bmxboard... on RAY's "Odd Couples" video comp....
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Your mistake is thinking anyone cares what it "looks" like. Only posers and fools are caught up in that shyt. Bikes is bikes. Period.
I was talking about bikes, not clothes or riding style/ability.you rock spandex when going out on the town?
you like the look of dead sailors over a nice smooth whip?
Again, don't get your panties in a wad.... I was referring to your comment on wheelsize.that must make you a poser too. or is it a hypocrite?
I was riding long before you were born. BFD.dont tell me bikes is bikes. i love em too, all kinds, for over half my life.
do some sweet hucks to flat on your fully for me would ya?
I wasn't talking about the bikes themselves either, any variety can look amazing or amazingly awful. re read my original post. yeah, i did make one reference to 90's bikes and in my opinion bikes back then were pretty goofy looking(hindsight is 2020).I was talking about bikes, not clothes or riding style/ability.
Again, don't get your panties in a wad.... I was referring to your comment on wheelsize.
I was riding long before you were born. BFD.
Your mistake is thinking anyone cares what it "looks" like. Only posers and fools are caught up in that shyt. Bikes is bikes. Period.
.... so maybe i'll give some context to how some bmxers see it. bmx has a longstanding history as kind of a hated sport. . . . . mountain bikers were "cyclists" part of the big group who weren't with us, and if not they were against us. they wore dorky outfits, rode expensive goofy looking bikes, didn't leave the ground much, concerned with things like heart rate, just a bunch of crap that bmxers didnt need. mountain bikers generally were older upstanding citizens with much different mentalities than the average bmxer. definite culture clash.. . . .
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I remember attending BMX comps in '85.....i hear what you're saying about the bmx history. i've lived that bmx history--from going to AFA and hoffman bs comps to organizing comps myself in '98 and '99.
ithis is a little off topic so skip if you want....but think back to the 90s when rollerblading was first blowing up. i honestly think that the old guard at Thrasher, Big Brother, World Industries, and the rest of the old dudes that ran the skateboarding industry, saw a monetary threat in the new trend. the skateboarding industry lives or dies on there being a new crop of 11-14 year olds every few years to keep the money flowing. they saw a large number of these kids choosing rollerblades. so they set out to kill rollerblading. go back and look at those magazines--there were full-page anti-rollerblading ads, constant editorials, t-shirts and printing of letters to the editor on the topic. i don't care if you like rollerblading or don't, (or think it should have been killed !). i used to skateboard myself and i still love watching skateboarding. but it would be a mistake to think that all the rollerblade hate was self-generated--the tone was set at the top. my theory anyway....
good point... i don't actually think it was. that's when i started riding 'freestyle' and a lot of aspects i still appreciate--like the shows, contests, and innovation.What was "ghey" about 80's BMX?
i could hop on a mountain bike and film a street segment better than 90% of the mtb guys in videos, purely because i can do a slider out of a 180, and not indian giver.
Not so much early to mid 80's but the late 80's were getting pretty bad.What was "ghey" about 80's BMX?
I'll grant you, it's easier on a big bike. I rode trails last summer on 20" wheels, and never quite got as comfortable as I've been on my 26s.You can say that bmx was there first and all that, but I think mtb rides trails way better than bmx.
exactly my point. the sport of freestyle mtb is in its infancy. however, i do think it is almost pointless to do some things on an mtb, namely ride street, than on a bmx bike. if you want to do it, go ahead, i'm down for everyone doing their own thing to make them happy. but when a 20 shredder talks sh*t to you for being on a mtb, you just have to suck it up. it's like being the youngest rider in the group (trust me, because i am)I remember a letter in FREESTYLIN' from around '84 or so. It was talking about how bmx freestyle would never catch on and that is was lame, compared to skating. That bmx freestyle didn't have it's own style or fashion or music (like skating has punk rock, or whatever).
It took many years before bmx freestyle came into it's own. The 80's had lame o bikes, silly tricks, goofy colors, etc.
Mtn. bike stunt riding, to me, is in the same stages as bmx freestyle was 20 plus years ago. We are not used to seeing the same tricks being done by 20 inchers done on a mtn. bike, so it can often look odd or goofy. Usually, from my perspective, it looks goofy because the rider isn't that good. ie, indian givers, etc..
I think in a few years, when we have been seeing mtn. bikes doing stunts for 20 some odd years, it won't look so silly or whatever, it will just be riding a bike.
I'm not one to argue silly stuff like this. I enjoy riding my bike and that's the bottom line to me. Fashion is something I don't understand...
Chainless is the wave of the future!! Especially for trails. Pedaling sux. Two front wheels FTW!!let alone the weird chainless dudes
For reals. I saw that awhile back... dude just doesn't get it. It's funny how the the comments make more sense than he does.TCU grasping at straws...
also note adam did not write that.on a positive note: thecomeup props Methods: "Features a good mix of shredding on some little bikes and some big bikes."
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