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Events => Old School Series Racing => Topic started by: Zippy on November 01, 2007, 07:49 PM
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Just seen the pics of the Herne Bay track and it looks amazing. Not finished yet but you can see the layout.
Looks like 2008 will be a great year of racing with a proper track at last to practice on. :daumenhoch:
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Anyone who lives near that track is a right jammy git.
7 straights and 6 berms of pure radness.
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looks absolutely wicked, but even bitd don't know how stamina would last for 7 explosive sprinting straights??
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>:D
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:daumenhoch:
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No excuses now Bob. :LolLolLolLol:
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When are they opening to the general public?
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I think the thread mentioned next spring. Can't wait. :daumenhoch:
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When are they opening to the general public?
http://www.bmxtalk.com/viewtopic.php't=13530&start=15
As we don't have oxygen bottles available yet I suspect that OldSkoolSux will warn the OS riders off joining in the sessions >:D but some will turn up anyway!! I've done about thirty laps of the track in two sessions and my legs just haven't been the same since. I'm afraid Sunday's session means I won't be at Braintree as Matt & James just love the new track - it's so rad!! Humps
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Last call for riders to session the new track at Herne Bay. Check out the thread on BMX Talk for a panoramic pic and an invitation to session tomorrow in the company of some of BMX's finest. Humps
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I would have loved to have gone there today, it is a shame it is the same day as the Braintree race
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:4_17_5: popped down to track today for about an hour, thought it was great, yes there's loadsa jumps, not all too big either, managed to jump a couple of sets of doubles. Bearing in mind this now brings riding time up to 3 hours in last 20 years. Should produce some very exciting racing :coolsmiley:
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Phoned in sick at work and spent most of the day at hernebay....what a sweet place that is :daumenhoch:
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What a session it was at Herne Bay today with some 70 riders, young and old, sessioning the track. Great to see Spillers#1, Pro-Tec and SE Mark there as well as Mr Magoo, Mark can claim the honour of being first to run an Old School bike round (Spillers & Pro-Tec ran their crowsers). As Hudu watched the riders enjoying themselves he must have felt pride in knowing that he'd done a fantastic job in building such a great track and the people of East Kent are in his debt for it. Hopefully Phil will be down when we officially open. We must do it again sometime and maybe we'll avoid a clash with the OSWS. Humps
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popped down there late and everyone had gone. did have a walk round the track. Look foward to getting me bike on it next weekend, weather permitting.
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Now that is by far the best and the longest track I've ever ridden by miles!! literally. smooth and flowing. I was absolutely speechless for the first half hour.
Be warned though, it demands manual and/or jumping skills to ride it at race pace. I'd better get practicing then!
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Right, it's agony hearing about how good this track is and not having ridden it yet.
So if the old school race at Ipswich is off on the 17th, who's who for a proper session down there on either the 16th or 17th?
I'm in!
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If there is one place on earth you can go to up your game, this my friends is it. I'm there every weekend they'll have me.
It's the real deal Neil.
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I have to agree, it really is nice, but also agree at racing speeds will be fun trying to keep it to the ground.
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Some great pics of the track and riders on http://www.bmxtalk.com/viewtopic.php't=13626 thanks to Simon Lavender. Will let everyone know when we are holding 'official' sessions down there. Glad you guys enjoyed it. Humps
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Damn that place rocks :daumenhoch: and it was safe going into the berms as 796 was at braintree :D ;D :shocked: ;) luv ya really tony :P
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I have just checked the pics out on bmx talk and it looks the nuts. I cant wait to have a blast around there :daumenhoch:
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Good to read the positives in here.
Remember, an older schooler than you put his heart and soul into it. Don't ever be afraid of what you can wake up in yourself once you face your fears and have fun. :daumenhoch:
Have fun!
