Exciting BMX racing... on FLAT pedals... in 2018? Yup.

One surprise after another here.  The first ever Red Bull Pump Track World Championships is in...  Arkansas?  Yep.  BMXers versus mountain bikes?  I was betting on mountain bikes, and the top four men and women are all on BMX bikes.  This is just some crazy bike handling, high speed, torquing the turns, in the rain.  Skills all the way around.  This is just a good watch for any MTBers or BMXers out there who like to go fast. 

I'm old.  I'm fat.  I've got a lot of taxi driver weight to take off before I could ride one of these very well.  But I can't wait to get a bike, and hit some pump tracks.  This shit just looks like so much fun. 

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.  Let the turkey coma fade.  Have that third helping of pumpkin pie.  Then get out to your local pump track tomorrow.  You can shop all weekend online, right? 

Pump tracks look so fun

Inverness Pump Track in Scotland.

The thing about riding a BMX bike when I was young, is that I still cruise around town and banks, jumps, and street ledges still catch my attention.  And I'm 51 years old now and over 300 pounds.  The sumo-sized weight gain came during my taxi driving.  Too much sitting and fast food.  But the weight loss is going well.  I've lost 48 pounds, but I realize it'll be a long, long time before I can ride a 20 inch well again.  Larger bikes seem to be the way to go when I can afford a decent one.

I've got my eye on the SE Bikes Fat Ripper.  It looks like the right match for me for a while.  I've been watching bike videos on You Tube, and let's face it, mountain bikes have surpassed BMX bikes in the huge jump and downhill areas.  But I'm not going to be doing anything crazy.  I keep coming back to pump track videos.  These things, like the one above, just look like so much fun.  I may be buying a shovel before I buy a bike, and building one of these babies somewhere.