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Everybody knows someone who has a BMX, but the likelihood is that they barely use it for tricks, let alone race it. However, getting on track is relatively easy and quite cheap too. all you need is a bmx and the safety gear.
The Bike
The bikes are generally simple and robust, so they’ll last a long time and are relatively inexpensive to buy. They have no gears, just powerful brakes. A racing BMX should consist of a lightweight frame so the BMX is fast and easy to manoeuvre. Some are made from aluminium, but they best are made from chromoly. The more of this is used in the construction of the bike, the stronger and more lightweight it will be. If you’re stuck between two bikes, then have a look and see which has more of it. You should get a differently configured bike if you just want to use it for tricks as opposed to racing.

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The second round of the USA BMX National series was held in Oldsmar Florida over the weekend. To get straight to the point I don't think that I should have gone to Florida I was completely burnt out. Six out of the past nine weekends I have raced with three back to back weekends in a row, competing in two different sports, three time zones in two weeks as well as moving to America for the year.

Fridays racing was a continental round for only USA citizens, Canada and Peurto Rican riders. Saturday got off to pretty

Elite Men Round 5:
1 Anthony Dean (Australia)
2 Kurt Pickard (NZ)
3 Luke Madill (Australia)
4 Mattew Cameron (Australia)
5 Mattew Juster ( Australia)
6 Joshua Callan (Australia)
7 Darryn Goodwin (Australia)
8 Thomas Hubert (Australia)

Elite Men Round 6:
1 Anthony Dean (Australia)
2 Kurt Pickard (NZ)
3 Mattew Cameron (Australia)
4 Thomas Hubert (Australia)
5 Nicholas Fox (NZ)
6 Mattew Juster (Australia)
7 Luke Madill (Australia)

This weekend took me all the way to the East coast with a 3hr time difference. The travel over wasn’t to bad. It consists of two 2hr:40m flights with stops. By the time I got into Florida I was looking at settling in asap so I could get some rest and get the weekend of to a good start. I remember being at the race last year and just being in complete survival mode due to my knee surgery I had had a year prior. The track look pretty similar with a few changes here and there.

This was the first UCI points race of the year so I knew that all the heavy hitters would be in town but I knew I was prepared to do battle.

On day 1 racing went ok . I had taken notes from last weekend and worked on a few things in the week which I think helped. I transferred out of my heats in the quarters which are always stacked and was stuck on the outside in 

Name: Renaud Blanc-Hugas
Hometown: Geneva, Switzerland
2013 team: Royalty bmx team
Bike: Royalty bmx
Sponsors: Royalty bmx, Rforce8, Troyan Gloves, Winforce, Compressport, Fly Racing, Muffin.

-Frame: Royalty King
-Forks: Alius 20mm
-Headset: a basic ACS