:)
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Kudos to you my man. :daumenhoch:
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Cant wait to see all you stiff back, non manualling old farts "trying" to look Rad there :LolLolLolLol:
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Cant wait to see all you stiff back, non manualling old farts "trying" to look Rad there :LolLolLolLol:
Oh cos your gonna be riding that track anytime soon...pmsl
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:yahoo_silent:
Oh cos your gonna be riding that track anytime soon...pmsl
your fault :LolLolLolLol: :smitten:
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:yahoo_silent: Oh cos your gonna be riding that track anytime soon...pmsl
your fault :LolLolLolLol: :smitten:
Shall i explain the birds and the bee's for you :)
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:LolLolLolLol:
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Credit where it's due, the "old farts" last week looked pretty good with some air visible!! Maybe one day the OSS Queen and Ratty will be invited to one of our sessions. ;) But only if the behave themselves!! Huh!! Humps
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Cant wait to see all you stiff back, non manualling old farts "trying" to look Rad there :LolLolLolLol:
sorry to seem fik, but what the hell is manualling?
PS I got air, and think i could probably get air all round, problem is not getting sick pay for any potential breaks!!!
especially seeing as i havent got any saftey equip yet!!
PPS, only stiff backed, cos had a couple of discs removed a few years back....more reason to worry about coming off eh?
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Cant wait to see all you stiff back, non manualling old farts "trying" to look Rad there :LolLolLolLol:
this i have got to see.
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Cant wait to see all you stiff back, non manualling old farts "trying" to look Rad there :LolLolLolLol:
this i have got to see.
There will be a few of the old f**ts sessioning the track this Sunday from 10:30ish if you fancy popping along for a sneak preview. Bear in mind though that the place is still technically a building site and has no toilets and limited parking. Should be good to watch and rumour has it that one of the BIG names in UK BMX is paying a visit. Humps
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No I'm not :LolLolLolLol:
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No I'm not :LolLolLolLol:
That'd be big "name" Zip. You know, as opposed to "mouth"(?)..... :angel:
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No I'm not :LolLolLolLol:
That'd be big "name" Zip. You know, as opposed to "mouth"(?)..... :angel:
:LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:
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Forecast for Sunday looking bad, HEAVY RAIN whilst Saturday is only forecast to have 23mph WIND!! Keep an eye on this thread for possible change of day or cancellation of session. Humps
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Forecast for Sunday looking bad, HEAVY RAIN whilst Saturday is only forecast to have 23mph WIND!! Keep an eye on this thread for possible change of day or cancellation of session. Humps
Never get rained off at Dagenham, and Pah to 23mph winds :2funny:
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Forecast for Sunday looking bad, HEAVY RAIN whilst Saturday is only forecast to have 23mph WIND!! Keep an eye on this thread for possible change of day or cancellation of session. Humps
Never get rained off at Dagenham, and Pah to 23mph winds :2funny:
That's cos you're to big and heavy to be affected by the wind and the rain drips off your bald head. :LolLolLolLol:
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So we start the Zippy and rat wars round 2 >:D
And theres me thinking last round would have finished you off
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:LolLolLolLol:
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Dagenham's surrounded by high rise blocks, Herne bay is surrounded by Kent countryside :P
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Herne Bay is surrounded by sheep :shocked: Dagenham by quality MILF :LolLolLolLol:
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You'll have to point them out to us when we're all up there next time then Nikki. :LolLolLolLol:
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Dont deny the sheep though si? >:D
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I think you may well have got Kent confused with Wales there. Easily done I suppose for you smoke dwellers. :LolLolLolLol:
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So you do deny the sheep, but Zipps I have the photographic evidence, are you sure its not you getting confused :angel:
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Quality MILF, in Dagenham? HA! :2funny:
And the kent sheep are twice as attractive as the Welsh ones, come on Si.
BAAA! :P
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Saturday now looks much better with sunshine and lower winds (15mph)
Weather for Sunday looks very wet so track will be closed
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http://weather.aol.co.uk/weather/ukweather/ukforecast/?locations=UKXX0651 Humps
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Fook me looks like it`s going to be warm, 8°C/48°F ::)
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Fook me looks like it`s going to be warm, 8°C/48°F ::)
You'll need your shorts Bill, if only to chase after the sheep!! :-\ Humps
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All the sheep will be in the warm ......... not out in the cold like us fools. :shocked: :2funny:
Matt
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I've just come back from seeing the contractors at the track.
