Matty Cranmer Compares The SPEED Differences Between A BMX Freestyle Bike And A Race Bike 

It's because there was no number plate on the freestyle one. That's why

Damn, Matty was spot on with his guesses down to the time difference. Impressive.

You guys are brilliant. Entertaining and fun combined with a stack of great information for riders out there. Highly appreciate your videos!

I think a good thing to take away is, you can totally get started racing with your freestyle bike. Take off the pegs (if you have them), and start practicing and get a feel for riding the track.

Love love these type of vids Scotty. Big respect from the UK!

These racing videos have been fun to watch, I didn’t think I’d like them as much as I do. Great to see that track providing some awesome opportunities for people to learn without having to invest a ton of money, that’s a great service they provide.

I used to race BMX bikes and I have actually been to that Naples BMX track for the BMX state championships.

Great video! The similarities/differences between BMX disciplines are so interesting.

Yes! Love seeing more kinds of cycling on the channel

Awesome episode as always. In the 80's I had very little money so my freestyle bike was my race bike, my jumper, my ride to school, my transport to my girlfriend's house, and my beach cruiser (I grew up in Torrance CA). Oh, I also used it for my delivery job. I was best at freestyle and jumping, but I also was able to scratch out a few race wins on my tuff-wheel, coaster brake laden tank. :)

This is making me miss racing. The feeling of being on the gate in the main is pretty special.

Amazing video! I love the new race bike. It looks sick! For people who live near tracks that are closed access outside of race meets, look for your local pump track or dirt jump trails. It's all the same motions, and means you can keep practicing outside of race meets!

I’ve actually always wondered this… thanks for the video!

Love the sound effects talking about the head tube angle! It’s more errr that way! Perfect said! Lol the same way I describe stuff all the time actually so I comprehended that perfectly! Awesome video tho! I used to take my Candy Apple Red Mirra Pro and later my Raw Mirra S351 Pro to Tom Brown Parks NBL track in Tallahassee Fl Always wanted to try a race bike but always spent my money on bike parts or more lumber to build more ramps. I went to Tom Brown Park two weeks ago and now it’s a pump track. I took my midschool machine that’s 39.8 lbs……my Schwinn Hydramatic Comp

matty's guesses were crazy close

good job guys..good to have fun especially on some bikes..

Also would love to see matty take a 22” down the track just for comparison……in fact a whole 22” review

44/16... same gearing a lot of us were running in the early/mid '80s on our race bikes.

Great comparison!

Where else can a BMX track get 50 to 100 thousand views worth of advertising? This was a great video, guys!

Absolutely fantastic that they offer completely free to try events.

Hey guys, If you want to compare Freestyle vs the race, you need clip ons, Tire that can take same pressure in the tires and for the gearing look at the sprockey chart ratio calculator. What equal 16/44 with your rear pignon tooth on the freestyle is 9/25.

i have never rode clipped in, but i do have a technique, im sure others do as well, where you are of course , pushing down, but i let my shoe grip the pedals so i also do pull back and forward push as te pedals are at the angle coming around, you do get more efficient pedal strokes doing that, its more efficient and you get some more speed as well.

Good info needed this

I miss bmx race tracks I had the freestyle bike but I got to try the other racers racing bikes it's a big difference on the track for sure I was more of the dirt bike jumper and some parks back when I was 16 I'm 39 now but I'd love to try the track race scene again

Very cool Thank you for explaining

One trick I found to help balance on the gate is to keep your palms open on the bar until you get to the "riders ready" bit, then grip and go, works pretty good.

If Matty is going to Woodward for the USABMX Freestyle contest in May, There is also a PA state qualifier race on Saturday and Gold cup qualifier race on Sunday.

About clips - the “advantage” of applying power on the pull stroke is negligible. If you get a set of good mtb flats like some RaceFace Chesters you’ll get more than enough grip and more than enough downstroke power. What would really get you moving is what I used to do when I raced - run 45/16 or 56/16 gearing. Your gate start will be slightly slower but you end up with the power of a drag racer. Try it. Good flats and 46/16.

