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eightdip 08-17-06 03:12 AM

i tried smiths the other day and i did them first try! the only problem is, i havent done one since! i can also feeble and double peg but i always nose it after doing a double peg. i guess i need to pull up more

CMcMahon 08-17-06 03:20 AM


Originally Posted by Prozakk
The park where I live is too small, and is skateboard only. The next city from here has a larger one, but skateboard only. Sucks. I'd like to see a real park. I'm sure Dallas has something but that's over an hour away and gas is too damn high. The bike trails near my home are too grown over with poison ivy this time of year so I can't go there either.

1) 9/10 (if not 19/20 or 29/30) of California's "public" parks don't allow bikes. That doesn't stop anyone from riding them.

2) Take the train to Austin.

KinetikBiker 08-17-06 08:38 AM


Originally Posted by eightdip
i tried smiths the other day and i did them first try! the only problem is, i havent done one since! i can also feeble and double peg but i always nose it after doing a double peg. i guess i need to pull up more

I can pegless smith better than i can smith with pegs, tell me thats not weird.

FitRider 921 08-17-06 09:28 AM


Originally Posted by KinetikBiker04
I can pegless smith better than i can smith with pegs, tell me thats not weird.

Sorry, can't help you there.

Prozakk 08-17-06 09:33 AM


Originally Posted by Beerman
1) 9/10 (if not 19/20 or 29/30) of California's "public" parks don't allow bikes. That doesn't stop anyone from riding them.

2) Take the train to Austin.

Both of the close (semi) parks are in the bad side of town, in which police heavily patrol. They do run bikes off. Happened everytime I went.

I hate public transportation, nor have the time due to work/school.

CMcMahon 08-17-06 11:15 AM

I don't understand how one can hate public transportation. It's far cheaper than driving, and generally much safer.

Prozakk 08-17-06 01:02 PM


Originally Posted by Beerman
I don't understand how one can hate public transportation. It's far cheaper than driving, and generally much safer.

I don't like being a passenger. I used to like flying, but 9/11 changed that.

CMcMahon 08-17-06 01:06 PM

Someone's falling for the fear-mongering propoganda, I see.

Prozakk 08-17-06 01:53 PM


Originally Posted by Beerman
Someone's falling for the fear-mongering propoganda, I see.

The skies aren't as friendly as they used to be...

CMcMahon 08-17-06 01:57 PM

There are terrorists and they are everywhere!

eightdip 08-17-06 03:46 PM

they are at the moment

Brian 08-17-06 05:41 PM


Originally Posted by Prozakk
The skies aren't as friendly as they used to be...

I've flown something like 100k miles since 9/11. I'm over it. The clown on his mobile phone, ther soccer mom in the Denali, or some old lady with Coke bottle glasses is a bigger threat.

CMcMahon 08-17-06 05:48 PM

Seriously.

How many people died in 9/11? 2800?

How many fatal car accidents happen in the US every year? Oh, that's right: more than 35,000.

http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/

FitRider 921 08-17-06 05:52 PM

Believe it or not, planes are actually safer than cars... think about it, many less objects to fly into at 3,500 feet up.

MadMan2k 08-17-06 05:54 PM

I kind of like flying because getting places so fast is awesome, but it's expensive...

dooley 08-17-06 06:21 PM

seriously, this has nothing to do with where the frame was made, and everything to do with how it was made.
and fwiw, i think that the sunday frame is almost certainly the most advanced frame on the market today, jim c did his ****ing research with that thing. and I know beerman will hate me for saying so, but I genuinely think it's better made than anything S&M are doing. the amount of s&ms I've seen which are welded on the cock is untrue.

frame building is a complicated business, seamless or rolled tubes(see t1 for an example of rolled tubes), back purging, how precisely it's mitred, gusset design, heat treating, all have an affect on the final product.

CMcMahon 08-17-06 06:26 PM

I can't think of any S&M frames which are designed for the sort of abuse (Fat Mike Hoder, anyone?) that the Sunday! is tailored for. That being said, I won't disagree with you: it's definitely a progressive step for BMX frames. I can't say that any of the three S&M frames I've had (or the four pairs of bars, for that matter) have been poorly made, though.

dooley 08-17-06 06:34 PM

none of mine have been ****ed up either, I still have my oversize dirtbike and it's definitely one of the top ten frames ever.

ChorusXTwo 08-17-06 11:25 PM


Originally Posted by Prozakk
The skies aren't as friendly as they used to be...

And now there are snakes on planes!

CMcMahon 08-18-06 10:38 AM

I'm going to a Snakes on a Party tonight.

Prozakk 08-18-06 01:11 PM

I've been in 22 automobile accidents. I KNOW they aren't safer than planes.

The Sunday! frame is IMO is the ultimately designed frame.

eightdip 08-18-06 04:58 PM

you are the only person i know who calls them 'automobiles'

Brian 08-18-06 05:27 PM


Originally Posted by eightdip
you are the only person i know who calls them 'automobiles'

I think the fact that he's been in 22 is a bigger issue.

Prozakk 08-18-06 06:44 PM


Originally Posted by Expatriate
I think the fact that he's been in 22 is a bigger issue.

MUCH.

Now don't mistake this as me being a bad driver. More than 1/2 of them I was a passenger. Only 1 was I the fault...and then, only partial...both drivers got tickets.

lunchbox 08-20-06 12:52 AM


Originally Posted by Prozakk
MUCH.

Now don't mistake this as me being a bad driver. More than 1/2 of them I was a passenger. Only 1 was I the fault...and then, only partial...both drivers got tickets.

You must be bad luck.


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