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Can A Mountain Biker Ride BMX | Blake's Practice Day
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BMX racing, how hard could it be?.. Surely it’s not that different to mountain biking. However, it’s been a while since Blake has …
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When was the last time you went to a pump track? Let us know in the comments! 👇
The bmx content was fun. Would love to see more of this.
I got my first BMX in 1984, and used to absolutely love it. I am now 47 , 192cm tall though, so they're a bit small for me. I could definitely handle a 24 though. ❤
Bicycle motocross…where's the dirt nowadays lol. Good riding!
“Can A Mountain Biker Ride BMX????” Have not watched the video and don’t attend on watching the video. But the answer is…… yes, the answer is yes 🙂
hardest part is riding a much smaller bike.
Also, you can see why Chris Hoy, Iwan Thomas, Jamie Staff and Louis Atrill all became world or Olympic champs from their BMX days in the 90’s.
They made it hard for you using a 20”. Fair play on that pace you carried through with so little experience.
Raced BMX as a kid and now back at it as an adult, with my 2 sons. Flat out the best cycling discipline to learn fundamentals, and those bike skills translate so well to other forms of cycling and even moto 🤙🤙
BMX is great cross training for mountain, gravel and even road. I had a Factory Kuwahara in the 80s and just bought myself a We The People 22" for my 50th birthday!
i thought it would of evolved into suspension and gear shifting mods…not asphalt and ten speed shoes instead of vans footwear…just sayin,…it doesn't attract me and it is less popular now because of these asphalt tracks.
this is now no longer motocross,…i liked it better when it was all dirt and the gear looked less like ten speed riding or tour de france stuff. Just sayin,…it is not motocross,…it should be called 20 inch asphalt track racing. Dirt bikes not.
Awesome content!❤
What kinda surface is that on the track?
i personally run 95-100 psi in my race bike tires
GBMXN soon™?
Gosport bmx track..one of my super fav in the south region race circuit. I thught Blake had a bmx racing past of some sort..Bmx is the best cycling discipline to prepare a rider to tackle any other cycling discplines and great training..
Great to see this on the channel! As a MTB and BMX coach, most of the BMX riders I coach come from MTBing. It is a very different set of skills, but the MTBers seem to be able to transfer their skills to most other forms of cycling.
Feeling all pumpt for the next part! (race)
BMX is back! RAD!
44/16? I would prefer a 40/11 sort of gearing so maybe 58/16 be similar to what I like lol
Great show, Blake, and at age 64, I may give the older-guys BMX events a go, just for kicks. It'd be fun to line up against the BMX stars of earlier eras and fight to the finish, or at least get to the finish upright, lol. And back in the day, late '70s and early '80s, I used to haul my BMX bike in the bed of my mini-truck and whenever I'd happen to see a BMX track in a park or community, I'd stop and ride a few laps, simply to experience it. And O my, that was when BMX tracks were all over California and it was great that bike riders were accommodated like Little League baseball players and their ball fields had been everywhere for decades.
If that was a genuine first go on a modern track then Blake did amazingly well. The rhythm and pump timing, strength and stamina to ride a BMX track aren’t easy to develop. Really well done to all involved in this video 👏
yep
Bobbleheads… its bobbleheads…. get it together UK!!!! lol
Cinderella shoes 🤣
Looked good! I think this guy was born to be a BMXer but ended up in the MTB world though some unfortunate life circumstances, lol!
Nice. In started cycling at 49 with a BMX race license. My son was doing it so I figured why not, I was there all day anyway. This lead to MTB, CX and the odd crit. I’m 60 now and sold my BMX cruiser, but still riding and racing. Cheers.
Annoying as usual. A bit old for BMX don't you think
Awesome mate, I've just started racing later on in life and can relate to the difficulty but have to say you picked that up real fast, kudos 👊
that is basically the same gt bmx race bike that i used in some of my bmx race related videos. but i mostly do flatland freestyle. i got 10 bikes. so i do use that bike and in videos but not as much as my trick bikes. it is a great bike. looks like you had fun on it.
Great stuff 🧠💪🏼 Keep it up
When I was racing BMX I was in amazing shape. MTB has the slow burn with the hills but nothing like sprinting on a DIRT bmx track.
Anyone else see Harrison Bell in the intro
glad to see this sport in your channel, awesome video🤟
More BMX content please! Specifically, 24 inch wheel bmx cruisers. I would like to see Blake ride some singletrack on a 24" wheel cruiser. They are fairly capable and with a rider like Blake it would be cool just how far he could push the boundaries on your flow trails or even some tech. For instance, I have passed someone on a mtb on the inside of a switchback. You need to put a front brake on it for that. Also let's see him or Neil race some bmx pro's on a proper track just to see the difference.
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Winston Cuning Jr and WOW and
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