NE Ohio Riders?

[jfrankland]

Beginner looking for some BMX riders in NE Ohio. I'm 23 and live in the Akron area.

Post a reply if you're in the area, or track me down on AIM = GirlsGunsBeer.

Thanks.

[Aceman]

im 16 and in the cleveland area. i've never ridden akron, but I know cleveland has some good spots downtown. Next spring we can go ride and I'll show you some spots.

you should check out the rider hookup map

[jfrankland]

Cool. I'll check it out. My email is jdfrankland@hotmail.com Keep in touch.

[jfrankland]

Any more riders around here?


It was a lot easier to find people when I wasn't that creepy tall guy with a job who falls a lot, but might buy you beer if you're cool.

Seriously, I go up to these bmx kids in my town to talk and they look at me like I'm a leper. Not sure why.

[turndown]

haha
im from nw ohio
like around fremont/tiffin
not northeast :(
you can still buy me beer!

[rideohio]

Im from hudson, i dont need any beer. im a good 15 minutes north and 16 as well. im a tall guy who used to fall a lot, but ive gotten better.

[ZachS]

is ohio really for lovers?

[jfrankland]

I don't know. All I can say is I hated it, then I moved to Montana for a year. Now I love Ohio.

[teflondon]

I live in Mentor and I'm trying to get back into BMX as well. I wanna try and get my old bike back together today hopefully. Dumb question, but can I take a chain of a bike then reattach it on another?

[feltrider1211]

is ohio really for lovers?

hahah hawthorn hight ruined the EMO reputation forever


soo cut my rist and black my eyes... sooooo lame

i think if it wasent for that song peopel woulent make fun of emos any more

[Aceman]

is ohio really for lovers?

lol

Ohio is cold.
Ohio has shitty weather.
Ohio does have lots of posers.

I wouldnt say ohio is for lovers though.

People keep telling me to come back to Texas though.


Back on topic though, we need to set a date to hit up some street in Cleveland.

I'm thinkin meet up at the cleveland skate park(rock and roll hall of fame) abd then go from there. But we still have the when to worry about...

[teflondon]

The sooner the better really for me.

[teflondon]

Anybody down for this weekend? Maybe we can get a small group together and hit up downtown. I finally got the bike together and this will probably be my last weekend for a good while to get a chance to ride. LET ME KNOW!

[teflondon]

Any takers?

[Aceman]

I wont be able to make it this weekend, but next weeks my last bofore spring break, so next weekend sure.

[teflondon]

You drive at all? I might be in Parma this weekend, but I still wanna go for a ride downtown. You got any other guys you ride with that might come?

[Aceman]

I dont drive, but I can get downtown very easily, as there's a rapid station right around the corner from my house. I may bring 2 or 3 of my crew, but I know a lot of my friends will be digging this weekend in the metroparks.

[teflondon]

You got AIM? My sn is in my profile, hit me up.

[teflondon]

We gotta set up a time and place we're meeting up. Day time? Night time? Rock Hall would be a good place to meet up.

[federal_rider12]

19 and im in the streetsboro area.

[teflondon]

You should come downtown this weekend. Anytime is good for me really. It's up to your guys' schedules.

[federal_rider12]

where you located at?

this weekend i got a car club meet in marysville, probably hit the mini park thats there since they decided to put it in the parking lot of which the meet would be! then i have to replace one of the guys clutches afterwards.

[Aceman]

OK.

Today(thursday, 4/13) a me and a few of my friends are meeting up at a park called rays mtb.

I welcome anybody who can to join us.

We'll be there at 7 and its 10 dollars to get in.

Its a mtb place but bmx are allowed in and its a great park.

www.raysmtb.com

[Aceman]

O and if you can go make sure you post up what you're gonna look like.

Bike, clothes, height, appearance in general ect...




Ill likely be on a grey haro with yellow pedals and a grey helmet, wearing blue jeans and a red t-shirt.

[teflondon]

I go but, no money, and no helmet. That place is pretty close to where I'm at right now.

EDIT: Anybody got an extra helmet I could use? I'm sure I can get my hands on another $5. I got a helmet back in Mentor I could use but it's a 45min drive to go get it.

[federal_rider12]

i got a helmet you could use, i bought one and never use it :lol: . jk i bought it so i could get into parks requiring them, but every park i gone to required them but i never wore one without issue.

[teflondon]

What I need to do is get my aunt to pay me the money she owes me. It's be cool if she could just pay me in full. An extra $800 would be nice right about now. I got quite a few bills to pay off right now. A new bike would be nice too.

