Freestyle BMX , Drive Yourself To The Limits

Freestyle BMX otherwise also known as Bikethat consists of two quarter pipes that face each
Stunt is actually the trick of maneuvering bicycles.other. It is around 10 to 13 feet high and both
Well, these bicycles are not your ordinary onesfaces of the ramp have an extended vertical
and they come with 20inch wheelbase that aretransition.
originally meant for races.Trails consist of a series of jumps built from dirt
Started in the late 70s and the early 80s, bikethat is usually compact mud. The trick usually
stunt reached the pinnacle of its popularity in theconsists of taking a steep jump and landing at a
80s decade but was soon robbed of it in the 90s.slightly plainer ground.
However, this temporary decline in popularityFlatland is almost a lost form of art which has
brought to the market rider-owned bicycleseen no popularity in recent years but has a loyal
companies, which gave a fresh lease of life to thefan following. Flatland is usually performed on
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.3. Manual, where freestylers ride with the front
Firstly, they are the heaviest and strongest typeswheel in the air, without pedaling.
of bikes for these tricks, and secondly, they have4. Fakie, It simply consists of riding backwards
two or four stunt pegs for grinding. In fact, these5. Grind, Slithering down any object without using
features make it hard to do Park or Dirt with thethe wheels.
same bike.6. Endo, where the bike is stopped with the front
Skateparks is the name derived from the parkswheel and raining the back wheel in the air.
that are meant for skateboarders, but due to7. Wallride, riding along a vertical wall or anything
scarcity of space, the BMX bikers are forced tosimilar to it.
practice there. Hence, much of the SakteparkThere are sub divisions to these tricks, but these
tricks are influenced by the tricks thatremain to be the foundation of all freestyling BMX
skateboarders do.tricks.
In Vert riding, two players ride on a Vert ramp