Not magazines - books. 1981 was a bumper year in BMX publishing in Australia. Here are just three of the titles published in Oz in '81.

BMX Downunder was the pick of the crop, with lots of pics of local bikes and action, as well as shots from the US pros who toured here in late 1980.

http://www.23mag.com/dl/dlp.htm

BMX by Mark Peters 1983 The BMX bike : wheels and tyres, brakes, cranks, pedals and chain, handlebars, grips and stem, forks and headset, general maintenance. BMX racing : safety, the BMX track, before the race, the start, corners, ... Sidehacks. Cruisers. Wheelies. How to improve. http://files.filefront.com/bmx_1983rar/;66...;/fileinfo.html (Jean-Marc Espigoules083 fevrier 2007)

Devitt BMX 1974 What is motocross ? Growing by leaps and bounds, How to get started, Where to ride ? How to ride, Build sidehacks strong, Dirt track diagram, Course construction details, Race variations, Glossary of terms, Downhill race course, Examples of BMX equipments. 48 pages. http://files.filefront.com/devitt74zip/;44...;/fileinfo.html (Rick 15.12.2005)

Dave Spurdens BMX FREESTYLE 1984, 62 pages written by Dave Spurdens featuring a VDC on the cover, and a Skyway TA on the rear. how to do all the old school freestyle tricks plus plans how to build a quarter pipe. Has some nice pictures of Skyway TA's, PK Rippers, Curtis, Haro Freestylers etc. http://files.filefront.com/spurdens_bmx_vi...;/fileinfo.html

Le Bicross en Action http://files.filefront.com/bicrossenaction...;/fileinfo.html(Arno fevrier 2006)

Le Bicrossing http://files.filefront.com/lebicrossingzip...;/fileinfo.html (Arno fevrier 2006)

The picture world of BMX... (UK 1989) http://files.filefront.com/bmx_1989rar/;65...;/fileinfo.html (espigoules083 january 2007)

Tout savoir sur le Bicross http://files.filefront.com/toutsavoirzip/;...;/fileinfo.html(Arno fevrier 2006)

In addition to those 3 Kurt I also have these 2 both are from BITD which I still have

I have all those and the aussie books are good for a few pics of our own pro's before they became legends.

Oh I had that third one in Kurt's photo. Time to go hunting through my old boxes as I'd forgotten about that one.

How freestyle has changed when lifting one hand 30cm from the grip made the cover...

LOL Jarvi. Hey Reece - are those two from the UK? Haven't seen them before.

[img]http://alltheracing.com/book1[/img]

Here are the books I've collected over the past 10 years or so. They are an excellent source for my builds.



Greg

Nice collection Greg and the Aussie books are AWESOME!!!!


Jon

Wow Greg - that's really an awesome collection. Great job.

Looks like you need a copy of BMX Downunder? - it's the best of the Aussie publications.