DK Bicycles Australia is excited to announce the signing of 16 boys and Australian #2 Dylan Scruton to the factory team for the 2015 season. DK Team Manager, Corey Stafford said. “I am extremely happy to have Dylan join the DK team and look forward to working with him for the 2015 season, Dylan has a lot of natural talent on the bike and off the bike has a great following also."
Dylan himself had this to say, “I am pumped to join DK and look
In a global first, Caroline Buchanan, the current world number one BMX rider created a young women’s team. The Buchanan Next Gen team currently consists of three Australian BMX riders. Mikayla Rose (ACT) is the eldest at 14 has her sights set on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. From western Sydney (NSW) is Paige Harding at just 11 years of age. Harding claimed fifth place at the 2014 World Championships and aims to improve on that this year in Belgium in July. The youngest and newest member to the team is 8 yr old Tayla Robertson from Shepparton (VIC). Robertson is a current national champion in her age group and is aiming for a podium at this year’s world championship.
The Next Gen team will all head to the upcoming BMX World Championships in Belgium in July. Last year team members Rose and Harding each finished in the top 10. The Buchanan Next Gen
The best moments from the 2014 UCI BMX World Championships by UCI channel
For the third time in twelve months Shepparton will again play host to one of the biggest events on the Australian BMX calendar, as it gets set to host rounds three and four of the BMX Australia National series over the two days on February 7 and 8. The Shepparton BMX club proved to be a very popular host to two rounds of the 2014 National Series, as well as the 2014 Subaru BMX National Championships, which also
USA Cycling BMX riders head to Rosarito, Mexico, this weekend not to ride, but rather to build a house. Fourteen BMX riders will spend Saturday and Sunday building a house in Rosarito, Mexico. A year after the U23 road program completed a similar project under coach Michael Sayers, BMX coach Jamie Staff will bring 14 athletes to the Mexican town that borders the Pacific Ocean just 27 miles south of the Chula Vista, Calif.-based U.S. Olympic Training Center. There, the world-class riders will spend Saturday and Sunday building a home with More Than Sport, a global nonprofit that pairs athletes with charitable causes such as building libraries, installing water filtration systems and, in the case of the U.S. BMX riders, house building.
“I think it will be a humbling experience,” said Staff. “We all get carried away in our own worlds, and to put ourselves in someone else's shoes for a brief moment might make us think twice before we complain on how hard we have it. That, and the building work will take teamwork, and so I’m hoping that this will bring the
Promax, the makers of high-quality bicycle components, now offers a professional-level cassette BMX hub set. Called HB-1P, the hubs are designed to meet the rigorous needs of BMX racing, but with a price of $299.99 they are more affordable than comparable hubs on the market. HB-1P hub shells are cold forged from 6061-T6-aluminum alloy ensuring the maximum strength-to-weight-ratio. They come equipped with a wide Shimano-compatible cassette body for easy chainline adjustments. And the cassette has 120 points of engagement for fast and precise forward drive.
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