Collection: Torker BIG BMX Collection

Torker Racing — Est. 1976 · Fullerton, California

THE BIG BMX
Collection

The MX26 and MX29 get their name from the original Torker MX, built in 1976 and later renamed the “Big Bike” in 1978. While the Big Bike was actually a large 20", we thought bringing back the MX name for our BIG BMX line was a fitting nod to that naming history.

Ready to ride BIG? Check out our MX26, MX29, Barbarian 2, Fiola Freestyle, Diesel, and Freestylist Big BMX Bikes.

Where It Starts

Built Big From the Beginning

In 1976, Kevin McNeal needed a frame that fit him. None of the BMX frames available did. So John Johnson at Torker built the MX — pro-size, 20-inch top tube, forward-facing dropouts, chromoly rails. BMX Action called it a "Fiendishly Seductive Racing Bike." That frame launched a brand. The idea of building BMX for a bigger rider has been in Torker's DNA since day one.

By 1981, Torker had a 26-inch Cruiser — joining a brief moment when the whole industry went big. SE had the OM Flyer. Mongoose had the Kos Kruiser. Schwinn had the King Sting. DG, Powerlite, CW, GT, and the Nomorea Cruiser all had 26-inch bikes in the lineup. A handful of pros took them seriously and actually raced: Scot Breithaupt, Jeff Kosmala, Clint Miller on the Torker 26-inch Cruiser, and Turnell Henry. Then every brand walked away. The 26-inch format disappeared from BMX for twenty years.

What's come back since — the MX26 and MX29, the Barbarian 26, the Fiola Freestyle 26, the Diesel 26 and 29, the Freestylist 26 and 29 — isn't just a nod to that early-80s moment. It's a proper program, built for a generation of riders who deserve more than a scaled-up kids' race frame.

"Kevin McNeal was a California State Champion. He won the Grandnationals. The original MX was built for him because nothing else fit — a bigger rider with a brutal style. We named the MX26 and MX29 in his honor. That's not marketing. That's history."

Every Big Bike we build today traces back to that original thinking. The Barbarian 26 carries Clint Miller's legacy — the man who won the first IBMXF World Pro Championship ever held, on a Torker LP, in 1980. The Freestylist carries Martin Aparijo's 1984 design, a frame so rare fewer than 75 were ever built. The Fiola carries Eddie Fiola, who rode Torker early in his career before becoming one of the most recognized names in the history of the sport. These aren't names we borrowed. They're names that belong here.

The Big Bike Timeline

1976 to Now

1976

The MX. First Torker ever built. Pro-size, built for Kevin McNeal. BMX Action: "Fiendishly Seductive Racing Bike."

1980

Clint "The Barbarian" Miller wins the first IBMXF World Pro Championship — on a Torker LP. The world's first BMX Pro World Champion was a Torker rider. The Barbarian 26 carries his name.

1981

First 26-inch Cruiser. Clint Miller races it. Torker joins a brief industry-wide 26-inch moment alongside SE, Mongoose, Schwinn, GT and others. Then the whole industry walks away to 24-inch. The 26-inch format disappears for twenty years.

1984

Martin Aparijo designs the Torker Freestylist. Fewer than 75 were ever built before bankruptcy ended the Fullerton era. The rarest old-school Torker frame in existence. Now back in 26 and 29.

2022

Torker relaunches. Family-scale, BMX-only, back in the hands of people who actually race. Big Bikes are part of the program from the start.

2026

50th Anniversary. The MX26, MX29, Barbarian 26, Fiola Freestyle 26, Diesel 26 and 29, Freestylist 26 and 29 — all live. Eight years of production. Forty-two years of waiting.

For the Riders Who Never Left. And the Ones Just Finding Out.

The Big Bike keeps riders in their 40s, 50s, and 60s on the track — on a frame built for their size, not just scaled awkwardly from a kids' race bike. And it's pulling a new generation toward a format that feels like nothing else in BMX. Both are worth building for. That's why we do this.

Eight years in Fullerton. Forty-two years of waiting. We're back.