pissed off

[bikerman]

I cant believe it, this is one of the worst things that have ever happend to me. I am not aloud to ride any more. My parents think that it is to dangerous. Im not aloud to freeride either. This sucks, and i just bought a new bike, a Specialized BigHit expert. what do you guys think i should do?:(

[Diligent_Nose]

Dude, your 16, you can drive a car, just tell them your more likely going to die driving to the trail rather than on the trail. Get them to watch you ride. explain that everthing has risks, And you always ride with in your limits.

[TokSik]

Tell your parent if they don't let you bike, you'll get lazy, then fat, then you'll start smoking crack.

[bikerman]

thats a good idear but i mest up on the login thing were you tell your age. i am only 15! that means i cant drive a car. this is all i do every day after school. riding is my life. not only that but i have been doing this for like 6 years. ontop of that, my parents found out from a neighbor calling them after seing me do a 12 foot drop.

[bikerman]

Originally posted by TokSik
Tell your parent if they don't let you bike, you'll get lazy, then fat, then you'll start smoking crack.

i already tried that, they did not fall for it. I do football and told them that i get alot more injured in football than riding

[HellBent]

your parents are really overprotective(just an observasion)
all my parents say is becareful and dont do and thing stupid.

[Mr. Charles]

what?!?!?!:???:

why would would they do that? i am surprised that at their age they havn't got the forsight to see that they are causing more damage to you than biking will.

i never remember my perants have that much power over me. something like this would have been "wrong" to do.

how long have you been riding?

[HellBent]

oh why do they care so much of what you want to do?its not like your going off of roofs......yet...

[Diligent_Nose]

Originally posted by bikerman
thats a good idear but i mest up on the login thing were you tell your age. i am only 15! that means i cant drive a car. this is all i do every day after school. riding is my life. not only that but i have been doing this for like 6 years. ontop of that, my parents found out from a neighbor calling them after seing me do a 12 foot drop.

your bio sais that your born in 1986, you might want to fix it.

[bikerman]

ya i know. My dad did alot of stupid stuff in his earlier age, like owning a harley, being one of those skiers that go off those huge jumps and go like 100 feet high. he had his chance to have fun, it sucks that i cant have mine

[bikerman]

Originally posted by BoyBoy
what?!?!?!:???:

why would would they do that? i am surprised that at their age they havn't got the forsight to see that they are causing more damage to you than biking will.

how long have you been riding?

about six years, but seriosly riding for about 4

[TokSik]

Originally posted by bikerman
hey guys, i just got a bighit and i like to do 10+ foot drop offs onto flat concrete. my bike bottoms out really hard, I was wondering if any one had some sugestions on what shocks to get. thanks

No wonder they don't want you riding.
:rolleyes:

[HellBent]

use some of that info on your dad to try to make a valade point and then put them into your shoes by say something like "if you just bout a new car and your parents didnt let you drive it what would you do" or somthing along those lines

[bikerman]

Originally posted by TokSik
No wonder they don't want you riding.
:rolleyes:
i am a freerider who likes drops. i have only done that big of a drop onto flat ground once. i usually do that big of a drop onto a landing ramp.

[KenN]

In my OPINION:

a: your parents sound kind of overprotective.

b: sounds to me like this is an opportunity to show your parents how mature and responsible you can be by entering into a discussion and calmly presenting to them the reasons you feel biking is beneficial to your health and well-being.

Kn.

[scott@nsmb.com]

As a parent with 16 year olds that ride, get your Mom and Dad out to watch you ride. Take them on a shuttle ride and show them the controll and expertise you have with a bike. Don't take them to the narliest stunts but something you can do easily and in controll. Explain to them the safety factor, controll, protection, full face helmet and body armour. I'm sure if you lay it out so that they see that you are in controll and well protected they will let you ride. Good luck. Stay calm, act mature and responsible, as a parent we are suckers for that.

[LivingLegacy]

Tell them about how much money they are making you throw away if you have to get rid of the bike or if you can't ride. Tell them stuff like what am I going to do with the money if you sell the bike. Tell them you are going to take up something like skateboarding or some otehr "extreme sport" and tell them you won't wear safety equipment because it isn't cool to wear it. Just use examples that can be worse than biking and less safe. Tell them that it is what you are going to do and if they won't support you then they aren't good parents or somethin like that.

