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  • August 15, 2014 at 8:26 am #22160
    OldRidgeback

    Leeroy Silk made a comment on another thread and asked how many riders on this website ride BMX. I do, so does he and so does Matt Eaton but we’re curious how many others do. All three of us do BMX racing and me and Leeroy will be competing at the British BMX Championships next weekend. I ride at the skatepark a bit and so does Matt (Leeroy didn’t say) but racing is my main focus.

    There is a strong crossover between BMX and MTB riding as well as CX, but MTB in particular and a lot of BMX racers I know also do MTB riding, downhill particularly. Some of us BMXers ride on the road (where I started all those years ago) and at the velodrome too as both can help endurance, while BMX gives riders the sort of explosive power needed for quick starts.

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  • August 27, 2014 at 7:52 am #809995
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    OldRidgeback

    Leeroy_Silk wrote:Mine were a

    Leeroy_Silk wrote:
    Mine were a total non starter! I got caught up in constant stop start traffic most of the way down meaning I missed practise and the motos! Kind of pathetic really…
    Still the racing looked good, not sure about the first berm exit mind you

    What’s next on your calendar? We have Midland Club Champs in Sept, then it’ll be winter sessions at anywhere inside; Manchester indoor, Creation, Corby etc unless we get some rare dry days.

    Sorry to hear that – dunno if you saw the 20″ finals but I heard they were good – one of the lads I know (Quillan Isidore) came 3rd in the elite men which was pretty good going I reckon. That comes after another (Tre White) came 3rd in the worlds a few weeks back. That’s two world class, champion riders from council estates in S London.

    Next on my calendar is the South Champs at the end of Sept at the Mitcham track. I hope to race there but I might have to marshall instead.

    I hear what you say about the first berm exit. I tried to do a high low in practice and the best I managed was the middle of the main track. If you’re not careful you do ride up the beginning of the pro section. I’m not a fan of that first jump and I’ve seen a lot of crashes there, some of which have ended in injury. The 3rd straight is tricky but I rather like it.

    August 27, 2014 at 7:08 am #809993
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    Leeroy_Silk

    OldRidgeback wrote:pants

    OldRidgeback wrote:
    pants wrote:
    As a man approaching 30 I have decided for my midlife crisis I will take up BMXing, I am looking to form a old man bmx gang with my friend :)

    Ride in 30-39 cruiser and you’ll find a lot of like-minded individuals

    Mid life crisis! You’re not thirty yet. A true mid life crisis means ditching the Mrs. when you turn 50, buying a speed boat and finding a 20yo dial-a-bride.
    If this is a mid life crisis you’re going through at least aim higher than BMX! 😉

    Welcome back to the fold.

    August 27, 2014 at 7:03 am #809991
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    Leeroy_Silk

    Mine were a total non
    Mine were a total non starter! I got caught up in constant stop start traffic most of the way down meaning I missed practise and the motos! Kind of pathetic really…
    Still the racing looked good, not sure about the first berm exit mind you

    What’s next on your calendar? We have Midland Club Champs in Sept, then it’ll be winter sessions at anywhere inside; Manchester indoor, Creation, Corby etc unless we get some rare dry days.

    August 26, 2014 at 8:24 pm #809989
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    Morgan700cc

    Well, turning 45 next week,
    Well, turning 45 next week, and still ride BMX when I can. Wouldn’t be surprised if I knew most of the Flatlanders you saw, OldRidgeBack. Flatlanders have been the nicest folks I’ve ridden with in BMX. I’ve ridden in competition and used to write for an international Flatland site… Ride until you can’t, I say!

    August 26, 2014 at 11:16 am #809987
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    OldRidgeback

    pants wrote:As a man

    pants wrote:
    As a man approaching 30 I have decided for my midlife crisis I will take up BMXing, I am looking to form a old man bmx gang with my friend :)

    Ride in 30-39 cruiser and you’ll find a lot of like-minded individuals

    August 26, 2014 at 10:59 am #809985
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    pants

    As a man approaching 30 I
    As a man approaching 30 I have decided for my midlife crisis I will take up BMXing, I am looking to form a old man bmx gang with my friend 🙂

    August 26, 2014 at 9:49 am #809983
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    notfastenough

    It’s weird, I woudn’t bat an
    It’s weird, I woudn’t bat an eyelid at a 67-year-old on a road, track or mountain bike, but an OAP on a BMX just sounds strange!

