![]() ![]() ![]() By the end of the day, I got enough speed to get me through the turn and pumping right to the finish. When I first did the rhythm section toward the final turn, I’d have to pedal out of that turn just to get over the next whoop. Still, throughout our session, I got better at pumping. After I came out of Turn 1, Arnold left the gate. I went from the gate, pedalled where I could, and then pedalled out of the first turn. How much? Well, after I practised pumping, Arnold and I had a race. Pumping-unweighting and weighting the bike over the whoops on the track-is an essential BMX skill. Pumping on a BMX track Pumping practice for Pioro. Riding on a BMX track is not only wicked fun, it can provide you-whether you’re a roadie, mountain biker or cyclocross racer-with skills that will make you better on your bike, no matter what your preferred discipline. (Stetson has his own BMX bike.) I had to tuck in my ears into the helmet Arnold passed me. Arnold outfitted me with BMX bike, a style of machine I hadn’t ridden since I was 12 years old. He also runs the track in Stouffville, Ont., about 40 km north of Toronto. ![]() He’s a BMX coach with Cycling Canada and a longtime BMX rider from Down Under. In late June, Canadian Cycling Magazine photo editor Matt Stetson and I met Brendan Arnold. Like the kids who are back in school, I should tell you what I did this past summer. ![]()
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