RADBMX.CO.UK

BMX General => BMX Chat => Topic started by: griff on October 21, 2010, 09:45 PM

Title: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: griff on October 21, 2010, 09:45 PM: was just curious to see how many 'old-schoolers' still ride, esp as my wife thinks i've got a screw loose for even thinking about getting back on a BMX at my age
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: Gashead on October 21, 2010, 09:48 PM: Yep - I ride mine down the allotment :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: southern andy on October 21, 2010, 09:51 PM: I only ride two of them. My white one and my blue one, the others are in the loft.

I do get paranoid when i ride them though, especially when i'm on my own. Not once have i had anyone come up to me and start talking old school BMX.
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: Redline on October 21, 2010, 09:51 PM: Just started riding again at 43.... and dig it :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: Bettyswallocks on October 21, 2010, 09:52 PM: Yep i ride em... :daumenhoch:

Skatepark and track, have a new school bike for park use and a mid school bike for track use

Cant build em up just to look at, use em.... its what they were made for in the first place... :4_17_5:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: Jaymz on October 21, 2010, 09:53 PM: I ride all three of my os bikes, and my daughter rides her mini all the time, family jaunts means they all get go out to play, four old school, one mid school, and one new school, I have four kids by the way!!!

Why build show ponies, bikes were made for riding
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: brummie on October 21, 2010, 09:54 PM: i ride most of mine but have got a few that i dont ( because of the nos 80's tyres etc )

love bmx me like :smitten:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: markyp on October 21, 2010, 09:54 PM: when i finally got myself a rider i went for a spin along the local cycle trail by my house.i felt 10 ft tall like charlie big potatoes until some little kid said to his mum 'that mans bike is very little!'. i felt smurf like after that!! :buck2:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: brettypeeps on October 21, 2010, 09:55 PM: Yes I ride but I mainly ride my Haro Retro sport because it is cheaper if you break it :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: antiquebmx on October 21, 2010, 09:56 PM: Quote from: markyp on October 21, 2010, 09:54 PM
when i finally got myself a rider i went for a spin along the local cycle trail by my house.i felt 10 ft tall like charlie big potatoes until some little kid said to his mum 'that mans bike is very little!'. i felt smurf like after that!! :buck2:

:LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: 58 delray on October 21, 2010, 09:59 PM: yep, ride mine as much as i can and race O/S in the Hersden series, even took my loopy ripper round the track at MK10
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: Gary72 on October 21, 2010, 10:01 PM: Ride all 3 of mine, Redline cruiser racing, Colony custom for parks and to the shops, And FBM custom for centreparcs and the trails place in Chelsmford and to the shops aswell :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: tobytyke on October 21, 2010, 10:07 PM: Ride mine ( only got 1 but 2nd coming soon ) when the kids go out on theirs, get a few looks.

Dunno if it's cos it's White,Pink & Blue or it looks like im riding a kids bike

My daughters friends ask why im riding her bike ;D :2gunsfiring_v1: :2gunsfiring_v1:

Took it onto camp ( RAF ) during summer to ride if i needed to go anywhere.. got afew looks especially off the chicks

Think they loved it tbh, i know the lads who i work with do, though they'll never understand old skool really :smitten:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: lammychop on October 21, 2010, 10:08 PM: im 38 a mixture of grey and bald so theres no chance of me looking a bald tit on mine
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: nosepickben on October 21, 2010, 10:14 PM: Yep, 3 of mine get ridden regularly.i visit outdoor parks, 2 good tracks within 20 mins drive and a bit of street a couple of times a year, plus commuting on sunny days. like betty sez, they are for riding... No matter who you are with or where you are, I return to the state of a gormless child when i'm riding. great. :D
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: skki3330 on October 21, 2010, 10:20 PM: Ride all of mine cant see the point in building and not enjoying them! that why all mine are riders :)
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: monkeybat on October 21, 2010, 10:22 PM: i do ride all my bikes but allwys looking for the ultimate bmx freestyler
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: stu27 on October 21, 2010, 10:31 PM: i ride all of mine also,on a side note,the amount of decent people ive met through bmx,albeit through a forum,which to the outsider may seem odd(internet nerds)
you all know what i mean,if you know what i mean :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: brummie on October 21, 2010, 10:32 PM: Quote from: stu27 on October 21, 2010, 10:31 PM
i ride all of mine also,on a side note,the amount of decent people ive met through bmx,albeit through a forum,which to the outsider may seem odd(internet nerds)
you all know what i mean,if you know what i mean :daumenhoch:

