FEATURE
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WILDOUT WHEELIE DAY
roar by - tracking them down to
talk proves more problematic. It's
not surprising as the police have
clamped down hard, seizing up
to 800 bikes a year. And a city
law brought in after high-profile
accidents and deaths, means
that while it is not illegal to own a
dirt bike, it is to ride or even put
fuel in one.
Naturally, riders are suspicious
of anyone asking questions and
it takes several weeks of Facebook and e-mail messages with
repeated denials from us of being the police (we even sent a
hostage-style photo of us holding a newspaper) before we got
a location for a meeting. "Druids
Hill Park 4 p.m. this Sunday. But
y
come out on a Sunda me
We
't tell
nd just do it. You can
a
it don't look like fun. - Freaky
"
"
if you come and meet us there's
a good chance you will be arrested. Everything about this is 100%
illegal. So be ready," said the email from "Steve."
It turns out that Steve is one of
the elders of the Wildout Wheelie
Boyz, one of the oldest 12 o'clock
(so called because of the position of the bike during a wheelie)
