What the Olympians ride.... Check out Australia's Saya Sakakibara's DK all colour matched with the green and yellow just as the Australians like it. New, clean, fast, perfection.
Saya Sakakibara's Olympic ride:
Frame: DK
Hubs: Onyx racing
Rims: Super Duper BMX components
Forks: BOX components
Disc Brake: Shimano
Chainring: Michram industries
Pedals: HT components
With the Olympic Games coming up shortly, a lot of the athletes have built up a special bike for the event that they worked towards to for 4 years, actually 5 for the Tokyo edition. Customization is always a fun project. Colour matching with the best part on the market usually results in very nice equipment. The fact that 'Rule 50' needs to be followed for the Games makes it a challenge sometimes but it's good to see the colours of the nation back in the colours of the bikes. Here's James Palmer's bike. Canada represent.
Parts list James Palmer's Olympic Clayborn BMX race bike:
Forks: Answer Bmx Dagger Forks
Hubs: Answer Bmx Holeshot Hubs
Rims: Answer Bmx Pinnacle Pro rims
Enjoy this video with breathtaking moments of every BMX Gold Medal Race at the Olympic Games since 2008. BMX is a popular sport and became an Olympic sport in 2008. Since then BMX always shows the tension and exciting moments of racing.
Results UEC Juniors & Elite European Championships
Elite Men:
1 PILARD Arthur FRA
2 SCHOTMAN Mitchel NED
3 CLERTE Eddy FRA
4 SCHIPPERS Jay NED
5 KATYSHEV Aleksandr RUS
6 RAGOT RICHARD Mathis FRA
7 SHARROCK Paddy GBR
8 KRIGERS Kristens LAT
9 VAN DER BURG Dave NED
10 MIR Amidou FRA
11 TOMIZIOLI Michele ITA
12 RACINE Romain FRA
13 GOMMERS Ruben BEL
14 DUBOIS Corentin FRA
15 SCHMIDT Julian GER
16 KIMMANN Justin NED
The 2021 UEC European Championships took place in Zolder, Belgium today. With over 800 entries still a big event considering the pandemic and the Olympic Games happening later this month. While some chose to opt out of the race to stay safe for the big one in Tokyo, others used the Euros to get in the race mood, pick up a title and made good use of the absence of some of the big dogs. The grandstands on the first straight were packed while masks were mandatory. The crowd got to see some great racing on the proven track of Heusden-Zolder. Things heated up in the Elite Men class and some of the favourites crashed in the first Round but had the Last Chance Qualifier to try to make it through. This happened to Arthur Pilard from France for instance who later ended up winning the
The Olympics happen every 4 years. Tokyo had a delay of a year but in a few weeks BMX racing and BMX Park will be part of it. It has been a long road for the BMX-ers who made it there. Some have celebrated their participation already by getting to build up a special ride just for the Olympic Games. In the time leading up to the games we are going to check in with the special rides. Today's Olympic machine: Romain Mahieu (FRA).
Romain Mahieu's ride.....
Frame : GT Speed Series with custom paint made by AS Design
Fork : Pride Racing Slik carbon fork 20mm with custom design
UEC European BMX Race Championships today in Zolder, Belgium.
Name: Asuma Nakai
Age: 21
Hometown: Joetsu,Japan
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Mongoose/Xlarge/Oakley/Motocross International/FoxRacing/Shimano/flexdream/Tioga/Stance/CW-X/WesternRiver/OgawaRingyo
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-Track to race on: Any supercross track!
Name: Molly Simpson
Age: 18
Hometown: Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
Plate number: 939
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Daylight cycles, Box bmx, Onyx Hubs, Epik Carbon Products, 6D helmets
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-Track to race on: Verona, Italy
USA Cycling announced today the 18 athletes that will be representing the United States at the 2021 UCI BMX Racing World Championships in Papendal, The Netherlands on August 17-22. Reigning World Champion, Alise Willoughby, will be looking for her third world title. Five of the Elite riders, Alise Willoughby, Felicia Stancil, Payton Ridenour, Connor Fields and Corben Sharrah, will be representing Team USA in the Tokyo Olympics on July 29-30, 2021. “Even though we are focused on the Olympic Games, we are still excited to have a World Championship this year in Papendal. We all missed the Worlds last year in Houston due to COVID, so I know everyone will be excited to travel and get back to racing,” said Jamie Staff, Director of BMX. “We have a strong line-up in both the Elite and Junior classes and we hope to bring home some hardware. Post Tokyo, we will be focused on our Junior racers as we look ahead to Paris 2024 and LA 2028.”
Junior Men
Charles Biggs (Rock Hill, S.C.; Rockstar Rift/Tangent)
Nolan Cardwell (Belmont, N.C.; Rival Racing)
Brandon Crain (Riverside, Calif.; Factory Answer)
Drew Polk (Avon, Ind.; Hyper Bicycles)
Junior Women
Sierra Altendorf (Everett, Wash.; Raise for Rowyn/CMU Cycling)
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.