    Then I again, I used to train with a guy that took his black belt in kung fu at 73 – he was good too! RIP Mr O.

    August 26, 2014 at 8:08 am #809981
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    OldRidgeback

    Leeroy – dunno how the Brits
    Leeroy – dunno how the Brits went for you but I think I could’ve done better. I was terrible in my first moto, tho I was better in the 2nd and 3rd, with the 2nd being particularly good. I was chasing a mate of mine who’s normally a lot quicker and I was catching up – if we’d had a 5th straight I think I could’ve got past!

    Two of the guys racing cruiser were in their 60s, one 66 year old from Bradford and a 67 year od from East Anglia!

    August 25, 2014 at 9:01 am #809979
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    OldRidgeback

    Morgan – We had some
    Morgan – We had some flatlanders down to do a demo here in S London a few weeks back, while we had a small portable pump track alongside borrowed from BC. Interesting watching them – seemed like a good crowd too.

    My 20″ has S&M slam bars while both my cruiser and my son’s 20″ have S&M forks – good quality kit and super strong.

    August 25, 2014 at 7:56 am #809977
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    Leeroy_Silk

    BeardyJim. One place you
    BeardyJim. One place you could try is Green Machine in Newton Abbot they’re a proper LBS although obviously not to you. They stock Kuwahara bikes, http://www.greenmachinebmx.com/shop/product/kuwahara-clotho-24-1499/

    August 25, 2014 at 7:47 am #809975
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    Leeroy_Silk

    Ah, I can see fives holes
    Ah, I can see fives holes now, not four. I ordered a 45T Tigertooth ring from Dans comp years ago. Pretty disappointed when instead of receiving a four hole polished ring I got a lathe cut milled three hole ring. Still Tigertooth but not what I wanted #o

    August 24, 2014 at 3:22 pm #809973
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    Morgan700cc

    I love S&M too. My Dirtbike
    I love S&M too. My Dirtbike is 21 years old now, and still kicks butt!

    https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/269897_223315241042032_3809_n.jpg?oh=84d50646f952f9800f4d9430319b8641&oe=54755C3F&__gda__=1417098015_6e8de8eb708861cc21708beef84d9810

    August 24, 2014 at 3:15 pm #809971
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    Morgan700cc

    Chucking in my two pennies
    Chucking in my two pennies worth… Ride everything. It makes you a better rider all round, and you can switch disciplines if you get burnt out on one, and it’s fun! I ride Flatland BMX (which is great for balance and confidence), with a little bit of park and street for good measure. I love racing in all forms, and have raced BMX and CX MTBs. I went out today and did our local SkyRide on my single speed roadie (with lots of BMX bits on it), and was comfortably out riding geared roadies and MTBs.

    If I could afford it, I’d ride everything and have the bike to match! Great thread!

    August 23, 2014 at 9:19 pm #809969
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    OldRidgeback

    I’ve met some riders from MK
    I’ve met some riders from MK BMX club before:

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/124319280226/

    There are other groups in the East Anglia region that might be closer to you.

    I couldn’t figure out the size of the frame from the specs given. It measured it in cm, but seemed to measure the height of the frame. That isn’t the way you calculate the size of a BMX or cruiser frame as instead you work it out by the length of the top tube. It also said it was for a 9-12 year old, which got me wondering if the people posting it had any real idea of what a cruiser is. In any case, it also had a front disc brake and a giro, neither of which you want.

    You really will do better to speak to some people at the East Anglian clubs. Bikes come up for sale regularly and if you get one from someone on the circuit, it’ll most likely be something much more suitable, in reasonable shape and at a decent price (and also not nicked).

    I was speaking with one of the East Anglia riders today at the Brits – raced against a couple. There are tracks at Peterborough, Braintree, Norwich and Ipswich, as well as Milton Keynes.

    August 23, 2014 at 9:16 pm #809967
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    OldRidgeback

    Great collection Kev – love
    Great collection Kev – love those wheels. There were a few retro BMXs being ridden round the paddock at the Brits today, a nice Burner, Skyway and an old Haro that I remember but can’t recall the others.

    My 20 is late 90s, a GT Speed series, one of the last with a frame made in CA.

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