Orange Y BMX Track

[2wheel_lee]

I'm planning on going to the Orange Y BMX track this Friday. All are welome to come. Practice and sign-ups are 5:30 to 7:30 on Fridays, and races begin shortly after registration closes. I get there at about 6:30ish.

Show up to practice on the track, or try your hand at racing too! It's a really low-pressure racing environment.

An ABA membership is required (although 30-day memberships are available).

If you don't have a BMX bike, mountain bikes are OK! (There are usually at least a couple mtbs out there.)

All you need is:
- helmet (XC lid is OK, but full face helmets are nice)
- long sleeve shirt
- pants (sorry, but shorts and kneepads cannot be used instead of pants)

http://orangeybmx.com/

For those who don't know me, I'll be wearing an FB jersey (there are a few of them out there), and the number on my bike is #26.

[Bryguy17]

Heading north to hang with some buddies/take sweet pictures of bikes. Next week I'll definitely get out there, since I should be all clear to ride with my finger

[2wheel_lee]

A couple people mentioned about going the following Friday. I will be at Gooseberry, but other STR Orange Y regulars will probably be there (CBharping, julia12, Dino Brown, mudman, etc.). Hopefully one of them will post a "ride" for the following week to let everyone know there will be another STR gathering (it's been pretty common on Friday nights lately).

[L8 APEKS]

Originally Posted by 2wheel_lee

A couple people mentioned about going the following Friday. I will be at Gooseberry, but other STR Orange Y regulars will probably be there (CBharping, julia12, Dino Brown, mudman, etc.). Hopefully one of them will post a "ride" for the following week to let everyone know there will be another STR gathering (it's been pretty common on Friday nights lately).

I'm still bike-less at the moment, but I will be at Orange next week!

PS...if anyone happens to have a set of 24" cruiser wheels I could borrow or buy, please let me know!

[HUGH]

Carla, you racing???

HUGH

[Bryguy17]

out of curiosity, does it cost anything to get signed up for ABA? just trying to figure out how much i can;t spend on bike parts over the next week or so

[2wheel_lee]

Originally Posted by Bryguy17

out of curiosity, does it cost anything to get signed up for ABA? just trying to figure out how much i can;t spend on bike parts over the next week or so

I believe it's about $45 a year.

[surlygal]

Originally Posted by 2wheel_lee

I believe it's about $45 a year.

Lee's right It's $45.00 you can sign up at the Orange Y, if you do you get 3 free practices, after that even if your a member it's 5 bucks to practice.

$15.00 if your not, 30 day temp membership, plus 5 bucks each time.

Here's the ABA form
http://ababmx.com/pdf/membership.pdf

[cbHarping]

Originally Posted by HUGH

Carla, you racing???

HUGH

I don't know, should I???

[HUGH]

Originally Posted by cbharping

I don't know, should I???

Um let me think.......

Any questions

HUGH

[cbHarping]

GEEZ! I guess I can't say no now, can I???

OK, I guess I'll give it a try. Now I'll have to go get a number plate!

[2wheel_lee]

Originally Posted by cbharping

OK, I guess I'll give it a try. Now I'll have to go get a number plate!

When you signed up for your ABA membership, they should have given you a packet with a number plate in it.

[surlygal]

Originally Posted by 2wheel_lee

When you signed up for your ABA membership, they should have given you a packet with a number plate in it.

When Maddie had signed up, they had run out of packets , she didn't get a plate but a few weeks later the #'s showed up in the mail.

[HUGH]

Originally Posted by cbharping

GEEZ! I guess I can't say no now, can I???

OK, I guess I'll give it a try. Now I'll have to go get a number plate!

SWEET!!!
See you guys there!

HUGH

[Dino Brown]

Speaking of "NUMBER" plates....

Last week I saw a kid racing with the greatest number plate of all time.
LITERALLY a 10" paper plate (i.e. the kind you eat with) tied together with zip ties!

[ezzyride]

Carla,

I'll be there cheering for you.

The girls talked me into flying to AZ saturday morning. Okay, Julia talked me into flying in on saturday morning.

I get to see you race Carla how cool.

-Elvia

[2wheel_lee]

Originally Posted by Dino Brown

Speaking of "NUMBER" plates....

Last week I saw a kid racing with the greatest number plate of all time.
LITERALLY a 10" paper plate (i.e. the kind you eat with) tied together with zip ties!

That's more common that you'd believe. Paper plates, aka pie plates, are probably the most commonly used number plate in BMX history - all the way back to the 70s.

[destroyer]

Originally Posted by Dino Brown

Speaking of "NUMBER" plates....

Last week I saw a kid racing with the greatest number plate of all time.
LITERALLY a 10" paper plate (i.e. the kind you eat with) tied together with zip ties!

When I raced 12 years ago that's what we used. I'm not sure if it was the track or ABA, but I would get a different number just about every race. I also wouldn't know my number until about 20 min before the first race. So paper plate and sharpie it is.