BMX Life
Streets are my playground. Always learning, always riding
Why BMX?
When the laptop closes, the bike comes out. Started in March 2025 with zero riding background, just curiosity and stubbornness. BMX demands full presence, punishes half-heartedness, and rewards patience the exact same way coding does.
Street rider. Every trick gets learned on flat ground, curbs, and whatever the streets throw at you. Still a beginner and proud of it.
A used custom build, brakeless and street-ready
Bike photo coming soon
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Frame & Fork
- Frame
- Radio Darko, 20.5" top tube, chrome
- Fork
- Wethepeople Justice, black, 4130 chromoly, 22mm offset
Cockpit
- Bars
- Wethepeople
- Stem
- Salt Zion, forged alloy, 50mm reach, 31mm rise, 306g
- Brakes
- None
Wheels
- Front wheel
- Salt EX: Valon rim (single wall, 36mm, 36 hole) on a sealed EX hub, 1040g
- Rear rim
- Saltplus Summit, 36mm wide, 36 hole, 493g
- Front tyre
- Eastern Curb Monkey II 20x2.40, 100 PSI max
- Rear tyre
- Demolition Momentum 20x2.35, 538g
- Front hub
- Salt EX low flange, sealed, 3/8" axle, 299g
- Rear hub
- Salt EX cassette, sealed, 14mm CrMo axle, 9T driver, 548g
Drive & Contact
- Sprocket
- 28T Premium, 9T driver
- Pedals
- Rant plastic
- Pegs
- 2x plastic
- Bearings
- Sealed everything: BB, headset, hubs
One year in. From never touching a BMX to bunny hops, backwards riding and chicken barspins
Picked up my first BMX in March 2025 with zero riding background. Pure curiosity. The first few sessions were just riding around getting used to it.
First two months were purely about getting comfortable enough that the bike felt like an extension of the body. No tricks, just miles.
Started exploring balance-focused movements. Shifting weight, standing on pegs while rolling, building the body awareness that makes harder tricks possible.
The foundation paid off. Bunny hops felt impossible for weeks, then one day it just clicked. Backwards riding, peg stands in motion and chicken barspins followed. Manuals and fakies are still being worked on, now on a new bike, with 180s and full barspins pencilled in for next year. Still a beginner, and owning it.
The big moments lately. Tap one with a play icon to watch it
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Shorts
Manuals practice on my new bike
Unable to do good fakies at this first spot
Day 1 trying half cabs
Fakies in the rain
Sessions & repairs
Manuals to bunnyhops getting better
06-10-2026 Practice Session - Manuals, Footjams, Tailwhips, Bunnyhops
Practicing tailwhips, any tips for staying over the front wheel?
What I am learning now, then the tricks lined up after it
1 / 4
Fakies
Getting comfortable rolling backwards into and out of them. Already ride backwards, so this is about controlled entries and clean exits.
Related tricks
Unable to do good fakies at this first spot
Day 1 trying half cabs
Fakies in the rain
2 / 4
Manuals
Balance point is everything. Front end up, find the sweet spot, hold it. Working this daily on flat ground before adding distance.
Related tricks
Manuals practice on my new bike
BMX footjam
Manuals practice
3 / 4
Barspins
The scary one. Building up off low hops first, hands learning to trust letting go. Flat-ground and curb setups only.
Related tricks
Familiarizing myself with X-Ups
X-Up practice
Pickup bars, Barspins, X-UPs
4 / 4
180
The first real spin. Half a rotation, commit to it, spot the landing, roll out clean. Starting on flat ground, then curb drops.
Related tricks
BMX 180s - should practice looking over the shoulder
Bmx 180s practice
Practicing 180s - Carving, hopping
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