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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Race (riders ready, pedals ready... GO!!) => Topic started by: Zippy on February 12, 2008, 03:42 PM
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Well I've decided I'm not going to do cruisers this year but I am going to give 30+ Masters a crack instead.
Anyone fancy joining me.
Still going to race old school as well because I want the British Champions Number 1 plate this year. ;)
Masters will certainly help towards that. :daumenhoch:
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Who is the reigning Old School British Champion.
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Can you explain what it means by Masters mate.
Being 38 i was going to race, obviously not now i but didin't know what class i would be in, are there no Novice classes for a 30+, or is that it.
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Hi Zippy, I'm also going to be racing 30+ masterclass this year I get the bike sorted - hopefully within the next week or so!! :daumenhoch:
Andy, in novices classes 15+ is the oldest class, so if you go nu school for your 1st season back at racing you'll race in that class, then move to the 30+ Masterclass after that.
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I'm going to start on my old school bike to begin with. ;)
I reckon it's good enough.
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Andy, in novices classes 15+ is the oldest class, so if you go nu school for your 1st season back at racing you'll race in that class, then move to the 30+ Masterclass after that.
Sh1t, i''d be thrashed by those kids. :(
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i'd love to have a go this year,but havent got a clue where to start..i'm 40 in July, got a couple of Old School bikes and a new 2008 Redline Bubba Harris Flight Pro XXL i paid teeny money for in the U.S. and thought what the heck,so i could race either in.
First step is get the family licence from the BCF i suppose, anyone any other advice?
Jai told me about Bristol and we're going to hopefully join there and hopefully contribute something to the club.
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Is it me or does Brandy's Sig look like Ratty and 796. :LolLolLolLol:
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Well I've decided I'm not going to do cruisers this year but I am going to give 30+ Masters a crack instead.
Anyone fancy joining me.
Still going to race old school as well because I want the British Champions Number 1 plate this year. ;)
Masters will certainly help towards that. :daumenhoch:
hey zippy the wind is changing direction tomorrow just like your descision on what your gonna race this week or next ;D
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I expect it is. :LolLolLolLol:
Decided cruisers are too big for me to ride quick enough to be competitively.
I'm only a bit taller than Spen so 20" for life I reckon. :LolLolLolLol:
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I am going to give the masters a go this year as well as the old school
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What are we talking here then guys? Regionals? Club? ???
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I will be doing as many regionals as possible this year. I am also going to try and take part in Dagenham and Braintree summer series to get my fitness up
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Im moving up to 30+ Masters this season.
Take no prisoners :knuppel2:
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hey guys, welcome to the Masters, not every one is a rough as me and Daddy Whyte! ;)
Zippy, if you ride a quick as you did in the OS at Dagnuts on Sunday you'll be fast enough no problem.
I'll be seeing you all on the gate at Hayes this Sunday then????
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I'll be seeing you all on the gate at Hayes this Sunday then????
And i'll be putting you over second berm Kirby ;D
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I'll be seeing you all on the gate at Hayes this Sunday then????
And i'll be putting you over second berm Kirby ;D
The size of my beer gut now you'll need a lorry to do that skinny boy. :-*
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So we've got old skoolers giving 40+ cruisers a bash :daumenhoch: and old skoolers giving 30+ masters a bash :daumenhoch: cool :) hooga's got a new ride for masters :daumenhoch: and should be in the mix and the same for zippster :daumenhoch: well this week anyway ;D
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I'm already looking forward to this. :LolLolLolLol:
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So we've got old skoolers giving 40+ cruisers a bash :daumenhoch: and old skoolers giving 30+ masters a bash :daumenhoch: cool :) hooga's got a new ride for masters :daumenhoch: and should be in the mix and the same for zippster :daumenhoch: well this week anyway ;D
I'm not sure what all the wind direction changing is all about but after riding my cruiser round Daggers on Saturday I decided that 30+ would be better suited to me. I can't manual a cruiser because they're too long in the wheelbase and I'm a bit taller than Spen. :LolLolLolLol:
Besides I think the level of competiton will be far greater in Masters than 30-39 Cruisers, especially with the likes of Russ and Miles to race against. :daumenhoch:
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Good on you guys for upping your game and riding in new school classes :daumenhoch:
Some of you are too fast for OS these days, and that showed on Sunday.
