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BMX racing is a type of bicycle racing which features BMX riders sharing a short single-lap circuit or point-to-point course, with multiple banked corners, jumps and rollers. The format of BMX was derived from motocross racing , [ 1 ] and sanctioned internationally by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), facilitated by a number of ...
In the UK, BMX was a craze which took off in the early 1980s, specifically 1982 and 1983, when the BMX bike became the must-have bicycle for children and teenagers. [ citation needed ] The 1983 cult movie BMX Bandits helped establish the sport further worldwide.
The American Bicycle Association (ABA) was a US-based BMX racing governing body in Gilbert, Arizona. In 2011, the ABA merged with the former National Bicycle League and became the present-day USA BMX: The American Bicycle Association. The ABA was founded by Merl Mennenga and Gene Roden in 1977.
UCI BMX World Championships are the World championship for BMX racing (bicycle motocross) held under the regulations of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), sport's international governing body. Summary
Stuart L. Thomsen (born May 20, 1958, in Whittier, California) [1] is an American former bicycle motocross (BMX) racer.. Stu Thomsen was one of the first of the "Old School" of professional BMX racers who gained fame in the early days of the sport beginning in 1974.
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The National Bicycle Association (NBA), later known as the National Bicycle Motocross Association (NbmxA), was a United States–based Bicycle Motocross (BMX) sports sanctioning body originally based in Soledad, California, that was created by Ernie Alexander in 1973 and ceased operations as an independent body in 1981. It was the first and for ...
Higher range freestyle bikes are mostly chromoly, such as lightweight 4130 chromoly, or generation 3 chromoly. [1] BMX race bikes extensively use aluminum or carbon fiber. BMX bikes are smaller in size as compared to other bikes. These bikes come with thick and fat tires to absorb shocks and for better jumping.