BMX - Bicycle design

BMX (an abbreviation for bicycle motocross) is a form of cycling on specially designed bicycles which usually have 20-inch wheels (smaller than the 26-inch wheels found on mountain bikes and the 700C or 27-inch wheels found on more conventional road racing bicycles). The sport includes races on sandy and hilly tracks—BMX racing—as well as the performances of tricks on flat ground, wooden ramps or obsta ...

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• BMX - Bicycle design
• BMX - Racing
• BMX - Skill Levels Race Structure Awards
• BMX - Skill Level Advancement Local Points awards and District Ranking
• BMX - National and Special Event Points Awards
• BMX - Open and Trophy Dash Events
• BMX - Professionals
• BMX - American Sanctioning Bodies
• BMX - Sanctioning Bodies of other Nations
• BMX - Legendary BMX Racers
• BMX - American Santioning Body Number One racers by year
• BMX - Popularity of BMX
• BMX - Freestyle
• BMX - Street
• BMX - Park
• BMX - Vert
• BMX - Trails
• BMX - Flatland
• BMX - History of freestyle
• BMX - In the media
• BMX - Women in BMX
• BMX - BMX Industry

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In the beginning of the BMX movement, kids would strip down their Schwinn Sting Ray bicycles and add knobby tires and perhaps motorcycle handlebars, and in time modify the frames for performance, strength or personal preference. Early BMX bicycle manufacturers, such as R&R Racing Products, Mongoose, Webco and RedLine, eventually created bicycles expressly for the sport. Mongoose can be credited with building the quintessential early BMX bike, featuring a straight-tubed, gusseted frame; reinforced handlebars; Motomag wheels and long crank ...

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In the beginning of the BMX movement, kids would strip down their Schwinn Sting Ray bicycles and add knobby tires and perhaps motorcycle handlebars, and in time modify the frames for performance, strength or personal preference. Early BMX bicycle manufacturers, such as R&R Racing Products, Mongoose, Webco and RedLine, eventually created bicycles expressly for the sport. Mongoose can be credited with building the quintessential early BMX bike, featuring a straight-tubed, gusseted frame; reinforced handlebars; Motomag wheels and long crank ...

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BMX, BMX - Bicycle design, BMX - Racing, BMX - Skill Levels Race Structure Awards, BMX - Skill Level Advancement Local Points awards and District Ranking, BMX - National and Special Event Points Awards, BMX - Open and Trophy Dash Events, BMX - Professionals, BMX - American Sanctioning Bodies, BMX - Sanctioning Bodies of other Nations, BMX - Legendary BMX Racers, BMX - American Santioning Body Number One racers by year, BMX - Popularity of BMX, BMX - Freestyle, BMX - Street, BMX - Park, BMX - Vert, BMX - Trails, BMX - Flatland, BMX - History of freestyle, BMX - In the media, BMX - Women in BMX, BMX - BMX Industry

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BMX racing is where BMX started. The courses emulate motocross tracks, but are generally smoother, and are about 900 to 1,100 feet in length. Races last about 25 to 40 seconds hitting speeds of 15 to 35mph depending on track conditions, the skill level and age bracket of the class. The participants race for points in which the rider with the most points under district (local), state/provicial, regional, national and international rules and regulations is declared the number one (#1) or Champion Racer. These rules and qualifications are determined by governing organizations who promote and sanction these eve ...

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BMX racing is where BMX started. The courses emulate motocross tracks, but are generally smoother, and are about 900 to 1,100 feet in length. Races last about 25 to 40 seconds hitting speeds of 15 to 35mph depending on track conditions, the skill level and age bracket of the class. BMX - Skill Levels Race Structure Awards. Racers in the 20" class are grouped with others of the same relative age and experience levels; Novice, Intermediate, Expert, "A" Pro, "AA" Pro being typical. They range from 5 &a ...

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The early days of BMX - both racing and freestyle - was chronicled in the low-budget movie Rad (Yahoo! Movies entry). The movie, filmed in Calgary, Canada featured many talented and famous BMX riders of the 1980s as stunt riders, including Eddie Fiola, Travis Chipres, Mike Dominguez, Hollywood Mike Miranda, Martin Aparillo, and Fred Blood. Other films featuring BMX include BMX Bandits, Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and more recently Joe Kid on a Stingray which documents the early days of the ...

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In most countries, the popularity of Freestyle BMX has outgrown that of racing. Many of the top-selling magazine have no, or very limited, coverage of racing, while extensively covering every aspect of Freestyle. Freestyle can be split into several disciplines, although riders will generally participate in more than one discipline. These are Street, (skate)Park, Vert, Trails and Flatland. Rather confusingly, in competitions, park riding is often referred to as 'Street'. See also:

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"The 12 cruiser class is just incredibly talented these days, with Answer's (Bubba) Harris and Haro's (Andre) Ellison showing signs of being number one pros in the year 2005." -BMX Rider magazine, Premier Issue, Fall 1998 pg. 20 about their performances at the ABA GT Great Salt Lakes Nationals in 1998. Bubba Harris became ABA No. 1 Pro in 2004 & 2005 "Bob Haro was recently hired by movie director Steven Spielberg to participate in a series of BMX-type stunts for an upcoming movie. Although the security on t ...

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It is estimated that 1% of BMX riders are female. This number continues to grow with advocacy from female riders and support for female competitive events from contest organizers. See (http://www.wofbmx.com) for the only female rider support group in BMX, Women of FreeStyle BMX. There was one female BMX rider that truly received great fame during the 1980's, Cheri Elliott. For most of her short BMX career she raced on the Skyway Recreation factory team in the girl's division which used to be known as "Powder Puff", but was so dominant ...

