tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post2835415597194159700..comments2024-02-13T10:35:04.139-05:00Comments on SPRFLS: Word To James ShepherdUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-30953706775713848812009-11-16T19:05:09.234-05:002009-11-16T19:05:09.234-05:00TO DBZ - Yes, Sheps is homeless. Thanks to many f...TO DBZ - Yes, Sheps is homeless. Thanks to many friends he manages to find places to crash. But now would be a good time to come through with a room. He has work to do to turn his life around. But a room is a start. Imagine carrying your life around in a back pack. You can find him most evenings at Clown Dog if you are serious.Shepsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00584260580424236897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-38867609662973590342009-10-21T04:05:35.725-04:002009-10-21T04:05:35.725-04:00We need a Bengston article, ablog update, anything...We need a Bengston article, ablog update, anything! It's been too long dude, where are you?Nothin_personalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04356129249316890500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-14070037040230920682009-05-28T15:22:59.013-04:002009-05-28T15:22:59.013-04:00The dude who knows Sinisi is Brian Pleva. Good guy...The dude who knows Sinisi is Brian Pleva. Good guy. Being 43, I can appreciate looking at all the old stuff I rode when I was young but man at the same time I wonder how I didn't break myself off more than I did with that weak stuff.<br />I would not however want to ride it again.<br />Live and learn.Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13187358915073266570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-59305002439889485172009-05-27T22:59:28.584-04:002009-05-27T22:59:28.584-04:00i've been to the guy's bike shop in his garage wit...i've been to the guy's bike shop in his garage with the display cases and all that... he's friends with ralph sinisi and still rides, so i wouldn't give him too much grief.smooveberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08673603359156625846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-5918657869802224962009-05-27T12:24:18.725-04:002009-05-27T12:24:18.725-04:00There's a guy on vintagebmx that has a pretend bik...There's a guy on vintagebmx that has a pretend bike shop in his basement, like with display cases and everything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-8297344184988064232009-05-27T10:41:56.523-04:002009-05-27T10:41:56.523-04:00Let's not get things confused here, there's defini...Let's not get things confused here, there's definitely two camps in the vintage bmx scene. There is (for sure the os/vintage/museum collector crowd who is just obsessed with buying and showing off their old school gear, but there's also the type of folks who showed up to swope's OS reunion, who are much more into the riding than any of the gear and culture and whatnot. Although I do have some old school gear, I would rather be out riding my brakeless, pegless sunday! than obsessing over aerospeeds and stamped brake bridges, and so do most of my over 35 bmx friends.smooveberthttp://smoovebert.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-3261431285797161992009-05-25T19:16:11.240-04:002009-05-25T19:16:11.240-04:00Nobody vibes me. I'm the fuckin Sheps man!Nobody vibes me. I'm the fuckin Sheps man!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-20528815266218233792009-05-25T14:11:44.198-04:002009-05-25T14:11:44.198-04:00nostalgia for something that wasn't that good is o...nostalgia for something that wasn't that good is one of the worst things ever. I 'd like to think the times I have nostalgia for late 90's and early 2000's BMX was actually a good thing. Who knows though?Nick Ferreirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00030300137758231165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-71614039689951462692009-05-25T09:31:57.127-04:002009-05-25T09:31:57.127-04:00You need to write something about the "big big bmx...You need to write something about the "big big bmx show". That shit makes McGoo in the GT demo tape look straight from the hood yo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-81560923341941103572009-05-24T18:12:21.235-04:002009-05-24T18:12:21.235-04:00Yeah, my Holmes was really cheap. It's fun to ride...Yeah, my Holmes was really cheap. It's fun to ride, but honestly a 15" rear end is just annoying at this point. And I don't want to talk/think about 3/8" rear axles with pegs.Russhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03648040810233420802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-62305601045119931232009-05-24T15:59:39.395-04:002009-05-24T15:59:39.395-04:00Dude, you can still pick up Holmes frames for virt...Dude, you can still pick up Holmes frames for virtually nothing, if you just look around a little. I'm waiting on one of those nickel headtube shield badges to complete a 1-1/8" one I just cleaned up, to present to a friend once he gets off probation--and I'm pretty sure he's actually going to ride the fucking thing, not hang it on the living room wall or whatever it is old kooks do with shit like that nowadays.DBZnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-7723442277812478692009-05-24T15:05:14.307-04:002009-05-24T15:05:14.307-04:00a thousand might be too many for the old rich fuck...a thousand might be too many for the old rich fucks @ vintagebmx.com to be interested. Not exclusive enough for them to get into interent auction money pissing matches and drive the price up ver a grand, like all the retro Haro Freestylers. SE Quadangles, and "P.K. Ripper"(s).<br /><br />And fuck them for making buying back my childhood unaffordable.Skid Mark PDXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-20340282958759886722009-05-24T01:19:17.410-04:002009-05-24T01:19:17.410-04:00Shep and Holmes (Homeless Shep?)
Is this another ...Shep and Holmes (Homeless Shep?)<br /><br />Is this another one of Russ's smart and ambiguous play of words in his topic entries or just pure non-related coincidence?<br /><br />I'm glad you've enabled anonymous postings, it was boring as hell when it was disabled.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-43239316674320160072009-05-23T23:26:44.752-04:002009-05-23T23:26:44.752-04:00If Sheps really is homeless, then I'm making i...If Sheps really is homeless, then I'm making it my mission this winter in Austin to get a house together by January, and provide him with his own room.<br /><br />The Holmes frame re-issue is fucking stupid, but if S&M sell them for $1000 and a bunch of sad old fucks buy the whole fucking production run, more power to Moeller. I remember that guy saying a long time ago that he'd sell an S&M T-shirt to a monkey, and that he'd thought about putting the shield on a cat turd just to see if people would buy it.DBZnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-5250107431544747942009-05-23T15:28:31.379-04:002009-05-23T15:28:31.379-04:00Did Mike D spend some time in prison a few years b...Did Mike D spend some time in prison a few years back? <br /><br />I'm pretty sure the guy could be 100 pounds overweight and 55 years old and STILL do higher airs on vert than most people - dude's just got the gift. <br /><br />Too bad by the time he was 18 he was totally over it and just into milking his ability for cash....Dominguez SHOULD'VE been what Mat Hoffman is/was.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-68477924127568176202009-05-22T23:22:54.253-04:002009-05-22T23:22:54.253-04:00Yeah. Shepherd is a hobo now. Remember his 'compan...Yeah. Shepherd is a hobo now. Remember his 'company' Homeless?, well now he's Homeless, for real. Sad, and ironic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-49061386386789444622009-05-22T15:07:00.634-04:002009-05-22T15:07:00.634-04:00"Now let's talk pros. Ex-superstar Mike Dominguez ..."Now let's talk pros. Ex-superstar Mike Dominguez took his bike out of its box a total of six times one year. Those six times were to ride contests, which were part of his contract. No longer wanting to ride, but still wanting to draw a check, he rode as little as he possibly could, and people loved it. It was a little before the whole "ride to live, live to ride" thing."<br /><br />Ironic. Mike Dominguez can still shred a vert ramp and Sheps lives on the streets barely clinging to life and hasn't been able to ride a BMX bike in eons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-3158320875737017922009-05-22T14:24:03.049-04:002009-05-22T14:24:03.049-04:00You're partially right, I didn't understand it, bu...You're partially right, I didn't understand it, but I care because my main man Russ Bengtson (t before s) wrote it!CoCohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03580418511916359036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634965595428261031.post-8101415638597130282009-05-22T14:20:40.308-04:002009-05-22T14:20:40.308-04:00A couple of notes:
A) If anyone at RIDE (or James...A couple of notes:<br /><br />A) If anyone at RIDE (or James Shepherd himself) thinks my posting this is wrong, please tell me. However, as a published writer myself, I'd be stoked if someone posted up some of my old, out-of-print stuff.<br /><br />B) I know I posted the Sheps "Trash" section before. Suck it.<br /><br />C) I have a 1" Holmes (with threaded Pitchfork and shafted Redneck and slam-dance Slams). I bought it off eBay as a "kit" a couple years ago for like $150. Built it, rode it like 10 times, realized the rear was WAY too long, threaded headsets still suck donkey cock and 45/16 is a pain in the ass, and stashed it in the basement. Where it still sits.Russhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03648040810233420802noreply@blogger.com