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BMX
Bicycle motocross or BMX refers to the sport in which the main goal is extreme racing on bicycles in motocross style on tracks with inline start and expressive obstacles, and it is also the term that refers to the bicycle itself that is designed for dirt and motocross cycling.- History :BMX started...
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Bicycle
A bicycle, also known as a bike, pushbike or cycle, is a human-powered, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, having two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A person who rides a bicycle is called a cyclist, or bicyclist....
s and bmx parts from Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It sells complete bicycles as well as frames and parts. It is owned by former riders Klaus Dyba and Harry Schmid who took over the full rights to the company in 2000.
Their pro team ('pro with flow'), an up to date version of which always exists on the company web site, currently consists of:
- Andrew Jackson (USA)
- Chester Blacksmith (USA)
- Mike Brennan (USA)
- Stephen Lilly (USA)
- Bjoern Elvering (DE)
- James Smith (UK)
- Alejandro Caro (CO)
- Cooper Brownlee (AUS)(also Aus TM)
- Hannu Cools (BE)
- Jason Phelan (IRE)
- Cathal Seoighe (IRE) (Biography - "one million shades of red" - OUT NOW)
- Luc Legrand (FR)
- Max Gaertig (DE)
- Conor McDonnell (IRE)
- Sam Lowe (CA)
- David "Slash McScash" Sciascia (IRE/MXO)
- Will Jackson (UK)
- Yossy Yoshitani (JP)
They also have an international team which they call 'flow but pro'. These riders are also often, but not always supported through the wethepeople distributors.
The company is based around the freestyle area of BMX and currently have no part in BMX racing. Wethepeople also have connections with the bmx brands Salt(beginner, intermediate and pro bmx parts) and Eclát (high-end bmx parts brand) and a distribution network for Germany called Traffic Distribution.