[Pennywise]

my mom also tried to stop me from riding. i went off on a tangent on how i rarely get hurt riding and i used the fat and lazy one and they kinda smartened up. my mom saw me ride and thats why she got all worried :lol:

[parksvilleguy]

Originally posted by bikerman
i already tried that, they did not fall for it. I do football and told them that i get alot more injured in football than riding

yep i remember the year i graded from ballenas in pville, that 2 guys on the team suffered broken backs while playing. one is permanently in a chair and the other well i saw him a few weeks ago and he's still wearing braces, and it happened like 2 years ago now.


well maybe ur neighboiur should mind their own business when it comes to what ur doing, at least ur not out doing drugs and all that every dy after school...and yeah show them what u ride and what stiunts are safe and that you make sure there safe before riding, and that you make sure everything is safe with ur bike too....i dont really know much else to suggest to ya

[parksvilleguy]

Originally posted by dog pound (dpd)
As a parent with 16 year olds that ride, get your Mom and Dad out to watch you ride. Take them on a shuttle ride and show them the controll and expertise you have with a bike. Don't take them to the narliest stunts but something you can do easily and in controll. Explain to them the safety factor, controll, protection, full face helmet and body armour. I'm sure if you lay it out so that they see that you are in controll and well protected they will let you ride. Good luck. Stay calm, act mature and responsible, as a parent we are suckers for that.

yes what he said

[Incorrigible]

Go to the Shed with your parents. There's stuff for everybody. Then take them downtown to where you are going to score heroin when you aren't allowed to bike anymore.

[barry]

He might not be from the lower mainland...

[bikerman]

thanks for the suggestions guys, I just hope that I will be able to still ride. I dont know what i would do if i could not ride. Its not that my parents are jerks, it that they are worried about me. I live in lower massachusets so there are no real shuttles. lol. only freeride. i just hope i can still ride. thanks for the suggestions

[OCRONPORD]

Originally posted by TokSik
Tell your parent if they don't let you bike, you'll get lazy, then fat, then you'll start smoking crack.

ya and then smoke it infront of them and say it's either bikes or drugs:rolleyes:

[= 4 1 3 0 =]

tehy cant stop me, cause i baught my own bike

what a kick ass excuse

[C.C.]

Break out the power point.

If you're a responsible young person, make a good impression. Tell your parents the benefits of cycling..i.e. exercise, the value of personal goals, comradery and improved state of mind.

Telling/attempting to drop 10 foot to flat concrete isn't going to change the mind of many parents.

Personally I'd rather tone down my riding style than not ride at all. Perhaps strike a comprimise with them?

[scab12]

my parents are idiots i used he drugs on them and there like ur going to be a crack head i mise whell give your bike back
adnt ehy did and now tehy come wach me ride at the shed some times

[Biking Fiend]

no way in hell my rents could ever take away my riding, i tell them all the stuff i ride and they get scared and i laugh

[SIDESHOW]

well..........I just turned 29 years old, and if it weren't for 2 wheeled demons( motos, MTB, BMX whatever) I don't know what I'd be doing. All thru high school I dreamed of having a cool truck and partying ( basically being a loser), but I refused to sell my dirtbikes (MTB didn't come till I was 21). I've tried to quit, but it is my life. I have been hurt so many times it's stupid...........but my parents always backed me up, kind of..........they obviously cringe every time they see, anything I do on my bikes, but they still love to watch me race. As anyone that knows me, knows very well, I don't respond to not getting my way that smooothly all the time, so I think my folks just back off and let me do my thing.

As Kn was saying, be reasonable, be honest with yourself- do you drive your Mom nuts with riding shit everywhere, are you always breaking shit, and having no money for new shit(mom pleeeeeaaasssee....). Maybe not but I was, and you know that the injury thing, might just be one of the reasons. I hope it works out for you dude........like I said if it weren't for bikes(and snowboards. and girls...) I'd be a fat lazy redneck, workin at the mill back home, instead I guess I'm a skinny lazy redneck, with no job livin in Burnaby.:thepimp: -c-

[manalogue]

Who bought your bike? You or them? If they bought it, they have a right to take it away.

If that's what they're going to, prove to them that you are responsible for your actions. Show them what biking means to you, and how you feel about it. If they still don't agree, get a job and buy a bike yourself.

[inshane]

u should hear my parents..

