bikes that were stronger and more reliable then the ordinary bikes, which were also very hard to find in the USA in those days.

Here a picture of Scot Breithaupt (USA) one of the early pioneers in BMX, riding a stingray bike in around 1970. BMX started as a some what organized sport around 1971 in California. Scot Breithaupt was the initiator of racing going on back then. He promoted BMX in the L.A. area.  The first official organization sanctioning  races at a National level was the NBA *National Bicycle Association” by Ernie Alexander (USA).

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