Category: Podcast

The 2026 British BMX Hall of Fame is getting closer! In this episode, we talk more about this year’s event on November 7th at Donington Park Farmhouse, including some of the times, what to expect, and what we’ve got planned. We also get into the nominations we’ve been rolling out every Thursday, discussing some of…

If you raced BMX in the UK during the 1980s, you might remember the Mirage number plate. It was one of the many ideas cooked up by Alan Woods of Alan’s BMX and became one of the most popular plates you would see in the UK, regularly appearing in the magazines and on the front…

With the recent news of Raleigh going into administration and the wider challenges facing the bike industry, it only made sense to sit down with my friend Jason Boness, who spent the last 15 years as Product Manager at Raleigh. We talk about what’s going on with Raleigh at the moment, the story behind the…

Check in with my sister Rachel Holmes, and we talk about the early Nottingham, Derby & Ilkeston BMX track scene when we got into BMX in the early ’80s. We touch on some of the local riders from all 3 areas, meeting up at the tracks and spending countless hours there daily, local races, and…

In this new episode of the British BMX Hall of Fame Podcast with Paul Roberts, we start by giving a huge thank you and shoutout to Alan Woods at Alan’s BMX for coming on board as the Title Sponsor for this year’s British BMX Hall of Fame. We talk about Alan’s incredible history and contribution…

On the British BMX Hall of Fame Podcast, we have Robert Cardoza, one of the riders who appeared in a well-known movie you might have heard of called E.T. Robert these days is married to British BMX Hall of Fame 2023 inductee and the first official UKBMX National Number 1 girl (1981), Jane Windle. Robert…

This podcast features Charles Townsend reflecting on his trip to the UK in 1986 to race the IBMXF World Championships at Slough while still an amateur rider for Hutch. Charles talks about travelling from the United States with his Hutch teammate Eric Carter, his first impressions of the Slough track, and racing overseas for the…

Jane Windle grew up at the heart of the UK BMX scene. Alongside her dad, Les Windle, better known as Mr. Hotshot, and the rest of the Windle family, she was there during the earliest days of BMX in Britain. Jane became the 1981 UK National No. 1 Girl, while her family built and operated…

We talk to Mongoose’s Eric Rupe about the 1984 Kellogg’s BMX Series, winning Round 1 at Hounslow, the disqualification in Birmingham, and finishing 2nd overall behind Nelson Chanady.

We talk about the US Number 1 Pro at the time, Brian Patterson, racing in the UK during the 1984 Kellogg’s TV Series, passing Harry Leary in round 6, and getting disqualified for a gate infringement in that same race. Brian came back to the UK again in 1985 and really showed the inspired UK racers…