It’s easy to use the symbol “4X” when referring to Brian Lopes—not only is Lopes a four-time UCI World Champion, but his name has become synonymous with the mountain biking discipline of four-cross, in which he also holds multiple titles as a USA Cycling National Champion and a UCI World Cup Champion.
At a racing age of 42 today, Lopes was only 4-1/2 when he won his first BMX race in 1975. “I did well,” Lopes says, “and I thought, ‘Okay, I can do this.’ ” Lopes stuck with BMX until he was about 9 years old and then pursued other sports such as baseball and soccer. “I still rode every day and … More