Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > JPM's and Pibbow's BMX thread!

[JPM]

Thought I'd start another thread

Getting back to the bikes then..

Redline, yeah always fancied one, always fancied their 3 piece cranks - flight cranks were they?

Nelly will be along in a while, being an ex-Raleigh bod

[Jools]

I was in Milton Keynes the other day and I saw three guys, probably in their mid-late twenties, on BMX bikes trying to pull wheelies and do stoppies and stuff near the shopping centre (only one of the guys could do it properly).

I felt like saying "guys, guys....you're all grown up now...you can get something with an engine in it"

[JPM]

Jools, that's what I did, bust both legs in the end, the day I got discharged for one I went and broke the other.... d'oh!

Then all of a sudden I was getting ready learning to drive

[Gizmo]

There's a big old guys BMX scene going on, retro bikes etc. Bit like motorbikes, you do it for a while, family kids etc interfere then you come back to it. I'm too old, missed out on it first time round

Anyway JPM when we going get out on mountain bikes??

[antonye]

I had a very early MBK (I think - jealous people called it a BHS!!) with yellow plastic 5-spoke wheels. It was much better than the Grifter I had before it

[JPM]

Mountain Bike? Whenever you fancy it Mike, although I must warn you I don't do pedalling

I'd love another BMX, probably kill myself if I attempted the stuff I did as a kid though

[mogwai]

Raleigh aero burner,Diamond-back Harry Leary turbo and then a Haro freestyler were my weapons of choice..

[TP]

I was never allowed to have a decent bmx, too expensive. I did end up with a naatus korpus skateboard though (one of the powell peralta riders) with independant trucks ....

I've got an entry level Specialized front suspension mountain bike now though, I just don't ride it enough. I love them.

[JPM]

Originally posted by mogwai
Raleigh aero burner,Diamond-back Harry Leary turbo and then a Haro freestyler were my weapons of choice..

I had an Aero Pro Burner, think it was a tange frame, teardrop tubing, light as hell but didn't half flex, Haro Freestyler now there's a classic bike and still making them today.

Always wanted a yellow GT Performer (the original) as used by Eddie Fiola - The flying banana

[Gizmo]

Originally posted by JPM
Mountain Bike? Whenever you fancy it Mike, although I must warn you I don't do pedalling

I'd love another BMX, probably kill myself if I attempted the stuff I did as a kid though

I'm just organising a press launch for our new race DH bike in Ft William early September. Use of World Cup DH course the day after the race, gondolas to get you up, gravity down That more your type of biking