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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 15, 2014 at 9:34 am #809905
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    barbarus

    My “best” bike is still a
    My “best” bike is still a BMX. Curtis Motocross, 21″ tt. I ride (smallish) trails and skatepark when my knees permit. I was a late starter, only getting into BMX in my early 20s.

    I still consider the ten years my brother and I spent building trails as time well spent.

    There’s something odd about the “action sports” (horrible phrase but you know what I mean) world. No-one bats an eyelid at a middle aged man snowboarding or surfing but BMX is strangely unacceptable to the general public.

    Where do you guys like to ride?

    August 15, 2014 at 9:25 am #809903
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    glynr36

    I used to ride MTB’s in
    I used to ride MTB’s in skateparks/trails and had a blast at 4X a few times, and rode the local BMX tracks too, though the bike was closer to a BMX than MTB. Gave me decent bike handling skills I think, probably a decent kick too.

    August 15, 2014 at 9:25 am #809901
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    OldRidgeback

    farrell wrote:Hi, is this the

    farrell wrote:
    Hi, is this the BMXers Anonymous meeting?

    My name is Farrell and I am a recovering BMX rider. I’ve been clean for about 15 years now but I still have to take each day as it comes as the urges still remain and still require a lot of will power to resist. I’m sure you all know, some days are harder than others.

    Seriously though, I’ve still got a knackered old BMX at my In-laws that hasn’t seen the light of day in a few years but I am constantly being tempted by getting a cruiser and starting to race again.

    Racing cruiser is easier than 20″ – not quite as twitchy.

    đŸ™‚

    August 15, 2014 at 9:10 am #809899
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    farrell

    Hi, is this the BMXers
    Hi, is this the BMXers Anonymous meeting?

    My name is Farrell and I am a recovering BMX rider. I’ve been clean for about 15 years now but I still have to take each day as it comes as the urges still remain and still require a lot of will power to resist. I’m sure you all know, some days are harder than others.

    Seriously though, I’ve still got a knackered old BMX at my In-laws that hasn’t seen the light of day in a few years but I am constantly being tempted by getting a cruiser and starting to race again.

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