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The way i see it mike everyone can race new and old skool :daumenhoch: i raced my old skool at braintree and it was brilliant :4_17_5: what i want to see is people who came back to the sport riding the bikes they rode 20 odd years mixing it with new school and showing that you can still be fast and competitive being middle aged :daumenhoch: all 8 finalists in old skool on sunday looked very fast and rode with a lot of skill :daumenhoch: wouldn't it be great to get some of the young hot shots to do a one off race on old skool bikes :4_17_5: i would love to watch guys like dan whyte,micheal pinnock etc having a laugh and racing our old skool bikes. :D
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^^^^^ Yeah Batey,Bancroft,Mapp mixin' it up for one race on the Old Skool,Flats n 1" headsets...lets see em then!! :daumenhoch:
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Go for it fella's,30+ is the way to go,you can still do the OS too......prob be a tad hard at first but will improve ya fitness no end.....on Sunday at BAD it was a 25+ class but the big majority of those were 30+'ers.......do it....you know it makes sense :daumenhoch:
Stu
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I think the upper level of old school riders have now perhaps become too fast for the rest of the guys and it may even be a little intimidating to get up on the gate with some of us. I don't want that to sound big headed or arrogant because I don't mean it that way but there's a lot of guy's that would love to race that may be put off by only being beginners.
There's also a few of us that could really benefit from stepping out of the comfort zone and pushing ourselves to evolve. I was really chuffed with how I rode this weekend but on the way home thought about where I go from here. I've just beaten some of the best old schoolers in the country and I need to find a new more difficult challenge in order to keep the interest going.
I'm not saying I won't race old school anymore because I will, but I think this is the last year I take it seriously before making a permanant switch to 30+ and leaving the old school class to tracks like Hersden.
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^^^^^ Yeah Batey,Bancroft,Mapp mixin' it up for one race on the Old Skool,Flats n 1" headsets...lets see em then!! :daumenhoch:
How f**kin cool would that be :daumenhoch: get a gate full of the best racers at the mo on old skool bikes for a one off race :4_17_5:
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Can you imagine them riding round a track in anger on your Burner. :LolLolLolLol:
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ELLO SI ,,,HOWS YA DOIN AFTER OUR RACIN SESH ON SUNDAY
ME WAS ACHIN ALOT ON MONDAY,,MAINLY CAUSE I HAD NOT RODE A BIKE FOR A WEEK
I DO AGREE WITH YA THOUGH MATE IM GOIN TO STOP RACIN SO MUCH OLD SCHOOL JUST SO THE OTHERS CAN BETTER THERMSELVES AND I CAN ALSO BY RACIN A MORE DIFFICULT CLASS LIKE ME CRUISER OR THINKIN ABOUT RACIN ME HYPER ON SUNDAY IN THE 30+CLASS JUST TO SEE HOW I GET ON
WE WERE VERY CLOSE ON SUNDAY AS YOU CAN SEE IN THEM PICKIES BUT IF WE PUT A BIT OF EFFORT IN AND GOT FIT WITH A NEW SCHOOL BIKE ,,WHO KNOWS HOW WE COULD GET ON IN MASTERS ,,IM CERTAINLY THINKIN OF IT
OUR REGION DOES NOT RUN A 30+IN THE SUMMER REGIONALS THOUGH AND WOULD HAVE TO RACE IN THE PAYBACK CLASS ,,WHICH IS FULL OF CLASS RIDERS LIKE FLEM ,,CAL,,IVESY,,SPEEDY REIDY AND THE LIKES ,,BUT WHO KNOWS THEY MIGHT DRAG ME UP A BIT
THANKS TO YOU ALL ON SUNDAY FOR A GREAT BAY ,,BRILL MEETIN YA ALL
TILL NEXT TIME SI
RUSS NO2,,,BOO HOO
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The way i see it mike everyone can race new and old skool :daumenhoch: i raced my old skool at braintree and it was brilliant :4_17_5: what i want to see is people who came back to the sport riding the bikes they rode 20 odd years mixing it with new school and showing that you can still be fast and competitive being middle aged :daumenhoch: all 8 finalists in old skool on sunday looked very fast and rode with a lot of skill :daumenhoch: wouldn't it be great to get some of the young hot shots to do a one off race on old skool bikes :4_17_5: i would love to watch guys like dan whyte,micheal pinnock etc having a laugh and racing our old skool bikes. :D
That's a brilliant idea Lee. I'd love to watch those guys ride old school bikes. Not sure whether they would though. Dan and Big Mike had a go on my old Ripper a while back and they said it felt well sketchy.
