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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Race (riders ready, pedals ready... GO!!) => Topic started by: aerostylie on May 14, 2007, 01:50 PM
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Hi folks :daumenhoch:
Everyone is building up to the MK07 meet and I reckon a fair few of us are gonna be givin the racin thing a bash. With that in mind, do you think anyone would be able to give us novices a 'masterclass' during the MK weekend ie, start gate technique, manualling, when to pedal.......how to knobble the opposition!!!!
Last year I was just wobblin as fast as I could without any real 'application' and I either got left at the start gate or totally mullered in the motos, although it was still great fun :D
Any thoughts guys and gals about having a racecraft sesh ::)
Paul :)
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Paul, you wont do any better than getting over to your local club, and watching their training or pop down to an OSS race, :daumenhoch:
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Paul, you wont do any better than getting over to your local club, and watching their training or pop down to an OSS race, :daumenhoch:
:daumenhoch:
Birmingham Wheels is my local but I think it's in the progress of being re-built but I'm gonna go over there one of the weekends to check it out and try and get involved.
I was thinking that there may be some Rad members who will be breaking their 'cherry' at MK, so thought about a collective tutorial or practical.
Paul :)
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Looks like i'll be breaking my cherry at MK........just hope it's not on Saturday night! :shocked:
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Have a chat with waxin or one of the mods, if they want it, we can have an hour to go through it for you an the virgins. Theres a couple of guys on the series who would do it for ya :daumenhoch:
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could be a good idea for the saturday
some master classes
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I could do a slot on my specialities, t bones and old skool berm warfare >:D
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My advice would be keep a close eye on Webdawg. She may be all sweetness and light trackside, but when that gate drops shes is a fooooooking nutter :LolLolLolLol:
Also I would stay well clear of Darren as he likes to fall off in front of you and roll around in the mud :2funny:
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ha ha :LolLolLolLol:
you uys aint seen half of it yet!!! >:D :angel:
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aerostylie
all i can say is race as much as you can
and ride the bike you race as much as you can
no more trade secrets sorry :LolLolLolLol:
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aerostylie
all i can say is race as much as you can
and ride the bike you race as much as you can
no more trade secrets sorry :LolLolLolLol:
Thought you had retired Steve, to write your memoirs titled winter No1 2006, by steve Vinoah
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i dunno who put that silly thought in your heed ;D
im a long way from giving up
what with all the ace comp i got to race against :2funny:
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i cant wait ,i never raced bitd ,but i get down the trails and iford now and then , the start gate will be fun ,i practice against a wall :daumenhoch:
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practice 100 yards sprints from a standing start , keep relaxed and for fook sake move your torso, your arms are just as important as your legs when sprinting on a bmx. I have seen a few old school racers lately and they dont seem to be as one with there bike if you no what i mean? kind of all legs with stiff back and arms and it just looks arkward. just relax.
I have tried to explain what i mean but unsure if it makes sense. :)
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practice 100 yards sprints from a standing start , keep relaxed and for fook sake move your torso, your arms are just as important as your legs when sprinting on a bmx. I have seen a few old school racers lately and they dont seem to be as one with there bike if you no what i mean? kind of all legs with stiff back and arms and it just looks arkward. just relax.
I have tried to explain what i mean but unsure if it makes sense. :)
Makes perfect sense, Your arms help to lever your body and bike, you work against your legs to create more downward force and more speed.
And we are a bit stiff and rigid nowadays, its the arthritis setting in >:D
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Thats right...effectively you are trying to rip the bike in half as you power... the upper body pulling up and the lower pushing down.
New school riders look stiffer in the saddle i think because they are clipped and are upstroking too.... i maybe wrong.
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And we are a bit stiff and rigid nowadays,
Team Viagra
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I think I'm learnin....looking at the posts, I've got to be aware of stiffness, upstroking and virgins :D
:daumenhoch:
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I have a 150 Lb Rider limit :angel:
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,i practice against a wall :daumenhoch:
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who wins that one then paul??????
i try to practice against riders of the same calibre as me.
priv
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Priv, you need to practice against riders a bit better than you, otherwise you never improve.
