What is a BMX ?

[BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN]

what's a bmx

I have a build sitting in the lounge, near the TV ~ so when i'm watching the box, my eye will glance over and look at it ! i know what i see but some time question why ?

so when looking at a bmx, what do you see ?

a kids bike
a work of art
a machine the carry's you around
a waste of time
a waste of money
a thing to keep you busy
a challenge in life
a thing of beauty
a way back through time


what is it that make you do it ?



cheers B 

[Bigbadsam]

A way back through time when things were simple. Get up go to school, come home ride my bike with all my mates.
Great times 

[BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN]

 

[Banachek BMX]

"Imagine if we had these when we where tweleve". 
"Even better we got em when were forty" - quote from Step Brothers!!

[bobbbbsy]

passion, interest and fun riding !

[neil]

its a way of life

[Pooch]

Wife's pet hate...

[AKGOFF]

so when looking at a bmx, what do you see ?

a kids bike
a work of art
a machine the carry's you around
a waste of time
a waste of money
a thing to keep you busy
a challenge in life
a thing of beauty
a way back through time


what is it that make you do it ?

cheers B 

Well, if I'm looking at one of my bikes it would be:

A thing of beauty
A work of art

If I were to look at one of your bikes it would be:

A waste of money
A challenge in your life
 

[ED209]

the hammer that knocks the nail in.

the wind beneath my wings.

a means of escape.

[Taipan]

what's a bmx

I have a build sitting in the lounge, near the TV ~ so when i'm watching the box, my eye will glance over and look at it ! i know what i see but some time question why ?

so when looking at a bmx, what do you see ?

a kids bike
a work of art
a machine the carry's you around
a waste of time
a waste of money
a thing to keep you busy
a challenge in life
a thing of beauty
a way back through time


what is it that make you do it ?



cheers B 

All of the above! 

[brass monkey!]

an expensive hobby 

[HARODAVE]

 i see my bike as :-

a work of art
a thing to keep you busy
a challenge in life
a thing of beauty
a source of fresh bruises and aches and pains 

i do it , because i love it , it makes me smile

 

[MartyC]

Something that gave me masses of freedom, independence and got me away form my stepdad as a kid, as an adult I see them as stylish bicycles built for a purpose that still look good today.

[Spen69]

All of the above Andy plus Ed's right with a means of escape.

It's definitely in your blood. I rode MTB's for a while but never went to suspension as I ride mine like a BMX and hop over things rather than crash into them and hope. I enjoy my bikes now as much as I ever did as a kid and that takes me to a simple place where we all had a great time with our mates. I'm lucky that my brother lives a mile or so away and shares this hobby as we both act like 12yr olds when we get on our bikes according to our wives.......

[ED209]

All of the above Andy plus Ed's right with a means of escape.

It's definitely in your blood. I rode MTB's for a while but never went to suspension as I ride mine like a BMX and hop over things rather than crash into them and hope. I enjoy my bikes now as much as I ever did as a kid and that takes me to a simple place where we all had a great time with our mates. I'm lucky that my brother lives a mile or so away and shares this hobby as we both act like 12yr olds when we get on our bikes according to our wives.......

you're the same height as a 12 year old too 

[pickle]

Therapy 

[Spen69]

All of the above Andy plus Ed's right with a means of escape.

It's definitely in your blood. I rode MTB's for a while but never went to suspension as I ride mine like a BMX and hop over things rather than crash into them and hope. I enjoy my bikes now as much as I ever did as a kid and that takes me to a simple place where we all had a great time with our mates. I'm lucky that my brother lives a mile or so away and shares this hobby as we both act like 12yr olds when we get on our bikes according to our wives.......

you're the same height as a 12 year old too 

Thankfully I have matured with age, unlike the fat kid with no friends.......

[ED209]

All of the above Andy plus Ed's right with a means of escape.

It's definitely in your blood. I rode MTB's for a while but never went to suspension as I ride mine like a BMX and hop over things rather than crash into them and hope. I enjoy my bikes now as much as I ever did as a kid and that takes me to a simple place where we all had a great time with our mates. I'm lucky that my brother lives a mile or so away and shares this hobby as we both act like 12yr olds when we get on our bikes according to our wives.......

you're the same height as a 12 year old too  

Thankfully I have matured with age, unlike the fat kid with no friends.......

you leave Pete alone... bully 

[Spen69]

 

Let's face it, that's 90% of the Boardroom members........ ;-)

[monkian]

It's the satisfying realization that despite the daily grind and the shit this world offers up, the kid in you hasn't been beaten into submission, is alive and well and that the simplest of pleasures in life still offer the greatest satisfaction. That and along with my feet, it's my primary mode of transportation

[Devilock]

This says alot...! 

[jT Racing]

A retro toy to go with the rest.

[Jon The Bassist]

BMX is a sport which started off imitating motocross. For me BMX could include MTBs, jump bikes, striders, stunt bikes, whatever.
Although I've never done it, 4X looks like BMX to me.

A BMX bike is a bike designed to do the sport of BMX. A BMX bike can also be used for trials, stunts, dirt jumping, general transport, MTBing (24/26 mainly) whatever.

I think that I've ALWAYS been a BMXer, even before I knew what BMX was I had a track and was building ramp jumps in the late 70s/early 80s on Grifters etc.
I had about 20 years without BMX.
As soon as my eldest showed an interest I felt myself being inexorably sucked back in and rarely go a day without riding.
My dad is the same. He's in his 60s, had a triple heart bypass at the end of last year and is back training hoping to race again asap.

[Julian347]

BMX is a way of keeping me sane. 

[Darren Wood]

an expensive hobby    

A way of the old woman knowing what your up to !!!!!!!!!