what do ya mean?
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: Badbaldie on October 21, 2010, 10:36 PM: i ride mine , thats what they are for. :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: stu27 on October 21, 2010, 10:37 PM: Quote from: Brummie on October 21, 2010, 10:32 PM
Quote from: stu27 on October 21, 2010, 10:31 PM
i ride all of mine also,on a side note,the amount of decent people ive met through bmx,albeit through a forum,which to the outsider may seem odd(internet nerds)
you all know what i mean,if you know what i mean :daumenhoch:

what do ya mean?
you thick cnut
now wonder us brummies have a bad name :yahoo_silent:

:LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: Gashead on October 21, 2010, 10:37 PM: (http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g243/gashead69/NICK%20OLLIE%20BMX/kuwidayout023.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g243/gashead69/NICK%20OLLIE%20BMX/Sundaymadness025.jpg)

:daumenhoch:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: brummie on October 21, 2010, 10:39 PM: Quote from: stu27 on October 21, 2010, 10:37 PM
Quote from: Brummie on October 21, 2010, 10:32 PM
Quote from: stu27 on October 21, 2010, 10:31 PM
i ride all of mine also,on a side note,the amount of decent people ive met through bmx,albeit through a forum,which to the outsider may seem odd(internet nerds)
you all know what i mean,if you know what i mean :daumenhoch:

what do ya mean?
you thick cnut
now wonder us brummies have a bad name :yahoo_silent:

:LolLolLolLol:

i said what do ya mean? not be mean ya noobhead
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: stu27 on October 21, 2010, 10:42 PM: sorry dave :-[
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: Kaner on October 21, 2010, 11:11 PM: You got to ride them, it's a waste building them otherwise I reckon!

This season I have raced this Skyway TA XL

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/gg145/KanerBurner/P1030662.jpg)

And this Kuwahara Laserlite

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/gg145/KanerBurner/_DSC0611_DxO.jpg)
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: john4130 on October 21, 2010, 11:17 PM: i've been riding 28 years and never quit, it'll be 29 years this xmas. the longest i haven't rode for was about 6 weeks with a broken leg, i've broken my bones 5 times while riding my bike and it wont stop me. i always try out my builds at the skatepark at least once and get some pics then it's back to a new school bike.
my first build. skyway ta
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n203/john4130/Picture38013copy.jpg)
looptail pk ripper
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n203/john4130/pk3-1.jpg)
1985 straight stay pk ripper
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n203/john4130/pkripper6copy.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n203/john4130/pkripper5copy.jpg)
my new school fly pantera
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n203/john4130/turndowncopy.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n203/john4130/tablecopy.jpg)
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: scott250 on October 21, 2010, 11:20 PM: 40, Still ride, still build trails, still build wooden ramps(to be riden at your own risk :P),,,,,,still trying to pull a GDF turn down, haha. Don't care what the general public think about BMX, having too much fun + keeps me fit and in the outdoors- i've stoped on loads of other stuff I used to be into, but for now gonna keep riding.
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: john4130 on October 21, 2010, 11:23 PM: Quote from: scott250 on October 21, 2010, 11:20 PM
40, Still ride, still build trails, still build wooden ramps(to be riden at your own risk :P),,,,,,still trying to pull a GDF turn down, haha. Don't care what the general public think about BMX, having too much fun + keeps me fit and in the outdoors- i've stoped on loads of other stuff I used to be into, but for now gonna keep riding.
what does GDF mean.
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: scott250 on October 21, 2010, 11:24 PM: God dam f----g

its the new LOL ::)
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: griff on October 21, 2010, 11:25 PM: loving the responses in here - makes me feel that it's almost normal to be contemplating 'playing out' again :LolLolLolLol:

keep the pics coming too!

