does makishima have any backstory?
He indeed has one. Generally speaking, and while the Yowapeda cast doesn’t feature overly developed background stories -you’ll find there’s hardly anything mentioned about families or relatives, for instance-, the mangaka makes sure to at least include some backstory for all relevant characters, so that we get to know about them, their personalities and motivations.
Regarding Makishima, his backstory is explained in the Spare Bike chap.1-4. These are extra chapters centering in some characters prior to the current events in the manga, and I think they haven’t been reprinted in any other media yet; hence, some are rather hard to get. So far, I know of 11 Spare Bike chapters:
Spare Bike chap.1-4: Makishima Yuusuke 1-4(Published in Weekly Shounen Champion issues 38-41, 2012.)
Spare Bike chap.5-6: Shinkai Hayato 1-2(I think these were published in Weekly Shounen Champion issues 4+5 and 6 in 2013, but I’m not completely sure.)
Spare Bike chap.7-10: Arakita Yasutomo 1-4(Included with the limited editions of the Yowamushi Pedal DVD/Blu-Ray discs vol.1-4, released in December 2013- March 2014.)
Spare Bike chap.11: Souhoku Koukou (Souhoku High School)(Published in Bessatsu Shounen Champion issue 5, 2014)
I thought of mentioning this because Sleeping Dragons scanlated the Spare Bike chapters 1, 3 and 4; since they released them at the same time as vol.12, Mangahere numbered them as being part of said volume (labeling them as “chap.103.1-4”). This seemed to have caused some confusion among readers, who then assumed the Spare Bike chapters were extras published in the original manga volumes as well.
All that unasked about information aside Σ(ﾟﾛﾟ｣)｣ the Spare Bike chap.1-4 expand Makishima’s story as he refers it to Onoda in chap.37 (vol.5), which is precisely titled “Makishima”. In these extra chapters we see Makishima as he just enters Souhoku High School and joins its cycling club; at first, Makishima faces rejection by his teachers because of his behavior (he’s criticized for every little thing he does that doesn’t comply with the rules, such as slouching when walking or placing the notebook in an angled position when writing, since he’s left-handed), and by his seniors at the club because of his unique Dancing technique. The chapters then tell about how he interacts with Kinjou and Tadokoro, as the three of them have a somewhat awkward relationship at first, partly because of Kinjou being considered a very promising and strong cyclist from the beginning; as we know, Makishima and Tadokoro had to work hard to make it where they stand now, and at least in the first’s case, to prove his seniors they were wrong about him and his cycling. We also get a glimpse of Tooji Kanzaki in his days as Souhoku’s captain, and we learn about the way he supported Makishima back then… Until the moment Makishima wins his first important tournament, the Minegayama Hill Climb race (where, as it’s shown in the second part of the manga, he still holds the time record). These Spare Bike chapters will finally reveal one of Makishima’s motivations for biking is that he can be free when riding -i.e. ride as he feels like-, as opposed to following all the rules imposed onto him.
I wrote about Makishima in the Spare Bike chapters in this other post (actually a reply to an Ask I received about Tooji Kanzaki)… but I’m redirecting you to reading the chapters themselves as scanlated by Sleeping Dragons (in Mangahere’s Yowapeda page; as I mentioned above, those are labeled “chap.103.1”, “103.3" and "103.4”). The Spare Bike chap.2 doesn’t seem to be available in the net, hence Sleeping Dragons didn’t scanlate it, sadly.
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