If any one is planning on visiting the track PLEASE BE WARNED!
They have just ripped up the old contrete parking area, It looks like a bomb-site! Loads of lumps of reinforced concrete with the metal sticking out all over the floor, look where you are walking! Remember it is still a Building site and it is not an official club session
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Hello girls......see you lot still can't play nicely together ;D so hernebay saturday instead,sounds good to me :daumenhoch: be there with me long johns :daumenhoch: and condoms for some sheep shagging to keep warm ??? who evers going i'll see ya there :)
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I am gutted I cant make saturday, I have to work :'(
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Saturday now looks much better with sunshine and lower winds (15mph)
Weather for Sunday looks very wet so track will be closed
Russ you say that like you expect any of us old farts to come out in the rain ??? ;)
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gotta say what blast at herne bay track today
freezing my nutz off but still left with a smile
thats one cracking track :daumenhoch:
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your not wrong about freezing nuts off :shocked: good day today though and the place rocks :daumenhoch: something for everyone there. :4_17_5:
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Glad you like it Kev as I know you had reservations about it. Nice, if windy, session today with Spillers#1 and his bro there with Bob_Acid and Billstup. Billy was looking sharp on his crowser jumping some of the bigger bits but still in need of some stamina training if he's going to finish races on a bigger track!! :D Great to see Dialled Bikes' Scott Waterhouse ripping up the track and looking very good indeed. The contractors have seeded the areas between the straights so give it some warmer weather and a couple of months and it should all be looking very nice indeed - I can feel a New Years Day session coming on.
Because of the forecasted bad weather tomorrow, which has already prompted Ipswich to cancel, please keep away from the track. The contractors have ripped up the old concrete parking area leaving some reinforcing rods sticking out the ground just waiting to savage tyres. Humps
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Cracking track, felt bloody long though, well that or my lung capacity needs to go up a bit :daumenhoch:
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Agreed, was very windy though.
Still having a track down the road might mean i'll get out on me bike more next summer. I've hardly been out on it this year cos of a lack of people to hold my hand round this neck of the woods ::)
Roll on spring :daumenhoch:
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was a tad windy, :)
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was a tad windy, :)
Big props to Rory for getting back on a bike after a long layoff. Hope your back is OK after the mobile physiotherapy session you gave it today. Humps
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gotta say having had a spin round on lees FA limo 24
i want a cruiser again :D
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thanx humps your the man , good to see ya .
it was good to have a short ride , sorry to any radsters as i am a bit shy.
even tho steve said my bike was frankenstien... ha ha :)
(http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/1170/s7001521xp3.jpg)
good times next summer at herne bay thanx to all at ekbmx
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rory, it's 2007, drop the size of your chain wheel mate ;D come on get with it >:D
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gotta say having had a spin round on lees FA limo 24
i want a cruiser again :D
and after riding justins standard cruiser i want one of them :D
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how did the manuals go after i left
you got them down to a fine art now ?
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did 2 spot on one's riding justins bike then smashed me nuts trying it on me own bike :crazy2: for me personally that was a fair old gap to manuel :buck2:
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yeh for a shortass stiff back old geezer :LolLolLolLol: :smitten:
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I was just doing the kids lunch and started laughing to myself thinking about us all sitting on the track putting the world to rights,
my old man always said to me.....
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And it's 1pm and still no rain in Herne bay. Kin weather men ::)
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And it's 1pm and still no rain in Herne bay. Kin weather men ::)
Bet it's windy and cold though Bob - it's both here in Bexleyheath. I think we did the best thing by turning out yesterday but if anyone goes there today, let us know how you got on. Humps
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Best not to make the trip today, heavy rain and poss snow making it's way to us, woohoo :daumenhoch:
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still dry, cold yeah but dry ;)
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Best not to make the trip today, heavy rain and poss snow making it's way to us, woohoo :daumenhoch:
I'd heard it's raining men!! :shocked: Humps
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I'd heard it's raining men!! Humps
Jeez Al, didn't realise you were that way inclined :shocked: :LolLolLolLol:
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I was just doing the kids lunch and started laughing to myself thinking about us all sitting on the track putting the world to rights, my old man always said to me.....
