The Past, The Pedal, The Future

Dickie Badger
The Past,
The Pedal,
The Future
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BMX · Sport History · Street Culture

The Past,
The Pedal,
The Future

Six decades of dirt, steel, and the sport that raised a generation

From a cracked concrete car park in California to the Olympic velodrome. From banana-seat Schwinn Sting-Rays to carbon-fibre race machines. From thirty-five kids with no helmets to twenty thousand screaming spectators. This is the full story of BMX — how it started, how it nearly died, and how it came back harder than ever. Six chapters. Six decades. One sport that refuses to quit.
Gate’s up. This is where it started.
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“If you ever built a pallet ramp, ate dirt for fun — this one’s for you.”

Dickie Badger grew up on the cracked concrete of Gorleston-on-Sea, where BMX wasn’t a hobby — it was the only thing that made sense in the world. Turns out half the planet felt the same way.

The BMX series traces the sport from its California origins through every decade of evolution — racing, freestyle, street, park, dirt, flatland — following the riders, the culture, and the near-death moments that make the sport’s survival all the more remarkable.

All books are published through Own Your Narrative Ltd. New titles are released as research and riding allows.