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Do you believe in Karma ??????????

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Funkyworm:
Something happened to me today that is probably the greatest thing that this BMX hobby could ever give to me.

But it’s the way this happened that I’ll never forget & i know will make a lasting impression on my life…

 I originally sold my Rickman Freestyler in 1994 or 95 to Non Stop Sport in Nottingham Chris AKA Sillyoldman used to work there at the time.

When i re discovered BMX nearly 3 years ago in 2012 the first thing i wanted to do was see if i had any photos of my old bike (i remember cleaning the bike up & taking some photos before i took it to the shop) but i knew i’d never had the film developed as i’d just been made redundant from my job & couldn't afford to get it done.

So about 2 years ago i went over to my parents house to look for the film,  my old room was full of junk that really i should have thrown out (weight bench snooker table old magazines & just general crap really )….

Anyway i found a load of old 35mm films that needed to be developed & i took all of them to the shop to be done in the hope the Rickman was on there but  unfortunately they were all photographs that i had taken for my work back in 93/94 so I'd resigned myself to never finding the pictures….

Fast forward to Last Friday when My nan died after just turning 101 years old.

I spoke to mum who was with dad in Cornwall & she was devastated about the news & knowing they were coming home the next evening (Saturday)  I decided to do something nice for them & to finally get rid of all my old shit (pictures in the wall, the weight bench my snooker table etc etc etc) & really making an effort to get their place as nice as i could (even bought mum flowers) & just about broke my back carrying the stuff down 3 flights of stairs.

After multiple journeys to the tip I came across 1 single 35mm film on the floor that id not seen at all previously that day. I have no idea where it came from but It had been fully rewound so i knew that it had been used so on Monday i took it in the the shop to get it developed (secretly hoping it was the images of my bike but not really believing it could be)….

Because of the colour coding on the film the chap told me that it had to be sent away as they didn’t have the correct chemicals for that type of film to develop it in the store so i left it with them…

I’d actually forgotten about the film as last week was crazy busy until this morning when i found the slip in my wallet so i decided to nip in to town pay my £6 & collect the photos.

To my amazement 21 years after giving her up there she was , (MY) Rickman Freestyler photographed the day i sold her in 1994/5
Im still i shock & actually very emotional & quite choked as i write this not because of what i found but how they these photos came in to my possession & that just by the fact that If i'd not done a good deed for the two most important people in my life one of the most precious memories from my youth might never have fallen in to my lap….

This week Ive also met a very nice lady as well so maybe things are finally starting to change around for me. Maybe it’s Karma, Maybe it’s me Nan looking down on me but either way I’m off to buy a lottery ticket…

Hope you like her (you wont like the angle of the bars)  ;D

Bob_Acid:
Nice one!  Looks like a parts search will be on the cards then?

Retrodan72:
Defo a replica build there Callum. :coolsmiley:

Sorry to hear about your Nan.  :'(

danny silverstreak:
 :4_17_5:

dordymush:
I deffo believe in karma and that was a good reward for you.
Time to recreate that old bike me thinks  ;)

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