The Bills Bike Barn Team of Omaha, NE. We thought this truck made us look faster!

Brad (#27) racing the 1976 NBL Gateway Nationals in St. Louis, MO.

Brad (#27) dicing through the whoops at the 1976 NBL Gateway Nationals in St. Louis, MO

Showing off the spoils of a weekend BMX race during the Summer Tour 1976. Brad (left side)

The boys from Nebraska during the 1976 BMX Summer Tour

Brad Fanshaw and Scot Breithaupt tackle the legendary Rancho San Diego downhill track on a sidehack

Doing a school jumping demonstration to promote BMX in 1976. Brad was photographed by the Omaha newspaper doing a cross-up

At a track in Collinsville, IL, Brad styles with a full lay-back style jump on his Mongoose bike

Vintage BMX racer; Mongoose frame, Redline forks, Ashtabula cranks and KKT pedals

While working as Editor of ABA Action and Assistant Editor of Bicycles and Dirt Magazine, Brad was always working on test bikes.

Powerslide through a berm at Gnarlsbad BMX track in Omaha, Nebraska. Brad raced here with friends Tim Lillethorup, Chris Heydan, Greg Grubbs and others.

Brad showing off his bunny-hop skill at a BMX track.

Brad was the Vice President of the ABA (American Bicycle Association), here he is preparing for the national Anthem with BMX racer Eric Carter.

A studio photo shot by Brad while he was Assistant Editor of Bicycles and Dirt Magazine.

An action photo shot by Brad while he was Editor ABA Action/Assistant Editor of Bicycles and Dirt Magazine.

Brad shot this photo of Mike King in Colorado during a photo shoot to promote Huffy BMX.

Brad is shown interviewing BMX Pro racer Clint Miller at the ABA Grand Nationals in the early 1980's.

Posing for a photo that would appear in his ABA Action column entitled Views and News. From the way Brad is dressed it is certainly the early 1980's.

BMX PIONEER

BMX was the sport of choice for Brad Fanshaw and he quickly became an accomplished racer and stylish jumper. He began racing in San Diego, California at legendary tracks like The Bike Shop of El Cajon and Rancho San Diego. When his family moved to Omaha, Nebraska he was not discouraged, he and his father helped to create the first BMX track and he introduced his new Midwestern friends to racing.

Due to his participation in the formative years of BMX in California, he calls many of the BMX legends personal friends. His experience and ability saw him race at the PRO level and be ranked in the top 15 nationally. He leveraged his BMX career to get a job at the sanctioning body for BMX. His creative writing and photography skills helped him become an employee of the American Bicycle Association directly from school. He was hired as the Editor of its publication and quickly rose to become the Vice President.

In later years, everything came full circle when Brad's company bonspeedMedia was hired by the ABA to help with branding and expansion of their league. bonspeedMedia was also tasked with helping the ABA in the involvement with getting BMX racing into the 2008 Olympics.

In 2010, Brad Fanshaw was inducted into the Nebraska BMX Racing Hall of Fame.