[BrianP]

change of plans on how to level…….

im going to make a bowed in area with 2×6’s and fill it with stone. level it out and lay pressure treated 2×6 on the stones under the transitions.
this way there will be less moisture directly under the ramp and less rotted wood after a few years.

sound better?

[BrianP]

rod, no current plans for a fall brawl…… with the babys birthday in oct, its now making it a crazy month…..

plus, the weather is better in the summer

[BrianP]

@adamguild wrote:

They should open a Gun/Sex/Liquor store all in one so the customer can save time……

heh, maybe they should sell pizza and wings and deliver also….

america

[BrianP]

lou,
ant told me about what was going on and im sorry to hear this happens to anyone. take it from someone who knows (kinda) what you are going through….

this might sound ramblish in some spots, but im just gonna start typing.

circa 1983…. ive got a cool bmx bike and i take it over to the empty lots in town were we have jumps set up and ride my bike. sure im on a baseball team and a soccer team but most people in small southern NJ towns were back then….. anyway
come around 84 or so, joe moved down from jersey city, bringing tales of racing at braddock and the armory, bmx had now become most of my life, i wasnt into the team sports anymore i liked the freedom of being on my bike.
1985 saw the beginning of freestyle for me and YES, i had now found what i loved. by about 86 i was super into riding my bike and would do so every chance i could, it was around this time my little brother started skating and hangin with a different “crowd”, for some reason my parents decided that skating was a more acceptable sport and did nothing to support or encourage me with my riding. even after they found him growing weed….. i still got the slack for being on my bike
i would get “that bikes not gonna get you anywhere”, “your riding that damn bike again” and other such negativity.

i kept riding

i went to a king of street contest in NYC in 88 and when i got back i was grounded. i kept riding.

fast forward to 94 or so……. im still riding my bike, i now know alot more people that ride then ever before including rodney and adam….. ive recently started talking with my folks after a few years of not. (i moved out of the house just after graduating high school and moved into NYC) my father is now into riding mtn bikes and is actually starting to race them.

they see how im still riding and how it makes me happy and finally have the courage to apologize to me for not understanding how much it meant to me and for not backing me when i wanted to go to contests or shows…… only because they can now relate to how much being on a bike means….

i still ride, my parents both ride mtn and road bikes, mom even worked in a bike shop for a bit. my lil bro still skates and the whole family now gets together and chills.

in a nutshell, i was harassed growing up by my folks because of riding, probly also because of the music i listened to and the way i dressed… i guess mohawks are a bit unnerving. but they now realize that it was just who i was and they are now and have said to me that they are proud that i didnt give in to them and stop riding……

lou, maybe your dad will realize that too.

and to go with daves post
brian pleva
VW dealership parts manager
married with 2 kids
own my house and 4 cars
wife has a masters degree in music history
still ride bikes and have a pretty extensive collection of old bikes too

hope it makes some sense

[BrianP]

ive got your rear hub holmes…….

just come up to the ‘shop’ one day for a beer and its yours!

edit for just realizing the date and you may not need it anymore

[BrianP]

hmmmmmm, i remember my first time in a pit…. 1987 or so, bbq at vinnie stigmas house, agnostic front and murphys law played.

last pit i was in was last year at a slayer concert…..

i still love going in and wreckin shit

[BrianP]

i won in my own eyes just by making it around the track, not falling and having a blast……

some dude named kelly kelly or something won i think and then all these other rippers. but i didnt come in last in the race either

[BrianP]

dave, i race 30 over open class, there were 2 motos, i ended up making the main………

i had never even rode around a track before that day

[BrianP]

howdy there jim……….

cool hangin on sunday, and OMFG, what!!!!!! imagine that. the same vans!

[BrianP]

sweet, and if all the stars and the moon align properly…..

i will be the owner of that mini-half next week!

[BrianP]

go to mullay…………………..

it aint a white boy sport there.

[BrianP]

animal ralph is also going to be judging the mini half comp….. its also FREE to enter it, and some nice prizes.

i will be at that and should be entering the comp…… that should be a sight!

the nice weather is finally here, time to ride!

[BrianP]

where?

[BrianP]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

another fan of the old school…..

[BrianP]

trizzlipper on aim….

or is it trizzlippin?

rarely there though

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