wonder if I can still do a framestand? ;D
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: Bettyswallocks on October 21, 2010, 11:35 PM: Wheres that park in your pics John?
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: john4130 on October 21, 2010, 11:41 PM: here's a pic of my mate and his son riding my 85 pk ripper, he gave up for about 10 years got married and had kids. i said if he wanted to ride again i'll build him a bike. that was about 4 years ago and he can't get enough now. we meet up every sunday at the skatepark with his son. won't be long before his son is showing us up.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n203/john4130/IMG_1132copy.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n203/john4130/IMG_1146copy.jpg)
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: john4130 on October 21, 2010, 11:43 PM: Quote from: Betty on October 21, 2010, 11:35 PM
Wheres that park in your pics John?
dundee factory skatepark.
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: OrgasmDonor on October 22, 2010, 12:00 AM: the day they are built they come back covered in shite, i build to ride :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: bobafett on October 22, 2010, 12:04 AM: I ride 2 of mine regularly and 2 others in my collection are my daughter's riders.

I take my 2 riders out for a spin with my daughter and I also take my riders up to coppull track in the spring & summer months - not that I'm any good like ! :-[

:LolLolLolLol:

(http://www.jpdeane.com/bmx/coppull/2010may17/2010may17_27.JPG)

(http://www.jpdeane.com/bmx/coppull/coppull_bobafett1.jpg)

(http://www.jpdeane.com/bmx/coppull/may2010/coppull_may2010_10.jpg)

Gaggle of oldschool rides at the Coppull monday night gatherings.........

(http://www.jpdeane.com/bmx/coppull/2010june21/bikes3.JPG)

;)
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: spesh on October 22, 2010, 12:47 AM: ive given up on the 20s but tomorrow im taking my new cruiser to gosport track for some dirt action
and see if i can keep up with my 8yr old on his 20 :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: Jon The Bassist on October 22, 2010, 12:50 AM: Virtually every day :)
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: hotdog on October 22, 2010, 12:54 AM: Always have, always will.
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: Spen69 on October 22, 2010, 01:25 AM: Yep, ride em any chance I get. I've built a couple of show-ponies and had to sell them as I knew I'd crash them as soon as I rode them........ :crazy2:

Bikes are to be ridden. End of. Even if it is a Gen1 :uglystupid2:

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/aa149/Spen69/S4010144.jpg)

Even getting my 2yr old into BMX - she's already got a Lil' Ripper waiting for her, but here's the coolest kiddy-seat you'll ever see - my 22" Faction mutuant :2funny:

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/aa149/Spen69/Izzy_on_my_Faction_Zietgiest.jpg)
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: the_wheelie_king on October 22, 2010, 02:57 AM: :shocked: How much air?
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: xGoose on October 22, 2010, 03:50 AM: Some of those pics are awesome, great shots!

Ive got 2 riders, my old Cali and my new school Dialled. I ride DH as well but I dont think anything compares to that 'BMX' feelingn so I'll always ride a BMX when I can! :daumenhoch:

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt134/botophuket/IMG_0460.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt134/botophuket/IMG_0827.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt134/botophuket/004.jpg)
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: pickle on October 22, 2010, 08:12 AM: yep.....ride em all! i have no pictures though cos i'm shyte! :2funny:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: xGoose on October 22, 2010, 08:27 AM: Quote from: pickle on October 22, 2010, 08:12 AM
yep.....ride em all! i have no pictures though cos i'm shyte! :2funny:

Here you go Rob, I've got one of you! ;)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt134/botophuket/sIMG_0485.jpg)
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: ED209 on October 22, 2010, 08:33 AM: ...so was that a YES from Glen... can't be sure :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: pickle on October 22, 2010, 08:41 AM: Quote from: xGoose on October 22, 2010, 08:27 AM
Quote from: pickle on October 22, 2010, 08:12 AM
yep.....ride em all! i have no pictures though cos i'm shyte! :2funny:

