8th Oldskool BMX Day Heesch, Netherlands

Apr 12, 2026

Written by Bart de Jong

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Oldskool Bike Parts called for the 8th edition of the Olschool BMX Day at their facility in Heesch, Netherlands. Yes, it's about doing some business, but also about bringing together BMX riders from the early days and unique bikes that you don't get to see every day. Props to Marcel van de Hurk and his crew for putting these meetings on. The coffee van, the food, the drinks, music, tents, toilet, they don't just show up by snapping your fingers. It takes effort and that needs to be appreciated. Finding excuses to get together with BMX lovers is always good. I drove to Paul's place and met up with Rudolf Smit to carpool to Heesch. Gas prices are ridiculous today so carpooling is the way to go. Before "walking the show" we grabbed a coffee and I sat down with Jorg de Louw (former GT Europe TM) and moments later the man who introduced BMX to Europe, Gerrit Does, joined for some good stories.

The happening brought BMX collectors together from Germany, Belgium and The Netherlands. The mix of bikes was all over the place. Survivors, show models, '70s - '80s - '90s models, Racing, Freestyle, department store completes, a sidehack, and cruisers. Everyone's got a different BMX history and feeling about BMX brands. The varity of bikes present gave everyone something to enjoy. From the '76 (?) AMF Avenger 250MX to the E.M.L. sidehack, the BMX RAFTY, the unique Revenger, Skyway Streetbeat, CPX100, as well as the mint Robinson, Torkers, MCS Spider, JMC and Patterson. The HAWK racer with Answer Fork was on display as well as a Vector race complete and VDC cruiser. A Redline MKII could be seen inside Marcel's "man cave" where he has tons of old bicycle parts available. Worth a phone call or visit if you can.

We continued bringing up stories from back in the day with Gerrit Does, Jan van den Dungen, George Tan, Ans Vereijken, Jorg de Louw, Monique Franssen and many more. Once bit by the BMX virus, it will never let you go. Although we could have talked for hours more, we made the decision to head back as more was on the agenda for the Saturday.

Thanks to Old Skool BMX Parts for the energy they put into this. See you next year for edition number 9.

BdJ