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Why tf would you show a POS walfart schwinn as the bike that started BMX! that is just shameful dude, At 65 I seem to be the dinosaur in the room and maybe the last guy to ride a stingray in a BMX race at Saddleback on the expert track, Hardy anyone was racing the expert track, in fact, they \gave me 2ed in a qualifier, so they could have more than 4 riders for the main, Scott Breithaupt The man that organized the event was in my race, ya I did not finish that well, but I landed farther down the drop-off than anyone else! After the race and almost everyone was gone home, I was still there flying down the dropoff and some guy wanted to video us going over him at the drop, I have always wondered what happened to that footage. My good friend Sean (Shades) Ewing, or SE as I know him. was helping Scott get out of his hole, taking him to events, enabling him to realize that he was still relevant and loved by the BMX community, Sean may have been the last person to see him sober before he passed. rip TGF of BMX Scott Breithaupt

I’m in my late 20s and used to race back in my when I was a kid. Great video, gives me the motivation to start back up again 👍

lol vert! never heard anyone call it transition lol glad you said vert lol

Great documentary, thanks for sharing! Makes me miss my BMX so much. I am 52 now, and had an '84 GT Mach 1 back in the day. Took a lot of begging to get, finally convinced all my family to throw in on one Christmas present. We were definitely poor, so the $350 for the bike was a LOT of money, I felt so lucky to get it. I never raced an actual track, but there was a dirt track that kids had made in the woods by the local small airplane airport. It had some great jumps and turns, and provided more thrills than most tracks in that, sometimes you would get chased off by airport security, and sometimes chased by dogs. But most of the time it was just awesome riding, and afterwards you could sit and chill in broken down abandoned airplanes like Piper Cubs, etc. My daughter has a 24" aluminum frame Schwinn BMX, that she no longer uses, so I am gonna restore it and start riding again. I only wish I could get my GT back from my younger brother in Mississippi, though doubtful he still has it, was a LONG time ago when I gave it to him.

Im 153 years old and I still pull hefty tailwhips and stoppies on my cast iron penny farthing in my double breasted wool coat and felt hat. I ain’t no foozler. Well, ta-ta everyone’s’ grandma. Gotta go, just got a telegram.

Where can i buy one at

Getting my kids into BMX has been daunting! My background is in water sports and skateboarding so I am exploring uncharted water. I’m so grateful you took the time to make such a well thought out video! Love your passion man! Thank you!

Sharing this right now, I remembered you. To a guy who is maintaining his local track.... 👌💫💯

Great story and even better message. I feel similarly while I am quickly approaching 45 years old.

I just found and am slowly rediscovering my love of 20’s a couple decades after becoming pedalless. And just discovered this video, good stuff.

Awesome video and history on BMX Thanks👍

Very well made. Its a plesure to watch. Ive done BMX racing back in the 90s and still own my old Redline BMX. Greets from Germany

Great video dude…This was very informative and great information about what to buy and not to. Thank you for all the info you give…

i had no idea this existed lol

I use to care about folks judging me. I think they get jealous seeing adults having fun and getting fit in the fresh air while they’re overweight overstressed stuck in traffic

Thanks for putting this video guide together. Seems like Radio actually sell complete bikes as well though.

I got into riding freestyle bikes when I was a kid in the 80's. I think I was 8 years old and had a huffy. I then eventually traded various stuff to other kids and got a redline. Then had a crap load of gt's, haro's, redlines, etc in the 90's. Last bmx flatland bike I had was a haro master. I had that bike from 1995 till 2012 when someone broke into my parents garage and stole it. I absolutely LOVED the way the old trick bikes looked like. I don't think there would be any chance in hell I'd have been riding these brand new trick bikes. They are all so bland and all of them basically look the same and are WAY too small to really ride. That said, I just bought a new 24 inch Haro Master. Gotta say, that old design looks WAY better than these new bikes.

All your videos are fantastic. Thanks 😊

They got rid of the brakes because the levers will break your fingers or cut you doing bar spins when catching the bars is why

Buy s&m . Also i had a powerlite mini in the the late 80s mini 20 inch bikes with skinny knobbies for kids been around for ever

Hell no! I rode from age 8 to 26, and now in my 40's and rebuilding my old skool bike to ride again! It's so therapeutic!

Well ,I am 57 and just put together a Torker bike with 20" wheels.I felt like a giraffe learning how to walk again riding it.I just want to do street Bmx ie....bunny hops jumps,occasional racing ....for now.I used to do mountain trail biking a lot.My question is,will my riding skills improve? I know I am really out of shape and not conditioned like I used to be.

‘Your brother’s nothing next to Bart Taylor.’ ‘He is too, and if you don’t take that back, I’m gonna punch your lights out!’ That was filmed in my neck of the woods, Cochrane Alberta and helltrack was my area of NW Calgary…the ORIGINAL helltrack was cowtown!!

I accidentally found pictures of trial BMXs, when I was scrolling site of local extreme sports store to get some replacement parts for my rusty WTP BMX. It was sure a little shock, when I figured out that there is no place for seatpost in such trial frameset. But yeah, it's so cool that even my local bike store provide them!

Brilliant video mate!

