Bart de Jong
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Open class:
1st Moto Sasaki
2nd Nao Yoshida
3rd Shin-ichiro Hara
Expert:
1st Takumi Suzuki
2nd Yuya Shiga
3rd Shohei Iwanaga
Novice:
The Recruit 12 is United's' first venture into producing a 12″ bike, and like their 16" and 18″ bikes, they wanted to make sure to come out with something that handles and looks like a scaled down 20″ bike rather than just a cheap small kids bike. United kept a bunch of high end features on this model with a fully sealed 4 pawl ultra loud cassette hub, threadless headset and 3pc cranks. They then tailored other parts to the smaller dimensions of the bike with a slimmer tube set, 20 spoke wheelset, small junior size lever, grips, seat, stem and pedals.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.