BMX Boys Have A Lot Of Fun, said the oddly Beach Boys - style song released in the 1980's to celebrate the BMX bike and its riders. No doubt, a lot of them did. Stunts and moves never before possible on a bicycle were suddenly available to every kid lucky enough to wake up one Christmas or birthday to find the rugged BMX waiting for them. Because they had no gears, a phenomenal degree of effort was required to gain any speed whatsoever, but the BMX still became the dominant bike for quite some time.