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New School BMX 2004 - Now => New School Racing => Topic started by: kdubbmx on October 25, 2008, 11:43 AM
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Anyone not going to Braintree fancies some riding at the kdub compound tommorow (sunday)
4X bikes work best but still fun for 20" & cruisers.
Also a few of us are going to the 4x track at uk bikepark dorset next weekend if anyones up for that??
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Hi Keith. just dropped my cruiser wheels of for a tensioning in anticipation of me racing again for the first time in 10 weeks @ b-mouth, so dont have cruiser. May pop along on the Patriot tomorrow, or pop in to say high at the end of a road ride... Cant make next week unfortunately, as friends 40th up near Bedford.
Matt.
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Hi Keith. Can't make it this weekend as parents are down visiting us, but would definitely like to ride the K-Dub compound soon seeing as I think you're only about 30 minutes from me.
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Can`t do tomorrow Keith but next Sat or Sunday at the uk bikepark sounds good :daumenhoch:
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Hi Keith. Can't make it this weekend as parents are down visiting us, but would definitely like to ride the K-Dub compound soon seeing as I think you're only about 30 minutes from me.
Prob moving house soon Mike but new place has room for a track as well, Trav & i have just been down there pacing it out, big barn as well so we can still play when its wet!!! :D
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Hi Keith. Can't make it this weekend as parents are down visiting us, but would definitely like to ride the K-Dub compound soon seeing as I think you're only about 30 minutes from me.
Prob moving house soon Mike but new place has room for a track as well, Trav & i have just been down there pacing it out, big barn as well so we can still play when its wet!!! :D
Indoor ramps Keith or indoor track ?
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Haha! not that big!! the barn is about 30'x35' so a quarter pipe at either end will be all the fun we can have!!
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I may be up for it Keith if the weather is not to foul , where abouts are you as I've never been to your place
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Keith i am well up for riding your track :daumenhoch: and i wouldn't mind going to ukbike park in dorset either :daumenhoch: keep me informed about next weekend as i would love to give it a bash.
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Is this still on Keith as i am off Sat??? What about a trip down
to Bexhill if weather is ok anyone??? Mike-Lee-Keith.
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Is this still on Keith as i am off Sat??? What about a trip down
to Bexhill if weather is ok anyone??? Mike-Lee-Keith.
It is still on Kev :daumenhoch:
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Haha! not that big!! the barn is about 30'x35' so a quarter pipe at either end will be all the fun we can have!!
Thats enough for a miniramp, no more..... Unless you're feeling brave, then it's gotta be a bowl ;)
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Is this still on Keith as i am off Sat??? What about a trip down
to Bexhill if weather is ok anyone??? Mike-Lee-Keith.
come over Kev, quite a few coming, just gonna ride at mine sat, should be fun :D
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I've got to paint some of the kitchen walls and take the kids to the cinema on Saturday, so I'm not gonna be able to make it on Saturday, Keith.
Definitely up for it another time though.
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Never mind all that Keith! Come down to Braintree instead......................i'll buy you a hotdog :LolLolLolLol:
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Cool see you all there, love it when the wife is away and
i can go do what i want.
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How was it down at the Land of Nod today guys?? Humps
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How was it down at the Land of Nod today guys?? Humps
Last word from Keith was that the weather was not too good down there :-\ we sent our apologies for today, a messy drinks session with our nutty neighbours means i have a) a hangover, b) a broken nose from falling off the bed :LolLolLolLol: and c) couldn't get out of bed til 3pm :angel:
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I had an awesome day getting cold wet and very muddy, my 1st time on
a proper 4x bike (think i am now hooked) did some very steep lines at
the old Devils punchbowl my lend bike only had 1 brake which wasnt
ideal, respect to spillers on his cruiser and Billy making me laugh with
his mud slide antics, and thanks again Keith for lending me the Kona.
Now the difficult bit of getting her indoors to agree to just 1 more bike.
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Really wish I could've made it down there today, but at least the kitchen got painted and I earned enough brownie points to go to Chicksands tomorrow.
