Freestyle BMX is known as Bike Stunt. It is really a trick of maneuvering bicycles. Well, these kinds of bicycles aren’t just the ordinary one and it comes with 20 inches wheel base which are originally designed for races. It started in late 70’s and early 80’s, BMX stunt reach its popularity in 80’s and brought the market to riders owned bicycle companies that gave fresh lease of bicycles life. In order for you to have a good ride and perfect stunts, you have to provide yourself with the best BMX stunt pegs. It will help you to do perfect tricks as you progress.
Bike Stunt is categorized in 5 major genres and they are:
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Vert
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Trails
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Flatland riding
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Skate parks
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Street
Street riding is just what it sounds like; players use anything which is on the street to show what they’ve got. Be it on rails, banks, walls, gaps and anything that forms obstacle. One of the best things about street freestyler is that they have no limits and they don’t stop. On the other hand, BMX Street has various bikes than some other kinds like Dirt and Park. Firstly, they have the strongest and heaviest type of bikes to do tricks, a reason why they also have the first rate BMX stunt pegs to support it. They use 2 to 4 stunt pegs as well for grinding. In mere fact, these only are tough to do with Dirt and Park.
Skate parks as what name comes from are park meant for the skateboarders, however because of the scarcity of space, BMX bikers are also forced to practice there. Thus, skate park tricks are being influenced by the skateboarder’s tricks. While in Vert, there are two players who ride in Vert ramp which compose of 2 quarter pipes facing each other. It’s round around 10 to 13 feet high and faces both ramps to have extended vertical transitions.
Trail on the other hand is consists of series of jumps which are built from dirt usually compact mud. Bikers jump and land at slightly plainer ground to do tricks. And lastly, the flatland is the loft form of art that has seen no fame in the past few years but has loyal fans. Flatland normally performed on the smooth ground and tricks are commonly balancing and spinning.
Different kinds of tricks that use strong BMX stunt pegs:
Basic freestyling tricks are always been similar and whatever recent tricks are found to be based on these.
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Aerial – the most common and preferred one. It normally consists of jumping and landing with both legs in the pedal.
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Bunny hop – the biker jumps off the ground with no actual jumping
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Manual – the freestyler rise with front wheel on air, without pedaling
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Grind – it is slithering down with any object without using the wheels
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Fakie – it is simply riding backwards
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Wall ride – it is riding along the wall or vertical walls
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Endo – the biker stopped with front wheels and raining back wheels on the air
How can wheelie on BMX?
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Pick your speed, but do not go faster if you are not comfortable with it
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One strong foot first stand on BMX stunt pegs or the skewer
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Gently lift the handle bar off the ground with your hand, after you have lifted the handle bars. It must be keep to come up till vertical
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Push the handle bar backward gently towards the ground.
In BMX or board sport, it is always recommended to wear helmet, elbow and knee pads and other gear for protection. You have to control the BMX, though you really have to feel the pain to improve your skills more.
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