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it was funny bob ;D instead of sitting down the pub moaning about women like most men our age we just do it whilst sitting on a set of doubles at a bmx track :LolLolLolLol:
f**kin sat around me flat all bloody day waiting for the rain to come wishing i could head out to a track on me bike and F**k me it rains at 4pm when its dark typical :-\ still managed half hour over the heath with my mate martin who wanted to try out he's new 26" cruiser :daumenhoch:
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moaning about women like most men our age
Anyone we know?? >:D :10_2_12: You should have been riding around instead of blocking the track stopping me getting a romp on!! Humps
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moaning about women like most men our age
Anyone we know?? >:D :10_2_12: You should have been riding around instead of blocking the track stopping me getting a romp on!! Humps
Alan we were on the 4th straight so there was no way we could have stopped you getting a romp on, by that time on that bloody long track you, and me, were at a stand still :-\
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It started rainning at about 9 oclock tonight ::)
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;D not to rub it in but had a lovely warm day at chalrton today,
nice cups of tea, Mcdonalds, an arm chair and watched a mental display
of freestyle riding, :) see you hard core racing guys dont know what your missing,
pussy boys complaining about the weather, come over to the dark side of freestyle
it's much warmer this time of year ;D :daumenhoch:
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bob the worst of it was not only were we stood in the cold & wind
but we made it worse by standing on the highest most exposed part of the bleeding track
the start hill :idiot2:
sure i saw a couple of brass monkeys on those second doubles :shocked:
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It started rainning at about 9 oclock tonight ::)
And probably hasn't stopped much since!! Who ordered the rain?? :Aresehole: Watch the forecasts for the weekend as it will be interesting to know how the track has stood up to so much wet stuff in such a short period. Humps
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I went up there yesterday afternoon just to check that out Humps. iI had been raining almost constant allday. The drainage seems to be working well as there were only a few small puddles as to be expected after a whole days rain.
Getting to the track was a different matter due to the main entracnce road now being dug up and the earthed & seeded areas around the track were as mucky as hell as well.
Will see how the weather goes over next few days and decided if any riding is going down
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Myself,pro-tec,te-harve and me bro are gonna head to the bay saturday hope the weather will be ok :daumenhoch:
Is it ok to ride there at mo ?
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Is it ok to ride there at mo ?
How was it for you Lee?? After last nights' rain it ought to have been a tad soggy but if the drains worked it might have been OK. Update please. Humps
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Wasn't to bad there today humps :daumenhoch: a few little puddles but nothing to worry about.
We had a really good day and took a lot of piccies,absolutley luv the place. :4_17_5:
Russ popped over to check how the track was, but it seems to drain realy well :daumenhoch:
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For future reference please check the messageboard @ www.eastkentbmx.co.uk for info on when sessions are taking place, as we check that more often than Radbmx.
Most of us only live two mins from the track so we can give up to date info on current conditions at the track & whether it's ok to ride.
Thanks
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For future reference please check the messageboard @ www.eastkentbmx.co.uk for info on when sessions are taking place
For ease of reference I've started a thread on the East Kent website Forum which will show when the track, weather and site conditions lend themselves to riding. The local riders will provide the reports to save anyone making a long journey only to find force 9 gales and/or blinding rain. Trust this helps and if you're not registered onto the Forum then please do so. Humps
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http://www.eastkentbmx.forumsvibe.com/viewtopic.php't=100&mforum=eastkentbmx
No go this weekend at the Bay please. Anyway, I think the weather is going to be c**p. Humps
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Thought this snippet from the Bay might amuse you old farts. The Club has been awarded funding from Pfizer Ltd to help with some of the bits and pieces we need to go racing. Now, for those that don't know, Pfizers main product is for erectile dysfunction and is best known as Viagra. Should I be getting some of their products for the 'older' riders taking part in our Regional?? And here's a special message from "oldskoolsux" to the OSS riders: :2gunsfiring_v1: Old School . ;) Humps