What bike was that after the kuwahara magician? If someone could let me know it'd be greatly appreciated

Can a dirt jumper, pump track, skatepark guy do it?

love it

I love the beginning of rad racing when you got to freestyle. Great documentary very well made. anyone reading this go get a bike and ride.

yeah... I had to sell some "Mother Nature" in middle school to save up 225.00 for a Kuwahara a friend used to race in BMX races. That was alot of money back in 1982 or 83.......He wanted to get something else to Race so he ws letting the Kuwi Go... so..I finally got up enough to get the Kuwahara...Mom and Dad always wanted to give me Huffy's... I just told them to get me an Atari for Christmas instead...I'll take care of the Bike purchase hahaha They never figured out how I got the cash...I told them years later

That’s bmx trick riding tricks or for kids

Very Helpful, thank you so much! Great explanations

Great video, man. Thanks for sharing your story. I’ve never raced before and I’m 46. Definitely psyched to try though!

Thank you for this video!

Are there many middle-aged men doing this? I just started bicycling again at 47 after not doing it since about 10. I'm doing it for health, but would also like to do some more thrilling stuff. Am I too old and lame yet?

This is the best vid on TH-cam. 100%speaks to everyone waiting to follow their dream. At 45 I'm reviving my Haro Group 1a and looking for a club to start racing at. This video was so honest.👌

The best bmx documentary is called RAD🤣🤣🤣🤣

He said 20 ought five?

Totally agree! All resistance and cardio too so you don't have to deal with impact injuries like in running...

I'm seriously getting ready to start at 63. My son raced expert class for years . He is returning to it at 30 .and 2 grandkids starting. We love this sport

I Miss Racing I'm also 48 going to 49 this summer , I live 3 minutes away from the Old Azusa ABA & Also the NBL track right up the street from there ,I also saw when Whittier Narrows 1st Opened ,I also remember going to Orange Y and also Coal Canyon which was HellA BAD ASS and FAST those were the GOOD OLD DAYS we need to get more kids into this .

Great video when is the review on Spreckels Manteca coming?

We live in apple valley, that looks like The Horseman center? I was a Vans, Se Pioneer Rider th-cam.com/video/PJtFQx0Hy44/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=WilliamCRAZYLACYFurmage

Im 47 this year , never own a race BMX before ..my 8 year son is into BMX racing and im coaching him at the same time now this video really inspire me to get started with one...!! Hell Yeah its time to Send It!! Thank you for the wonderful message!!

So to correct the thing about the seat angled up on freestyle bikes for me and a lot of others it is because for a few reasons it makes it easier to grab the seat in certain tricks it sucks to land on an angled up seat but it also helps you from getting stuck on it as well

As kids we used to jump our bikes on home made ramps and ride on trails on our bikes. I had a Stingray that I had modified with a ten seed seat. My buddy had Mongoose with the metal mag wheels. Years later my brother got into freestyle and flatland and got pretty good. He built a quarter-pipe in our back yard and his friend had a half- pipe that they built at his house. He went on to specialize in flatland tricks and would dazzle our neighborhood with his skills. My oldest son did dirt jumping for years before he got into skateboarding. So it ran in the family. I still have a picture up on FB where my friend Chris and I are shaking hands at the top of duel endos. This was a nice stroll down memory lane.

Por favor manda uma BMX desta pra minha casa e me faça feliz

Wow love your words I have a story to say. I started to race BMX at the age of 7 years old in 1976 I went from novice all the way to Pro I was even sponsored by Major bicycle company out of Pompano Beach Florida, we all know who that is anyway let's fast forward a bit at the age of 30 I took a nasty fall. And I was rushed to the hospital so the downward spiral started, I stopped racing BMX I sold all the bicycles and I put all the memorabilia away but I still rode bicycle I started trail riding with all the adults now let's fast forward a bit more my son who is 10 years old I was one day watching him ride a bicycle and he was really good at it and he was watching me pop Willie's and do all kinds of tricks and he wanted to learn how to do all the tricks and I told him boy learn how to ride very well first LOL then his bike got stolen happens to be that one day he asked my wife where was all my BMX memorabilia my wife did not want to take it out because it made me a bit better of what my past was and how good I was at the time but he wanted to see so my wife took out my old Jersey and all my pictures and everything and the kids said he wanted to do the same thing I did so the funny story is I told him let's go to the local track and see what it's about if you like it I'll think about it while the kids loved it very much he even asked one of the guys there that was racing who was over 20 years old if you could ride his bike and the guy said yes go ahead my son didn't ask me to either build him a bike or purchase a professional BMX race bike funny thing is that today right now literally 3 hours ago not only that I buy him a professional BMX racing 20-in but I also bought one for myself and I'm getting back on the track I'm 54 years old today so whoever says that they're very old not in good health to do what they really have wanted to do in the past well guess what go ahead and do it today and it'll be a memory for tomorrow because it's funny my life is my career is in law enforcement I started my career when I was 21 and at the age of 43 I got very sick with a very bad case of pneumonia and they gave me 6 days to live and the day of my birthday I was released from the hospital at 44 and the doctor said happy birthday you're lucky to be alive but think about quitting law enforcement because you'll never be the same and my words to him was hell no I'm going back to work so this Thursday not only am I taking my son for his first BMX race but it'll be my first time 24 years later so this former pro Rider is even going to start as a novice again so whoever is contemplating BMX do it you'll enjoy it can you create another memory for tomorrow

About time somebody covered this topic. You guys left no stone unturned. What a great watch. THANK YOU! <3

I've only used plastic/composite pedals on my freestyle bike in the 80s. Nobody racing used them, for sure. But I've noticed that modern composites are of far better quality. Are there any adult racers using them these days that you know of?