FMFBMX

Hey I'm new to the site and I just wanted to know how many people actually race BMX on here and what there setup is. I don't actually race because I have absolutly no tracks near me and its ashame because I have a decent bike...

Heres my setuppppppp......

Frame- FMF Pro 2 Tube Carbon 20.5 Yellow (Internal FSA Headset)
Fork-Answer Fork Scythe Pro Carbon 20"
Crank-FSA Carbon Pro Crank Arms 175mm
Wheel set-FMF Pro wheelset 20" 36h 1.75
Seatpost-Thomson 330 mm black 28.6
Handlebars-Answer Carbon Expert
Brake levers & Brakes- Avid Ultimate Single Digit Lever & Brakes
Saddle- FMF Powermoto carbon base ti rails
Stem- FSA Ozzie

Gear Ratio is 38 fron 16 rear...

I built this bike from scratch I will have pictures soon...
My old frame is an FMF cromo blue 20.5 racing frame... go to www.fmfbmx.com to get a better look...
i still have the frame so if anyone is interested in it ask me...

so post your setups! thanks...

Brian

Stock Haro SX24. Oh, Avid SD5 V brake.

FMFBMX

So, uh no one else on this entire site has a racing bike I guess?

lyledriver

A few people do, but honestly racing is a smaller and smaller sect of the BMX market these days.

Darin

My son has a Redline Flight Expert. I'm pretty sure the majority of bikes at the track are built up rather than bought complete. But good luck finding a race bike at a bike shop. There is only one bike shop that carries race bikes in my area, and they may only have 2 at a time out of 200 bikes. At my sons age, 11. The Redline complete bike is great, it's about 19 lbs, sturdy, sealed everything, and all alum. If he doesn't win races, it's not because of any part of the bike. Racers start to get goofy with compnents. I don't believe that at the level of local racing, a differnet wheel set, freewheel, BB, or any other part is going to make the differnece. Pedeling faster, braking later, jumping lower wins the race. Not the bike. Perhaps at a level when racers are consistantly finishing within a second or two of each other a bike upgrade may make a difference. Then there's the dad that insist on having the cool stuff for his sons bike. Makes the dad feel better. Likely to be the dad thats yelling at his son after the race for not trying harder, and being an all around jerk. Them guys bother me. I see kids on cheapo bikes having fun though, and that's where it's at. It's not like you can get a college scholorship on a BMX bike.

FMFBMX

Yeah, the complete racing bike thing is true, I work at a bikeshop and thats how I got most of my parts, just getting my BMX

Brian

38x16 with 175mm cranks? Are you short, really young, or just like mad-spinning?

FMFBMX

Yeah, the complete racing bike thing is true, I work at a bikeshop and thats how I got most of my parts, just getting my BMX racing frame was a pain even though we are FMF dealers, it took almost 2 weeks to get ahold of the company and then it got in here in about 12 hours so that works out, AND TODAY I LOST A PEICE TO THE INTERNAL HEADSET IM GOING TO FLIIIIIP OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!IM SO MAD I LOST THE STUPID TOP CAP PART NOT THE VERY TOP BUT KINDA IN THE MIDDLE! NOW I HAVE TO LOOK ALL OVER MY SHOP FOR IT AND PROBABLY ORDER A NEW ONE FOR LIKE $10 WITH SHIPPING OMG!!!!!!!!!!. sorry. but im still mad. the only company that really has a line of racing complete BMX is FMF, they have all sizes...I built mine custom with parts anywhere from FMF to thomson and awnser etc...your sons bike is almost lighter then mine!! sorry for the horrible errors now but im very very mad about my stupid headset that i lost ONE peice to and now i couldnt build it tonight,i really am going to lose sleep over it, i think i have an ocd for losing things. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CMcMahon

FACT: No one cares about your problems.

FMFBMX

hahaha, I was having a temper tantrem when you were posting that sorry, I didn't see it, well you see I dont race so having a large gear ratio is useless for me...So basicly having that biek is useless, I only have it because its really light (almost 17 lbs) I'm 5'5 and I like the low gear ratio because I like to ride sit down wheelies for pretty much ever and I like to do manuals as well so going from a log sit down wheelie up a hill and then manueling down the hill and continuing the wheelie is what I usually do.

FMFBMX

Fact: Your a raging alchoholic and your name shows it.

Brian

See? And I get called a dick? We're honest in the BMX threads, and we cop it.

I have to pack all my bikes back into boxes so they can spend a month or so in a shipping container. His headset part is hardly a big deal.

FMFBMX

Why would you be a dick?
And why are your bikes in boxes for a month?

FMFBMX

Darin, I had a sweet mullet till' I was like 12...I should have kept it, I have been thinking of growing it out...

Darin

Not intirely accruate:

My sons bike. Not bad for complete.

https://www.redlinebicycles.com/bmxra...ht-expert.html

Brian

Someone got all up on me for telling it like it is. Oh well. I'm moving from Australia back to the US. Major pain, major $$. At best, I'm looking at 2 months without riding.

MadMan2k

Sucky

CMcMahon

So what you're saying is that the nickname I've had since I was a freshman in highschool, eight years ago now, shows that I need to go to an AA meeting? ***** please.

Brian

I thought he drove the MGD truck.

FMFBMX

You were/are a underage raging alchoholic then.

FMFBMX

I havent rode for almost a month now and i have another 2 months with out riding to go, Winter.
Maine suuucks in the winter..


Sorry for double post, I hit Post.

CMcMahon

Seems to me that you're trying to call me out because no one gives a rat's ass about your personal problems. "zOMG i dropped a piece of my headset cap because im an idiot omgomg and now im going to rant about it hoping that someone has a bit of sympathy"

Brian

Beerman, chill out. Have a beer.

Darin

Some thread get off topic. Some just get wierd.

FMFBMX

I Still havent found it...