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BMX, BMX - Bicycle design, BMX - Racing, BMX - Sanctioning Bodies, BMX - General Rules of Advancement in Organized BMX Racing, BMX - Legendary BMX Racers, BMX - National American Sanctioning Body Number One racers by year, BMX - NBA, BMX - NBL, BMX - ABA, BMX - Popularity of BMX, BMX - Freestyle, BMX - Street, BMX - Park, BMX - Vert, BMX - Trails, BMX - Flatland, BMX - History of freestyle, BMX - In the media, BMX - Women in BMX, BMX - BMX Industry, BMX - Quotes, BMX - Notes

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It is estimated that 1% of BMX riders are female. This number continues to grow with advocacy from female riders and support for female competitive events from contest organizers. See (http://www.wofbmx.com) for the only female rider support group in BMX, Women of FreeStyle BMX. There was one female BMX rider that truly received great fame during the 1980's, Cheri Elliott. For most of her short BMX career she raced on the Skyway Recreation factory team in the girl's division which used to be known as "Powder Puff", but was so dominant ...

See also:

BMX, BMX - Bicycle design, BMX - Racing, BMX - Skill Levels Race Structure Awards, BMX - Skill Level Advancement Local Points awards and District Ranking, BMX - National and Special Event Points Awards, BMX - Open and Trophy Dash Events, BMX - Professionals, BMX - American Sanctioning Bodies, BMX - Sanctioning Bodies of other Nations, BMX - Legendary BMX Racers, BMX - American Santioning Body Number One racers by year, BMX - Popularity of BMX, BMX - Freestyle, BMX - Street, BMX - Park, BMX - Vert, BMX - Trails, BMX - Flatland, BMX - History of freestyle, BMX - In the media, BMX - Women in BMX, BMX - BMX Industry

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In most countries, the popularity of Freestyle BMX has outgrown that of racing. Many of the top-selling magazine have no, or very limited, coverage of racing, while extensively covering every aspect of Freestyle. Freestyle can be split into several disciplines, although riders will generally participate in more than one discipline. These are Street, (skate)Park, Vert, Trails and Flatland. Rather confusingly, in competitions, park riding is often referred to as 'Street'. See also:

BMX, BMX - Bicycle design, BMX - Racing, BMX - Skill Levels Race Structure Awards, BMX - Skill Level Advancement Local Points awards and District Ranking, BMX - National and Special Event Points Awards, BMX - Open and Trophy Dash Events, BMX - Professionals, BMX - American Sanctioning Bodies, BMX - Sanctioning Bodies of other Nations, BMX - Legendary BMX Racers, BMX - American Santioning Body Number One racers by year, BMX - Popularity of BMX, BMX - Freestyle, BMX - Street, BMX - Park, BMX - Vert, BMX - Trails, BMX - Flatland, BMX - History of freestyle, BMX - In the media, BMX - Women in BMX, BMX - BMX Industry

Read more here: » BMX: Encyclopedia II - BMX - Freestyle

The early days of BMX - both racing and freestyle - was chronicled in the low-budget movie Rad (Yahoo! Movies entry). The movie, filmed in Calgary, Canada featured many talented and famous BMX riders of the 1980s as stunt riders, including Eddie Fiola, Travis Chipres, Mike Dominguez, Hollywood Mike Miranda, Martin Aparillo, and Fred Blood. Other films featuring BMX include BMX Bandits, and Sp ...

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BMX, BMX - Bicycle design, BMX - Racing, BMX - Skill Levels Race Structure Awards, BMX - Skill Level Advancement Local Points awards and District Ranking, BMX - National and Special Event Points Awards, BMX - Open and Trophy Dash Events, BMX - Professionals, BMX - American Sanctioning Bodies, BMX - Sanctioning Bodies of other Nations, BMX - Legendary BMX Racers, BMX - American Santioning Body Number One racers by year, BMX - Popularity of BMX, BMX - Freestyle, BMX - Street, BMX - Park, BMX - Vert, BMX - Trails, BMX - Flatland, BMX - History of freestyle, BMX - In the media, BMX - Women in BMX, BMX - BMX Industry

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Notable American BMX racers include "Old Schoolers" such as: David Clinton Scot Breithaupt Stu Thomsen Peter Loncarevich Anthony Sewell Brent Patterson Eric Rupe Tommy Brackens Harry Leary Gary Ellis Cheri Elliott Travis Chipres Greg A. Hill. Notable European BMX racers: Andy Ruffell Craig Campbell Newer international racers include: Christophe Leveque Bubba Harris Robbie Miranda Kevin Tomko Brandon Meadows Randy Stumpfhauser
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BMX - NBA. CDNE=Class did not exist. Pro* Nat. #1 Men 1973 David Clinton* 1974 David Clinton* 1975 John George* 1976 Scott Breithaupt** 1977 Stuart Thomsen 1978 Stuart Thomsen 1979 Scott Clark 1980 Anthony Sewell 1981 Scott Clark Pro Cruiser Nat. #1 Men 1973 CDNE 1974 C ...

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BMX, BMX - Bicycle design, BMX - Racing, BMX - Sanctioning Bodies, BMX - General Rules of Advancement in Organized BMX Racing, BMX - Legendary BMX Racers, BMX - National American Sanctioning Body Number One racers by year, BMX - NBA, BMX - NBL, BMX - ABA, BMX - Popularity of BMX, BMX - Freestyle, BMX - Street, BMX - Park, BMX - Vert, BMX - Trails, BMX - Flatland, BMX - History of freestyle, BMX - In the media, BMX - Women in BMX, BMX - BMX Industry, BMX - Quotes, BMX - Notes

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