Want to ride on uncharted trails? Explore the off-the-road pathways and still have a bike strong enough to stand up to the punishment of the BMX track?
Vintage BMX bikes on the trail: Schwinn Phantom (1980) They constitute a large part of our bike sales.” BMX – Boys’ Life Nov 1986 Take a look back here! About the popular BMX (bike moto-cross) bikes (1982)Īrticle from St Cloud Times (Minnesota) – May 18, 1982īreaking away from the multi-speed bikes, a new source of biking entertainment is becoming increasingly popular, especially for the youngsters.īMX (bike moto-cross) features a sturdy bike, usually with 20-inch wheels, that has been reinforced to withstand the twists and jolts of taking a bike through a series of bumps, dumps and controlled turns while maintaining a rapid rate of pedaling.Ī spin-off of cross-country motorbike racing, BMX bikes feature heavy-duty frames, extra strength rims and thick spokes to take the pounding.Īccording to Bill Walker, manager of Scheel’s Hardware, “The BMX bikes are becoming very popular. The racing sport used special bikes - not the popular everyday banana-seat style kids’ bicycles - but equipment that had been reinforced to withstand bumps, dumps, and controlled turns.
BMX (bike moto-cross) started to get very popular around the end of the 1970s, and continued into the 1980s.
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