BMX Trickery on a fixed gear...
04-03-09, 10:10 PM
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BMX Trickery on a fixed gear...
Can someone explain the appeal of this? Instead of watching videos or looking at pictures of people riding fast in urban areas, all I see now is the uprising of flatland style BMX riding on track bikes? What am I missing?
For those of you that DO these kinds of tricks, what is the benefit of a road-style bike instead of a BMX bike? Is it just because it is a fixed gear and not a free-wheel? And if so, cant you just make a fixed BMX bike?
For those of you that DO these kinds of tricks, what is the benefit of a road-style bike instead of a BMX bike? Is it just because it is a fixed gear and not a free-wheel? And if so, cant you just make a fixed BMX bike?
04-03-09, 10:14 PM
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I don't partake in any of this trickery, but I understand that different things appeal to different people.
04-03-09, 10:36 PM
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it's a challenge
you can do different tricks that you can't do on a bmx bike
some of us already had fixed gear/track bikes and just like to mess around on them and it catches on
you can do different tricks that you can't do on a bmx bike
some of us already had fixed gear/track bikes and just like to mess around on them and it catches on
04-03-09, 10:45 PM
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Most people use the same bike to get around town as well as tricks. I don't know about y'all, but I can't dig on riding a BMX long distances. FG seems a better choice if you want the best of both worlds.
04-03-09, 10:48 PM
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04-04-09, 01:45 AM
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