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Priv, you need to practice against riders a bit better than you, otherwise you never improve.
good point well put,but i struggle to find riders that ARE better then me :LolLolLolLol: just ask ghostriderx :2funny:
i still think i could beat the wall that zeds up against
priv
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Oh Priv, you need to come and find us lot one Sunday, Im sure you will have a bit of a battle then, even 796 will give you hard time :2funny:
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Oh Priv, you need to come and find us lot one Sunday, Im sure you will have a bit of a battle then, even 796 will give you hard time :2funny:
i'm saving myself for you southern " slow" softies :-* 'till MK.
priv
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Oh Priv mate, what you saying??? I heard the first berm at MK has the softest landing >:D But if you prefer the second let me know b4 :angel:
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;D
Elbows out aaaaand up n over :D
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us northerners have the best elbows out rider in england and he goes by the name of................................dingo,an albatross's wing span doesn't come close to how wide his elbows go.
priv
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Me an Dingo have had a taster, Poor old Alex was in the middle at the time >:D,
But if all you Nancy northerners have got is Dingo and Funmonster you better get in training............Rapid. :angel: :2funny:
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Thats right... pick on the little guy :) ;D
Me and the Nottingham Cannonball will be eating the competition....... ALIVE :D :knuppel2:
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Oh guys, all I hear is talk from up north >:D You have an open invitation to join us for a taster before MK,
Andy Im up in Yorkshire soon to see my brother, might have to look you an the Yorkshire posse up :daumenhoch:
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But if all you Nancy northerners have got is Dingo and Funmonster you better get in training............Rapid. :angel: :2funny:
So we have the nancy northerners and the southern softies..........us Mad Midlanders will have it easy at MK :LolLolLolLol:
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The midlands have always been the battleground between north and South. You guys better sort which side you wanna join :daumenhoch:
This is gonna get messy >:D
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maybe a little bribery would help to get the midlandsers to side with us tough :knuppel2: northerners?
priv
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maybe a little bribery would help to get the midlandsers to side with us tough :knuppel2: northerners?
priv
Will we have to wear flat caps and braces when racin :LolLolLolLol:
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So Lesson 1 in Race craft
Psyche (sp) sike, out your opponents before and during the race.
The northerners are already bricking it >:D cos they need the meddlin midlanders to join them >:D :shocked: :2funny:
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Oh and if your racing a powder puff and she is in front of you, shout out to her that her thong is showin, works every time :2funny: :angel:
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the flat caps and braces attire is an urban myth,we wear what we like and we like what we bloody well wear 8)
and as for bricking it ratty,your well off the mark,we're rock hard us northerners and we're not scared of man or beast{but if it rains i'm not playing}
priv
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:LolLolLolLol: :2funny: Its gonna be a quality weekend in August, and Im looking forward to meeting the Northern devision of Rad. :daumenhoch:
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you changed your tune mr ratty,where's all the tough talk gone? :-* :-*
i suppose you'll know your fighting a losing battle.
why do you think there's a bank called northern rock??? because we are
priv
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Tbh all this north south shit is cobblers, Your all great blokes and Im lookin forward to...
Nailing you northern nancy fried mars bar eating, braces wearing, flat cap and pidgeon loving, mint sauce on kebab noshing, real ale guzzling, coronation street and emmerdale addicted wazzocks
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>:D :shocked: :2funny: :LolLolLolLol:
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that's better ratty,a bit of passion and from the heart :4_17_5: :4_17_5:
priv
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Us "southern softies" will wipe the floor with you nancy boys, they use me as a diversion when i flash me thong at the opposition and for t bone take outs on the berms, you dont stand a chance, northern boys pic a berm an i'll deal with you one by one >:D
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webdawg if your gunna be showing your thong to put us off,i'm partial to wearing a thong myself and that would really send you off course,ask jeff spicoli he fancyed some of it ;)
priv
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;D
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And to show how hard Northern lads are i will floss with Privs thong after the Motos :P
Did i tell you i was running spiked Ice Racing Tyres this time at MK ??? :D
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Me an Dingo have had a taster, Poor old Alex was in the middle at the time >:D,
But if all you Nancy northerners have got is Dingo and Funmonster you better get in training............Rapid. :angel: :2funny:
your gonna need a lassoo to catch me Ratty :2gunsfiring_v1:
This is what I look like from the front because you didnt get to see it at MK :LolLolLolLol:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y79/dingobmxer/dingoratty.jpg)
:) DINGO :)
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That'll shut 'em up dingo :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch: leaving mr ratty in a cloud of dust yehaaaa
priv
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Whos this in second ???
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:LolLolLolLol:
I am sure i will struggle this year with all you guys getting track time.... My fitness has improved but my track time is Zippo :-\
I will get the Nottingham Cannonball to clear the way and then nick it as he is wheezing down the last straight ;D
Then i will Vomit :D
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Whos this in second ???
