Number Plates and Numbers

Number plates used for racing will have a certain background and number colour combination, depending on your class. Number colours can be purchased when buying the number plate either from the club or a bike shop (of course a second hand one is also fine). There are a few different number plate sizes available, simply match it up to your handle bar size/bike size.

The following plate and number colours must be used:

• Mini Wheeler (balance bike) – Purple plate, white numbers

• Sprocket (U7) – Orange plate, black numbers

• Challenge boys/ men – Yellow plate, black numbers

• Challenge girls/ women – Blue plate, white numbers

• Cruiser Category – Red plate, white numbers

• Elite, men & women – White plate, black numbers

• Junior elite men & women – Black plate, white numbers

• Superclass men & women - Same colour as Challenge classes. Only riders with International Elite Number (formerly known as the Permanent Career Number) can ride with white plate, black numbers in a Superclass event.

These are the basic colours used at club level and will be all you need to know to get started, there are some other combinations required for highly competitive events.

Choosing a number

Numbers form 1-8 are not allowed, these are reserved for riders who have competed in state/national events and placed 1 to 8 in the final. All other numbers from 09-999 are allowed, if there is a duplicate number it usually won’t cause a problem at club level as the scoring system uses a unique transponder number to identify each rider.

Maitland BMX Club sells number plates for $30 which includes both the plate and numbers. These can be purchased on Tuesday or Friday night events from sign on.