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09 Jun 2025, 9:07 am

I want a BMX
I want a BMX


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09 Jun 2025, 9:44 am

I don't go from one extreme to another. Germany and England are both a part of me.


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09 Jun 2025, 12:45 pm

I wonder what the vegans would say about the use of tarantula hair in itching powder


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09 Jun 2025, 1:23 pm

I think vegans might be too compassionate to want anything to do with itching powder in the first place. But I'm only guessing. People are complicated.



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09 Jun 2025, 1:27 pm

:lol:


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09 Jun 2025, 1:32 pm

babybird wrote:
I want a BMX
I want a BMX


You should get one, and make a BMX video. :P


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09 Jun 2025, 1:36 pm

Oh yeah that's a good idea I've not done that for a while

You would have enjoyed my crash today

I literally doubled over backwards
I thought it was goodnight Vienna to my spinal cord I can tell you


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09 Jun 2025, 1:40 pm

babybird wrote:
Oh yeah that's a good idea I've not done that for a while

You would have enjoyed my crash today

I literally doubled over backwards
I thought it was goodnight Vienna to my spinal cord I can tell you


Glad you're okay. :heart:


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09 Jun 2025, 1:46 pm

Thank you that means so much :heart:

I'll be surprised if I'm not sore tomorrow

That's why I ended up renting a BMX and I had so much fun but I didn't have to pay for it in the end
Probably because they could see how much fun I was having :lol:

It was a bit on the heavy side I thought but I've not been on one on a regular basis for at least 30 years
I'm definitely considering buying one


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09 Jun 2025, 1:48 pm

My brother used to ride BMX, his bike is heavier than any of the mountain bikes in my house. :lol:


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09 Jun 2025, 1:59 pm

It took the ramps well I've gotta say

Maybe it's me who's on the heavy side


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09 Jun 2025, 2:06 pm

Bikes weren't so heavy when I was a lad. The tubing was thinner. Don't know why they're all so thick these days.



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09 Jun 2025, 2:08 pm

The one I was just looking at is 12kg
That's not heavy


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09 Jun 2025, 2:28 pm

That's not bad. The one I bought to replace my proper bike must be much heavier than that. But even if it wasn't heavy, it just doesn't handle like the old one did and it still feels unstable. And don't get me started about modern handlebars. They're crap. All of them.



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09 Jun 2025, 2:33 pm

Was yours a BMX


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09 Jun 2025, 3:27 pm

No neither of them were BMX. I guess the thicker tubing on modern bikes is because doing stunts on bikes is so popular these days that they're scared that the thin tubes will collapse with the strain and then they'll have a lawsuit to deal with.

It would explain why my old bike collapsed. My son was very into doing stunts and he took me to this place where there was a ramp you'd go up and fly through the air. My bike seemed to stand the strain at the time but later on it collapsed and I broke my teeth when I hit the deck.