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Name: Òscar Pallarès (aka Òscar Quatredosdos)
Hometown: Alella (Barcelona, Spain)
Started riding BMX in: 1985
Number of bikes in the collection: Around 50

Do you remember the moment that you decided to start collecting BMX memorabilia?
Òscar Pallarès: It was in 2010. I decided I wanted to find a Monty 109, which had been my first BMX bike back in 1985. Montys were made in Barcelona and, at that moment, were the most competitive

Name: Etienne Axelle
Hometown: Vaujours, France
Plate number: 13
Sponsors: - Armée de champions - Le coq sportif - Lempdes bmx Auvergne - Thrill Bmx - Lead Racewear - Fist hand wear - Bike’n’co- Ht Components- 100% - G Form protect ( sport Rad ) - Shimano- In’oya - Eona - Schkebdesign

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-Track to race on: Shepparton, Australia
-Favourite Race: Zolder UCI World Championships 2019
-Food: Pizza
-Gym: SQY’s gym
-Person on Instagram: @marillewellyn
-Travel destination: New Zealand
-People to ride with: Zoe Hapka, Arthur Pilard, Sïmba Darnan
-Trainer/Coach: Mickaël Violain

Name: Jeff Utterback
Started riding in: 1969-1970 after seeing On Any Sunday with my friend Mike Brinkley. His father raced scrambles. We put motorcycle handle bars on our bikes around that time. Went to my first race in 1973 at BUMS. Started racing regularly in 1974.

Teams represented: Vans Bike and Key in Long Beach Ca. Dan Gurney, Yamaha (Raced a Moto Bike for a few weeks waiting for our Race inc. frames), FMF, Scot Enterprises, SE Racing, GJS So Cal. Almost rode for R&R (after Dan Gurney) and Race Inc.(after SE Racing). Bill asked me and offered to pay me a little something. Never went past the first meeting.)

What was the first bike you used to ride Bicycle Motocross at BUMS?
Jeff Utterback: Schwinn Jr. StingRay

In 1973, what were people using at the first few races you entered?
Jeff Utterback: Modified Schwinns for the most part. My Dad met Marvin Church Sr. and started modifying my frames with his as inspiration. The first he did was a Schwinn girls frame with more ground clearance and a straight top tube.

You've seen the BMX bike development firsthand. What kind of full suspension bikes did you get to ride?