I raced for 17 years, no the clips are not more efficient giving you pulling pressure on the backstroke, testing has proved that this upsets your pedal stroke and from a power standpoint is negligible. The advantage of clips is being able keep your feet in place while you smash on the pedals and pedalling over stuff without having to keep your feet from blowing off. With proper pedalling technique on flat pedals in a standing sprint position generates pretty much the same amount of power. So while they are definitely an advantage in racing it’s one of those crutches to make a person more competitive without extensive practice and training. I did a lot of testing of flats vs clips and am def more consistent on the clips overall but had some of my fastest times on flats and have a much better start and first couple pedals being smoother and maximizing the downward pedal stroke with a mid foot pedal position than with lifting with the Blackfoot on clips which usually spins the wheel of upsets your gate start.

My first bmx when I started racing was a freestyle. I knew no different. But I learnt everything on that bike and when I upgraded to a race bike I shot up the rankings. As a full time bmx coach when kids want to get their first bike there budget needs to be second hand and under £150. There’s a kid at my local pump track who rides what looks like a toysrus bike. But he sends jumps and has the most ratings. The day he gets an actual real bike 💥

Now take the dirt jumper on the track 😅 would be pretty interesting

Yea! When you’re clipped in it allows you to use your hamstrings more! The push down is all quads and the pull is your hammies. If you start training your hamstrings you’ll get even faster 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

Put skinny tires on the freestyle bike and clip pedals

So you gotta do more tests now, onyx hubs vs profile hub, and different bottom brackets , put sinz wheelsets to the test, are blades spokes faster? Can it out run the po po?

Tysm

you should do a mtb enduro vs your race bike

One thing people got to learn on the gate... You do not put pressure against the pedal against the wheel against your forks against the.... The way to teach people how to balance on the gate is to make them sit on their seat with their feet kind of out to the side.... With just the pressure and the weight of their body sitting against the tire pressure of the gate use the handlebars to move the bikes left and right.... When you're putting pressure on the front pedal you are basically causing your bike to want to rotate one way or the other and caused you to fall..... You want to have your feet ready but you want to have a neutral... As soon as the gate sounds you want to pull yourself as hard as you can towards the handlebar pushing down on the pedal at the same time... It should look like as if you're trying to thrust against the handlebars make sure you're pulling your rear leg back to the and push that other pedal through the floor..... Also Park bikes versus race bikes you have to know the gear roll out another words the teeth on the front chainring versus the cog in the rear on both bikes come up to a mathematical thing called a gear ratio then the tire size and the type of tire determines the rollout if the rollout is the same on both bikes then it would be an even comparison based on weight only...

For a freestyle bike that was some good times!

i love how the race bike is being stopped a bit by the air pressure on the plate with number lol

I don't want to be nit picky ... but for those who don't know, this is an important bit of information. Clipless pedals allow you to "turn circles" If you are pushing and pulling, you are wasting a lot of potential and power. Even at a lower level of cycling (MTB) I learned to "turn circles" and focus / train for constant power input. It was explained to me that as your foot comes to the bottom of the stroke you should concentrate on a motion like you're trying to scrub dog poop off your shoe 🤣 Riding a road bike clipped in or riding on a bike stand is a good way to focus on getting the technique down, so that you can then apply it to other riding disciplines.

Good ol Barry nobles shreds on his race bike at a park

Thumbs up if you want to see "21 Levels of BMX" with Scotty and friends!

I'm curious to know that if you geared the freestyle bike the same as the gearing for your race bike how would those compare

Some things never change, i used to race BMX back in the 80's and we used 44 16 gear ratio then as well.

Time is a trip. The pro guy started the year I quit racing. Feel old now lol. Got kids now that want to ride so dad is gonna get back into the “old dudes wanna race again” club lol.

Would love to see Matty race the pro running the gate at full effort

nice vid i do both one thing not evry race bike should have click peddels or should have this or that

👌🏿 sick vid

Man, I remember when my all steel/chrome GT was 'the bike' to have for racing, back in early 90's. And was probably built to more of the freestyle dimensions lol.

Tbh it would be fair to say if mattys freestyle bmx had a cassette on it, it would be way more fair and equal to the race hub on that race bmx. Idk i could be wrong. Just a thought. Cause freecoaster slack could be a small reason why. Great video tho!!❤

I'd be curious to see how a race bike compares to freestyle bike like mine is set up. It's basically a trail bike, no pegs, straight cable, and pretty traditional geometry as I'm a mid school rider. but all of the parts are pretty lightweight and I have a bunch of ti stuff as well. I also run 28/9 gearing but in theory should be faster than 44/16. I dont see any reason why someone wouldn't be able to condition themselves to be quick out the gate on the 28/9 or i guess maybe 45/16 to avoid chain breakage

Do the supergoose repop versus the race bike next. I'm thinking the times would be closer.

