Bike World Records

Jose Manuel Martin Molina rides his red BMX across a palm-lined plaza in Ayamonte, Spain, and five times in 20 seconds he pitches forward over the handlebars, flips upside down and lands on his feet. After every landing he grabs the bike, hops back on and rolls straight into the next one. We counted all five flips in his continuous 20-second clip, filmed from a fixed camera with the plaza's bandstand behind him. Most riders spend years trying not to go over the bars; he does it on purpose, on repeat.

Jose Manuel Martin Molina flips his red BMX upside down in a parking garage in Ayamonte, Spain, stands it on its front end with the back wheel pointing at the ceiling, and climbs onto the pedals. From there he bounces the whole bike off the concrete 27 times in just over nine seconds, then jumps clear and catches the bike before it tips. We counted every hop frame by frame in his single continuous take, and the sound of each landing matches the count. Riding a bike is hard enough the right way up.

Jose Manuel Martin Molina rode a red BMX backwards around an empty parking lot in Ayamonte, Spain, for two minutes, 13.06 seconds, sitting on the handlebars facing the rear wheel and pedaling in slide sandals. He climbs on in front of the camera, loops the lot past a Dia supermarket and rolls back up to the lens with both thumbs in the air. RecordSetter checked the uninterrupted phone footage, which shows him on the bike from the moment his feet leave the ground until the clip ends. Every turn is steered with the handlebars behind his back.

Jose Manuel Martin Molina grips the handlebars of his parked red BMX, walks his feet high up a whitewashed wall in Ayamonte, Spain, and lowers himself toward the bars and presses back up 22 times. The 39 second clip is one continuous take, with his feet on the wall from the first press until he steps down and two short pauses with his arms locked out. RecordSetter counted every press frame by frame, each one bending his elbows and finishing with straight arms. Think of it as an upside-down push-up on a bike that has to stay perfectly still.

Jose Manuel Martin Molina performed 211 BMX back peg pogo hops while facing away from the bike in a parking garage in Ayamonte, Spain. With the handlebars behind his back and the front wheel raised, he kept hopping as he turned across the garage floor. Video review supports his stated count and shows the backwards-facing stance throughout the run. A familiar trick, turned around.

Jose Manuel Martin Molina turns his BMX handlebars around backwards, stands up with both feet on the top tube and front hops 158 times through an underground parking garage in Ayamonte, Spain. The single take runs about 54 seconds with the back wheel in the air the whole time: he hops from the far garage door up to the camera, passes it side-on, then turns and hops back the way he came. RecordSetter's frame-by-frame motion count backs up his 158 at a steady pace of about three hops per second. Even the steering works in reverse on this one.

Jose Manuel Martin Molina of Ayamonte, Spain flips his red BMX upside down, stands it up on the back wheel and pogo hops on the back pegs for 150 hops in an underground parking garage. The low-angle video is a single 63-second take: he climbs onto the inverted bike in the first few seconds, then keeps hopping across the garage toward the far door without a foot touching the floor. RecordSetter tracked his feet frame by frame and measured a steady pace of about three hops per second, which backs up his count. Same bike, new way up.

Jose Manuel Martin Molina rode a green mountain bike around an empty parking lot in Ayamonte, Spain, for four minutes, 59.70 seconds without holding the handlebars, tongue out the whole way. The phone camera stands in the middle of the lot and follows him in one continuous take as he loops past the buildings, hands at his sides or resting on his thighs, with the tongue showing each time he passes side-on. RecordSetter checked the uninterrupted footage, which runs just over five minutes from first frame to last. All the steering comes from his hips.

Jose Manuel Martin Molina of Ayamonte, Spain stands on the front pegs of his BMX and hops on the front wheel, rear wheel held high, in front of an underground garage door. The clip is one continuous take at a steady pace of about four hops per second until he drops the back wheel and rides off. RecordSetter counted the run frame by frame and against the sound of each landing, the same whole-run way the previous mark of 46 was counted. Quick feet and a very patient front tire.

Jose Manuel Martin Molina of Ayamonte, Spain stands on the back pegs of his red BMX and pogo hops on the rear wheel, front wheel pointed at the ceiling, for 1,143 hops in an underground parking garage. The low-angle video is a single 7 minute 35 second take with no cuts: he is already up on the back wheel in the first frame and stays there until he steps off at the end. RecordSetter measured a steady pace of about two and a half hops per second across the take, which covers his count with room to spare. Calves of steel.

Jose Manuel Martin Molina of Ayamonte, Spain stands on the front pegs of his red BMX and pogo hops on the front wheel, rear wheel held high, for 768 hops in an underground parking garage. The low-angle video is a single 5 minute 23 second take with no cuts, and he bounces his way from the far garage door right up to the camera without ever touching down. RecordSetter checked the footage frame by frame and found a steady rhythm of about three hops per second, more than enough to cover his count. Legs of steel, and a garage floor that has seen a lot of rubber.

Seven-year-old Parker Gray sat on his BMX in a quiet street in Newport, South Wales, while his mum and dad turned a long blue skipping rope over him, and he bunny hopped the bike clear of it 17 times in a row. The video was shot on a phone held in one turner's rope hand, and RecordSetter counted the rope turns in the single unedited take: 18 turns in about 24 seconds, with the 18th catching his front wheel to end the run. Skipping is hard enough without a bike under you.

Jose Manuel Martin Molina of Ayamonte, Spain stands on the front pegs of his red BMX and hops on the front wheel 199 times, rear wheel held high, across a sunny tiled courtyard below a whitewashed bell tower. The low-angle phone video is a single 65 second take with no cuts: he starts by the stairs at the far end and keeps a steady three hops per second all the way to the camera before riding off. RecordSetter tracked every landing frame by frame and counted 199, nine more than his own previous mark of 190. The over-45 bracket has never looked so bouncy.

Spanish BMX rider Jose Manuel Martin Molina turned a niche balance challenge into a 60-jump mark, bouncing through back wheel pogo jumps on a BMX bike for 15 seconds while wearing a lifejacket in Ayamonte. The record combines BMX control with a deliberately odd constraint: the front wheel stays up, the lifejacket stays on, and every counted hop has to land cleanly on the back wheel.

Jose Manuel Martin Molina performed 157 BMX front hops while standing on the frame. Molina has set several RecordSetter marks, and this category is part of an active group of BMX riders who have been trading competitive records.

58-year-old BMX rider Martin Tuson of Bangor, Northern Ireland, did 148 inverted-grip front hops in a row in the Bangor Elim Church car park on a windy day. With his palms facing up on the bars, he keeps the rear wheel in the air and bounces on the front wheel for close to 50 seconds without stepping off. The run is filmed in one continuous take, and its pace matches the 148-hop count. Not bad for a blustery afternoon.