| Hello, and welcome to this article about BMX's. | | | | All of these different aspects of BMX have been |
| A BMX is a bicycle (bike) with 20" wheels. These are | | | | adapted over the years, and have given riders the |
| small wheels, and you will often see many children | | | | ability to do whatever they want. Tricks are |
| using them. A BMX is very easily distinguishable by the | | | | customisable, and different styles of different riders |
| fact that there is no suspension on the forks or the | | | | make them look better, or even worse. Tricks can be |
| rear of the bike, and that there are no gears at all. A | | | | made up and names and you may even see others |
| BMX is single speed. | | | | pulling them off soon. |
| The name BMX stands for Bicycle Motocross, which | | | | In street, you can make up your own lines, jumping off |
| is just like motocross, except it is a lot cheaper, and | | | | a wall, to grinding a kerb, to spinning off a bank; |
| does not need money to be put into it regularly. The | | | | everything is as you want it to be. You can do |
| origin of hits name comes from racing the bike, but the | | | | whatever you want, express yourself in the way you |
| BMX has been adapted since then, with new features | | | | ride. |
| such as Gyro's, which allow the handlebars to spin | | | | Of course, BMX is an extreme sport, so you should be |
| more than 360 degrees, with no cables getting twisted | | | | very care full with it. Safety should always be your |
| at all and free coasters, which allow for a BMX to go | | | | first concern, when approaching a jump, or even |
| backwards with the clutch disengaged, so you don't | | | | heading down a hill, you should be extra care full not to |
| have to pedal backwards with the bike. | | | | hurt yourself. But saying that, if you want to get good |
| These adaptations have allowed a new form of BMX | | | | at riding a BMX, crashes are part of the learning |
| riding to be evolved from racing, freestyle. | | | | process. And the sayings, "You always learn from |
| The name freestyle kind of gives away what it is, it is | | | | your mistakes" and "If at first you don't succeed, try |
| when you can do whatever you feel like, tricks, speed, | | | | and try again" come into play here, if you fall off trying |
| whatever you want! Freestyle BMX can be done | | | | to land your first 360, or if you can't land bunny hops, |
| anywhere; you can do it on streets, finding obstacles | | | | keep trying and it will make you a much better rider. |
| to jump over, at skate parks, using ramps to give you | | | | Make sure that you enjoy everything that you do, and |
| enough airtime to pull off stunning tricks, or in woods, | | | | don't scare yourself silly, just push yourself. |
| with ramps made of dirt. | | | | |