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There may be a couple of slots available for a BMX session next Monday night.
8:00 - 10:00 pm
National Cycling Centre, Manchester
£15 inc. hire of bike, helmet and pads
Anyone fancy it?
Stick you name on here and we'll sort it out. It would help if you have a contact email in your profile.
Anyone?
Can I bring my 24" cruiser or do you have to use the hire bikes?
BTW owning the above is no indication of ability, I've only had it for a couple of months and have only managed 1 trip to Bruntwood BMX track so far (plus a few spins to the shops) 😳
You can bring your own.
Don't worry about inability! 😉
Cool, sounds like fun!
Fancy it?
If so email Gaze off here. His email address should be in his profile.
Yes, count me in!
But I can't find anyone called Gaze - was that autocorrected?
YGM
i'm bringing 2 more newbies this time too (although one of them is pretty handy at TTs and hill climb races)...
Does Gaz have them on the list? If not they need adding and we are full.
i think i'm already on the list?
Maybe?
So..... are there still spaces? I reckon I'm up for it if so.
You can put me down too if there happens to be places left.
All places are now booked up . If anyone drops out I'll let you know Dark Side
That track looks like it needs more skill and balls than I've got in my locker.
I have a place and my attendance is now very doubtful. Will keep you posted...
I'm in but now nervous as hell 😳
Ah sod it, what's the worst that can happen????
anyone got a video of that time HtS went down? 😀
I'll post it later. 11 months ago and i've got a permanent reminder of it burnt into my elbow.
Does Gaz have them on the list?
yes. all accounted for.
YGM gaz
Right then…
8:00pm at the National Cycling Centre
Followed by a pint, a pie and stories of how awesome and rad we all are (for a bunch of 40 somethings with bad knees) in The Church Inn, Prestwich. M24 1AJ.
Here is how not to do it.
YGM scaled
for a bunch of 40 somethings with bad knees
Oi - I'm a 30 something with bad knees!
Correction on the postcode for the pub
M2[b][u]5[/b][/u] 1AJ
gaze - Member
All places are now booked up . If anyone drops out I'll let you know Dark SidePOSTED 3 HOURS AGO # REPORT-POST
Cheers Gaze.
grum
for a bunch of 40 somethings with bad knees
Oi - I'm a 30 something with bad knees!
Oi - I'm a 50 something (OK, only 1 week) with skinny knees!
Make sure you write your blood group and ICE number on the soles of your feet with a marker pen 😉
Seriously, we go at our own pace and the instructors start us off slowly. So far [b][u]NOBODY[/u][/b] has managed anything approaching what could be considered a jump.
Is this a regular thing? I'd love to get involved, 0% experience on a BMX though!
So far NOBODY has managed anything approaching what could be considered a jump.
Point of order! (it's a crap jump but still enough to count)
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So far NOBODY has managed anything approaching what could be considered a jump.
Rorschach was doing some pretty nifty jumps the time I went.
dazh's looks like a pretty good effort too. Everyone else was pretty rubbish though 🙂 (including me obviously)
Is this a regular thing? I'd love to get involved, 0% experience on a BMX though!
Once every 5 or 6 weeks throughout the winter with a bit of luck. It depends if :
1) enough reliable people are interested
&
2) somebody is prepared to pay £200+ in advance to book it
Ok, I don't feel too bad watching that. Shame I'm far away
Evening. Wish I could do this. 6months off/away from bmx for me
How it is done.
Dark Side theirs a place up for grabs as Wittonweavers isn't going to make it tonight
Let me know and I'll put your name down.
1 place available for tonight , £15 2hours starts 8pm to 10pm
bump!
Bump
Bump! It's great fun (unless you die).
Another “top do” last night and nobody got killed!
The plan is to go again in about a month and carry on where we left off regarding the skills sessions. We’ll keep the group size small again as we got more done than we did when there were nearly 30 of us there.
To make organising this easier and reduce the risk of “no shows” and losing money it would help if we had a better mailing list. So, if you came last night and want to do it again can you send me and Gaze (email addresses in our profiles) your name, your forum name and your preferred contact email address. That way we can get a bit more organised and work out who is who. Also, if you brought mates who are not on this forum can you get the message to them so that we can include them in the future.
Fanks.
HTS
Top do indeed - cheers Harry and Gaz. Will email you now.
after 3 hours power sanding lead based paint in the hallway I wasn't fit to drive, let alone ride a BMX.
Still don't feel right now!