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BMX General => BMX Chat => Topic started by: spesh on January 06, 2008, 12:17 AM
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somebody help me as i am finding it more and more dificult to find things of interest on this site
ive re-lived my old school days and built the bikes ive wanted to build of yesteryear
ive built my hoffman and ruined it with evel knievel(rip) decals
and i dislike the new school bikes(too dark, just hoodies and studded belts) imo
so what am i to do ? i love this site but i have nothing more to offer bmx related
help this lost sheep
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Build another bike, an old school race bike, find a track with an OS gate and enjoy, even freestylers can enjoy racing. If you really cant be arsed with racing then how about getting a half reasonable camera and taking pics in the local skate park or track..... :daumenhoch:
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do you have kids
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Why not do some kind of hybrid combining the elements you like from diff bikes. Might be interesting/challenging.
Or I might just be crazy :uglystupid2:
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I was going to ask if you were/are riding your bikes? Surely that is were the real fun is?
Im tempted to challenge you to find a dark bike on the fly or odyssey web sites, but like you say, its "imo" and your intital to it (Im sure NS Street king Aaron Ross gets his bike painted at the same place Jess Dyrenforth got his GT done at!)
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spesh.......
i've been down the path you are on many times....
hang in there fella....
Dave
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are you actually riding bmx or just reminising?
if you love the sport i think you should really try and give new school a go. come to one of our meets and meet like minded people who can do fook all on a bike and enjoy the riding side of it.
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yeah come to one of the many meetings we have, you'll even see some bright new school bikes :LolLolLolLol: :daumenhoch:
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Go racing, have a look on some of the other BMX sites, build an early bike, opc and a goose neck stem etc...
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Pretty much what everyone else as been saying :daumenhoch: i personally am not really interested in restoring bmx's etc and standing around admiring them i got back into bmx for the same reason as 23 years ago......to ride the damn thing at every opportunity :daumenhoch: a bmx is for riding
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stick with it spesh,or get your butt around mine im sure you can build something for a laugh
and as said above, get racing or park riding and meet a few .
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my new school bike isn't dark
(http://30cms.co.uk/temp/z/ilegalfinished1w.jpg)
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people who can do fook all on a bike and enjoy the riding side of it.
Fook me, where do I sign??? lmao
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spesh.......
i've been down the path you are on many times....
hang in there fella....
Dave
There's your answer Spesh....hang in there mate, you have highs and lows, but BMX is in the blood...whether you ride or collect, makes no difference. I can't ride anymore due to back problems, so I build bikes, take pictures and organise RAD events...keeps me involved in the sport I love.
Keep it rad fella, the winter months are the worse for the mind.
:daumenhoch:
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get out whilst you can man, save yourself, or at least go get help for others
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Build a "retro" :daumenhoch:
best of both worlds 8)
:) DINGO :)
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:) Just hang in there dude! I`ve been ill since Feb 2006,and have only managed to go for a ride with some fellow Radsters and race once since then.I am pretty much housebound all the time,but I`ve been into BMX since 1981 and I always find something to keep me interested.Don`t fall out with BMX,maybe take a break for a few weeks and I bet you`ll find yourself unable to stay away!
Keep yer chin up!
James
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Porn 8)
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Hey spesh.
You have my sympothy mate as I'm having a similar time of late, few personal issues, back playing up and it's looking like I'm going to have to have another disc replaced which is the last thing I need. Winter doing my head in and not being able to get up to Interact to meet the lads and have a wobble in the comfort of a great indoor park so I know where you are coming from.
However, I've just got a new build to do (84 sport :smitten:) so that's lifted my spirits no end. I know that now we are in to the new year that spring isn't far away and the weather will be getting better. I've got some mid school builds planned which will keep me occupied. Personally things have picked up a bit too as I've landed a couple of good parts which I'll start filming soon. I'm determined to do more riding this year and I'm going to get to Rom and Southsea this year and I might even go up to Livi at some point and on my way past call in and see Dave Young as I've been promising to do it for long enough, either way I'll going up to see Dave so that's summat else I've got to look forward too.
Keep ya chin up fella, think of all the positives about BMX, it's in your blood so you know it makes sense. Fook the young cubs with their black bikes and studded belts, let them get on with it and you do what you do and enjoy it to the max dude.
Daz. :daumenhoch:
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yes, well said daz, spesh, i don't ride or collect, even though i was an 80s rider i have no desire to collect,
i'm out every weekend watching other peeps ride and loving it, just being part of bmx for me is enough,
i powdercoat bikes, take pics and travel to lots of other parks and again germany in the summer and i still wont
get on a bike, see being part what ever part that is, is all that matters :daumenhoch:
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thanx for all the replies youve cheered me up
i think what i need is a target
so who wants to join me down southsea skatepark in the near future when the weathers better/warmer
or anywhere in the south for some freestyle action
oh and theres a couple of terms so i wont feel out of place
1/ you must be over 30 yrs
2/ weigh at least 15st and above 5ft 10" tall
3/ ride a old/mid school bike
:LolLolLolLol:
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1/ you must be over 30 yrs
2/ weigh at least 15st and above 5ft 10" tall
3/ ride a old/mid school bike
I'm 39.....I weigh 13.5st and I'm 5' 9.75" and I ride a NS bike but with mid school bars on, amberwall tyres, both brakes and my seat isn't too low so can I still come?
;)
Daz.
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Spesh, if you wanna start loving new school BMX, get yourself over to Cologne for the Masters this year. Fecking awesome...you'll be buzzing again!
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1/ you must be over 30 yrs
2/ weigh at least 15st and above 5ft 10" tall
3/ ride a old/mid school bike
I'm 39.....I weigh 13.5st and I'm 5' 9.75" and I ride a NS bike but with mid school bars on, amberwall tyres, both brakes and my seat isn't too low so can I still come?
;)
Daz.
Daz mate you are 5' 9.6531" and as for 13.5 stone :2funny: >:D
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1/ you must be over 30 yrs
2/ weigh at least 15st and above 5ft 10" tall
3/ ride a old/mid school bike
I'm 39.....I weigh 13.5st and I'm 5' 9.75" and I ride a NS bike but with mid school bars on, amberwall tyres, both brakes and my seat isn't too low so can I still come?
;)
Daz.
Daz mate you are 5' 9.6531" and as for 13.5 stone :2funny: >:D
Ok then...13st 10lb ;)
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yes, well said daz, spesh, i don't ride or collect, even though i was an 80s rider i have no desire to collect,
i'm out every weekend watching other peeps ride and loving it, just being part of bmx for me is enough,
i powdercoat bikes, take pics and travel to lots of other parks and again germany in the summer and i still wont
get on a bike, see being part what ever part that is, is all that matters :daumenhoch:
he doesn't ride or collect, he just sneaks around parks taking pictures of kids.... :shocked: :2funny: ;D >:D :D :LolLolLolLol:
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I lost the path a bit in the middle of last year. Sold all my bikes that I had lovingly built, haven't ridden my new school bike in probably 10 months. but i will not sell my race bike.
I raced again on Sunday with my old mates in the OSS and fooking loved it. We have such a good crack. We are of all differing levels but we do it for the fun. As was said on this thread earlier. The bikes are for riding. Hasn't got to be anything too lairy or strenuous but just getting round a track is so much fun.
Build yourself a race bike and get into the OSS. :daumenhoch:
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Spesh, please read and watch this link mate. You would miss this surely
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=51798.0
I would pay for these kinda laughs :LolLolLolLol: Wait till summer is here ;)
Paul :Great_Britain:
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Its not easy mate, i have the same problem due to giving up work to look after the kids 24-7 , and skint, my robbo is all i have, and ill never sell it, but with lack of members near by, etc, its not easy staying infused, luckly though ive been helping my mate across the road from me, build his curtis, he saw my robbo in the summer , and it all came back to him, si ive been getting bits for him, and soon it will be ready to build, so all good, i must say all the ideas are great, But not good if funds are low, so i know how hard it is to stay on top of it, it will come back , as said the winter is the worse time, take care ,,paul :)
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Pretty much what everyone else as been saying :daumenhoch: i personally am not really interested in restoring bmx's etc and standing around admiring them i got back into bmx for the same reason as 23 years ago......to ride the damn thing at every opportunity :daumenhoch: a bmx is for riding
That pretty much sums up what I feel about OS nowadays.
I had a lot of collectable stuff from around 1999 - 2004, but have now sold the vast majority of it since I started racing regularly again in 2006. I like looking at other people's collections, but the most important thing about BMX for me is to actively participate and ride/race.
It's nice to collect stuff and I may do it again when my riding days are over. But collecting is a poor subsitute for riding.
I hope you re-find the passion for riding Spesh. And like a lot of the other guys have said, give OS racing a go, cos it's a good laugh and the fellas that do it are a good bunch.
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I'm feeling the same fella but this year I've got to get out and ride.........
I'm gutted I didn't make the Christmas bash & the CIN ride, trouble is just when I think everythings good to go and I'm going out, something/someone pushes a stick in my spokes. Work commitments have just strangled me the last 6 months.
I don't want to promise you but I should definately be up for some riding in the near future :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:
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the cin ride was great, and for me was a last minute decision, as cost etc on getting to london, but was well worth the trip, although the tennis elbow i have had since wasnt :LolLolLolLol: and i dont even play tennis ::)