BMX
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Hello little BMX thread, how are you?
BMX wise I am okay thanks. Decided to spend decent money on new parts for the important parts for my next Cult build (anything with bearings), and I'll go ebay/Marketplace/Gumtree on the rest.
But today was a bad day. I mean, actually it was a really great day that then went bad.
I woke up early because I was on Crete holiday time. So I decided to take Bet Lynch (my parts bin banger BMX) out for a gentle ride across Brighton. Exercise, not adventure. Gentle, not mental.
Rode it for miles, and along the way I couldn't resist getting a little bit jumpy. Jumpy became a bit more ambitious and before I knew it I was crashing into things, falling off things, leaping over things, sometimes failing to leap over things. Generally having a good time. I totally destroyed my shins and palms but that was okay.
What was not okay was I ended up about 5 miles from home absolutely exhausted in hot summer heat, bleeding somewhat profusely and with really hurting shins that made pedalling difficult/paonful... and then I discovered that somewhere along the way, I had dropped my phone.
It's a brand new phone, and I didn't take out loss insurance on it because I am simply not the kind of idiot who loses his phone.
It was in a black case along with my driving license and my two debit cards.
When I realised, I thought I'd best phone my (ex) wife (although we were never married) and ask her to get on to the bank PRONTO to cancel my cards.
Of course, I didn't have a phone. What I needed was the kindness of strangers. There was none.
Weird how a bleeding, sweaty, wild-eyed hypermanic looking 53 year old with a drunkards beard, on a fucking BMX, seems too sketchy to lend your phone to in the street.
So after discovering no kindness in around 20 strangers I realised there was only one thing for it. I was going to need to power crank like a fucking berzerker all the way home.
Which I did.
I never get jiggy if I have my phone, keys etc in my pocket. I always have my rucksack on if I'm going to be throwing myself around in street mode, and I put them safely off to one side if I'm in park mode.
But the sun was out, I felt good, I was enjoying myself, and so plenty of people would have seen me (eg) bunny hop a thing and launch my phone out of my pocket like a Scud missile.
Fucking BMX is a stupid activity for idiots.
*sigh*