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wet and very muddy
Kev did you notice if my James was wet and very muddy too?? Sounds like I'll be putting his clothes straight in the wash again. After last week's plastering at Haldon Forest Park it could become a bit too frequent for my liking. I blame Billy & Keith for leading him astray on that springy-thingy of his!! Humps
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Had real funny day, weather closed in so we went to the 1000ft high Gibbet hill to do some downhilling in the mud, my ribs still hurt from laughing at them trying to cope with the steep hill covered in mud, Bill was going straight for a tree whilst on a 40ft near vert shute so he dived off & body surfed for about 30ft & got up laughing!!
All the others stopped at the top of the drop but the only way was down so had to do it, was funny watching them accelerate wildly down it while having both brakes jammed on fully locked up! Poor spillers had to do it with one brake but managed to stay on!! (somehow)
They all said they've never been so wet & cold & were covered head to toe in mud, all showered etc then down to the hungry horse where we all eat too much & Nathan actually had a 'sickie' moment where he went grey & then green!!!
Now finding inspiration for tommorow by watching Earthed mountain bike DVD's.
The cloud has come down around the caravan in the woods where James & co are sleeping & they are a bit worried about 'wherewolves'
:shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :knuppel2: :knuppel2: :knuppel2:
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OK, I've seen the state of the bikes so who's going to give the full SP?? Billy's head plant. Chippy's offs. Come on, who's first?? Humps
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Chippy can break dance with the very best of them!! Steep steep hill+mud+chippy=breakdancing+cartwheels galore!! 9/10 :yahoo_silent:
Billy, 40mph over 40ft tabletop!! only prob was he didnt land with the bike!! Take off point to body print in the ground was measured at 48ft, really thought an air ambulance would be needed but he jumped up declaring undying love for his body armour! 10/10 :smitten:
Wish we had a camera to catch Nathan jumping 15feet high 40 feet long pulling no footers, awesome!! :idiot2:
Was a good day but fookin freezing & v v wet. I couldnt join in properly as my bike wouldnt work :'(
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Thanks again for having us down, I had an amazing time ( even if I did spend most of it on my arse ) , I can't remember the last time I laughed that hard whilst riding my bike , It was bloody hillarious , apart from when we thought Billy was dead ;D ;D ;D ;D
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My rather detailed account lol: Had a fun weekend with some rather interesting downhill routes that Keith showed us. It was good to see that I wasn't the only BMXer who was interested in MTBiking. Thanks to Keith who let us sleep in such a nice, warm caravan after a long day of riding and who made this all possible. The best dh bit for me which was the route that led up to the to steep runs in the devils punch bowl. I wasn't too keen on the dh anywhere to be honest as it was a bit too knarley for me and I fell off a lot. The first day was wet and very cold especially at the top of the mountain by the Devil's Punch Bowl but it was still good fun. The hungry horse made up for the downsides though with its great food for good prices and just chillaxing with everyone after in the bar lounge talking about things that as Keith said, made Nathan grey and green.
Day 2 was also good despite being freezing cold and very muddy due to the rain the previous day. I was a bit dissapointed with the 4x track too as it was very rough and stoney. Also, in an attempt to jump a step-down, I got an instant flat which thanks to Mark Barden, got fixed quickly and I was out riding again. The dh we did which was called 'Dark Side' was pretty fun at the top with a a few roll overs and a large jump at the end. But someone decide we would continue the run down to the bottom which was not so fun as I slid out at least 5 times despite two disc brakes and grippy mud tires. Massive props to Mark Barden who had to pick himself up so many times after slipping out with his dry orientated tires. He was sometimes 30 odd feet away from his bike! Also props to Spillers who had to do all we did with just one brake. I think that Keith was the only one who didn't fall off or slip out and even that I am unsure of :LolLolLolLol:. Once we had finally got to the bottom, we found at the bottom of one of the dh runs, there was a road gap of about 15-20ft followed by a rather sizable tabletop of around 40ft. I didn't fancy doing this so I just sat back and watched as Nathan, Joe, Billy and Keith all took up the challenge. Nathan went first and despite overjumping the road gap, cleared the tabletop and with style. This prompted the others to have a go and after a few attempts, Joe was so close to clearing the tabletop and Keith I am quite sure would have is his gears hadn't have locked up and he was in the opposite stance to how he usually rides. Billy however was not so lucky as after 1 or 2 attempts where he had not hit the tabletop in the middle, got it right in the middle the next time and decided to have a pop at the table although he says the forks soaked up his boost and as he flew over it, his nose went down almost like a TJ Baldwin although he also had his back whipped out to the side of him (if only we'd have had a camera) and he wiped out pretty heavily although by the time we were down there, he had picked himself back up and said he was ok thanks to his pads. P.S. Billy, hope you aren't going to be in too much pain in the morning. The very long and steep climb back up wasn't too much fun either and I am glad we didn't do it again like Joe Stup wanted to.