Here you go Rob, I've got one of you! ;)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt134/botophuket/sIMG_0485.jpg)

Cheers mate.........like i said........ ;D
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: Jamroll on October 22, 2010, 10:02 AM: Take mine 2 - 3 times a week to the local drinking establishment, manged to remodel myself and her the other day whilst attempting to bunnyhop a two foot wall after a daft amount of lager,
o/s bikes are built for enjoyment, some peeps enjoy building and staring at there creations, others enjoy the occasional roll around with friends, then there are the few who use as a daily rider and batter the sh1t out of em.....its all good, its all bmx & i like it :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: Jaymz on October 22, 2010, 10:13 AM: replied on the first, but didnt realise we were getting pics out!!

my lad, he was sporting a broken arm in these pics
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs413.ash2/69149_483043386941_668306941_6716885_3764258_n.jpg)
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs884.snc4/71712_483043201941_668306941_6716882_7985340_n.jpg)
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs738.snc4/65890_479193906941_668306941_6641192_8259090_n.jpg)
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs388.ash2/66629_479194026941_668306941_6641197_7879143_n.jpg)
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: JT71 on October 22, 2010, 10:13 AM: yeah I ride, not as much as I should though.

Yes I often suffer from don't wanna ride cos there's loads of ace riders there, but I usually have a go. and yes I'm pretty sh1t but i enjoy it.

as for the whole being a bit old for it, someone my wife used to work with asked her if i was having a midlife crisis, Snowboarding, Bmxing & four aside football at my age, my wifes answer? "better than being downt he pub every night like your husband" lol..

oh, my doctor has on more than one occassion told me to lose weight or i'll die, and also told me in the same breathe that my choice of sports aren't suitable for a man of my age. lol. can't win.
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: Jamroll on October 22, 2010, 10:17 AM: Quote from: JT71 on October 22, 2010, 10:13 AM

oh, my doctor has on more than one occassion told me to lose weight or i'll die, and also told me in the same breathe that my choice of sports aren't suitable for a man of my age. lol. can't win.

Amen to that ;D
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: griff on October 22, 2010, 10:35 AM: think maybe I should have called this post "how many of you have had kids so you can 'blend in' when riding?"

joking aside great to see families enjoying this hobby together, got more chance of seeing the queen's tits than getting my mrs on a bmx
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: sweetbeats on October 22, 2010, 10:41 AM: Ride all mine-only here once and I love burning in NOS Tyres especially GT and Black Panaracers :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: Dark Diggler on October 22, 2010, 10:50 AM: I ride lots, I cant dance so I ride.

I rode a sweetbeet once ;D
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: donnydresser on October 22, 2010, 10:55 AM: ride me falcon cruiser every weekend down to tescos and to the pub :smitten:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: Jon The Bassist on October 22, 2010, 11:06 AM: I ride, my dad rides (looking to make his comeback in OS next year), my 7yo son rides, my wife rides one of my cruisers occasionally, and my 3yo rides his 12" bike with stabilisers.
I'm picking up a cheap 18" park-type bike for my 7yo tomorrow so he's got a daily rider as well as his racebike :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: kev-s on October 22, 2010, 11:35 AM: i ride my 2009 dirtbike at southsea skatepark 2-3 times a week

all my 90's bikes get used for cruising around on the seafront & into town etc...

dont think i could ever own a bike and not ride it, thats what there made for :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: sparky on October 22, 2010, 02:04 PM: Every time I build a rider it ends up being too NOS and I end up going round it circles so this time I'm building a NOS bike to ride. :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: sweetbeats on October 22, 2010, 02:15 PM: Quote from: Dark Diggler link=topic=116300.msg1129579#m ;Dsg1129579 date=1287741003
I ride lots, I cant dance so I ride.

