BMX General > BMX Chat

What's a gen 2 build likely to cost?

<< < (9/11) > >>

kalex:
Not sure if I'm the same wave length when I think of a click then.

If I need help I don't mind sending pm's asking some one that I think ( from their posts etc that could help ) I've got no shame in asking as that's how you find out. But some on here don't even bother to reply even if it's to tell me to do one. I always reply back to anything that's sent to me which I believe is the right thing to do although it's not everyone's. Then same people will reply in a thread about a simple question to one of their buddies.

I feel the same thing happens in the wanted section.

Most of the members on here I emailed found pleasant and help full it's just a couple that think their at the top of the tree and we're below their level.

I could be wrong and although I feel like this it doesn't stop me asking via pm etc as I just learn who not to bother with.

In my eyes it's only a small % and I'm not blaming everyone one else as I know I'm a private person as well which doesn't help.

I'm even toying with entering a botm if I can finish this which is a big step for me.

griff:

--- Quote from: Retrodan72 on September 05, 2016, 02:13 PM ---I'm more than happy to be on the 'clique', if 'being in the clique' means coming to the forum every day and chatting about BMX and anything else anyone wants to discuss, if it too means meeting up with your pals a few times a year, having a ride around, a few beers and a bloody good laugh, then yes indeed, I'm right in it.  :radbmxsmilie:

--- End quote ---

Hear hear

Same goes for anyone else posting in this forum - you've just put yourself in it :teef:

Welcome to :radbmxsmilie:

griff:
Just saw your last post Kalex..

If you have a question you can always ask in tech/resto

- on one hand you may get a faster reply as more than one person gets a chance to see it
- on the other, someone else who may have the same question will find the answer is already waiting for them ;)

CustardLips:

--- Quote from: kalex on September 05, 2016, 03:40 PM ---
Most of the members on here I emailed found pleasant and help full it's just a couple that think their at the top of the tree and we're below their level.


--- End quote ---

I agree and have always felt there's a level of snobbery (if your face bike don't fit and all that) within the bmx scene as a whole but in all honesty i don't really give a fook and just get on with my own thing regardless. Obiously we all want recognition for the efforts we put into this but it's not the be all and end all as far as I'm concerned. I post my bikes and get involved in stuff on here for the good of the forum (to help keep the ball rolling so to speak) cos without it my interest in this hobby/addiction would be severely diminished.  :radbmxsmilie: is bmx for me... fb is in no a substitute for what we have here.  :4_17_5:

dancetothedrummersbeat:
A tough one to answer without splitting opinion and sounding like a knob. If I say there isn't a clique, then some will say 'you would say that you're in it', whereas if I say yes there is one (which I don't think there is), then it sounds like a 'them & us' club. When I first joined rad in 2009, it seemed odd how a load of people seemed to know each other and in some cases appeared to be best mates. How could this be I thought? At this point I wasn't aware that there had already been 3 MK events/ramp nights etc where radsters had met and chatted in person. Although i'd posted a bit, and started to recognise a few regular posters by their username, I didn't get to know anyone until I attended my first ride - a good one as it turned out, Radchester 2011. I remember saying to Mrs DTTDB before I set off, that I might only be an hour or so, as I really didn't know what to expect. Meeting up outside Victoria Station for the first time was a bit strange, as I felt like an outsider and everyone seemed to know each other. This feeling lasted about 10 minutes after we had done the Deansgate dash and stopped off at the first watering hole. Within minutes i'd met a group of extremely friendly radsters and we were chatting about bikes/memories as kids etc... Rich (Clean) needed some help to get his cranks tightened on his Diamond Back, and knowing Manchester pretty well I said i'd ride with him to a bike shop to get it sorted. It's the little things like this that add up, and the next time we met on a ride we had common ground. On Mark's (Wini's) Leeds ride, I was one of the first to arrive. I think it was Nick (that swan guy) and Phil (Phil9huf), that were there at the same time. I'd spoke to Nick before (I think), but not Phil, but we said hello and soon got chatting, and it went from there and so on. From scenarios like this, I've had the pleasure of meeting and getting to know maybe a hundred radsters or more, plus many others via text/pm/facebook/threads etc. I wonder what my view/experience of the whole scene/forums etc would be if my first ride experience wasn't a good one. Maybe I wouldn't still be involved? Who knows...
Not that my introduction/experience is good for everyone - we're all different after all, and can't all (or don't want to) attend the rides/MK, but for me it's been the best way to meet new people and in some cases make very good friends. I can't deny that meeting some people has been beneficial to my builds too, and vice versa, as I've managed to acquire some nice parts, but also passed some onto other people. I'd be a liar to say that I wouldn't give a slightly better price or preference to someone who I've met and consider a friend. If we're being honest - isn't that the way life works to a lesser or greater degree?
Here's where the madness started for me. What a great day  :4_17_5:

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page