[federal_rider12]

oh i know how it is. be nice to have money to get my daily driver car up in running and be able to pay for the tags and insurance, so it sits in front of the house and i drive it around here so it remains running whenever it lets me shift it since the mounts are bad :lol:

[teflondon]

What kind of car you drive?

[federal_rider12]

well my project car and has to be my daily driver too right now is a 97 saturn sl2. no one ever suspects the saturn, secrest under the hood people dont understand unless you know them.

but the car i have in my name is a 96 ford contour. i cant stand ford but got this car for nothing because it needed an engine, so i dropped one in and have put loads of money into it. i would like to get rid of it and get another saturn since i know saturns extremely well and are fun cars, MADE OF PLASTIK! :lol: god i love that part.

[teflondon]

How much does it weigh? I still kinda want to get an old EG hatch as a beater/project car. I love lightweight cars.

[federal_rider12]

this is for 2nd gen (usually more of them seen) SC2 (dohc 2 door coupe) weighs in at 2385, while SL2 (dohc 4 door sedan) weighs in at 2390. i just love these things because its all aluminum engine using lost foam castings (very good castings) and trans is stout but differential should be addressed before putting alot of power to it or spinning wheels. extremely easy to work on them, and just damn fun all around.

they have low end torque and mine should a pretty flat torque curve throughout rpms so you dont have to rev it out to go like hondas. honda blocks are weak being they are very open so the sleeves shake and distort while the saturn has an almost closed deck with extra support around the sleeves. i could go on and on, i just love these things!

[teflondon]

Damn, that's lighter than I thought. That's about the same as my old Civic. I ended up blowing the headgasket on it on a trip to c-bus for a meet. Try to keep up with all those modded cars was not good for mine, lol.

[federal_rider12]

haha, thats the problem with hondas being that the deck is so open, they like to blow head gaskets and crack or distort sleeves. best and only option in my mind for a fix is to buy a new aluminum aftermarket block to fix the problem. those stupid sleeve savers are junk and cause more problems.

just another reason i like my saturn. and yeah they are pretty light

[rideohio]

me and shinslammer are gonna be at big happys tomorrow from 4 till maybe 9. looks for a tall guy with camo bars/fork and a longer haired kid with an ivy frame. let me know if youll be there.

[federal_rider12]

wish i could, but like ive said i got to get my car ready for saturday.

[teflondon]

What's Big Happy's and where's it at?

[federal_rider12]

its a park in bedford heights.

[teflondon]

Yeah, I just looked up their website. That lace looks pretty nice. I'd go but I still have th eproblem of no money and no helmet. I gotta give my aunt a call tonight, lol.

[rideohio]

http://www.bighappys.com/
bikes are always allowed.

i think someone mentioned trails at the metro parks. whats that about?

[federal_rider12]

man i havent hit trails like ever! had some dirt jumps but no trails.

[rideohio]

ive rode some trails a while ago, but it was my first time and they were small an dnot very long, but id like to try them again. i do have a step down and a double in the woods near me, and im trying to build some more and get trails going. but i would think youd get caught pretty quickly at the metro parks.

[teflondon]

Who's gonna be downtown? Are we going tonight or tomorrow night? If not tonight I might go to Big Happy's if I can get my hands on $5 more and a helmet.

[rideohio]

Who's gonna be downtown? Are we going tonight or tomorrow night? If not tonight I might go to Big Happy's if I can get my hands on $5 more and a helmet.i have an extra helmet and i can through in the jeep if you want. i think rentals are only $2 - $4 either way. are you guys talking about downtown cleveland or akron?

[teflondon]

I'm broke as is, so the less money I spend the better. We're talking about downtown Cleveland. What time are you talking about going to Big Happy's again?

[rideohio]

Im gonna be there at 4 when they open, till maybe 8 or 9.

[teflondon]

I don't think I'm gonna be able to make it.

[federal_rider12]

i dont trust riding in downtown akron. havent riden in cleveland. all ive done since ive lived here was ride down to auto zone in streetsboro to pick up a part for my car and got a flat tire on the way back, no nail or nothing. still cant figure that one out especially with that thick street tire.

but other then that, all i do is ride right here in the drive. not much of anything to do right here but i just warm myself up getting loose since its been so long.

[rideohio]

"haha clevleand rocks...until it gets late...then you risk getting mugged...but akron is worse...youll see more crack heads there than anyone else"(shinslammer)

[teflondon]

I don't know. I've walked around downtown cleveland at night and didn't have any problems. Aceman said i's cool to ride there so I'm not too worried.