Charlotte bike life.....

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Edited Date/Time 10/17/2019 8:04am
So as I was in my local hippy arts district to pick a few $1 tacos, I walked buy a table and the local rag caught my eye.
Its off season so here ya go

https://qcnerve.com/charlotte-bike-life-disputes-bad-rap-after-losing-o…
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Moto Obsessed 10/15/2019 12:32pm
10/15/2019 12:32pm Edited Date/Time 10/15/2019 12:33pm
TL;DR .....leave it to a NoDa 'cultural' newspaper to make this story about as boring and drawn out as possible..

You wanna entertain the people, entertain the people. Though let's be honest; this is NOT an accurate representation of the mostly yuppy city that is Charlotte. Sure it's got it's not so great sides of town and idiots doing wheelies in the streets; but it's a far, far cry from Baltimore, Atlanta, etc




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byke 10/15/2019 1:13pm
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So they troll around looking for attention, then some lady probably cuts them off or brake checks or does something they don't like, so they start smacking her car and she pulls over and one of them punches her in the face and they want people to view them in a better light. Oh okay, we'll get right on that.
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mark_swart 10/15/2019 4:40pm
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Yeah so Im in the Club NCMX Facebook group and see every time another bike is stolen. All this story makes me want to do is go put extra padlocks on my bikes. The reporter should have asked these people how many have any paperwork for those bikes....
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Gordon Liddy 10/15/2019 5:26pm
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Prediction:

This thread will end up locked, and a few members of vital will be banned.
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byke 10/15/2019 6:02pm
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The article is about a few specifics; there's the assault on the woman, the death of a rider and the group's concern about public perception. I think that if people can stay on topic with the specifics in the article and not move into the general hating of an arguable genre of riding, then it *should* be fine.

Gotta give the guys in the article props for loading up trucks and going to an abandoned location, instead of the normal street trolling for attention, but I'm sure they do plenty of that as well. The most interesting part is the concern about a negative public perception. Sure there's a little bit of improvement to be made on the public side with stereotyping and whatnot, but 99% of the public perception is completely within their control and directly connected to their behavior.
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GIwasB4 10/15/2019 6:31pm
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In before flush!!!! ohhhh ya oooh yaaa!
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side-pipe 10/15/2019 9:17pm
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I busted out laughing in the taco shop when i got to this part.

"When I ask what could be done in an ideal world to help alleviate this growing tension between riders and police, Russ and Chevy suggest that police should allow for riders to be on the streets on Sunday afternoons — between 2 and 5 p.m. perhaps — and they would agree to follow the rules of the road and not ride at other times."




My thoughts are this,
they go through the trouble of organizing an event to give out school supplies. So there is some organization to the group. If they had a genuine concern they could find a place to do their wheelies legally. Im sure if they offered to pay to use the lot and provided insurance the land owner would be more than willing to collect the money. If they absolutely just had to ride on the street for a special occasion they could file for a parade permit and have the roads closed off.

Unfortunately that is not their goal.
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side-pipe 10/15/2019 9:22pm
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mark_swart wrote:
Yeah so Im in the Club NCMX Facebook group and see every time another bike is stolen. All this story makes me want to do is...
Yeah so Im in the Club NCMX Facebook group and see every time another bike is stolen. All this story makes me want to do is go put extra padlocks on my bikes. The reporter should have asked these people how many have any paperwork for those bikes....
it seems like a see post about stolen bikes everyday around here.
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MxKing809 10/16/2019 4:11pm
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I just applied for a job today with the option for Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Salisbury, or Burlington.

From the 30 minutes I’ve looked online, it looks a TON better than Michigan - but stories like the one here makes me wonder. Have you liked it so far? And where did you move from?
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AHRMA361 10/16/2019 4:44pm
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MxKing809 wrote:
I just applied for a job today with the option for Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Salisbury, or Burlington. From the 30 minutes I’ve looked online, it looks a...
I just applied for a job today with the option for Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Salisbury, or Burlington.

From the 30 minutes I’ve looked online, it looks a TON better than Michigan - but stories like the one here makes me wonder. Have you liked it so far? And where did you move from?
You didn't ask me but I lived in that area for a while. Those 4 places are in the same general area. W-S and Greensboro are 1 & 2 population-wise and will have more things to do. Burlington is next and it is only 40-50K people, not much to do around there but if you like being farther out and still close to I-40 like W-S and G-boro. Salisbury is pretty small and half way between W-S and Charlotte if you like small town living.

FWIW - Burlington had class A ball team of the Indians when I was down there. It's a Royals rookie team now.
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MxKing809 10/16/2019 6:10pm
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MxKing809 wrote:
I just applied for a job today with the option for Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Salisbury, or Burlington. From the 30 minutes I’ve looked online, it looks a...
I just applied for a job today with the option for Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Salisbury, or Burlington.

From the 30 minutes I’ve looked online, it looks a TON better than Michigan - but stories like the one here makes me wonder. Have you liked it so far? And where did you move from?
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You didn't ask me but I lived in that area for a while. Those 4 places are in the same general area. W-S and Greensboro are...
You didn't ask me but I lived in that area for a while. Those 4 places are in the same general area. W-S and Greensboro are 1 & 2 population-wise and will have more things to do. Burlington is next and it is only 40-50K people, not much to do around there but if you like being farther out and still close to I-40 like W-S and G-boro. Salisbury is pretty small and half way between W-S and Charlotte if you like small town living.

FWIW - Burlington had class A ball team of the Indians when I was down there. It's a Royals rookie team now.
Appreciate it! It was pretty much directed to everyone.

Decent riding down in that area?
Jason Rhodes 10/16/2019 6:33pm
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Lost me at “have the white dad talk to the cops”. Tired of race baiting, especially with police, give it a rest.
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mark_swart 10/17/2019 4:52am
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MxKing809 wrote:
I just applied for a job today with the option for Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Salisbury, or Burlington. From the 30 minutes I’ve looked online, it looks a...
I just applied for a job today with the option for Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Salisbury, or Burlington.

From the 30 minutes I’ve looked online, it looks a TON better than Michigan - but stories like the one here makes me wonder. Have you liked it so far? And where did you move from?
AHRMA361 wrote:
You didn't ask me but I lived in that area for a while. Those 4 places are in the same general area. W-S and Greensboro are...
You didn't ask me but I lived in that area for a while. Those 4 places are in the same general area. W-S and Greensboro are 1 & 2 population-wise and will have more things to do. Burlington is next and it is only 40-50K people, not much to do around there but if you like being farther out and still close to I-40 like W-S and G-boro. Salisbury is pretty small and half way between W-S and Charlotte if you like small town living.

FWIW - Burlington had class A ball team of the Indians when I was down there. It's a Royals rookie team now.
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Appreciate it! It was pretty much directed to everyone.

Decent riding down in that area?
There is a lot within a couple hours of those cities for sure, and you can ride year round. Where Im at in SC I have like 5 tracks within 1.5 hours of me. There aren't as many casual vet racers out there as I was accustomed to seeing in Washington, I'm not sure why.
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wsmille2 10/17/2019 5:02am
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MxKing809 wrote:
I just applied for a job today with the option for Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Salisbury, or Burlington. From the 30 minutes I’ve looked online, it looks a...
I just applied for a job today with the option for Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Salisbury, or Burlington.

From the 30 minutes I’ve looked online, it looks a TON better than Michigan - but stories like the one here makes me wonder. Have you liked it so far? And where did you move from?
AHRMA361 wrote:
You didn't ask me but I lived in that area for a while. Those 4 places are in the same general area. W-S and Greensboro are...
You didn't ask me but I lived in that area for a while. Those 4 places are in the same general area. W-S and Greensboro are 1 & 2 population-wise and will have more things to do. Burlington is next and it is only 40-50K people, not much to do around there but if you like being farther out and still close to I-40 like W-S and G-boro. Salisbury is pretty small and half way between W-S and Charlotte if you like small town living.

FWIW - Burlington had class A ball team of the Indians when I was down there. It's a Royals rookie team now.
MxKing809 wrote:
Appreciate it! It was pretty much directed to everyone.

Decent riding down in that area?
Hey man! We would love to have more riders in this area. I'm in the Durham area but grew up in GSO. Burlington is in between GSO and Durham/Raleigh. There are some great mx tracks and off-road riding areas in NC. The weather is nice for riding for the most part year round and recall just 3 years ago riding on new years. PM if you do end up moving this way! braaaap!
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jpatz319 10/17/2019 6:10am
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MxKing809 wrote:
I just applied for a job today with the option for Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Salisbury, or Burlington. From the 30 minutes I’ve looked online, it looks a...
I just applied for a job today with the option for Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Salisbury, or Burlington.

From the 30 minutes I’ve looked online, it looks a TON better than Michigan - but stories like the one here makes me wonder. Have you liked it so far? And where did you move from?
I currently live in Statesville and have lived in High Point, Winston Salem, and Greensboro. Coming from PA I would say it is a ton better than your area. If I was picking out of the places you mentioned I would say WS is your best bet. It is growing rapidly and it is the closest to most of the good tracks out this way. PLus WS is only an hour outside of Charlotte. If you have any questions feel free to message me.

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