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The Lounge / Re: "NIGEL SYLVESTER ON ADVANCING BMX WITHOUT FITTING IN"

« on: January 08, 2015, 09:10:56 AM »

Quote from: ImNick on January 04, 2015, 03:16:17 PM

Quote from: condrbkr on January 04, 2015, 02:06:26 PM

If he wants to market what he's good at to get something out of it other than bumming on people's couches and inevitably needing to find a different career path at the age of 30, is that really not understandable? The standard BMX lifestyle is great but it's not for everyone and that doesn't make him less of rider because of so.

Exactly what I was thinking.

Even if he gets more eyes on street riding, as I'm sure most of the mainstream is only familiar with xgames and similar stuff, how could that ultimately hurt the sport? Who cares if he's not Edwin/the most legendary street rider ever. I'm sure every Thrasher reading skate rat was butt hurt when Ryan Sheckler had his TV show on MTV years ago, but I'm sure that put quite a bit of more money into the skate industry even if it was from people trying to look "cool."

If anything, it could get more money into the sport. Who cares if there would be kids that use a bmx as a fashion item, it happens with skateboards all the time. Overall, it could improve the bmx industry.
Everything becomes a fashion show.

I'm fully on this side of the discussion. I feel like everyone is very isolated from pop culture and doesn't see how Nigel actually makes BMX look cool to a non-rider's perspective. I can guarantee it'd be significantly easier for me to get a friend into BMX from RWTW2 than from Burn's Dead Bang section. Image is important these days.

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The Lounge / Re: 7th Annual BG Secret Santa

« on: December 23, 2014, 07:37:58 AM »

Just got mine! Will post pics on this post later.

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The Lounge / Re: joint pain after drinking?

« on: December 20, 2014, 11:13:20 AM »

Quote from: Aesop Rock on December 18, 2014, 07:04:42 PM

I'll wake up with soreness in my hip/asscheek area after a night of heavy drinking from time to time. Probably just dehydration honestly.

This is what I figured.

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The Lounge / joint pain after drinking?

« on: December 18, 2014, 05:32:53 PM »

Last night I went out to drink with some buddies and get some pizza. Got pretty forked up and everything was going good until this morning. I woke up with my knuckles and elbows feeling like they needed Phil Wood grease. I was drinking mostly beers and a few shots of rum, and it was cold as tits out. I didn't drink much water until the morning but today I've had probably 40 fl oz and I'm still in pain. Any of you experience this?

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The Lounge / Re: Do you like old or new bike companies?

« on: December 16, 2014, 10:46:21 AM »

I feel like old brands are afraid of innovation and for that reason alone I don't fuck with them.

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The Lounge / Re: 7th Annual BG Secret Santa

« on: December 16, 2014, 10:27:22 AM »

that bug is cool AF

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The Lounge / Re: 7th Annual BG Secret Santa

« on: December 12, 2014, 09:29:09 AM »

Quote from: CMB on December 10, 2014, 04:28:00 PM

Finally got my package today and it's sweet! I figured out who sent it because I old Ruben pedals back haha. Thanks Andreas!

2 pairs of Fly Ruben pedals
ECCD seat and stump post
Twilight book
Skavenger stickers
binocular
utility knife
book light
finger bike
random gyro pieces

Found this in the back of the book hahaha.

I hope you enjoy! Quick story about the package, the binoculars, multitool, twilight, trojan, and book light are part of a survival kit if you ever get stuck at the trails over night. Figured Twilight should provide some hot steamy romance for you.

The ECCD was actually given to me by Van Homan several years ago. I threw my bike in a rampage one day and it cut the seat leather. I was so angry at myself/ embarrassed that I took it off and never ran it again. Thomson post was already cut short as fuck so I figged I'd make a micropenis out of it.
Do you like venison jerky by the way? I meant to throw some in but I forgot about it until after shipping.

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The Lounge / Re: 7th Annual BG Secret Santa

« on: December 08, 2014, 05:13:51 PM »

Package has been shipped! Hope it's liked. I forgot to throw in jerkey so hopefully the recipient gets back to me and I can send some out if it interest them.

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