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MMMM Dirt tastes goooooooood……….
No need to be nervous. I start back up next Thursday after taking the summer off.
This one’s for the Dog. 😆
= TEH HURTS 😯
I told Brett last year after the NBL Grands and the whole 30-34 Cruiser incident that I would boycott the NBL for one year. I made it!
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No Grands for me.
Steve, tell everyone I said hello.
Jess
Unless you have 100% confidence in your riding (jumping and manualling) I would highly recommend against taking them out on the track. The first time you get in trouble you are going to let go of the bars as your feet are not going anywhere. It’s like being a captain of a ship, when it goes down you are going to ride it all the way into the dirt.
Geeze dude, if you wanted your own rock launcher I can think of easier ways. 😆
Get to piss’n so you can get back on the bike.
Do you want to know the Expert ABA racers who are racing NBL Novice and ABA Inters who are racing NBL Rookie? That would spice things up. 😆 I sent the list to the NBL but it seems it fell on deaf ears. They are all top 10 national NBL riders.
Heard you guys got the “no gates” crap too. Happened in 05 and 06 to the US team. Last year we had to go ride a small track in a park for ride time. It even had a full manual gate. A local guy would hold the bar for us and release it. In case you haven’t noticed, the UCI doesn’t like us too much.
You realize that Stumpy is 30 and going for the title correct?
@CrazyCraig wrote:
Dave, more than creaking, I’m getting a knocking noise of sorts.
Don’t get next to Craig in the gate, he’s going to throw a rod. 😆
If you still can’t get rid of the noise, wrap the BB threads with teflon tape and re-install them.
Since PArider wants some reference from both sides.
I was clipped in for the past two seasons. Raced the NBL national series and the ABA nationals and ended up with plates in both.
I found the clips to be a little too binding for my riding style. I feel more comfortable on flats. I find myself able to ride the jumps and rythms faster on flats since I am not as hesitant and thinking about how much it is going to hurt if I come up short clipped in.
I went to the NC ABA national a couple of weeks ago and transfered out first round racing in flats. I made a ton of mistakes in the main, but that had to do with being off the bike for 8 months and not a pedal issue. I was able to get a good holeshot each time to the first jump.
I think some people are just more comfortable on flat pedals than clips anyways.
How do you think people would react to using weight lifter wrist straps on their bikes so they can get extra pull on the bars?
Same thing with clips.
After trying it for a few years and watching what was happening, I do not see how clips belong in BMX.
I am not going to run around telling people that they can not ride clips (other than my own kid), but I will try to lead by example by showing you can still get it done on flats.
Hopefully one or both sanctions will see the negative impact clips have to the sport and take a stance. If one were to do a poll I would be interested to see the injury to pedal type ratio.
Injuries will still happen on flat pedals, but I bet the degree and frequency of injuries increases when clipped.
i dont care.. but DO NOT get aluminum.. please
So, what Dave is saying is that it is ok to put aluminum between your lips but not your legs. 😆
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