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Today we cruised over to Erp for the first Junior/Elite practice session for the European BMX Championships. Normally we go to the track on Tuesdays for practice. Today it looked different. Way different. I heard something about 1600 riders from 21 nations being present at "the local track" which was transformed into a BMX arena in less than a week. The grandstands, campsite, team area, pump track, electric motorcycles, vendor areas, press area, it looked legit. The food stands, beer tent, accreditation containers, parking, man, it looked
SE Bikes is mourning the loss of Scot Breithaupt, the “Godfather of BMX” and founder of the SE brand. Breithaupt, who passed away Sunday at the age of 57, is credited with jump-starting the sport by organizing and promoting the first-ever BMX races on makeshift tracks in Southern California in the 1970s. He established the Bicycle United Motocross Society, became a national champion, was inducted into the U.S. BMX Hall of Fame, and lived his life as a devout promoter of BMX racing – now an Olympic sport – up until to his death.
Since Breithaupt created SE Racing back in 1977, the SE brand has grown, thrived, and evolved to now include many different styles of bikes. But at its core, SE remains deeply rooted in BMX and will forever be indebted to Breithaupt for his pioneering innovations nearly four decades earlier.
“Our entire line of retro BMX bikes is directly credited to Scot. They
The HARO Race Lite Expert is a bike I had last year as well. It is a BMX race bike, but I also use it at the pump track and trails. I even use the bike when I ride 040BMXPARK simply because it fits me well and it's very light. The 2014 version last year was still a little big for me but know I'm a little bigger. The 2015 version has blue parts and a black frame, forks, aluminium handlebars, three-piece cranks, and also the rims are black. The spoke nipples are blue and also the seatpost clamp, hubs, headset and frame stickers. When I race it I put on the
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.