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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 23, 2014 at 6:28 pm #809965
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    kev-s

    cheers
    thats no tiger tooth
    cheers

    thats no tiger tooth chainring though :”( :”(

    they are so rare, me and some friends have been looking for one for years with no luck

    its actually a gt buzzsaw fitted backwards 😉 😉

    thats my local park, southsea skatepark

    August 23, 2014 at 5:10 pm #809963
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    Leeroy_Silk

    Kev-s. That’s some collection
    Kev-s. That’s some collection of Chrome you have there! Loving the Challenger, especially with Tigertooth chainwheel, I was after one of them for the longest time back in the 90’s.
    Which skatepark is that? Can’t beat the feeling of a good ‘realie’. =D>

    August 23, 2014 at 9:02 am #809961
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    kev-s

    ive been a bmx’er for 20+
    ive been a bmx’er for 20+ years and class myself as a bmx’er who also rides roadbikes rather than a roadie who rides bmx 😀

    im mainly a park rider though, never really been into the racing side of bmx

    i currently have 8 bmx’s in my collection, all are early to mid 90’s (my era) plus my new school park bike

    my fave brand is S&M Bikes B-) B-)
    [URL=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/escrs/media/DSC_0043_zpsfa37e045.jpg.html]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/escrs/DSC_0043_zpsfa37e045.jpg[/URL]

    [URL=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/escrs/media/riding%20pics/nbmx166.jpg.html]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/escrs/riding%20pics/nbmx166.jpg[/URL]

    August 22, 2014 at 2:23 pm #809959
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    beardyjim

    Thanks, I will try and find
    Thanks, I will try and find some time away from the family and go hunting then!

    August 22, 2014 at 2:17 pm #809957
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    OldRidgeback

    Hmm, that bike you’re looking
    Hmm, that bike you’re looking at looks a bit small Jim. I really think you’d be better speaking to the BMX clubs in East Anglia.

    August 22, 2014 at 1:53 pm #809955
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    OldRidgeback

    You could try
    You could try http://www.bmxtalk.com

    Bikes come and go on there. You could also try and hook up with some of the East Anglia BMX Clubs. Riders tend to upgrade and sell on bikes pretty regularly. The people in the East Anglia clubs would probably be able to put you onto something. GT did a cruiser that was sold by Halfords at rock bottom prices some years back. A few of those turn up from time to time and they are cheap. A guy in my club got one for £125.

    August 22, 2014 at 1:33 pm #809953
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    beardyjim

    Would there be a secret bike
    Would there be a secret bike shop to find cheap starter/muck about cruisers?
    I’ve been having a google but coming up pretty empty and the published dimensions on what I do find is small pickings!
    (I’m Norfolk based if there is a secret LBS I should look at as well)
    Ta

    August 21, 2014 at 8:24 am #809951
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    OldRidgeback

    Leeroy_Silk

    Leeroy_Silk wrote:
    OldRidgeback. My preparation has been pretty poor for this weekend. Originally planned to arrive Thursday night, check into hotel and spend the weekend riding and partying. The reality is I’m having to work Friday and have family commitments Saturday night in Birmingham!
    Current plan is to travel down Sunday early doors and hopefully get a couple of laps in, if not I’m just going to have to mentally figure out the 3rd straight as I’ve not even seen the track let alone ridden it! I’m not holding out much hope truth be told… 8}

    Hmm, looks like we’ll miss each other then. I’m not there on the Sunday as it’s my wife’s birthday and as my son isn’t competing this year. Racing will be done and dusted for me on the Saturday evening. The third straight is ok, though one of the jumps at the end is a bit challenging. The really tricky part of the track is the combination of the high start hill and the big first jump, but if you ride Perry Park regularly you should be able to cope ok and might feel at home at Cyclopark. I’m off for a practice session after work today and then again tomorrow.

    August 20, 2014 at 11:57 pm #809949
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    Leeroy_Silk

    OldRidgeback. My preparation
    OldRidgeback. My preparation has been pretty poor for this weekend. Originally planned to arrive Thursday night, check into hotel and spend the weekend riding and partying. The reality is I’m having to work Friday and have family commitments Saturday night in Birmingham!
    Current plan is to travel down Sunday early doors and hopefully get a couple of laps in, if not I’m just going to have to mentally figure out the 3rd straight as I’ve not even seen the track let alone ridden it! I’m not holding out much hope truth be told… 8}

    August 20, 2014 at 7:49 am #809947
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    OldRidgeback

    See you on the gate on
    See you on the gate on Saturday morning Leeroy. Are you there for the Friday night session too? Since I live not too far away I’ll be driving down in the morning rather than staying over – you camping?

    August 19, 2014 at 9:23 am #809945
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    Matt eaton

    Leeroy_Silk

    Leeroy_Silk wrote:
    OldRidgeback wrote:
    [quote=Leeroy_Silk]I keep on riding BMX because it makes me feel young I suppose and what other excuse do I need? :)

    Awesome comment. Nobody should have an excuse to feel young, but if ever one were needed…

    BMX makes you feel young? For me it feels like the opposite right now. I rode my BMX for the first time in a couple of weeks last night, just to take my daughter out on her balance bike for an hour. Made my shoulder feel a bit funny doing 360 hops (I’ve got a long-standing shoulder issue) and this morning my back is so stiff I can hardly move. It’s my fault for not stretching when I got home/before bed but still, feeling decidedly old at this moment in time.

    August 18, 2014 at 9:23 pm #809943
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    Leeroy_Silk

    OldRidgeback

    OldRidgeback wrote:
    [quote=Leeroy_Silk]I keep on riding BMX because it makes me feel young I suppose and what other excuse do I need? :)

    Awesome comment. Nobody should have an excuse to feel young, but if ever one were needed…

    August 18, 2014 at 1:19 pm #809941
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    OldRidgeback

    farrell wrote:Anyone fancy a
    [quote=farrell]Anyone fancy a bit of this?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3GribQCg6c%5B/quote%5D

    Looks great fun – don’t think I’d want to meet up with the bike entering the water tho.

    August 18, 2014 at 10:12 am #809939
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    OldRidgeback

    I know a few BMXers over 6′
    I know a few BMXers over 6′ tall who ride 20″ and they have XXL frames

    August 18, 2014 at 10:09 am #809937
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    beardyjim

    Matt eaton wrote:
    Edit –

    Matt eaton wrote:

    Edit – forgot to add that your size/hight is not necesarily a factor in 20inch vs cruiser decisions. The bike needs to be the right size for you but 20inch frames go plenty big enough for almost anyone if that’s what you prefer.

    Just to add to the confusion you could even think about a 26er or 29er BMX from SE just to be a bit different (as long as you don’t want to race).

    Well there is a distinct hole in my knowledge then as I presumed the cruiser/20 had a standard frame size! More reading needed..
    Thanks

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