At what point......

[Philbert]

What was it that made you stop riding the first time around?

There's lots on here that never stopped but there's more that did, I've rode bmx for 27 years now and I've always felt proud to say I'm a bmxer. The guys I rode with pretty much stopped riding over a decade ago do I've pretty much rode on my own since then, I've seen kids come and go in bmx all with they're own salty attitudes and bizarre dress sense and I guess the legacy left by many of those riders is what we currently have. Bmxers look like girls with fashion stamps! That's the only way I can describe them. I think bikes look goofier than ever, sure some technology has bought on the bmx but to look at the silhouette of a bmx and it's rider just makes me embarrassed to say I am one. The style of riding is jerky and I struggle to watch it now. I guess I feel I don't fit in, and a bit lost within the sport I've loved for 27/32 yrs of my life. this certainly isn't a new feeling as I've had it for some time but I can't walk out of a skatepark without feeling depressed these days. But to say I'm gonna put bmx on the back burner in my life my brain can't take. So just wondered what it was that made you decide to put the bike in the garage and let go of it?

[brass monkey!]

Stopped riding when i discovered"........

Beer
Girls
Da reefer

[harris]

doesnt bother me anymore phil,being bothered that is
when i get out i do my best and enjoy it even when its a slack day.
its in your blood bro,nowt you can do about that,it gets to a point where im not in the mood
but that dont matter either,its in us.
just keep at it.

[HUTCHMAN]

breaking my collar bone after the British Champs-1987-still highly charged after a fab day,went to my local track when we got home and landed badly ...broken bones!!..lost all confidence for jumping forever more.

[Philbert]

I here you dan. Awesome words.

I'll never sell my bike and I'll always go for a blast around town, I think maybe that's what I should just concerntrate on now, think I need to stop going to skateparks. I enjoy my solo street runs that last about an hour then go home happy after a decent workout.

[harris]

spot on phil,i just get on my bike and hit the roads,spend 10 mins seshing anything then jog on till
something else grabs my fancy,spent an hour in the dark manualling then got over confident when i tried
one with a bar spin ending on my ass haha  big smile on my face though.
i guess we will ride through another era watching riders younger come no go..thats just the way it is..

[kungfunky]

Got selected to run for GB youth in 87, so it was either play around on a BMX or take up Athletics seriously.

[animal]

eventually got a car  Plus beer and gals 

[Gnarlyscoots]

Hey buddy, chin up 'n all    Went over the bowls (Tolworth) the other day and was chatting to four 8 - 10 year olds, yes chatting BMX guys      and then let them have my bike for about 40 mins. They loved it. I only hope I restored/gave them the incline to go and sort out some bikes for themselves. Told them I would go back with my 'Freestyler' when it's done and they can laugh their ass's off at me 

Just keep riding dude. I ride every to and from work, checking out the places I can do some 'tricks', keeping my end in 

Need to get out more with others that want to ride and try stuff, as that is where you get the motivation to keep going   

[CD17]

For me I think it was everyone I used to ride with stopped  then I started working, then got a car & just stopped going out on mine, that was around 86/87 

I got another BMX in the mid 90s & rode that for about a year, but didn't know anyone who had one, so got into MTBs which I've rode ever since & road 

[pickle]

Phil.......if its any consolation, i think your riding is awesome and i could watch it all day! But i hear what you're saying.

If i were as good as you, i wouldn't care........id just show them what sweet skillfull riding is all about  

[TORKER mick]

EEEEEEEEEE,s 

[griff]

I only really ride at private lock ins
Would maybe be a diff story if I didn't live in the sticks & on top of a hill, but for me a big part of it was/is having mates around who are into it. Thanks to this site there are enough similarly affected people around to almost make this seem like normal behaviour

If I was any good though I'd be happy to go to the skatepark by myself, probably wouldn't look like a paedo then  

[Hellcat]

Bitd:

C64 commuter games
Girls
Booze

then moving to London to Study / work

Nowadays I like riding parks early mornings and trying to be better than I was when I was 15 (I probably am tbh ). I've got some local empty spaces to try stuff out too.

Bitd there was no-one local to ride with and nowhere local to ride, cheers to Dave for pestering me to come out recently.

[TwoBobRob]

I gave up in 84 because I was bored and a bit salty too if I'm honest.

It took Mat Hoffman to bring me back. Without him, I never would have bought another bike.

[AKGOFF]

EEEEEEEEEE,s 

 

[griff]

Adam gives up forgets how to ride after about 3 pints

[Pooch]

Adam gives up forgets how to ride after about 3 pints

He's pretty shit on any bike tbh.. I thought drink improved his riding and I'm not fooking joking! Wearing flared trousers don't help either Adam. 

[Andy68]

Honda SS50!! My Dad modified it using a cheeky C90 engine so I could blow the Fizzies away!!! 

[In2 bmx]

EEEEEEEEEE,s 

      And music ..

[nosher70]

I dont think I ever "got back INTO it". I own a restored Hoffman Big Daddy and a 21" Hoffman anniversary with some of the best components money can buy.

The reason? I feel a little stupid riding around where im living on the 21" due to my age/weight etc. Im certain this would be different if I was in the UK and could get to a skatepark and join up with like-minded folk. As things are the daddy was ridden in Blackpool the year before last and is now hanging up in a garage, and the 21" is out here sitting on my carpet.

Reason I got "out" originally?  (when I was 24 or 25 years old)

Many reasons, beer, women, job, clubbing..........

Cant wait to come back to the UK (in a couple of years) and then ill be able to make MK and the skatepark, once ive chipped my SLK in for a practical vehicle, that is.......