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Remember last week’s story about the Coaster Brake Challenge? Well, this was the bike that Kyle from Golden Saddle built up post-haste for the last race of the year. At the time, he wanted to save up for something special but with a race rapidly approaching, he had to go quick and easy…
Klunkers and Cruisers, the early mountain bikes, took to the fire roads of Marin back in the 1970’s. Klunkers had a derailleur and hand brakes while Cruisers had coaster brakes only. The disambiguation of these two terms doesn’t count for much these days, as just about any bike that looks like this will be dubbed a “klunker”. We the People’s newest bike, the Avenger, is a 27.5″ rigid MTB with klunker/cruiser feels and disc brakes. We’ll look at the predecessor to this bike, a 26″ version, in detail this week but this bike, with a coaster brake would be all kinds of fun! Or just ride it as is. See more on the Avenger at We the People and see more photos below.
Our girl Jorja takes her job working at the Crust Bikes OZ HQ very seriously!
Follow Freehub’s paper boy, Scotty Scamehorn, as he heads out on his Monday delivery route for Freehub Magazine!
Caroline Buchanan stars in this super short remake of the movie RAD and I just wish it was a full-length!
FBM’s Steve Crandall talks to DIG BMX about his life and his art. If you’re a fan of Crandall, or even just FBM, I highly suggest this watch!
I love seeing clips like this from the Tour! See the other view at Twitter.
This entire project is so rad, from the concept, to the Squid Bikes frame, to the build and Travis from PAUL‘s press-release, which you can read in full below!
“The bike is done, and you can have it!
Wow, remember when we sent out that last teaser press release about the sweet custom bike we were building for Sierra Nevada Brewery to show off at this year’s Sea Otter Classic?”
Kriss Kyle is a household name in the land of BMX, and if he keeps riding mountain bikes, there will be good things to come!
How a shop uses their retail floor and what they display there says a lot about their business model. I’ll go out on a limb here and say that most shops reserve the floor for items which are for sale and they’ll hang or display specialty, not-for-sale items outside of the consumable area. Well, that’s not the case at Cape Town, South Africa’s Woodstock Cycleworks. Nils and his team are literally swimming in bikes, both complete and in framesets. As we saw in our Shop Visit, the space is made by the bikes, not vice versa. Some shops’ spaces are made for the bikes. Here, you move throughout a myriad of frames, museum pieces and yes, items for sale.
After an initial walkthrough, two bikes that really resonated with me were these: a Hansom Track and a strange, BMX designed to incorporate a shovel. One is what many would consider a pristine example of a South African frame and the other, well, I dunno what it’s purpose is or was.
The BMX
Nils, or perhaps it was someone else, discovered this bike in a dumpster, outside a school. It seems it was a project of a student and aside from its obvious metaphor of working on bike trails with a shovel, it serves no current purpose at the shop, other than to cause inquiries by people like me.
Hansom Track R5000
Hansom is one of the most distinguishable South African builders and in his day as a builder, Gotty Hansom built a number of road and track bikes from Tange, Reynolds and Columbus tubing. This bike, in particular, was made from 531 and sports some very tight clearances. Currently, it’s listed on Woodstock’s for sale page…
Just because you’re a grom doesn’t mean you don’t deserve a BMX that fits you. FBM takes on smaller frames for younger riders with the Halafast frames. Check out all the information at FBM!
Welcome to Skidsville. Population, all of us. Nicely done!
This is a must-watch for cycling buffs of all walks. Er, rolls. Whatever!
World Famous wheelie master RRDBlocks and the Cycle Squad Maniaccs talk about NYC livin’ and what bicycles mean to them. These guys have insane bike control, don’t miss this video!
Harrison Boyce and Nigel teamed up to make a unique video looking at the streets, sand, water, and air surrounding Dubai.
Ask anyone who makes frames here in the USA and they’ll tell you it ain’t easy, especially Steve Crandall. While it ain’t easy, we’re glad you do. Keep at it, dudes!
Robbie Miranda, ex-pro and living legend BMX rider, is now a sheriff deputy and he recently took his issued MTB on a mega ramp!
I can’t even think of anything to write here. Just watch it!