Originally Posted by
Squeezebox
BMX bicycles are toys, not real bicycles. Just try doing 200 miles a day on one of those things.
It's as much a bicycle as a Specialized Tarmac or a Giant TCR is a bicycle.
It's as much a bicycle as a Rockhopper is a bicycle.
It's as much a bicycle as a Miyata 1000 is a bicycle.
A bmx bike is used for a segment of cycling just as the Tarmac, Rockhopper, and 1000 are used for other segments of cycling.
You wouldn't use a bmx bike to ride 200mi and you wouldn't use a 1000 to launch yourself a hundred feet while flipping thru the air.