When you make it to the National BMX racing Team having a dialled bike comes with the position. You've earned it by that point but you're also stuck with what your team decides which parts to run. The program needs to be financed and running certain parts from certain companies is the answer. But, usually these are the better brands anyway. For 2014 Laura Smulders was running a Meybo frame with Box components and Tioga tires, built up by National BMX Team mechanic Willy Meyer
The official track for the 2015 UCI BMX World Championships at Heusden-Zolder, Belgium, has been completed. Located on the former Formula 1 track Circuit Zolder, the Supercross track even bears certain resemblances to a car racetrack: as well as being big and fast, its three corners have been given names. The inspiration? Three of the fastest women BMXers in the world.
After flying down the 8m start hill, riders will tackle the first corner, the Buchanan Bend, named after Australian rider and World Champion in 2012 and 2013 Caroline Buchanan.