List of BMX bicycle manufacturers

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The Haro Freestyle BMX bike

List of BMX bicycles is a list of former and current manufacturers of BMX bicycles.

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BMX bicycles

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E

F

  • Fuji Bikes  – Japanese Manufacturer of bicycles

G

  • GHP BMX Frame, fork, bars and seat post manufacturer [9]
  • GT Bicycles a freestyle BMX bike with pegs. [10]

H

  • Haro named for Bob Haro it was a freestyle BMX bike with pegs. [10]
  • Huffy  – Bicycle manufacturer and brand of Ohio, U.S.
  • Hutch BMX  – American BMX bicycle manufacturer

J

  • JMC BMX Chrome Moly BMX frame and forks [11]

K

L

Laguna BMX bike [13]

M

  • Mongoose  – BMX Bicycle manufacturer [14]
  • Murray In 1977, again following a youth trend, Murray introduced its BMX model.

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P

  • Patterson Racing - chrome molly BMX frames and forks. [15]

R

  • Race Inc. BMX bicycle frame manufacturer [16]
  • Redline Bicycles is an American company offering BMX, freestyle, cyclocross, mountain (MTB), and road bicycles
  • Robinson Pro BMX bike company started by Chuck Robinson. [17]

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T

  • Torker Started in 1977 manufacturing a BMX bike frame. [22] The first Haro bikes were made by Torker. [23]

W

  • West Coast Cycle produced the brand Cyclepro BMX [24]

See also

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