Can A Mountain Biker Ride BMX | Blake's Practice Day

When was the last time you went to a pump track? Let us know in the comments! 👇

I wanna see a full race with all from GMBN!

The fact that Blake can do basically every MTB trick in the book and struggled with BMX shows how high the bar has been raised for other disciplines of cycling!

Brilliant timing Blake, well good Sir. I am 54 years old and will be racing my first season of BMX this summer. I am excited to follow you through this adventure because it mirrors mine and I can use all the help I can get. Great content GMBN! Keep up the great shows and pay Blake a little more $$$, he's worth it! Cheers - M

Wow, BMX looks really weird compared to what I used to race the 1980's! Blake, you rocked it!

When I was racing BMX I was in amazing shape. MTB has the slow burn with the hills but nothing like sprinting on a DIRT bmx track.

Started in BMX in the 80’s - harder than it looks :)

More BMX Racing on GMBN!!! Such a great diversion from MTB, been racing a couple of years now and I love it.

I’d like to see Blake enter a local race. So much natural talent!

I just finished my first year of BMX racing! Its a great community to be a part of!

Miss bmx racing...this is how i developed my sprinting which allowed me to frustrate a lot of roadies back in the day😅

I went the other way, I'm on the wrong side of 50 now but raced BMX on a Local/West Midlands level waaaaaay back in the early/mid 80s, I was OK, I spent more time off the podium than on it, I rode a Mongoose Super Goose and my last bike in the mid 80s was a Diamond Back Harry Leary, and I've got to admit the BMX's today look strange to my wrinkly eyes. I jumped on my first MTB in 1990-ish, I had a Carrera Quatro Comp, then a GT Avalanche in 93..Then the 90s took over and I spent more time in hedges in Ibiza than on a bike, skip forward 20+ years and I went and bought my first (Mid life crisis) MTB; an 2022 Intense Primer, couldn't ride it at first, had to learn a whole new way of riding, with suspension and 29" wheels. I thought because I could ride BMX over jumps etc it would be the same, yeah not gonna happen, I suffered bumps, bruises and good crashes, but eventually got the hang of it...I still crash, a lot...But It did amaze me how much had changed over the years, from bikes to techniques.

I had an afternoon on a BMX track on my MTB. I was pretty damn fit at the time and getting along the 1st straight into the 1st berm had me at absolute maximum effort. Different skills required.

Great video, I used to race bmx when I was a teenager. Watching this brought back all those great feelings of practicing, racing and just having a blast on my bike. Thank you very much.

Whoever planned/edited this one: very well done. The stomach pains when standing in the starting position really came through!

At 53 years old I still go to the local bmx pump tracks. I enjoyed watching this video.

Was awesome to meet you 😁

I raced BMX in the 80’s. I barely recognize it now. Pump, pump, pump and skatepark groomed tracks. It’s like a whole different sport.

Great stuff can't wait to watch your race. Good luck 🤘🏼

If that was a genuine first go on a modern track then Blake did amazingly well. The rhythm and pump timing, strength and stamina to ride a BMX track aren’t easy to develop. Really well done to all involved in this video 👏