What does BMX signify to you?

[kungfunky]

Many of the reasons above for me plus I also have OCD (obsessive Collecting Disorder)

[WARDY]

Pure 80's nostalgia for me.

Love a bit of 80's nostalgia

for me it signifies hot sunny days back in the early 80's when summers were summer,when you had your whole life ahead of you with no worries at all,thats what i think of straightaway when i think of my bmx days

this

[GRAB ON KID]

      To me bmx is my life blood.I've always had a bike & have been into bmx since i got hooked in 76' when i moved to the states.I was more of a solitary rider.Though i had some buddies i rode with on occasion & it was cool to test each other's limits & hang out or race,none of those friends were as into it or loved it as much as i did.

My bike was a part of me,i'd ride all day long,for miles checking out tracks,local spots & bike shops & anything along the way that i could jump,ride,hop,etc.

It was also like some secret passport as i'd ride into a town i'd never been to,hit the bike shop,drool over the bikes & other porn i'd love to have in the displays,hanging up & in the catalogs & mags.Then i'd find out the local spots,trails or tracks & meet a bunch of kids i'd never met before & spend the whole day riding,jumping,trying out new stuff.There was an instant respect for each other,checking out each others rides,tricks,styles,skills,etc.I might never see them again or might hook up again next time i was in town.If it was a spot i really liked i'd call up my mum & tell her i was staying at a friends & ride alone all night or at least until the cops chased me out! 

... but knowing i had the best fooking time ever & squeezed that day for all it was worth gave my soul the biggest fooking smile ever...Just me & my bike. 

It changed how i looked at everything.To this day all around me,i don't see land,hills,banks,roads,etc.....it's all terrain,transitions or something that looks cool to ride.Even if i'm in a car,on a train i look at everything as though my bike is with me.

No matter if it's street riding,trails,skateparks,racing or catching air off a lip on a driveway or building,stripping,painting,restoring,modifying.........i love it all!

It was how i tested myself,measured my worth,gained self respect but most of all had the best fooking time of my life!

I don't care what others say or do,love or hate,build or don't build.
Nothing will sway the fact that i love bmx!

I will fooking die on my bike!

End of!

-Mike

[fischflo]

cool

i must admit, i'm mostly just into the looks of the bikes. It's not so much wanting to ride or even to own that awesome Redline or GT, just seeing them gives me a rush, i just adore em, when they got that certain something, and every once in a while one of those bikes comes along here. - I'm determined to learn to do a proper manual though ....omg that sounds so wrong

[rooski]

Good times,now and then....................

[bobbbbsy]

watchin bmx beat and ridin with your mates and gettin up to no good 

[griff]

Trying to get security guards & police to chase us was always good fun

I blame ET 

[Gnarlyscoots]

Some great replies and memories in here guys, thanks. Really enjoyed reading them so keep them coming   

Another thing I find that really keeps it alive is going to your old haunts. I raced at Shoreham by Sea a number of times and although the track itself has been changed, it is still there and I can go and ride it. I have twice so far with my Brother and will look to get over there a few in the coming summer before the council decide to remove it for good.

[stu27]

ill be honest I haven't read the whole thread,but as I digested the title I just thought "friendship" no parts,no frame and forks,like they say clothes don't maketh the man,well bikes don't maketh the man either

[fischflo]

yeah, but a friend without a bmx is a friend in need

......somebody please show me a hot looking ns bike. Maybe i'm ignorant, i just want to see one

[griff]

ill be honest I haven't read the whole thread,but as I digested the title I just thought "friendship" no parts,no frame and forks,like they say clothes don't maketh the man,well bikes don't maketh the man either

I'm with you Stu 

[Jaan]

......somebody please show me a hot looking ns bike. Maybe i'm ignorant, i just want to see one

For all I know this might be a pile of crapola but I think it looks fookin gorgeous, not just because of the Goose references

http://www.pijin.co.uk/product/3086/Fit_Moto_Mike_Frame

[john4130]

yeah, but a friend without a bmx is a friend in need

......somebody please show me a hot looking ns bike. Maybe i'm ignorant, i just want to see one

my fly pantera with modified decals.


i,m also working on something in a similar idea.

[senzo milano]

BMX in the 80tie's was the best time i had... 
Did the things i could do then, without any worrie  .
Emothioneel it was a tough time, and could by this sport my thought  bring somewhere else on .
In this period I could express myself. And become the person who I am today.
Now I am looking to get the bike's i could not buy those day's....by building it with parts from other bike's, that i do search
everywere .
What i cant use will go 

Radbmx brings back many memorie's from the 80ties , so its nice to be here hanging arround   

I wish it i could do that time once again.. with all i fo know now 

[pickle]

Life, friends, frustration, pain, excitement 

[fischflo]

For all I know this might be a pile of crapola but I think it looks fookin gorgeous, not just because of the Goose references

http://www.pijin.co.uk/product/3086/Fit_Moto_Mike_Frame

my fly pantera with modified decals.

i,m also working on something in a similar idea.

...ok ok.....but in general i was right...... 
..of course there's also that Nomorea of Vos as an exception, or that TTT sub, too, of course

well ok .....i was spinning                                        ....,but stil.......

[kang]

Bikes are the best
BMX are the best bikes