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in the summer, i usually feel like i'm over-loaded on MTB. the enduro/stage events and even DH racing just start to feel like they're so complicated, require a ton of money and have so much gear or travel involved. it's about this time when i dig into bmx vids online (raw, brakeless, dirty street stuff...not xgames, not uber tech wizardry) and get stoked on what bikes and riders can do.
i don't go out and ride like the vids i'm posting. i couldn't even imagine what it's like to be so gnarly and hope some day before i die to just do a bunnyhop barspin. but the riding in these vids, the aesthetic of the raw street style and the "NFG" attitude is so refreshing to me. it just feels pure. i'm sure if i was in that industry i'd not feel the same, but i'm not, so...fbm ghetto jam. yes, please. (although i'd be scared to walk around there w/o steel-shanked shoes and gamma globulin shots up-to-date...but that's why i love it)
pegs on a cement ledge or steel rail sound so good. tank tops, shitty shoes and not a care for safety. no dicking around with suspension settings or shuttles or trail access. sweaty, dirty, scabby...it's just the antithesis of a modern mountain bike trail ride or DH session.
it may be because i grew up near blue collar flint, michigan w/ metal-head-stoner neighbors (who always scared the shit out of me back then), but i just like the look and vibe of the whole scene, especially if a video is from the rust belt or florida...any place but socal. the fact they ride on terrain that never had any intended use for bikes is the other bonus...it's incredible creativity. would you ever look at the wedge in the pic below and think, yeah, i'll just go up another 5 feet and wallride the roof line? f'ing sickness!
no, i don't want a rigid singlespeed hardtail to keep MTB simple. i love MTB the way it is and am down for the gear, logistics and $$ i have to spend on it to do it. bmx is just a fantastic opposite for a crusty mid-life crisiser to get stoked on. if more parents spent $500 on a bmx bike for their kids instead of a phone, the world would be a better place.
i don't go out and ride like the vids i'm posting. i couldn't even imagine what it's like to be so gnarly and hope some day before i die to just do a bunnyhop barspin. but the riding in these vids, the aesthetic of the raw street style and the "NFG" attitude is so refreshing to me. it just feels pure. i'm sure if i was in that industry i'd not feel the same, but i'm not, so...fbm ghetto jam. yes, please. (although i'd be scared to walk around there w/o steel-shanked shoes and gamma globulin shots up-to-date...but that's why i love it)
pegs on a cement ledge or steel rail sound so good. tank tops, shitty shoes and not a care for safety. no dicking around with suspension settings or shuttles or trail access. sweaty, dirty, scabby...it's just the antithesis of a modern mountain bike trail ride or DH session.
it may be because i grew up near blue collar flint, michigan w/ metal-head-stoner neighbors (who always scared the shit out of me back then), but i just like the look and vibe of the whole scene, especially if a video is from the rust belt or florida...any place but socal. the fact they ride on terrain that never had any intended use for bikes is the other bonus...it's incredible creativity. would you ever look at the wedge in the pic below and think, yeah, i'll just go up another 5 feet and wallride the roof line? f'ing sickness!
no, i don't want a rigid singlespeed hardtail to keep MTB simple. i love MTB the way it is and am down for the gear, logistics and $$ i have to spend on it to do it. bmx is just a fantastic opposite for a crusty mid-life crisiser to get stoked on. if more parents spent $500 on a bmx bike for their kids instead of a phone, the world would be a better place.
^^That's the best bmx segment of all time.
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