I've been on a pretty serious salt diet the last few months (much to Nicks annoyance), but today we have a treat. One of the saltiest people on the planet got in touch to tell me about a pretty shitty trails incident that happened this weekend. I wont bore you any longer, so over to our guest writer, Sam Bryant.

"A little respect in bmx would go a long way. I have now come to understand this so much more these past few months since i started to help dig at our local trails spot. seen here. With amazing friends of mine and a whole new breed of locals and new riders, the scene hasn't been so alive or fast growing in a very long time, the trails have been a huge part of that as well as a great place to be ride and hang out with my friends. That is, untill the weekend when without notice a few problems suddenly occurred. The problems started when some people that do not help out at our jumps and are generally not welcome turned up without so much as a phone call (even though most of these trespassers have my mobile number) and with a serious lack of respect. I now finally understand why the trails scene can come across as being the saltiest scene in BMX. So if you're planning a little trip into the woods to ride someone else's hard work just give the locals a little help, like water the jumps for them or even just ask if they need anything doing, even if its wiping there arses. Think of it this way, how many years have some of these trails spots been there for and how much hard work and winter digging sessions have gone into what you want to ride?
The next time you roll up somewhere just think about that.

Thanks, Sam Bryant"


Sam at home in the woods

So, there it is, Sam's rant, I guess if you're thinking about heading down the woods this weekend, spare a thought for the builders and if you haven't even lifted a shovel there, give it a go, you might like it. Or just wipe someone's arse?!!

Scotty M, Trailtalk, Stone Cold, Lloyd and Peeps publicly fell for our April Fool yesterday, did you?

So, it is with a heavy heart and tears in our eyes that we have to tell you that 20Negative, your favourite place on the internet, is not long for the virtual world. It would seem our Nike article pissed off some industry types who in turn pissed off some of their lawyers enough to take six months to do something about it, when we thought all they were worried about was the colour of stickers. A cease and desist complaint has been filed with the courts and we are being forced to shut down. We don't have the money for an army of lawyers to fight this one so we are reluctantly giving up. Hopefully soon we can get something new out under a different name and with some slightly less inflammatory content. It's been fun pissing people off and having somewhere cool to post pictures but all good things come to an end and this is ours. Hopefully this will appease the Gods at Nike and it will be an end to the threatening correspondence that we have been receiving for the last couple of months. Shit, you never know, the next site we get up may be updated from prison!!

Thanks to everyone who checked the site and enjoyed it.

So, we will leave you with the immortal words of Homer Simpson "Fame was like a drug, but what was even more like a drug were the drugs."

Nick & Greg

With good fucking reason.


In a climate where the printed word is rapidly dying in favour of websites and blogs, you'd think that the magazines would be trying there hardest to bring you somehing fresh, something new, something errrr cool? Apparently not. Apparently they would rather re-use bike checks from previous issues coughHarry Maincough THEN add 25 new ones! 26 bike checks in one magazine? HOLY SHIT. Way to sell magazines. If this is the best content they can come up with, is it a supprise that no one is buying it and people would rather read something on there computer screen? So bike checks aside there is another more glaring problem. Who's your role model? Martin Luther King? Jeremy Kyle? Harry Main? Jesus? Axl Rose? The Iron Sheik (sorry Dye)?! A grown man riding a childs bike? Umm what? Yup, apparently your role model is likely one of the 22 faces on the cover? I only know who 3 of these people are and as much as I enjoy watching them ride bikes and shaking my head in disbelief at there amazing aerial gymanstics, they are certainly not my role-models or any body else I know. These 22 people on the cover are probably awesome people, but role model is a serious leap from bike rider and I'm not even going into the lack of a Jamie Bestwick picture! Too old maybe? Plus you're shit out of luck if your role model is not from the UK! Too foreign maybe? God forbid your role model happens to be of a different race, I wouldnt even bother looking! The magazine industry is crumbling and people aren't buying. Maybe these industry types should look at there own content instead of moaning about the internet destroying there business? I'm aware people are gonna be pissed off that I have chosen to highlight Ride UK but the rest of the magazines out there are no better, its just that this issue really highlights whats wrong with the 'industry' right now. Old un-original content and a lack of fresh ideas.
Bring the hate.

Friend and Slum Village Shredder, Rich Patterson took a pretty harsh slam wednesday night at the ramp in Charlton. The latest news is that he broke both Tib and Fib, no wonder he cained all that gas so fast! Spare a thought for Rich who is on the operating table right now. Everyone at 20negative wishes Rich the best of luck and a speedy recovery. Feel better Rich!

Rich in healthier times



UPDATE: I have just spoke to Rich by the power of text and he said that unfortunately the surgery didnt go ahead yesterday due to the swelling, so today holds more X-rays and a temporary cast. If you have Rich's number get in touch with him and keep him from going mental in that hospital bed! Most of us know how boring and depressing that situation is!

24/01/2009
Latest news is that Rich is now at home again relaxing before he has to go back to hospital next week for surgery. Again everyone at 20Negative wishes Rich the best of luck and a speedy recovery!