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  • @clefty Glad you had a great induction... you might of noticed us arrive? We wandered on to the track only to have a very unfriendly member of staff rudely telling us that it cost money to ride the place, as if we couldn't afford it. After we informed them that paying was a non issue they proceeded to roll out as many reasons as possible why we still wouldn't be allowed to ride.. "You don't have a helmet!" "It's in my bag".
    Basically jobs worth nobodies talking down to people. Hardly a great way to be greeted, I don't know what it is about BMX tracks but they attract a certain kind of power hungry under skilled cretin.
    Sorry to bring negative vibes on to this thread, really great you guys had fun, it makes a nice read too, just really soured my day and I sure as shit aint going back to be taught how to "pump" or roll round a berm... pointless bureaucracy, another thing BMX tracks attract.

  • I sure as shit aint going back to be taught how to "pump" or roll
    round a berm... pointless bureaucracy, another thing BMX tracks
    attract.

    With regard to this bit I can actually understand why you've got to be able to demonstrate you are safe/competent for the rock up and ride type sessions. It's a public facilty, publicly funded and imagine the outrage if some awful accident was caused by someone turning up who had never even gotten on a bmx before? I'm sure that wouldn't happen, but y'know, this is the age of 'elf and safety innit.

  • I see what you are saying...

    But there is no similar thing in place for the mtb course, and when we went and explored the rest of the Olympic site we found a fun climbing wall, which had no safety nets etc, next to the canal, and a kids playground...

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