[Big_Air_Smite]

Man that sucks, my parents have tried to stop me from riding, but now they know that just makes me want to ride more and more and its got to the stage where they are really supportive. If you've been seriously riding from the age of 11 you're obviously going be a good rider! Show them how well you ride, you'll find that most parents like seeing their kids doing well :D

Say that you are careful and mature, but don't just say it, you've got to show them. I hope it works out man. Ride On.

[Universe]

Originally posted by SIDESHOW
well..........I just turned 29 years old, and if it weren't for 2 wheeled demons( motos, MTB, BMX whatever) I don't know what I'd be doing. All thru high school I dreamed of having a cool truck and partying ( basically being a loser), but I refused to sell my dirtbikes (MTB didn't come till I was 21). I've tried to quit, but it is my life. I have been hurt so many times it's stupid...........but my parents always backed me up, kind of..........they obviously cringe every time they see, anything I do on my bikes, but they still love to watch me race. As anyone that knows me, knows very well, I don't respond to not getting my way that smooothly all the time, so I think my folks just back off and let me do my thing.

As Kn was saying, be reasonable, be honest with yourself- do you drive your Mom nuts with riding shit everywhere, are you always breaking shit, and having no money for new shit(mom pleeeeeaaasssee....). Maybe not but I was, and you know that the injury thing, might just be one of the reasons. I hope it works out for you dude........like I said if it weren't for bikes(and snowboards. and girls...) I'd be a fat lazy redneck, workin at the mill back home, instead I guess I'm a skinny lazy redneck, with no job livin in Burnaby.:thepimp: -c-

Chefs Deli rules!

[gooch]

My parents when I was 15 "and if you don't like it you can leave"

So I left.

[SIDESHOW]

Originally posted by Super8
Chefs Deli rules!



ya lost me. Do you work for Chefi's in the Cove or sumthin??

[synchro]

Originally posted by ~Inshane~
u should hear my parents..

:lol:

[inshane]

:)

[VancouverIslguy]

Yeah, I'm lucky, I'm around your age and I've got the same problem with my grandparents, but like I said I'm lucky, my parents totally understand what I do and why, anyways tell us how it turns out, wouldn't want you to stop riding now would we?

[just ride]

reasons my mom cant take away my bike

-i bought it
-it keeps me fit
-it gets me out of the house
-it makes me happy
-i dont ask her for money to go to the mall anymore
-i dont have time to party anymore

things i do to make her feel comforetable

-i make her watch bike vids and tell her it will be a long long time b4 i do anything like that
-i take her out side and show her the curb, and i say "thats how i big i go"
-i let her buy me all the armour she wants
-she knows all the time effort and dedication thats put into it, she also knows there are tonnes of people out doing it, and that i never go alone..

alot more people die from skateboarding then from riding (expecally the young ones) but like someone said already, if you bought it, then have no right to take it away.

[Diligent_Nose]

Originally posted by ~Inshane~
u should hear my parents.. :eek:

[blinded]

last time my parents pulled that shenanigan I came home drunk and stoned. but don't do that.
its really true, since this season has gotten under full swing I've been biking and digging way too much no time to drink.
Just tell them your going for a ride around the block and just do that alot, and soon enuff you'll be free.

[Universe]

Originally posted by SIDESHOW
ya lost me. Do you work for Chefi's in the Cove or sumthin??

Chefs Deli, Mtn Highway man. Combo C \m/_

[scab12]

yea my parents took away my bike for 2 months untill i could find where they put it they put it at my uncles house and one and i had to go there and steal it back and they always take on of my rims to work and it pisses me off and now im just gettin fat

[.glib]

Jeez! My parents are happy I ride! I mean, they see the videos and say "That's crazy", they see the stuff I ride and say "That's crazy", but they're happy I'm getting out and getting exercise and doing something I like.

It might help that they're both very outdoorsey people, and like setting lofty goals (my mom recently ran a marathon for her 50th birthday for example).

[bikerman]

I finally had good fortune. I talked my dad into letting me keep my bike. i cant wait to ride. thanks for all of the ideas guys

[Diligent_Nose]

It scares my Mom. I showed he Benders clip in NWD. She said if I do that and live, shes going to kill me:o
but ever leeches part in Kranked 4 and it scarred her. Dad just laughs when I hurt my self. (I've just gotten banged up. nothing broken yet.

