BMX Bikes today
Pivotal seat posts are also another newer BMX bike feature. These use a single bolt locking device to hold the seat in place and can be easily adjusted with an Allen wrench. They hold much better than the conventional rail post seats and they are also lighter.
Integrated seat clamps and integrated seat and seat post combinations are both technologies that are used on newer bikes. Integrated seat clamps are an old technology that has made its way back to BMX bikes. Integrated seat and seat post combinations are an invention born to the BMX bike that has now made its way to the entire world of cycling.
Most newer professional BMX bike frames are made using a steel alloy chrome-molly combination because it is both strong and lightweight. Many manufacturers still make BMX bikes using the high-tensile steel which is a heavier tubing material. Aluminum frames are also used for BMX bikes. They are predominately used in BMX racing bikes because they are light and stiff.
The new BMX bikes combine the best of the original technology with the newer ground breaking technologies being discovered each year. The basic design choices of most BMX bikes are derived from simple trial and error. Newer technologies are used and some are replaced with the old technologies after they are disproved, while others remain because of their usefulness.
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