skaters vs bmx

[skategeezer]

[rawls]

...Bicycle motocross, or BMX, is purported to have started in 1963 when the Schwinn corporation of Chicago unveiled the Stingray, which was basically a downsized version of the company's balloon-tired cruiser-type bikes. Kids pretended to be grown-ups by aping Roger DeCoster and other moto heroes — launching their bikes off jumps, racing in empty fields and abandoned lots, and cranking wheelies down the sidewalks of Anytown..."

I think they missed that by about 10 years. Roger decoster really started coming to the forefront, as an icon, in the early 70's. I had always attributed this region of the country around 76 for BMX. However west coast would have been about 2-3 years prior (73ish).

the 60's bicycle craze was more associated drag racing and the rising popularity of the front engined dragsters and altereds.

On the bmx front, I still have a Webco.