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What does BMX signify to you?

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Julian347:
“You just can’t shake it can you?” That’s what my cousin said to me when I was telling him about the London ride I’d been on a couple of weeks before. Its true though. I raced in the 80’s and packed up but still kept my bike, which I still ride today. Felt the BMX urge in the mid 90’s and decided to race again until 1999. Kept that bike as well. Grew up (sort of), still rode occasionally, got a flat, got married, got a house, had kids and then got that BMX urge again. Old school this time. Built a TA, Hot Heart etc but I still rode a BMX. Now my kids are riding I can go out with them and its just great. Who knows, I may even get a new school cruiser one day. I can’t see BMX not being part of my life for a very long time because it makes me happy and I like riding my bike. I just can’t shake BMX, Its like a drug.

Retrodan72:
I loved the BMX bikes back then, I love them now, that's all there is to it.

Except now, they're cool and a talking point, where as Craig said, they're just transport for kids back then.

The thing that keeps me involved most though are the rides, the loons and the banter, you can't fault it. :daumenhoch:

Dark Diggler:
Riding

rodriguez:
For me BMX has three aspects.

The online community side, interacting with similar minded individuals that are also interested in BMX, topics might be about BMX might be about other shit.

The practical side was and is about building a replica of mine and the brothers bike from BITD (although I have a mid school project underway as well because I liked the bike)  I like researching, sourcing the parts, building and working on BMX (but this applies to bicycles in general).

The riding side, unfortunately I am not really a BMX rider although I hope that'll be changing in the very near future as I've heard there's a pump track going to be built near me and (hopefully in the future a race track, so hopefully the next BMX I buy will be a NS race bike.

I think BMX is just in me.

MartyC:
Sound reasons that make plenty of sense.  I have found that individuals can have a big impact on others with their opinions, especially over here in Oz where one mans fair dinkum is another mans offence.  I love old school, mid school and new school; I have examples of each in my collection and have two new school riders although neither gets ridden much at the moment!   I think I have all the old school bikes I want with the exception of the Ace Racing grail so will be finishing my builds this year and then maybe look at whether there is anything else I want and if so it will be one out before another goes in!

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