Stepping it up a gear...

[lodge]

Good on ya Trev.

[zed4130]

thats great trev, im going to try and ride more this year, its hard with the kids and me and angie working opposite each other, but im well up for it this year, i need the get the general out  plus its hard down here with not many riders , but im going to work on my manuels and kick turns  keep it up trev 

[southern andy]

I wish i could get back to riding again. 


Took my Mountain bike out in the New Forest last weekend, its the first time i had ridden a bike since the break and dislocation and i took it very slowly and i mean slowly.

[welsh denny]

i've only ridden once since november.
just can't be arsed riding indoors in wales in the winter- packed with skaters, ramp riders and as i only ride flat nowadays i ain't gonna have the room to ride properly.
knee gives me more jip than usual during the winter so i hibernate. hopefully its the start of the summer coming so i can start riding my mtb to work to build up my knee strength and start riding a few times a week. always end up doing more pics than riding though. plus i  can't seem to ride on my own in a car park no more- did about 15 years of that already. seems many are setting their personal goals so mine is a triple decade. still got to get used to the suelo which although the headangle is steeper and seems fine to ride the toptube is quarter of a an inch shorter which on a flat bike does make a difference.
good luck to all on their goals for 08.

[subversion]

I think most of us wish we could ride more! I know I do! good on yer Trev for putting in the effort mate, as Dave Mirra once said "you don't get good sittin' around thinking about it!" From what I've seen of the RAD guys I've ridden with so far we are all improving here's to the 08

[TwoBobRob]

 


Look chaps, if you want to ride - really ride - then you've got to get out and do it.  I've seen Paul Meacher turn up at Skaterham at 10pm nearly, just so he can get half hour in. Hell, I've done it myself on occasion.  Charlton sessions run into the late hours, I'm never there before 8.30pm but often there at 11.30 or later.  If the journey is a problem then accept you're getting there late, you're riding late and you're going to work knackered the following day. That's the lifestyle chaps...

When I'm riding, I ride three venues each week (or at least I try to), just to keep what few tricks I've got. It's a hard slog really, but the rewards are high as Trev is finding out now   

I fully accept and understand how life can get in the way. Especially if you're a family type. All I can say is that a little balance is in order I reckon 

Make a decision.  Ride for fun and bugger learning any tricks  (nowt wrong with that), or make a committment and make it happen...

Trev - buy a car for fooks sake. You're not broke, you have no excuse. £500 worth of old fiesta, 3rd party only insurance. Job done.

Pickle - Hertfordshire?  It's not a bad trip round to Charlton. As Sean says, its literally just through the Blackwall Tunnel.

Summers coming fellas, now's the time to step up, before you know it it'll be the RAD xmas doo again and you'll want to have a new trick or two for that surely?   

[Trev]

Well said Rob. 

I went to Charlton tonight.  Got a lift of one of your old riding buddies who rode at your halfpipe in the 90s - Evamedia. Cheers mate. 


Didn't quite get the bottle to go for the spine yet, but done the volcano a lot more than i usually do and did it quite early in the session too, rather than poncing around for ages before getting the bottle to do it.  Despite it looking like i wasn't going to even try it, i was a lot closer to doing it than what the others thought. but that doesn't count for anything does it... i'm sure it's not far away though.

Anyway, Skaterham tomorrow... 

[TwoBobRob]

Cool   

Once you're riding the volcano just as part of your run without really thinking about it, then thats the night you'll go over the spine.  In the meantime, I'd like to see you go over the volcano to pegstall, then a good pump and back over the volcano. From there it's tyretaps, disasters and maybe a grind. You've got tha makings of a decent run from that.

All well within your reach   

[Trev]

not quite got to the "not thinking about it" stage yet. still clunked the back wheel on the top the majority of times. i'm sure they will get smoother with time. i know in my mind i'm progressing with it, so another couple of sessions i think.

if i get a chance on the spine tomorrow at skaterham, i may try and get to charlton on friday (train if i have to) and have another bash.

[evamedia]

Trev, they were getting smoother as the night went on.

Maybe more riding and less bunnying

Thanks for sorting out the frame, and the invite to ride, good session, good bunch.

[zed4130]

   there all a long way from dorset, and not too put a downer on it, as i really try to get out as much as i can, but being a family type does change things alot, for me personaly, i realy on the weather, as no indoor parks, plus with me and my partner working opposite each other and got the 2 babys in between , makes it very hard to get out, ive not been on my bmx for about 2 months, im out on sunday morning, but typicla we have a 18 party to go to in the afternoon  there is always something, not escuses but life, it would be great to be 13 again and just ride every day, christ there wasnt nothing i couldnt do bitd, but now i struggle, but i still love bmx as much as always, im speaking for the family guys, if i had no kids, i would live and eat bmx  but then i wouldnt trade my kids for that, 

[evamedia]

I've got 2 special needs children, but fortunately my missus doesn't work.

She goes out on the razz a couple of nights a week, I go out on my bike a couple of times.

I didn't ride for 8 years because I thought I didn't have the time, seem to have found it now.

[zed4130]

I've got 2 special needs children, but fortunately my missus doesn't work.

She goes out on the razz a couple of nights a week, I go out on my bike a couple of times.

I didn't ride for 8 years because I thought I didn't have the time, seem to have found it now.

not easy mate, i know, but we both work and do alot of juggling, i think it doesnt help down here being abit alone, ive nearly gave it up many times, plus the arthritis problem i have, i do get angelas sister to have them now and then, but you cant ask all the time 

[DML]

Well done Trev i can't wait until corby on 24th i wanna see you 360ing the jump box !!!!!!!!