Anyway, generally a good weekend which got me out of the house and thanks to everyone for helping me when I needed it and especially for Billy for taking me and Keith for making all of the arrangments and letting us all stay over. Cheers guys, James. :)
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It was a top weekend all round, even though the weather wasn`t the best :knuppel2:
Thanks go to Keith who is the host with the most, he`ll be busy trying to clean up the mess that we left behind before Rene gets home on Tues, and I just hope the washing machine still works after the state of the clothing of ours that went in it, including footware :2funny:
The only downer was that after a 2 hour drive this morning we found that the ukbike park was shit, even though we managed to enjoy ourselves falling of bikes, especially me :crazy2:
I did think I was going to be in trouble though when I hit the 40ft table top at about 35mph only to see the rear wheel of the bike going past me whilst I was airbourne and deciding to exit left landing 8 ft the other side on my head without the bike, then I looked up to see everyone rushing towards me looking a bit concerned :2funny:
Now you know why my nickname is `Stuntman Stupple` :daumenhoch:
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Thanks to keith for a top weekend and the loan of a bike today after my white knuckle riding on a bmx cruiser on saturday cheers mate :daumenhoch: definatley easier with suspension forks and grippy tires :LolLolLolLol:
Loved the kdubb track but the downhill sections at devils punchbowls were a nightmare,especially riding in rain/wind/mud/fog and on a cruiser :D
Really enjoyed the uk bikepark today especially having a blast on the 4x track :daumenhoch: not to sure about the DARK SIDE downhill run :idiot2: what a nightmare with only a rear brake :D and do people really throw themselves down there at warp speeds :idiot2: must admit i've never laghed so much whilst crashing down a mountian/hill or whatever the hell it was :LolLolLolLol:
As for that drop off big respect to nathan(he da man)/joe stupps/bill/and keith,especially stupps senior i thought you were gonna have to be airlifted to hospital when i saw the stack :crazy2: i sh!t you not mr stupple hit this jump at unbelievable speed which
launched him skywards into a crash that looked awfull ??? quote from bill after everyone rushed over to see if he was still alive "good job i'm f*ckin hard" :LolLolLolLol:
Both days i was covered from head to toe in thick mud and soaking wet but made for a mental weekend :daumenhoch:
Thanks to lil humps as well for letting me try out his giant stp over the weekend :daumenhoch: poor little sod was ringing wet and covered in mud all weekend GET HIM IN THAT BATH ALAN :LolLolLolLol:
Nearly forgot,saturday was funny seeing old man kev slipping and sliding in the mud falling ass over b*llock especially when we had to go down that long vertical drop we''ll have to do it again soon :daumenhoch:
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What about my 1 footer over the treestump, glad you were the
only witness to that mate, i take it it rained in Dorset then
Southsea was bone dry all day!!!!
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Bastards! While I was painting the kitchen you lot got to ride your bikes. Then I woke up yesterday and got more ill as the day went on. I've honestly never felt so ill in all my life. Just recovering now, no idea what it was - migraine, temperature, cold sweats, vomiting.
So are you guys racing at Dorset next weekend? I think I will be giving it a miss, but might venture to Chicksands if the weather's OK/I'm fully recovered.
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Sounds like the paint fumes got to you Mike!! (you better not do any more then!!) ;)
I think its safe to say we wont be racing at UK bikepark next weekend, put it this way, the 4x track there is NOTHING like Chicksands at all! :(
Say no more ;)
A chicksands session sounds far more enjoyable :) :) :)
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BTW I have a sleeping bag and some knee/shin pads in the van that don`t belong to me :-\
Also I`m fooking walking like a spastic today, my hips hurt me :2funny:
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We are moving out of the Land Of Nod at christmas :'( so if any of you want to ride here (mike@dialled etc) you'd better come down before then, maybe we should all ride here every free weekend till then!!!