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I think the upper level of old school riders have now perhaps become too fast for the rest of the guys and it may even be a little intimidating to get up on the gate with some of us. I don't want that to sound big headed or arrogant because I don't mean it that way but there's a lot of guy's that would love to race that may be put off by only being beginners.
Very fair comment, Si, and not arrogant at all. I was gonna put in my previous post that because guys like you, Aaron, Jason Harvey, Ratty, Gary Porter, Hooga and Sam are so quick, some of the other guys or potential old schoolers might be put off racing, but I didn't want to sound condescending to the guys who aren't as fast as you.
Hopefully we'll see some new blood coming into OS.
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........ i would love to watch guys like dan whyte,micheal pinnock etc having a laugh and racing our old skool bikes. :D
I'd love to Pinnock on an OS bike too, just to see how far he got round before he snapped it in half. I was with him at Peterborough a few years ago when he tore the front end clean off a new school ripper, imagine what he'd do to an OS one.... ;D
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I think the upper level of old school riders have now perhaps become too fast for the rest of the guys and it may even be a little intimidating to get up on the gate with some of us. I don't want that to sound big headed or arrogant because I don't mean it that way but there's a lot of guy's that would love to race that may be put off by only being beginners.
That's more or less what I thought, after I won the first couple of Alans OS nationals in Warrington and the Winnie Wright memorial race at Slough I wanted to push myself. Why I started racing OS in the first place was just wanted to see if I could ride a 20", I could, so I started back in what was then 25+.
I can't ride an OS bike for shite now, I used to be fast on them until I got used to NS bikes. I have to say for riding I'm 100% NS now.
Go for it Zippy. :coolsmiley:
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........ i would love to watch guys like dan whyte,micheal pinnock etc having a laugh and racing our old skool bikes. :D
I'd love to Pinnock on an OS bike too, just to see how far he got round before he snapped it in half. I was with him at Peterborough a few years ago when he tore the front end clean off a new school ripper, imagine what he'd do to an OS one.... ;D
I was thinking earlier about mike pinnock,there were a few of us on sunday who thought mike was the b*ll*x he took no prisoners, for a big fella he is so fast and powerfull :daumenhoch: i think he's the new delbert husband of 2008 :4_17_5: ;)
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Pinnock is a great rider. So fast and smooth for a big lad. And a really nice lad off the track as well (gentle giant).
He's really unlucky with injuries though. I've known him about 3 years now and every year he mullers himself and ends up missing at least 2 or 3 months of the season.
Wait until some of you guys see Lee Baker ride (he's been injured for most of the last 18 months). Before he got injured, he was as fast and smooth as Dan Whyte.
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I was inspired by Pinnocks riding on Sunday... absolutely awesome!!!
I think it was the Qtr Final he was battling to the line with another rider and they both nailed it for the finish and ended in a heap at the bottom of the hill....
I just had to stand there and applaud the lad.... :daumenhoch: top rider...
But would I let him ride one of me Burners...? would I buggery... ;D
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ill be starting as a newbie in the Masters this year - will have a go in OS when my JMC arrives from over the pond.
Crooch
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i"ll ba having ago at a few nationals in masters this year as well as 40+, much more fun on a 20" bike :daumenhoch: