Video: Christian Rigal Brings BMX Skills & Speed to the Trails by SCOTT-Sports

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Klunk (Jul 13, 2021 at 9:04)

BMX riders: doing mountain bikes better.

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themouse77 (Jul 13, 2021 at 9:38)

almost all ways

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Hogfly (Jul 13, 2021 at 10:23)

Man, the core BMX crowd is going to hate it. They're seriously starting to get angry about all the crossover to MTB. Brad Simms is straight up trolling them now, though. "The bigger the wheel, the bigger the paycheck."

Also: after that state of the industry Pinkbike article, it's pretty disturbing to think that BMX riders make even less money than pro MTB riders.

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krka73 (Jul 13, 2021 at 12:04)

I guess wearing a helmet was part of his CANYON deal...

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nyhc00 (Jul 13, 2021 at 12:28)

Bmx’ers are their own worst enemy and always have been. Any deviation from what’s cool or stepping outside of the box the industry has you in has always been trashed.

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nickgarrison (Jul 13, 2021 at 13:08)

It seems like pro BMX riders do a really good job at marketing themselves towards the subset of bmx riders that have the least amount of money; 18-21 year olds. They won't market themselves towards kids that have parents willing to spend money.

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championpsychlist (Jul 13, 2021 at 16:36)

@nyhc00: Not all BMXers! But yes, for the most part, we often punch ourselves in the privates quite a bit. Some of us are working to change that!

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nyhc00 (Jul 13, 2021 at 17:22)

@championpsychlist: I’m 43, started racing bmx at 7 and did my last race at 22 with some gaps in there. Rode trails, street & park till just a few years ago so I’ve seen quite a bit with trends. Dudes my age (not all) get stuck in the FBM era and it’s laughable at their antiquated view on modern riding.

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championpsychlist (Jul 14, 2021 at 10:10)

@nyhc00: So, so, yes to what you just said. I rode disc brakes when we were doing x-games/downhill BMX and it was almost incomprehensible until about two years ago. It (we) can be finicky. But I am sure you know all of the quirks!

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gregs22 FL (Jul 13, 2021 at 10:04)

Rad edit! Such an amazing rider and I love seeing high speed jibbing.

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Tortatortatorta (Jul 13, 2021 at 10:07)

That was sick! Glad to see him ruling both dirt and street.

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Voreis (Jul 13, 2021 at 13:14)

This is rad!!

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ChristianRigal (Jul 13, 2021 at 23:51)

Cheers my friend!

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Adambanton (Jul 13, 2021 at 16:13)

The speed was impressive on the edit, good work!

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filmdrew (Jul 13, 2021 at 12:58)

Nice! Like the style.
Short travel + going down a frame size = lots more fun

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freerideneverdies (Jul 13, 2021 at 15:04)

170 mm is short travel???

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lifeofloon (Jul 13, 2021 at 14:37)

@Pinkbike why can't I add video to my Favorites on the mobile platform? Sick edit!

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Sshredder (Jul 13, 2021 at 10:16)

The man is smooth!

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jacobmx360 (Jul 13, 2021 at 12:15)

Was that the volker rock?

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Nivar (Jul 13, 2021 at 12:28)

different rock i think but they look crazy similar

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watchtower (Jul 13, 2021 at 13:02)

San Diego looks like an awesome place.

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Cyberhatter (Jul 20, 2021 at 9:15)

ITs ok but all the riding is illegal. That spot could be gone already. LOL.

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paulgenovese (Jul 13, 2021 at 19:05)

That was awesome Christian

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ChristianRigal (Jul 13, 2021 at 23:51)

Thanks Paul!

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braydonbr (Jul 13, 2021 at 15:32)

Nice work Christian!

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ChristianRigal (Jul 13, 2021 at 23:51)

Thanks man, so fun!