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Offline Avram Moorey

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all of you to help me! i cant ride?
« on: May 27, 2009, 03:42:08 AM »
Ok I need all you to help me! For the past year my town (Lexington MI) has been trying to kick me out from riding at the beach by my house. It is a public park! There is a pad next to some bathrooms where the four flat riders in my town ride at. My brother Bill Moorey has road there for his hole riding career. In the past the city put up signs saying no biking.  They have also told us there is a new ordinance
put in place saying no bikes allowed. The cops would threaten us with a ticked and to take are bikes away! We rode anyway because its bull!!!

   But jest this weekend the city put up new signs saying NO TRICK BICYCLE RIDEING. Flowed by the chapter  number ordinance.  BUT I looked it up and there is none to be found? I rode for a hour and a half with 20+ people standing around the pad watching me. And when the cop came they were all on my side backing me up. It was sweet;}

   So what I am getting at is how can they do this? What rights do I have? Can I sew the city? How can I ride?

Offline Johnnyjohnsturr

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Re: all of you to help me! i cant ride?
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2009, 05:01:30 AM »
I agree... Well not with all those illegal activities but why dont you try talkin to someone with some power. Ya know someone who wears the pants in your town and explain how harmless flatland is and how kids really look up to guys like you. Eh hopefully everything pulls through for you. Goodluck man

Offline diesel1ne

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Re: all of you to help me! i cant ride?
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2009, 05:37:07 AM »
like my friend and I do, go to the park, melt the zipties off of the sign, bring the sing home.."but officer, i can ride here, where is there a sign prohibiting it?"  :mellow:
wait till i get my bike together =D..just wait

Offline cow

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Re: all of you to help me! i cant ride?
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2009, 09:08:37 AM »
well guys i think the freeworld is closing down on us flatlanders.........

why do'nt you guys form an association/club register with your community or sporting association and apply for an area fenced off and specifically for flatland and plan a few events for that spot for the year so they know you need it............

just a thought.............just like ramp riders,flatlanders need thier own official spaces,,,,,,,,,
Whatever you want in life is gonna take some effort on your part!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fact is, freestyle riding was, is, and will always be evolving and moving in different directions. So just do what you want and have fun with it. Trends come and go.- TYRONE WILLIAMS

Offline Avram Moorey

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Re: all of you to help me! i cant ride?
« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2009, 03:38:36 AM »
is so funney b/c a town 4 miles away was watching 3 of us ride flat at the beach and they are going to pay us to ride in a 3 day show for a fair. we are still getting kicked out but a town will pay us to ride

Offline brian84corvette

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Re: all of you to help me! i cant ride?
« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2009, 09:03:09 AM »
go on line and order some "DARE" Tshirts.
wear them when you go ride there.

when poliece come to kick you out,
tell them you are there being a positave roll moddle
to children and are teaching them to stay off of drugs
since they look up to you as a bicycle geinous.
Old dudes can still rip

Offline flatlandpercy

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Re: all of you to help me! i cant ride?
« Reply #6 on: May 29, 2009, 08:01:44 AM »
Avram.  You have to continue to ride no matter
what.  Also be careful not to get caught!  If their
there, than you gotta leave.  Play the waiting game.
Do what you have to ride.  I go through it everyday
as well.  So far I havn't been able to completely
weed out all the chit cops that arrrest me for riding
my bike, but I have made GOOD friends with some of
them who will let me ride.  They can do anything,
trust me.  Just ride fast away if they try to swarm
you, brother.  Never give up.

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Re: all of you to help me! i cant ride?
« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2009, 04:28:53 AM »
go on line and order some "DARE" Tshirts.
wear them when you go ride there.

when poliece come to kick you out,
tell them you are there being a positave roll moddle
to children and are teaching them to stay off of drugs
since they look up to you as a bicycle geinous.

wheres your spell check?  ;D
Signing out...

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Re: all of you to help me! i cant ride?
« Reply #8 on: May 30, 2009, 04:37:43 PM »
maybe check out the trevlon hall interiews on flatmattersonline.  great read and also has some points on how to get your own riding spot and ways to confront gov't about it.