I rode a sweetbeet once ;D

Dirty Ol' B45tard
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: poolysheriff on October 22, 2010, 04:29 PM: I ride most of mine ,but mainly its just for a bit exercise a couple of times a week

The kids however have full use of any bikes they want to ride :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: MartyC on October 22, 2010, 04:59 PM: I ride new school a couple of times a month, not as much as I would like but hoping to be able to ride a lot more over the next few months. :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: nosepickben on October 22, 2010, 07:26 PM: (http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/mm455/nosepickben/corby03102.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/mm455/nosepickben/DSCF0033.jpg)
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: 58 delray on October 22, 2010, 10:32 PM: as we're posting pics, the ripper i rode at mk 10
(http://imagehosting.rodsnsods.co.uk/124c6e346c16c8e.jpg)
riding my GT at Hersden (2906)
(http://imagehosting.rodsnsods.co.uk/124c1f78435fef3.jpg)
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: scott250 on October 22, 2010, 10:40 PM: But when do you ride? Mostly for me its my diner hour ;D

(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs882.snc4/71559_486727267783_725007783_7109198_2856963_n.jpg)

Don't ride much on the weekend as its family time.
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: sawzall on October 22, 2010, 11:13 PM: my weekend rider,pic taken after portsmouth/southsea bank holiday ride(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y77/sawzall717/IMG_1374.jpg)
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: rick1970 on October 23, 2010, 10:31 PM: YEP,ride mine down canal and back reg to get plenty of air, just not airbourne :LolLolLolLol:
me bird gets all the attention tho (http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ac337/dfg125eagle/shared152-1.jpg) :Aresehole: :Great_Britain:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: Pooch on October 24, 2010, 10:33 AM: Chad and I went down the pub last night on a kuwi and my Gt. Bit pissed riding home though :)
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: bmxmatt1974 on October 24, 2010, 02:01 PM: race new school ripper and cruiser and also use both my old school bikes to race on when i can. no point having a bike and not using it
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: southern andy on October 24, 2010, 05:27 PM: Riding my new school Huffy at Andover, 10 mins later and disaster happened. Haven't been there since. :'( :'(

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/p191/carpcrazyox/andover5.jpg)

Racing at Bournemouth last year.

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/p191/carpcrazyox/bmouthrace.jpg)
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: sam hudson on October 27, 2010, 05:17 PM: Quote from: Southern Andy on October 24, 2010, 05:27 PM
Riding my new school Huffy at Andover, 10 mins later and disaster happened. Haven't been there since. :'( :'(

What happened??

Anyway, I ride my 2006 PK Ripper every saturday at the track. I dont really ride the 2009 Quad loop I bought as it is too shiney and pretty and in hindsight I shouldnt have bought it as I should have bought a cruiser that I could ride around the streets on. I think a 20" bike is too small for me to ride around the streets but thats just me. It still bugs me when 'A' holes call them kids bikes and my recent favourite is the :Aresehole: who told his son (who wanted to leave the BMX track) to wait a minute as he wanted to see Evel Kenevel here (referring to me) have a go. TWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

Sorry.

Ride em if you got em :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: griff on October 27, 2010, 07:02 PM: I stopped growing at 5' 8" so I reckon I might just get away with riding on 20" wheels once my bike's built
So finally I found a benefit of being a bit taller than Spen ;D

I bet the kids in the park will still point and shout abuse as i go past on my plastic-wheeled bike
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: southern andy on October 27, 2010, 07:11 PM: Quote from: sam hudson on October 27, 2010, 05:17 PM
Quote from: Southern Andy on October 24, 2010, 05:27 PM
Riding my new school Huffy at Andover, 10 mins later and disaster happened. Haven't been there since. :'( :'(

What happened??

