Freestyle Bmx - Drive Yourself To The Limits

Freestyle BMX otherwise also known as Bikeother. It is around 10 to 13 feet high and both
Stunt is actually the trick of maneuvering bicycles.faces of the ramp have an extended vertical
Well, these bicycles are not your ordinary onestransition.
and they come with 20" wheelbase that areTrails consist of a series of jumps built from dirt
originally meant for races. Started in the late 70sthat is usually compact mud. The trick usually
and the early 80s, bike stunt reached the pinnacleconsists of taking a steep jump and landing at a
of its popularity in the 80s decade but was soonslightly plainer ground.
robbed of it in the 90s. However, this temporaryFlatland is almost a lost form of art which has
decline in popularity brought to the marketseen no popularity in recent years but has a loyal
rider-owned bicycle companies, which gave afan following. Flatland is usually performed on
fresh lease of life to the bicycles.smooth ground and the tricks are usually spinning
The Bike Stunt is divided into five major genres,and balancing.
namely Street, Skateparks, Vert, Trails andDifferent types of tricks
Flatland riding.The basics of the freestyling tricks have always
Street riding is exactly what it sounds like, thebeen the same and whatever new tricks that are
players use anything on the street to show theirfound are usually based on these ones.
skills. Be it walls, banks, rails, gaps or anything that1. Air seems to be the most common and most
forms an obstacle, the best thing about being apreferred one. It basically consists of jumping in
street freestyler is that there are no limits and nothe air and landing with both legs on the pedal.
stopping. However, those who try BMX Street2. Bunny hop- making the bike jump off the
have a different bike than the other types likeground without actually performing a jump.
Park or Dirt. Firstly, they are the heaviest and3. Manual - where freestylers ride with the front
strongest types of bikes for these tricks, andwheel in the air, without pedaling.
secondly, they have two or four stunt pegs for4. Fakie - It simply consists of riding backwards
grinding. In fact, these features make it hard to5. Grind - Slithering down any object without using
do Park or Dirt with the same bike.the wheels.
Skateparks is the name derived from the parks6. Endo - where the bike is stopped with the
that are meant for skateboarders, but due tofront wheel and raining the back wheel in the air.
scarcity of space, the BMX bikers are forced to7. Wallride - riding along a vertical wall or anything
practice there. Hence, much of the Sakteparksimilar to it.
tricks are influenced by the tricks thatThere are sub divisions to these tricks, but these
skateboarders do.remain to be the foundation of all freestyling BMX
In Vert riding, two players ride on a Vert ramptricks.
that consists of two 'quarter pipes' that face each