We will build at the new place but it'll take time for it to take shape (& hard work) :buck2:
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Also I`m fooking walking like a spastic today, my hips hurt me :2funny:
And that's different to every day? how?????? :LolLolLolLol: :-*
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was a good weekend except the weather
thanks keith for letting us stay and use your shower and that
the downhill was a bit much was more like riding off a cliff, prob had a better chance of stopping ;D
oh and bill you've got my sleeping bag in a green rucksack
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No need to thank me guys i had fun too, you lot are welcome down here anytime. :)
Thank Billy & Spillers for all the driving etc.
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Also I`m fooking walking like a spastic today, my hips hurt me :2funny:
And that's different to every day? how?????? :LolLolLolLol: :-*
Bloody cheek :2funny:
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Also I`m fooking walking like a spastic today, my hips hurt me :2funny:
And that's different to every day? how?????? :LolLolLolLol: :-*
Bloody cheek :2funny:
sorry hun, couldn't resist :angel: :angel: :2funny:
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:LolLolLolLol:
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Also I`m fooking walking like a spastic today, my hips hurt me :2funny:
And that's different to every day? how?????? :LolLolLolLol: :-*
Bloody cheek :2funny:
sorry hun, couldn't resist :angel: :angel: :2funny:
Nice avator btw :LolLolLolLol:
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Also I`m fooking walking like a spastic today, my hips hurt me :2funny:
And that's different to every day? how?????? :LolLolLolLol: :-*
Bloody cheek :2funny:
sorry hun, couldn't resist :angel: :angel: :2funny:
Nice avator btw :LolLolLolLol:
what :angel: :LolLolLolLol:
got a new one now :LolLolLolLol:
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Almost forgot to thank Billy and Lee for running me around all weekend , can't remember ever traveling that far before and not having to drive at all ,
Cheers guys if I can ever repay the favour just give us a shout , :) :)
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What about my 1 footer over the treestump, glad you were the
only witness to that mate, i take it it rained in Dorset then
Southsea was bone dry all day!!!!
Forgot about that kev :LolLolLolLol: yeah man how you kept upright i don't know,kev came charging through the tree's at keiths track sideways then launched off the tree stump jump one footed :crazy2:
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sideways was the new forwards for the weekend ;D
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Ride the slide!! :daumenhoch:
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bill couldnt stay off the slides
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Sideways was the only way down, with a few somersalts thrown in :LolLolLolLol:
Remember this Keith :
"I`m making my own route now ...........................arrrrrrrrr " sounds of me flying over the handlebars followed :2funny:
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How many times did Billy hit the deck?
over the bars at the top of DH1, dived off & fell down the chute at DH1, on to his arse on the DH at the bikepark, the biggie over the bars on the 40ft table, also went over the last berm on the 4X & stubbed his toe!
Thats 5 i saw, maybe there were more crashes???? :LolLolLolLol:
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Dont make me laugh anymore, my ribs are still sore from the amount of laughing i did at the weekend!!!!!! :knuppel2:
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My shoulder, hips, knees and big toe aint laughing much :2funny:
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My shoulder, hips, knees and big toe aint laughing much :2funny:
Sounds like a good weekend bill :LolLolLolLol:
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What don`t kill ya makes you stronger .......................... god I hope thats true :2funny:
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What don`t kill ya makes you stronger .......................... god I hope thats true :2funny:
:2funny: they say cats have 9 lives, how many have you done Bill ?
(lives i meant, not cats) :LolLolLolLol:
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What don`t kill ya makes you stronger .......................... god I hope thats true :2funny:
:2funny: they say cats have 9 lives, how many have you done Bill ?
(lives i meant, not cats) :LolLolLolLol:
A few more than that I recon :-\
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You guys should come out to the Alps one year. You'd love the lift assisted singletrack in Les Arcs (ski lifts up to around 2000m and sweet downhill trails, some go on for more than half an hour). I'm hoping to go out there around July/August next year.
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sounds alot better than walking up what seemed like a wall at uk bike park, you'd get somewhere flat and think yes its flat but then you get round the corner to only find it gets steeper
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How many times did Billy hit the deck?
over the bars at the top of DH1, dived off & fell down the chute at DH1, on to his arse on the DH at the bikepark, the biggie over the bars on the 40ft table, also went over the last berm on the 4X & stubbed his toe!
Thats 5 i saw, maybe there were more crashes???? :LolLolLolLol:
Only 5 Billy , I think thats the same number of times I managed to stay on the bike :LolLolLolLol: