Who loves their BMX?

[Fran]

Well folks I have just got myself a BMX after about 10yrs and can truly say it is ace!

Just been out down the river and the joys of a single rear brake, side ways skids and lots of bumps and bruises never fail to delight!

Only managed to bin it once hahaha, but a handle bar in the stomach, and nice wrecked in knees never did anyone any harm.

Anyone still got one at my ripe old age? go on giz us yer best offs on a BMX

[dransy]

What about when your foot slips of the pedal and the metal studs on the pedals slam into your shins, killas they are
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[Whosthedaddy]

Going over the handlebars when pulling the front brake too hard, not to mention the nuts making contact with the bars or back bone
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[tokarev]

We have a BMX, but I never use it (use the mountain bike now), it is my bros' bike. Anyway I think I would look a bit silly on it.

Last time I used a BMX properly was about 3 or 4 years ago. I was going to go down a massive steep hill that had jagged rocks sticking out of the side of it all the way down. Now my brother must have forgotten to tighten the handlebar part to the rest of the frame properly, because when I hit a rock with the front wheel, the handlebars buckled and slid around. So that now my hands were about at the same level as where the pedals were. (Try controlling a bike going downhill at about 30mph like that!!) I was shitting myself all the way down the hill, trying to stay up and trying to keep the bike from smashing into a tree that was directly in my path. Luckily I somehow made it to the bottom of the hill OK. It was such an adrenalin rush though! But have never properly ridden a BMX since then. Probably because I didn't have the time.

[trevoriv]

Can you sit on the seat with your feet touching the floor though Fran?

Hobbits go freestyle BMX

[Fran]

Im pmsl here, what a picture that one is, might have to print that hahaha excellent lol

Hey Trev, you wanna see me lose it on my BMX, its much more painful than the xjr, at least the ballast on that keeps it upright hahaha

and yes, I can just touch the floor, hehehe

[Rawker]

i used to mountain bike and bmx then got the 125 and it feels strange on a mountain bike, but might take up bmxing again.

i dropped it as had to stop when i fractured my wrist,

this is the last trick i landed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzRscxkXQR0

[colin1]

thats cool, i wanna go
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[BigChris]

[nrml76]

Sorry to go off topic, but shouldn't this be moved to the random banter section? Eventhough BMX's are bikes, they are not bike enough to be in the general bike chat section of bike chat forums. Administrators please...........
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[flat spot]

Well what about when you stand up on the pedals to give it some stick and you twat your knee on the handlebar clamp thingy.
That makes you feel sick.

[Biker100]

i used to have a bmx when i was younger, it was too big for me and onee when i stopped i fell to the side n cracked my head on my m8s peg. result, lots of blood and a few ours in a and e.

i broke my collar bone going down gotts park golf course jumping bunkers a few years later on my mtb too lol.

[lee125]

[NSR Mick]

I was a raleigh banana man myself, every time i got on my younger brothers raleigh burner I hurt myself.
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[Fran]

Dont know whether it is just me but my worst offys on bmx's always involved sudden stops or collisions with stuff and being hurled forward to then make crotch - headstock contact before my feet touched the floor now that did nearly make me cry

But suppose being one of the few hobbits on the forum most of u lot never had that problem

[firefox]

worst i had was feet slipped off pedals and the bar went into my nads
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*officer* what caused the crash ? *firefox* you see that wall up there sir ?
*officer* yes what about it *firefox* i tooted my horn but it refused to move i had to teach it a lesson.

[dransy]

I remember my worst off on a push-bike i think i was in year 5 so a long time ago about 8 or 9 maybe and i was on a mountain bike going down a hill fairly fast when the break blocks came of with the cabel and wrapped around all my front spokes and it sent me straight over the bars even an ambulance came for me had well bad road burn , all way down left side of my face then when it scabbed up i coud barley eat
Ay those where the days when you feel invincible
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[trevoriv]

I have seen a guy split his scrotum open on the bar between the saddle and the handlebars, that was hilarious

[MattHirst]

I have never ever tried riding a bmx...but i think at 6'3" i'd be a little bit to big for one

I used to ride downhill.....but now just resorted to mountain biking and cross country....well i did until i couldnt be bothered and became unfit

Just imagine organising a ride but with one side note....push bikes only.

[Speedy3]

mine was trying to show off to a group of girls....

Wheelied all way down this house by mine, a car pulled out of a street, i put it down, pulled front brake to hard, went ass over tit and the girls laughed at me lol

[krebsy]

I remember my BMX'ing days on a Raleigh Burner in the 80's. . I used to race up at the three sisters course and managed to survive flying off the top of a banked corner at full speed. .


I managed to destroy so many sets of brakes and wheels dropping off walls and doing tricks.

Worst smash I had was a mountain bike crash. 40mph into a grass bank. Still got the mashed wrists (causing constant pain when riding the zzr ) 12 years on... managed to carve a chunk out of my arm and road rash off a large proportion of my chest skin.

6 years ago the bike pitched me off on a corner when cycling to work which broke my elbow and 2 years ago a dog walker on the left, a dog on the right of the path and a thin black extendable dog lead between the pair caused me to slam on, go over the bars and land on my head. Still got the scars...

K.
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Got a vegas tj, and had a saracen ikon (hunk of shit) which I completely rebuilt including the frame eventually and had one very light pointless peice of metal, which sold for a lot more than I paid all told.
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[Marcg868]

Worst ive done, when doing bit of dirt jumping, attempted to be clever and try do a table top, but nob head here, let go of the bike flew threw the air and landed in a spikey bush Not a pleasant experience with just Shorts and T shirt on, oh and i bent the handlebars too
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