Crashed bad in the triples behind me. I dislocated my collar bone aswell as broke it and i also did 3 ribs. Add that to the whiplash and rotator cuff in my right shoulder being shot and you'll understand why i've never been back. :LolLolLolLol:

I have the dislocation for life now, the rest is fixed. We don't bounce well any more. :'(
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: currio on October 27, 2010, 10:03 PM: (http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y133/currio1/Rrrrip21-3331.jpg)
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: bobafett on October 27, 2010, 10:06 PM: :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: trickydeno on October 27, 2010, 10:15 PM: lets av it! i ride all my bikes....even if its just down the shop for the papers.gotta get a new school ride though to see if i can still cut it in the parks :)
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: trickydeno on October 27, 2010, 10:59 PM: Quote from: Glen on October 27, 2010, 10:47 PM
Quote from: trickydeno on October 27, 2010, 10:15 PM
lets av it! i ride all my bikes....even if its just down the shop for the papers.gotta get a new school ride though to see if i can still cut it in the parks :)

I'm selling my T1 frame if you're interested?
thanks glen,but just after a complete cheapo for now just for avin a go mate :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: sam hudson on November 03, 2010, 05:39 PM: [/quote]
We don't bounce well any more. :'(
[/quote]

:shocked: :shocked: :shocked: Blimey, that sounds like a terrible spill !! Its not funny when stuff like that can happen. Do you still race?? Good luck :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: southern andy on November 03, 2010, 06:16 PM: Quote from: sam hudson on November 03, 2010, 05:39 PM

Blimey, that sounds like a terrible spill !! Its not funny when stuff like that can happen. Do you still race?? Good luck :daumenhoch:

No :LolLolLolLol: Just build as a hobby now. :smitten:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: Wez on January 27, 2013, 02:41 PM: Not any more, raced in Stafford as a kid over 25 years ago on a track made in Highfields by us local kids..just before the mountain bike age...
Massive gap until 3 years when I started on the Raleigh Burner restoration streak then 2 years ago bought a few new school biles, Federal Corey Martinez custom which I smashed about for 12 months getting braver and braver and which is the only NS bmx i have left, I treated myself to a New WTP Envy 2012 and a New Stereo Flash 2012 to ride around on, anyway had the Flash delivered to work I built it and went riding around my Town, after barely 90 minutes fell during a wall jump and and smashed my left hand breaking the bone here which in turn knackered my knuckle as the bone twisted and turned .. it took 16 weeks to heal and still isnt right now , turning a tap on strangely gives me grief, since then have jammed on loadsa weight as a HGV driver so can safely say No more Gusto rides for me...
Sunner Summer cruises with a bag of beer tho, now yr talking...
(http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/a621/WezTon001/bone_zpsd3701a9a.jpg)
(http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/a621/WezTon001/bone2_zps907e4bc0.jpg)
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: Jaan on January 27, 2013, 02:58 PM: 3 of mine have the nuts on tight for riding, one for me, my wife and son - the rest would probably fall to bits if I took them out :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: senzo milano on January 27, 2013, 06:34 PM: yes drive it very oft... unless it wont rain..

here a picture of me and Senzo on a track before winter :coolsmiley:

(http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/aa366/renken2000/bmx051.jpg)
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: midschooljon on January 27, 2013, 06:51 PM: I only ride 1 of my bikes. Why ride only one? Because it rides 10x better then any of the others. :LolLolLolLol:

And I also hate the feeling of swapping bikes to ride different things. It always feels like you on a borrowed bike and does my head in. One bike that Im comfortable on makes riding everything a lot more fun for me. :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: oldschoolace on January 27, 2013, 06:56 PM: What were the results then Griff? :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: Pooch on January 27, 2013, 06:57 PM: Ride the floval nearly everyday..and kappa when I can.. Just moved house and built a 12x8 man shed,Easier to get to the rest of them. :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: Betty on January 27, 2013, 06:59 PM: Same answer as first time round.... yes :daumenhoch:

Only have 2 bikes and both are used.... occasionally :(

No plastic washered finger tight nonsense for me :D
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: Gtbill on January 27, 2013, 07:01 PM: I have ride most the ones I have built up til now :wtf: I have a gt performer as my radchester ride I have. New school for the ramp nights the rest are show pony :-[
In 2000 I got a nos boxed unbuilt haro group 1 race bike built it used it to race :LolLolLolLol so much for nos back then 10 a Penny :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: AKGOFF on January 27, 2013, 08:39 PM: I ride all my 20" os bikes (albeit only on the London rides or a light seafront cruise) apart from my two Trickstars as I don't want to ruin the NOS white tyres or break the OG Aerospeeds and I also ride my Cruiser. I obviously don't ride any of m minis though.

