BMX Bicycles

It drives the rear wheel. Used on newer/more expensive bikes instead of a freewheel.

The gear doesn't go anywhere w/o its rider.

In theory, the fastest gear is when you have the chain on the biggest chainwheel/chainring at the front, and on the smallest sprocket at the rear - but this is assuming that the rider is strong enough to keep the cranks turning in this gear.

If this gear is too heavy it might actually be faster to drop to a smaller chainwheel/chainring or a bigger sprocket and pedal a bit faster instead.

The first muscle bike (or high-rise bicycle) sold in stores was the 1963 Huffy "Penguin". It featured a "Solo Polo" banana seat, "Wald" brand high rise handlebars, a cantilever frame, and 20 inch wheels. It was first sold in bike stores in California in Feb/March 1963.

The Schwinn Sting-Ray was the second commercially made muscle bike sold in the U.S.A. it was officially released in June 1963.

..........John Brain

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eastern cobra bmx weigh 27 pounds

There are Redlines, Haro, Stolen, Cults, Fitbikes, Colony, eastern bikes, free agents, and etc.

yc96050120 what year made ?

Well it depends on,

what type of rider you are,

If you ride like skateparks doing jumps and things,

no,

a good bike for that would be a kink(if you a novice rider becoming better)

The first Bmx bikes were modified schwinn sting rays etc... The swapped out the seat, handle bars, grips, fork, wheels brakes and tires. The fenders, kickstand, chain guard, reflectors were removed for weight. The kids used to ride the dirt tracks that their parents used for Moto cross in the seventies. The kids tried to mimick all the jumps etc of Moto cross. Gary Turner ( founder of GT bicycles ) was an aircraft And auto racing welder and saw how heavy these old modded schwinn sting rays were and they didn't always hold up well. So he built a bike frame for his son from chromoly tubing. The result was a lighter and stronger bike, and it was faster too. After a while he was making frames for their friends kids. He eventually talked with a local shop owner who began to sell his frames.. Business grew and the had to get a warehouse in Santa Ana and GT bicycles was born. There were many others all over the country witnessing this same situation and developing their own frames, such as cooks bro's or hutch etc.... This was how BMX was born. It was simply a children's version of the already popular Motorcycle Moto-cross. BR

Both Redline and Diamond Back have/had full lines of bicycles that range from economy to pro.

Also, what era of Diamond Back are you talking about? Diamond Back used to be owned by WSI. That company went out of business and the brand was sold to Raleigh. The brand was completely missing from the market during the 90's until Raleigh resurrected it in 2003.

Redline, on the other hand, has a bit more of a history than Diamond Back. Diamond Back started out in 1986 just because someone over in Taiwan shipped WSI a shipment of Raleigh frames accidently. Raleigh felt that the freight to ship the frames from WSI to Raleigh would not be worth it, so they told them to keep the frames if they would just be so kind as to peel the stickers off. This got WSI interested in importing bicycles.

Redline has been around much longer. Started in 1970 by Linn Kastan (of Kastan, manufacturer of Kastan and Hoffman and designer of Giant's MOSH frames as well) and Mike Konle building motorcycle frames. In 1974, they started making BMX bikes.

Now, if we're talking current models like Diamond Back's top of the line Reactor Pro ($650) vs. Redline's top of the line Flight Pro ($1200)... well there's no comparison. The DB has a Cro-mo fork, the Redline a carbon fiber fork. The Redline has hollow axle hubs, Sun Envy rims and classic Flight crankset. The DB isn't "bad" though. DB just doesn't make as high end of a bike as Redline. The DB is nice with it's Alienation rims (no spoke eyelets, though) and FSA crankset, but it's no Redline Flight Pro. :-)

Check and see when your local police dept. is having an auction on the un-claimed stolen property. You can get some awesome deals sometimes. also check goodwill for those cheap bikes.. good for jumpin off a ramp into the lake to practice 360's and tailwhips in air..

The easiest way in order to find possibilities to purchase GT BMX bicycles would be to use the store locator functionality available on the official web site. This store locator can be found in the upper right corner on the homepage "GTbicycles". It is entitled "Find a Dealer".

Depends on what's holding it back.

Humans, like all engines, can only turn the pedals with a certain amount of force and at a certain speed.

If you feel you have power left, but can't spin the pedals any faster, then a bigger sprocket(by the pedals), or a smaller driver (at the rear wheel) will give you more top speed.

But you'll need to push harder to get the bike going.

If you have spin left, but not more power, then going to a smaller sprocket or a bigger driver might give you more top speed. It'll make it easier to get the bike going too.

Sun & Ski Sports is a dealer for Haro BMX bikes. They offer a wide selection of BMX bikes and accessories. These can be purchased online through their web store or at a Sun & Ski Sports store.

The brake setup varies depending on the model of the bike (i.e. what year it was produced in) however it is usually just a standard brake setup... When looking at the handlebars you will see the brake lever (the one you pull to apply the brakes) the rear one is located on the left hand side. Attached to this will be a cable, this cable consists of the black sleeve and inner wire, when you pull on the lever it should pull the inner wire through the cable. Follow this cable down the bike to the rear calipers, these are two brake arms with pads on them that should rub on the rim of the back wheel when you pull on the lever. Since I do not know what your exact problem is with the brakes I suggest you do the following check: 1) make sure that the cable is well lubricated. and slides through the housing easily. 2) the pads are alligned with the rim so that when pulled in they are touching the metal. 3) the pads do not touch the rim unless you are pulling on the lever Finally make sure that the rim is clean of any grease and muck and that the brake pads are clean as well, this make it easier for them to grip the wheel. Try lightly rubbing the pads with some sandpaper to make them grip better. I hope this helps, Good Luck BMX RULES

Seems to start at around 10 USD.

There are many different online retailers for BMX products. Some of these online retailers include The House, J & R BMX Superstore, Eric's Bike Shop, and Empire BMX.

Don't really know what you're asking for here, as that's not a generally acknowledged name. There are freecoaster hubs, which are recognized by that they can be rolled backwards w/o the pedals moving along.

i have a wethepeople bike nd they are insane.i couldn't do a triple tailwhiip before nd now i can but 2 be honest it doesn't matter 2 much about the bike.

fit is another really good company same with s&m. they are both really good about their bikes, they are extremely light and high quality, and if anything happens they will almost all the time replace any broken parts or anything that breaks. (excluding tires obviously)

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Generally speaking aluminum frames have larger diameter tubes than steel or titanium bikes, but the most obvious is to test with a magnet. If it sticks it's a steel frame. If it doesn't it's probably aluminum. Titanium frames are still so rare that you are very unlikely to buy one w/o knowing.

Never heard of either a mid or a spanish BB. Here's a link that might either answer your question or let you re-post it in a format that makes sense: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/gloss_bo-z.html#bottom