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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Freestyle (frame stands and kickturns galore!) => Topic started by: JAY on October 08, 2006, 09:22 PM

Title: North East Secret
Post by: JAY on October 08, 2006, 09:22 PM

Actually got out on me bike today which seems to be not that often lately :(Anyway Gary" Mr  No1 racer" ;D rang today wanting to ride a skatepark ,  :shocked:.Must be something to do with reading hoffmans book  ::).We decided to visit a secret pipe here up north , there is never anyone there for some strange reason  :)It stands at around 9ft roughly , not much flat bottom ,but still a great ride .I've never been up for a couple of year now , but after knocking a bit rust off today i think i'll be back regular.Its just a shame there is not many oldschool freestyle riders still giving it licks up this neck of the woods because its a damn good ramp , just sitting there doing nowt.
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Pics aren't great , godd damn hard timing those digi cameras >:( Gary attempting freestyle
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Me getting the last light
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Title: Re: North East Secret
Post by: QUADROPHENIA on October 08, 2006, 09:24 PM

good man jay, why the feck is that in a middle of a field?

Title: Re: North East Secret
Post by: JAY on October 08, 2006, 09:27 PM

Feck Knows ??????

Title: Re: North East Secret
Post by: CD17 on October 08, 2006, 09:29 PM

Quote from: QUADROPHENIA on October 08, 2006, 09:24 PM

good man jay, why the feck is that in a middle of a field?

Yeah i was thinking that, looks a cool ramp tho :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: North East Secret
Post by: QUADROPHENIA on October 08, 2006, 09:31 PM

bet some blokes nicked it on the way back from the pub, as there was no road cones available

Title: Re: North East Secret
Post by: JAY on October 08, 2006, 09:32 PM

possibly  :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: North East Secret
Post by: Bren Gunn on October 08, 2006, 09:34 PM

Is that Kelloe?

Title: Re: North East Secret
Post by: JAY on October 08, 2006, 09:38 PM

Nope ,    Kelloe ???

Title: Re: North East Secret
Post by: billstup on October 08, 2006, 09:38 PM

We found someting similar down Bournemouth last year, there was a nice half pipe in the middle of nowhere, there`s some pics somewhere but I can`t find them, Jim (quimrider) has got some though  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: North East Secret
Post by: Trev on October 08, 2006, 09:40 PM

cool ramp. where is it?

Title: Re: North East Secret
Post by: JAY on October 08, 2006, 09:41 PM

Yeah , i remember something about that Billy.

Title: Re: North East Secret
Post by: JAY on October 08, 2006, 09:45 PM

Quote

cool ramp. where is it?

In the North East..... ;)













Naa , Bellingham off the A68 , about 25min out of Newcastle .

Title: Re: North East Secret
Post by: Bren Gunn on October 08, 2006, 10:02 PM

Kelloe...  nr Coxhoe, Durham,  we used to use a half pipe in a field just like the one in your pic, mind you, that was 15 year ago ;)

Title: Re: North East Secret
Post by: JAY on October 08, 2006, 10:17 PM

Yeah , i know Coxhoe , they have a new skateprk their now ,no pipe though  :(

Title: Re: North East Secret
Post by: TwoBobRob on October 08, 2006, 10:26 PM

Its not uncommon at all.  A lot of the time councillors are only able to get budgets to build ramps if they are situated in either very remote locations or in the very worst parts of town...  I built ramps in some really shady areas   :shocked:

A little tip for you though, if you're going to use that ramp a lot then a couple of coats of red oxide primer on the riding surface will help it no end, that galv finish is about the slipperyest (sp) around.   :)

Title: Re: North East Secret
Post by: JAY on October 08, 2006, 10:49 PM

that galv finish is about the slipperyest (sp) around.   

I , its god damn slippy , had to spend some time drying it off today with a old tab packet and some dry grass , usually take some stuff up to dry it off , but forgot today , mmmmmm. But yeah , I might just give it a lick of paint if i start going regular.

Title: Re: North East Secret
Post by: TwoBobRob on October 08, 2006, 10:55 PM

Its well worth it.  10 litres of the stuff is plenty for a couple of coats, a couple of cheapo paint rollers on broomhandles you can have it painted and dry in a morning no worries....

Treat yourself to a rubber blade  (squeegee) for the drying off job and you're away   :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: North East Secret
Post by: tricknuts on October 09, 2006, 05:14 AM

cool ramp. That really is in the middle of nowhere. not even a path to it or nowt. Put it on a truck and move it indoors. no-one will notice its gone.. ;)

Title: Re: North East Secret
Post by: yoda on October 09, 2006, 01:12 PM

Jay thats looking like its well worth a visit. Is that the one we were on about the other week??? Sure it is. The ramp in Kello was great too but it was only a 6ft mini. sadly not there anymore as the locals decided to rip the metal surface off thus rendering it unridable. Think it was scrapped around 10 years ago.

Title: Re: North East Secret
Post by: Stodgy on October 09, 2006, 02:56 PM

Nice one Jay - some good pics there mate...  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: North East Secret
Post by: piper on October 09, 2006, 05:08 PM

Maybe they knocked down the houses and left the pipe...!!!!!   :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: North East Secret
Post by: PK6061 on October 09, 2006, 05:16 PM

That ramp didnt have vert on it but it still rides well.
(get some air in them tyres dave and give that s&m
the attention it should be getting) (next sunday) ;)

Title: Re: North East Secret
Post by: theRuler on October 09, 2006, 06:57 PM

there are a few metal ramps around where i live

fooking horrible noisy slippy things

why oh why do the council keep building them out of metal???

get down there with some plywood and resurface it ;)

better yet, sneak down and unbolt it and nick the fooker

Title: Re: North East Secret
Post by: billy-bmx on October 09, 2006, 07:07 PM

me and rhys found a mini at mersea island

Title: Re: North East Secret
Post by: dirtyvans on October 09, 2006, 07:13 PM

looks like a real nice size ramp, a great size for practicing lip tricks, most vert ramps at parks are too big to safely try new stuff on :-[

Title: Re: North East Secret
Post by: JAY on October 09, 2006, 10:12 PM

Its the one Dave , get ya wheels sorted and get out mate .........