I'm actually really surprised the times were as close as they were.

You guys should try the park gear on the race bike to match.

Wouldn't you want it to be heavier to conserve momentum better?

The reduced turning agility he felt on the freestyle bike was likely due to having heavier wheels. The heavier the wheel, the more angular momentum the wheel has, and the more it will resist being turned/leaned. It also has a big effect on acceleration out of the gate.

Try hydro brake from formula. World of difference vs your mechanical disk brake

Rad bro🎉

Now imagine if you had Profile racing Elite hubset with ceramic bearings and fully titanium freestyle frame, forks ,handlebars and spokes, cranks and Alienation acme ud carbon rims and time Xpro 15 carbon titanium clip pedals that freestyle bike with all those mods would most likely match the time of that race bike if not beat it

I would love to see how it would be with a oldschool mongooese bike - i think the gear ratio is better for racing

Matty when your against the gate, you have to rotate your wrist forewards. So when you pull your bars back and trow your waist forewards at the start, your hands are correct. Advice from old school bmx-er

you got will the thrill, now we need brandon leave em standin'

try scottys TI bike clipped in

I ride a Standard 125r, race trails n park.

DAMN noice I love going to a pump track

I need to come to america to ride a track and I hope to ride u guys I’ve been racing since I was 10 and I’m go to the world this year

i lover the coaster czu u jus hear tires rollin rohnd track

I mean... His freestyle bike is damn near an 80s flatland bike. Would be dope to see how a more trail oriented bike does with his beast butt pedaling it

What is the model of the mongoose racer please?

I wonder if Matty could recover those tenths of a second difference if he had the clip shoes and a cassette on his bmx bike.

Crazy guesses Matt! Also you seemed a little down. Maybe just me. Hope your doing okay bro.

You guys need to customize that title

Are race bikes decent for dirt jumps?

I looked at geometry between freestyle and BMX. They were almost identical. Unless you plan on only racing, I would get the freestyle bike. The BMX is purpose built.

Matt should get a THROWDWN

His estimation skills are on point lol

Matty and mario should race!

Try the race bike without clips and a sub 21inch frame the front end won't dive on you. I'm guessing your 5'9 155lbs? Never had clips we had Hutch bear traps ya get the same upstroke cause they're literally knives embedded into the Vans.

"F-150 will take the abuse" F-150 drives by in the background.

there’s a reason why sport bikes are a hell of a lot faster than harley’s and cruisers even tho they have smaller engines ergonomics is everything

Where can I order one?

17:20 sounds like fighting words lol

I bet your phones have a stop watch....😉 It might not be perfect, but likely good enough for knowing which is faster while you make the video.

Race BMX VS dirtjumper?

Can we see a quick race Mario vs Matty??

Mario's not a plumber no more 😂

Ayy I also have a mongoose bike for freestyle

Matty you want to start with your front pedal one or two clicks lower. That will help you get out of the gate faster. The higher your front pedal is the longer it will take you to get going.

7:33 DO YOUR HELMET UP PROPERLY.

The turning thing had to be the wider tires with less pressure

44 x 16 is my gear ratio for fixed gear tracklocross

Can noticed On bmx chain is in left side

I’m just gonna have to get faster… the proper race bike makes me feel like it’s just gonna fall apart underneath me but on my kink cloud i feel so much better but I’m honestly pretty slow so I’ll just have to do better as a racer because I love my bike and don’t want a different bike. Her name is raven.

next should be all of the bikes he has.

You guys should upgrade the race bike and see what upgrades make the biggest difference

I had a Specialized Hemi Fatboy as a teenager and man that bike would rip. Im trying to understand why isn’t there a market for larger more comfortable frame bike with larger tires with the BMX Racing DNA instead of all the gears or shocks we keep seeing in the adult space. I want to jump on a bike and get ridiculously aggressive on the jump and get ridiculous speed through my dense city.

Maddie could handle a bigger ratio. I ran 46/14 on DH BMX tracks and 45/16 on flat tracks. There are way more options for him than there were for my own bike in the late 90s lol as far as tire size goes: we used to DJ on our race bikes... be a chameleon!!!

It's kinda unfair to compare a racing bike with a freewheel to a freestyler with a freecoaster. It should be a cassette

I'm here! Thanks for all yall do guys! Dred your 5 and I'm 6