[mike]

my parents are 100% completely oblivious to what im doing.. they think im riding along gravel roads or something

[bullit_kid]

my parents are 100% supportive of me riding, they dont care what i do, my dad is always helping me with the parts on my bike and my mom is probably to the most supportive person i have known ever .. she is really behind me because she wants me to get exercise because i couldnt play anyother of the sports i play (hockey, baseball, basketball, soccer) i had to quit all the leaugues i was in, no more snowboarding, STUPID effin knee

i rode so much in that time span, my knee is better and i can do so much more now on my bike ..

plus i can play all those sports again ..

THANKS mom N dad for letting me ride my bike while my knee was healing ..


lol

[switch]

Originally posted by bullit_kid
THANKS mom N dad for letting me ride my bike while my knee was healing ..

You're a fortunate man Ross. :)

[Diligent_Nose]

Originally posted by mike
my parents are 100% completely oblivious to what im doing.. they think im riding along gravel roads or something

They think all the kids have $1000 shocks? :lol:

My mom hates that the bikes cost so much chash.

[jack]

good luck with ya folks im luckly dad dosnt know what i do and mum is to dumb she couldnt stop me riding if she tried but she is supportive to an extent good luck man!! but dont stop riding u will regret it just reason with ya folks if that dont work say fuk you and go do it

[Van_Isle_Style]

The trick is not to tell your parents how you ride. I simply tell my mom im going out of a ride in the local woods, or when i go for a road trip im just going to a mountain somewhere. If they dont know that your doing 10 footers, then they wont worry about u and try to stop you!

[Action Hero]

My folk don't mind....Riding keeps me from freaking out, slamming doors, and throwin' lamps and stuff. Instead I throw my bike. : \

[switch]

Originally posted by tweek
My folk don't mind....Riding keeps me from freaking out, slamming doors, and throwin' lamps and stuff. Instead I throw my bike. : \

Just think what you'd do without biking and sex... :D

[Action Hero]

Originally posted by switch
Just think what you'd do without biking and sex... :D

.....and trampoline ;) I've been doing a lot of that lately...g/f got me into it, (she used to compete at the world events. :eek: ) Yesterday she taught me how to front flip with a full twist....and I can count the number of times i've been on a tramp on my hands! :lol: Heather = she:thepimp:

[switch]

Evan, trampolines are awesome. Not just fun, but super good for coordination. Keep doing it - I bet it helps for DJ tricks.

Don't know about sex on a trampoline though. :( Let us know how that is... :D

[Action Hero]

Originally posted by switch
Evan, trampolines are awesome. Not just fun, but super good for coordination. Keep doing it - I bet it helps for DJ tricks.

Don't know about sex on a trampoline though. :( Let us know how that is... :D

:lol: We tried that once.....her mom came home and it was a rush to the clothes. :lol: I like the roof for sex......awesome veiw and a great lay, what else could you ask for!? :D:lol:

[Kyle the Hun]

I'm probably more lucky then all of you here :D I'm so glad!
My dad is 100% supportive of me biking, my mom doesn't really like it but she knows she can't stop me. The sweet thing is my dad part manages a sporting goods store that sells bikes too, so he can get me cost price on bikes. Theres no way I'd be biking without my dad, it's awesome! :)
My parents don't even care too much when I get hurt, like they don't freak out or anything. 3 days ago I had a seizure and was in the hospital for 14 hours, hooked up to IV. They know I'm gonna keep riding, so my mom just said I shouldn't hit that jump again. My dad even offered to give me rides to one of the local mountains when I came up with the idea of building a trail during my down time. (I started it yesterday)
My parents are awesome! :D

[RyanH]

luckly my parents aren't jackass' they loaned me the money for my new launch paid for alot of repairs on the old bike and don't mind my younger brother riding either. As long as we are enjoying a sport that we like, they will shuttle us places, and pay for broken bikes when we have no money. :thepimp:

[freerider guy]

My rents are preaty good aboot my riding. Whenever I come home from riding and I don't have a smile on my face my dad just asks how much it's gonna cost to fix it. He also is sort of clueless to what is going on for me cause the only times he has seen me riding was when I was at my XC races. But my mom (the super over protective one) came to Hammerfest last year to watch me race, she was sooooooo freaked out after she saw the guy bail and break his neck. I wasn't allowed to ride for a couple of weeks till she was ok with my riding again.