(((::::::: Gain-Online ::::::::::::::))): February 2005

Spot #3

I think spot #3 was Wandsworth Roundabout which is like a big scummy concrete movie set, something like you'd find out of Clockwork Orange.

Adam looking like Adam, if you know what I mean.

Adam bank whip-hop, angle 1.

Adam bank whip-hop, angle 2.

Either a turndown kickturn fakie or a turndown bunnyhop fakie, either way I'm sure the legs won't quite be straight enough for "Mad" Andy Clarke's standards.

posted by Sean @ 21:07

Daily?

Unfortunately 20+ hours of laboratory report got in the way of keeping this daily posting going. Still could be worse- at least I can still upload photos. Poor Will.

The ghetto tree from the ghetto spot, with perfectly fitting 1" thorns all over.

Crew in front of ghetto tree at ghetto spot.

Owain's managed to sneak back in with an opposite 180 lookback bunnyhop off the bank over the bin. Incidentally the last 2 photos were taken more or less at the same time.

posted by Sean @ 22:20

PM Action

Barny on the infamous BRICKxton curved wall line. Rotated because I can't hold the camera straight, but left uncropped for artistic merit.

Finally we get to the second spot of the tour. I really don't have a clue where this is, just that its somewhere past Clapham Common, with planes constantly flying over, and is ghetto enough for the police to tell us its OK to ride, so long as we don't hit anyone. Barny tire slides a rail.

Togo "It's not an air, its a bunnyhop"

Loz The Lozenger, what's a 'Lozenger'?

posted by Sean @ 11:08

Yet More Owain Cleggdogg

The all too familiar moment of panic when you don't quite make it to the top.

Most people wouldn't touch a lip trick on a rotting deck, not O'dog. Who instead conveniently gets his wheel stuck for the purpose of a nosepick. Caption courtesy of Ride UK.

I think this would even win TomB's seal of Tabletop approval. Lovely stuff.

posted by Sean @ 21:58

The Great Bike Heist

It certainly might look that way, more bikes than I can be bothered trying to count here.

One of many Owain Clegg shots, Brixton Pancake, Saturday Morning, 7am. Not really, although I wouldn't put it past him. I think this was more like 11am which is still pretty impressive.

posted by Sean @ 21:57

Another 48hrs

Excuse the Eddie Murphy film titles, its just been 2 weekends away in 3 weeks- not often I'm on those kind of statistics. As I mentioned last post, HWM and London were sessioned, I actually shot around 600 photos over 4 days. I'm just going to tackle London for now, I think its coming in small and hopefully daily instalments. Here's #1:

This was Friday night in James' flat, I think there were about 10 of us staying over. We set this photo up but didn't for a second think we could get it this good. Look how much pleasure That Gaz gets out of terrorising Clarky. Worrying it is.

posted by Sean @ 20:28

Jam

Last weekends Burnley Jam was quite a rarity for me- normally I don't find out about BMX happenings anymore till I read about them months later in a magazine. It was a pretty good evening anyhow with riding for a silly amount of time (session went into it's 7th hour!), Scott Malyon doing things I doubt anybody else could (footjam on weird quarter on top of the quarter after jumpbox), and compulsory naked Derby-heads (who we should have been more suspicious about having met them half-naked at the Slayer show).

Tommy Toothpick, sounds like a fairytale name doesn't it?

In other post-title related news, I bought the Chris Morris 'Jam' DVD this week which is proving highly disturbing.

Next on the photo agenda is Hot Water Music tomorrow night and then London for the weekly weekend shutdown. Lookout!!!

posted by Sean @ 22:58

48hrs

A very overdue Scotland trip was the order of last weekend, having not been at all in 2004 we really need to make up for it. Here's a run down (shutdown's highlighted):

The Crew
Me
Tommy
Clarky
Barny (joined for Frankie & Bennie's)

Friday
8pm - Leave Manchester
12am - Ride Livi (Shutdown)
3am - Chat with drunk Scots in hotel lobby

Saturday
12am - Ride around Perth town
1pm - Ride Perth (Shutdown)
8pm - Dine at Frankie & Bennie's in Edinburgh
10pm - Watch Creep at cinema

Sunday
11am - Ride around Edinburgh (Shutdown)
5pm - Ride Unit 23 in Dumbarton (Shutdown)
9pm - Leave Scotland

The whole weekend was rammed full of action making the whole affair a right belter. So much action in fact that I didn't take nearly enough pictures. Here's what I did get: