Bez, thanks mate, that is what I thought it probably meant… She doesn’t strike me as a particularly forward girl…

I was out on my bmx again…I did a big one hander over the hip at camden bowl! Shortly followed a rather harsh flat landing from about 6 feet up!

yeah, that would be the problem, I dont have any spare parts myself… 🙁

tom, that definitely wouldnt have been helping…
i still have my deluxe frame and you would be try it out or something…

It’s a nice frame, i just wanted something shorter and twitchier myself…

Jedi – Friday may be good for me. Depends on work really

I think im going to go to a few bowls, with vert transitions, just not as high and drop into those properly first. Bmx is great _tom_ but the bike makes a big difference to how it feels in my experience. What about a 24 inch cruiser? Its a bit of a comprimise but you can do a lot on them? Or a large top tube with big bars? I was riding a xxl deluxe with MASSIVE bars for a while which was certainly more stable than my current bike, and i think it helped at first coming from a mtb background…

Paul Jones, thats the one. I really want to ride it again now, I may go friday, or if not the weekend.

It made all the other quarters there feel tiny afterwards.

Nah, not this time… Just pedalling from the bottom. Paul robinson was there, and he reckons to drop in from the corner onto the resi first few times, as it helps get used to being near the edge.

Dropping in to that ramp looks terrifying to be honest.

Im goign to go back next time with my dh body armour I think…

Oh i keep on meaning to tell you about this – http://extremeconnexions.tumblr.com/

Whyo

what new park? where are you based exactly?

I’d say go out of town with the ramps, people will come to ride. whereas your average joe isnt going to walk past and buy a 60 pound pair of handlebars or a a 100 pound pair of cranks….

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btw swift, do you ride the motion park in bristol at all?
I’m thinkng of going there soon but was wondrering how busy it gets at the weekend?

A decent ramp in the back of the shop, it will bring in punters, riders, help with promotion. Look at the empire shop, probably the only shop to have videos of tom dugan, chase hawk, etc riding their ramp… a sofa with a tv and dvds, plus a kettle and cold drinks to buy? I have been to 3 bmx shops really so ill give my opinions on them all.

rad bmx – A decent shop, the owner is very friendly, and i buy most stuff from there. Plus points are he is very good with prices, will instal compnents etc for you if he has time, and is just a nice guy. He has a good team as well. Minus, not the best stock levels so not a huge ammount of choice ( enough though). It kinda doesnt feel like a ‘riders shop’.

Custom riders – Only really two impressions- A HUGE ammount of stock, but the staff were a bit unfriendly.

Volt BMX – AGood shop, a shop run by bmxers for bmxers. Not got loads of stock either, but there’s allways people just hanging out having a good time. I think i’ll use them more in the future

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That looks like a challenge!

Mamadirt – Nice one that looks like a nice build… federal rule, Ive got federal bars, pegs and forks on mine!

david – I hold you responsible then! I can kinda do x- ups and moto whips as well…

tome look at the picture of david tayloforth on the show me something impressive on your hardtail thread… That photo helped me alot. You apparantly need to tuck one hand up by your armpit… That made a massive difference for me!

what d’ya mean alpin?

not nice. Poor girl

You're right, not sure why I like riding in the peaks so much to be honest…

Pah, you peaks riders don't know proper riding… I may have to come up from the chilterms myself to show you how to corner properly…

Leave the wombles alone!

So what was the link between the Nazis and the catholic church?

I went to a catholic school, o the priest went to jail for… Child abuse. I have no respect for the catholic church…

Thanks for the comments, I need bolts as both my front and rear axles are female, The front is definitely 10, the rear might actually be a a bit smaller than 14, now i think about it, M12 maybe. I'm going to go and pick up some 8.8 one in an hour or so, after looking around i'm sure they will be strong enough…

Do it allready!

Go big or go home.

'dont forget gadebridge park'

I ride there more than anywhere esle. Do I know you?

For me, seeing the pros was never a big influence, although its good to see how they ride. The person who was the single biggest influence is my old boss, Chris Trippet. He was and i presume still is a fast, aggressive rider and the first time i rode both dh and xc with him blew me away. He was pedalling round corners i was braking into, and i wasnt a slow beginner. I must try to get out for a pedal with him again.

At the moment, just the guys i'm riding bmx with, it's shown me that cycling should be all about having fun, and pushing your own personal boundarys, what everyone else is doing doesnt matter.

What about nick drake, anyone into him…?

I'd be interested in doing the work, if you send me an email to andrew.bourne1@hotmail.co.uk with your telephone number, and i could you to talk about it?

past caring that just looks dangerous.

Crawley is amazing to ride slightly easier to air than saffron walden… The one in Brighton isn't that great really. The ramps are really spread out although they are well built…

There was one being built at Hastings as well, which looks good. Not sure if it's finished yet…

There was one being built at Hastings as well, which looks good. Not sure if it's finished yet…

Yeah, both I mentioned are a little way out, but much better than the level… Eastbourne has one I think, not sure what it's like though…

Crawley bowl… Trust me, or southwater which has a 6 ft mini spine.

2tyred, that just made my day…

Friday’s Final Video

did you see the video on the homepage a few weeks ago nickc?

tony, havent been able to make it today, but it would cool to ride up there again with you lot. DO you ride with mark alot still? Me and a couple of mates have been trying to ride some vert, so it would be really good to do it with some people who actually knwo what they are doing…

Zed, I'm hoping to head up to unit 23 in december/ jan… You're a jammy bugger having that as your local park…

Ridiculous…

I'd love to, but it looks like I'm working now… Are you going to bere in the evening?