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Title: Reverse steering BMX
Post by: dinglem on October 05, 2016, 07:28 PM
I have seen these mentioned previously....

Does anybody have access to, or a link to someone who might have, a reverse steering BMX?? I am looking to borrow one to raise some funds at a charity event in November.

Can anybody help?

Cheers Mart.
Title: Re: Reverse steering BMX
Post by: In2bmx on October 05, 2016, 07:34 PM
I'm think Kappy had one  :-\.

I've seen one at MK a few years ago.  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Reverse steering BMX
Post by: dinglem on October 05, 2016, 07:47 PM
Kappy?

Any recollection who had the one at MK???
Title: Re: Reverse steering BMX
Post by: That Swan Guy on October 05, 2016, 07:49 PM
Kappy?

Any recollection who had the one at MK???

Darren Wilson on FB
Title: Re: Reverse steering BMX
Post by: dinglem on October 05, 2016, 07:58 PM
Thanks Nick - have messaged him  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Reverse steering BMX
Post by: dinglem on October 08, 2016, 01:19 PM
Is anybody friends with/in contact with Darren Wilson as mentioned above please? I have Fb messaged him but as we aren't friends on there I think it might have gone to his 'Other Messages' folder as it has been a few days and he hasn't viewed the message.
Title: Re: Reverse steering BMX
Post by: Retrodan72 on October 08, 2016, 03:20 PM
Just take the piss out of one of his eBay listings on here, and he'll show up, that's what happened last time.  :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Reverse steering BMX
Post by: dinglem on October 10, 2016, 07:16 PM
Well you can't beat the Old School BMX scene.

I've only been hunting for a couple of days and this afternoon I managed to secure this on loan free of charge for our charity event.


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'The Backwards Burner Challenge'

Simon Doyle hooked me up with the owner and I spoke to him a little earlier.

Amazing.

So the next thing is to try to drag a few RADsters along to our event. Do any of you lads play rugby at all, or anybody fancy a run-out for us? I won't lie it was brutal last year but we all came off the pitch having loved it. My old 6th form captain was Colin Charvis, the ex-Wales captain, and he has agreed to join our team this year. Should help a bit.....  :bow:

There will be loads of other stuff going on to help raise funds on the day - bit of a kids fun day really which the lovely wife is arranging. I'm playing around putting a poster together at the minute and here it is as it currently stands.

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LMK if any of you fancy popping along or playing. I'll probably start up a match-specific thread a little later on.
Title: Re: Reverse steering BMX
Post by: dinglem on January 09, 2017, 05:44 PM
Well our second charity rugby match went really well at the weekend - loads raised, the reverse steering BMX proved very popular (and difficult) indeed, and Colin Charvis did indeed turn up and play for us against Lichfield RFC. The day was a huge success and we raised a little under 2000pounds for our CRY charity, with the icing on the cake being that our fully funded heart screening event is now 100% booked out in February.

On a personal level however, things didn't go quite to plan. Whilst defending on our own try line i managed to prevent the opposition touching down in the corner, only to end up like this 30minutes later:-

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I dislocated my left shoulder in the tackle.... 2 hours of manipulation and brute force (plus morphine and gas & air) later it eventually popped back in. Not recommended  :-\
Title: Re: Reverse steering BMX
Post by: BMX1973 on January 11, 2017, 12:06 PM

Great event you are arranging there.  :daumenhoch:

On another note that injury looks painful.  :shocked:
Title: Re: Reverse steering BMX
Post by: dinglem on January 19, 2017, 02:39 AM
Proper NHS equipment... 'we'll just get you to hold this for a bit to see if it'll pop in on its own...'

It didn't.

I'm still very very sore over a week later, and to top it off i had to fly out to Uruguay for work the very next morning. Arseflakes.

But yeah - great event and loved each of the 15minutes i actually lased on this pitch this time around! Getting a bit too old for this shit methinks  :(
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