Adam
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: CustardLips on January 27, 2013, 08:57 PM: Go to the local track with my lad when the weather's half decent. Mind you it's only 2 mins down the road.
Built 4 bikes upto now, two for my lad (ones not fit to ride yet), one for the mrs (she's not bothered anyway) and one for me (nearly finished my second).
So nearly 5 bikes which will all be seeing their fair share of track and tarmac. :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: 80sBMXer on January 27, 2013, 09:16 PM: I ride my TRM in the park early on a sunday .....which is why the bikes always dirty when you see it

( but drag my kids along to protect me from the bullies they're 7&13)

I had someone in a VW bus matching my speed and obviously looking at my bike once, I refused to turn my head to acknowledge them, they eventually speeded up and drove off ...phew

Am fully aware that just because my bike maybe cool...It doesn't make me cool whilst riding it.
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: rooski on January 27, 2013, 09:21 PM: Used to ride loads until quite recently,my Free Agent and n/s S&m 38,fooked shoulders put paid to that :(

Don't ride any of my others.

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/pp160/andyrooski/DSC_0333.jpg)
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: Gnarlyscoots on January 27, 2013, 09:29 PM: I commute to and from work and all my bikes except the Direct Links. The next one will be the Exhibitionist. I give myself an hour to get to work on sunny warm days even though, at speed, I can do it average 24 minutes :LolLolLolLol: Sometimes I pop into the bowls in Bushey Park on my way ::)

I'm trying to get my 3 year old on a bike but she doesn't seem interested at all and my 2 year old does but she can't find the strength to push the pedals yet, bless her so, riding with them at the moment is out of the question.

I pop down the coast and take a couple of my bikes for my mates and my brother so we can hit the old haunts now again too. Apart from that, just link up with my mate Gaz and hit the bowls as not peeps around me like or ride old school BMX and think I should grow up FFS :2gunsfiring_v1: :uglystupid2: What do they know eh! :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: ED209 on January 27, 2013, 10:05 PM: I ride my bikes but I don't have a problems with those that don't ... dowhatyalike :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: hunterdubber on January 27, 2013, 10:21 PM: Riders

Just this

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/u24/hunterdubber/P1211384-Copy.jpg)

and this

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/u24/hunterdubber/DSCN0088_zpsdf425230.jpg)
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: 80sBMXer on January 27, 2013, 10:36 PM: I haven't seen too many of your bikes as I couldn't get to MK12

But did meet Animal (Steve) and his 2 MRDs.... :4_17_5:

These are things of beauty that are too good to ride
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: bobbbbsy on January 27, 2013, 10:40 PM: fook yeah.. when i can be bothered !
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: brettypeeps on January 27, 2013, 10:48 PM: I have ridden most of mine, never ridden the pink GL or the Delta 2 yet but all the rest have been ridden :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: oldschoolfool on January 28, 2013, 12:00 AM: most vw shows i go to youll see handfuls of 40+ blokes riding around on oldschool bmx's.

its the only place i feel comfortable riding mine! :)
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: griff on January 28, 2013, 12:35 AM: Quote from: oldschoolace on January 27, 2013, 06:56 PM
What were the results then Griff? :LolLolLolLol:

:LolLolLolLol: didn't expect to see this thread again
Results are now public, also added a cheese option
Title: Re: do you actually ride your bmx(s) ?
Post by: Spen69 on January 28, 2013, 06:20 AM: Quote from: ED209 on January 27, 2013, 10:05 PM
I ride my bikes badly and have problems with everybody

Ain't that the truth :LolLolLolLol: