It looks like we are put on someone's Google reader so it looks like Singapore BMX is finally getting the recognition it deserves about the long-suffering BMX sport in Singapore. Yesterday, some girl from WhyOhGee sends me an email about BMX and now, it seems that they want to learn more about BMX from us. Well, always willing to help but it must be a two-way process. The Singapore Sports Council must do more to make the track race-ready. I have heard rumours, yes but they are all just what they are...rumours. Some rumours are flying about that the track will be torn down to be made way for an Olympic-styled BMX track. I have yet to see this done. Secondly, I have heard that they are trying to understand about BMX but to most of these "unwashed" people, BMX is all about stunts. Like the girl from WhyOhGee yesterday who said she only read about it and that is about it. I do not know...sounds like lip-service to me.
And yesterday. Went to a Nike shop and an Adidas shop. None of them carry any BMX footwear or apparel but they do so in the USA. Very few BMX bikeshops are around so how are people going to cater to racers who need to race in the Youth Olympic Games? I got this email today
hihi may i know if there is any bike shop in singapore to get 28t wheelring?or any parts for my haro bmx?i need to change my parts and cant wait for the parts to be delivered to my house vis online shopping.please advise.
THANKS
See what I mean? It is a national effort. WhyOhGee needs to understand that. You need to make the BMX vibe here for it to happen but I see no vibe. We tried to do it years ago. We tried to get BMX tracks made here when we found out in 2003 that BMX was an Olympic sport. We sent tapes of racing to MCYS in 2001 but we received no word from them. I was VP of BMX in SACA when I was told that ther would be no funding for BMX, only road and mountainbike. So you see? We have tried but we had very little support. Now with slightly more than a year to the Youth Olympic Games in 2010, how are WhyOhGee going to do it?
YOu know, I even went through the website of the Asian Youth Games. Not an iota of cycling in it. Oh well. Loosk like it is still going to be an uphill climb
And yesterday. Went to a Nike shop and an Adidas shop. None of them carry any BMX footwear or apparel but they do so in the USA. Very few BMX bikeshops are around so how are people going to cater to racers who need to race in the Youth Olympic Games? I got this email today
hihi may i know if there is any bike shop in singapore to get 28t wheelring?or any parts for my haro bmx?i need to change my parts and cant wait for the parts to be delivered to my house vis online shopping.please advise.
THANKS
See what I mean? It is a national effort. WhyOhGee needs to understand that. You need to make the BMX vibe here for it to happen but I see no vibe. We tried to do it years ago. We tried to get BMX tracks made here when we found out in 2003 that BMX was an Olympic sport. We sent tapes of racing to MCYS in 2001 but we received no word from them. I was VP of BMX in SACA when I was told that ther would be no funding for BMX, only road and mountainbike. So you see? We have tried but we had very little support. Now with slightly more than a year to the Youth Olympic Games in 2010, how are WhyOhGee going to do it?
YOu know, I even went through the website of the Asian Youth Games. Not an iota of cycling in it. Oh well. Loosk like it is still going to be an uphill climb
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