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what happened?
oberonspacefruit:
you know it.
darkersomeday:
--- Quote from: teamsano on November 26, 2007, 10:06 PM ---have some respect.
bmx never 'died'.
so, you met a girl/bought a car/took drugs/went raving/started a job/grew up/started drinking/ etc, etc, etc. how self centered are you all to think bmx 'died' when you didnt feel like riding?
sure, no one should be tied to riding a bike every day for ever to be considered a 'bmxer', and yes you can come and go as you please, but don't insult the intelligence of the true riders who rode right throughout the 'lean times'.
if you think it all stopped when you took up other interests, then you're the loser.
--- End quote ---
"put the buckfast on the floor and take two steps back"
when i said "bmx died" i meant commercially,
i rode through the dark years too so i do know just how small bmx got in those years,
yes i did all the birds/cars/drugs stuff but alway found time to ride aswell, in the mid 90's when i was at uni in edinburgh my bmx was even my main form of transport,
if you actually bothered to see what i was trying to say from this thread, you see i was "subtley" trying to get folk to support the genuine bmx companies instead of the big "corporates" :daumenhoch:
"real riders" eh? :LolLolLolLol:
whats that "batty riders"?
TwoBobRob:
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D.................... buckfast............. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
I didn't stop riding for any of those reasons birds/cars/drugs/whatever. I was already driving for a year, I had been through a couple of girls. I gave up in 84. The very height of bmx in this country. I gave up as a sponsored rider who got paid to do shows. (not very often, I have to admit...)
I gave up because it was corrupt. It was bullshit and I didnt like the way it was going. That and the fact I was going to A&E after every ride to have my knee drained....
I'm a bit older that most on here so I was able to make that decision rationally at 18 years old in 84.
I think it might have been a bit different to have been 15-16 in like 87-88 or something when I can see that you'd have had to be really passionate about it to keep going when it was all about to turn.
I dunno. I wasn't there.
Like I said in another post - I was lucky, I only had 10 years off. Back riding in 94 when things where really fcuking cool. But it was early enough for me to understand who was really supporting the sport and where I should spend my money.
And Gogo was a legend ;)
teamsano:
--- Quote from: darksunday on November 27, 2007, 10:34 AM ---
"put the buckfast on the floor and take two steps back"
when i said "bmx died" i meant commercially,
i rode through the dark years too so i do know just how small bmx got in those years,
yes i did all the birds/cars/drugs stuff but alway found time to ride aswell, in the mid 90's when i was at uni in edinburgh my bmx was even my main form of transport,
if you actually bothered to see what i was trying to say from this thread, you see i was "subtley" trying to get folk to support the genuine bmx companies instead of the big "corporates" :daumenhoch:
"real riders" eh? :LolLolLolLol:
whats that "batty riders"?
--- End quote ---
hoho, i wasnt referring to your post in particular, dude. more like this ones like this-
--- Quote from: Trev on November 26, 2007, 03:47 PM ---as far as i'm concerned, bmx died in the late 80's / early 90's due to everyone "growing up".
--- End quote ---
however, he slightly redeemed himself here-
--- Quote from: Trev on November 26, 2007, 03:47 PM ---just my opinion....
--- End quote ---
it only died if it died in your heart.
darkersomeday:
my and my big mouth again,
apologies dude. :-[
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