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BMX wheels: It’s crucial that the BMX wheels meet your needs. Because accelerating out of starting gates is important in BMX, the BMX wheels are much lighter than those found on freestyle or jump bikes. However, that 32-spoke light aluminum BMX wheelset designed for BMX racing won’t hold up to dirt jumping or ramping. So, freestyle bikes come almost exclusively with 48-spoke or mag BMX wheels. This makes them ultra-beefy for maximum rim protection. Dirt jumper’s BMX wheels tend to be a bit more varied. Some dirt jumpers are equipped with just 36 super-meaty 13-gauge spokes. Others come with 48 spokes like freestyle bikes, depending on whether the bike is geared more for jumping or dirt riding. It’s also important to note that the skinnier BMX tire and rim sizes (20 x 1 1/8-3/8 and 24 x 1 1/8-3/8) are not interchangeable with each other or with the 20 x 1.5 or 1.75 tire and rims.

BMX Bike tires: BMX Bike tires straddle the line between pavement and dirt designs. Although they’re used mostly off road, the tracks are often hard-packed dirt where low rolling resistance is important. The tread has to provide optimum speed and traction and grip when you’re cornering and accelerating. Freestyle BMX Bike tires are designed for pavement and indoor surfaces. Premium BMX Bike tires often inflate to higher pressures as well, lowering rolling resistance, increasing rim protection and decreasing tire deflection when the sidewalls are placed under high loads such as during landings. dirt jumpers are usually designed for maximum traction. Since speed isn’t important and the conditions aren’t as controlled, their lugs are a bit beefier.

BMX Bike handle bars: Beside weight and strength differences, there is also a subtle difference in handlebar shape between the BMX bar and the others. Freestyle and jump bars tend to rise steeper from the clamping area to give the rider better freedom of movement while performing flatland and airborne maneuvers. Also, bars found on 24-inch BMX and jumpers will be slightly shorter in rise than those found on 20-inch bikes.

BMX Bike Brakes: Freestyle bikes come with front and rear brakes. BMX and jump bikes usually sport only rear brakes. Brake type is also important. BMXers require pure stopping power so they prefer linear-pull brakes, which offers the ultimate grip. Freestylers are more interested in control than grip and they prefer U-brakes front and rear. Although U-brakes don’t offer the stopping power of linear pulls, they offer better modulation, so they work like dimmer switches, where linear pulls are more like on/off switches.