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:LolLolLolLol:
I am sure i will struggle this year with all you guys getting track time.... My fitness has improved but my track time is Zippo :-\
I will get the Nottingham Cannonball to clear the way and then nick it as he is wheezing down the last straight ;D
Then i will Vomit :D
Sorry mate, dont do wheezing down the last straight >:(
What were you doing all the way back in C final????
:) DINGO :)
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That can't be Ratty coasting over the bumps at walking pace can it? Well, it aint the case these days. Not trying to psyche anyone out (much) but that vid shows just how much Ratty and the rest of the OS regulars have upped our game this year. Anyone at last year's MK OS race is gonna have to find another 10 seconds at least to even keep up with the OS Summer series regulars this year. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!!!!!!
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Whos this in second ???
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:knuppel2:
:LolLolLolLol:
I am sure i will struggle this year with all you guys getting track time.... My fitness has improved but my track time is Zippo :-\
I will get the Nottingham Cannonball to clear the way and then nick it as he is wheezing down the last straight ;D
Then i will Vomit :D
Sorry mate, dont do wheezing down the last straight >:(
What were you doing all the way back in C final????
:) DINGO :)
Falling off in my 2nd Moto ;D
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So is the idea of having an MK race craft sesh still viable (and ladies still bring your thongs!)....or will will be beating the livin daylights outta each other :knuppel2: :LolLolLolLol:
By the way....us midlanders have the best football teams....but that's another thread :-X
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One of the mods must have read this by now!!! Im sure they will agree to an hour on saturday for a masterclass. I propose Wolfy and Flying fox to do it and MatDubb if he has time. It could be a valuable hour for all of us as you never stop learning.
That can't be Ratty coasting over the bumps at walking pace can it? Well, it aint the case these days. Not trying to psyche anyone out (much) but that vid shows just how much Ratty and the rest of the OS regulars have upped our game this year. Anyone at last year's MK OS race is gonna have to find another 10 seconds at least to even keep up with the OS Summer series regulars this year. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!!!!!!
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Cheers Tim, but it is the truth, the OSSS07 riders have gone from being Xtras in Casualty to a fast and furious bunch of riders.
Andy, Falling off in your 2nd Moto....I stacked in my first and really didnt wanna do it again.......
And Dingo, I have nothing but respect for you, you are a quality racer, I was behind you at MK when you got out of shape over the little double, most riders would have been lying in the dirt, but you showed the skill and experience to ride out of it, I was sure you was going down.....
:daumenhoch:
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One of the mods must have read this by now!!! Im sure they will agree to an hour on saturday for a masterclass. I propose Wolfy and Flying fox to do it and MatDubb if he has time. It could be a valuable hour for all of us as you never stop learning.
That can't be Ratty coasting over the bumps at walking pace can it? Well, it aint the case these days. Not trying to psyche anyone out (much) but that vid shows just how much Ratty and the rest of the OS regulars have upped our game this year. Anyone at last year's MK OS race is gonna have to find another 10 seconds at least to even keep up with the OS Summer series regulars this year. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!!!!!!
:knuppel2:
Cheers Tim, but it is the truth, the OSSS07 riders have gone from being Xtras in Casualty to a fast and furious bunch of riders.
Andy, Falling off in your 2nd Moto....I stacked in my first and really didnt wanna do it again.......
And Dingo, I have nothing but respect for you, you are a quality racer, I was behind you at MK when you got out of shape over the little double, most riders would have been lying in the dirt, but you showed the skill and experience to ride out of it, I was sure you was going down.....
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Thanks Tony, I have respect for every single rider who lines up on the gate, it takes nuts to do it :uglystupid2:, BUT yeah I thought I was going down too :LolLolLolLol:
I love all this banter and cant wait for MK :daumenhoch:
Just hope the birth of my first baby doesnt screw it up (due August 2nd)
:) DINGO :)
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Should have news soon on a Saturday clinic at MK for 1st time racers & recent newbies :daumenhoch:
Well , anyone who wants to do it really ;)
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Can some one teach me how to manual please Matt :daumenhoch:
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Paul, you wont do any better than getting over to your local club, and watching their training or pop down to an OSS race, :daumenhoch:
:daumenhoch:
Birmingham Wheels is my local but I think it's in the progress of being re-built but I'm gonna go over there one of the weekends to check it out and try and get involved.
I was thinking that there may be some Rad members who will be breaking their 'cherry' at MK, so thought about a collective tutorial or practical.
Paul :)
The ride & build club meet day is wednesday 4pm-7pm. they need more help from BMX racers too, as it seems to be leaning toward a mtb/4x track.
http://www.birminghamwheelspark.org/birminghamwheelsbikeclub/index.html