News Bike Checks

Photo by Sandy Carson

The Duganator has a sweet gallery / bike check up on ESPN. Clocking in at 22 pounds, his bike is light and fast. Click HERE to launch the gallery.

Gary Young has a bike check up over at the Sunday site. We noticed some kids happened to spy that he’s not running his own grips right now and that’s mainly because he’s in the process of updating his signature grip so he’s trying out some other ones to see what changes he wants. Also, the Gary Young bar will also be getting a fresh update soon so keep an eye out for that as well!

Check out the pics above and then play Pong when you’re done!
Oh and you might as well watch his Tunnel edit again, too.

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FRAME: Cult Bad Boy, 20.5″
FORK: Race Fork Classic
BARS: Cult (Samples)
STEM: Mind Control Stem
HEADSET: Odyssey
GRIPS: Cult (Samples)
TIRE (F): Aitken, K-Lyte, 2.25″
TIRE (R): Path, 2.1″
RIMS: G-Sport Ribcage
HUB (F): G-Sport Marmoset
HUB (R): G-Sport Ratchet, 9t
HUB GUARD: G-Sport Ratchet Guard
PEGS: JPeg Lighter
CHAIN: Shadow, Half-link
SPROCKET: Cult Leader, 28t
CRANKS: Twombolt, 175mm
PEDALS: Trailmix
SEAT: Senior 2, Pivotal
SEAT POST: Animal Wedge Post

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A Dakota Roche G-Sport edit is currently in progress. We met up with him last week to get some clips and he basically cranked out over half of the edit in one day, a few bangers included. If you’re wondering what he’s riding these days, it’s basically all Cult, Odyssey and G-Sport goods. Click around the flipbook above to get the parts list.

Hit up DigBMX.com for a bike check and a fun Q&A with Tom Dugan.

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FRAME: Eastern Journey, 21″
FORK: Freestyle Fork
BARS: Aaron Ross Spacebars
STEM: Elementary
HEADSET: Odyssey
GRIPS: Adam Banton 2
LEVERS: Monolever, Medium
BRAKES: Evo II
GYRO: GTX-R
TIRE (F): Aitken, 2.25″, Prototype
TIRE (R): Aitken, 1.9″, Prototype
RIMS: Seven K-A
HUB (F): G-Sport Marmoset
HUB (R): G-Sport Ratchet, 9t
HUB GUARD: G-Sport Ratchet Guard
SPOKES: HGS, White
PEGS: G-Sport Plegs
CHAIN: Eastern Half-Link
SPROCKET: Million Dollar Sprocket, 28t
CRANKS: Twombolt, 175mm
PEDALS: JCPC
SEAT: Senior 2, Pivotal

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Adam Banton just sent us some new pics of his bike. The theme is freestyle and the white tanwall rims are in full effect. If the fist of post rule looks like it’s being violated, that’s because Morgan Wade dropped his seat for him so could learn decades and opposite whips. Lowering it has helped a lot and it doesn’t look like it’ll be coming up again any time soon; “You don’t mess with someone who looped Mt. Baldy.”

Click around the flipbook above to get fresh.
Keep up with Adam via twitter.com/adambanton!

Oh and if you want to learn how to Luc-E grind, watch Adam’s how-to video.

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FRAME: Subrosa Villicus, 20.5″
FORK: Subrosa Alameda
BARS: Subrosa Pandora, 8.25″
STEM: Classic Front Load
HEADSET: Generic
GRIPS: Subrosa Villicus
TIRES: Aitken, 2.25″
RIM (F): Quadrant
RIM (R): Seven K-A
HUB (F): Vandero 2
HUB (R): V3 Cassette, 9t
CHAIN: Shadow
SPROCKET: Burlington 28t
CRANKS: Twombolt, 175mm
PEDALS: Twisted PC
SEAT: Subrosa

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Hoang Tran built up a new bike recently and it’s looking slick. He has a lot of our Fire Engine Red parts on it (coming soon) and it’s looking great with his new signature frame. Click around the flipbook above to check it out!

Thanks to Josh Hayes for the pics!

Sunday posted some pics of Aaron’s Watermelon bike the other day and if you’re interested in what parts he’s running, here’s the list. Also, in case you guys are wondering, matching Watermelon Spacebars and Director Forks are scheduled to come sometime in May!

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This sidehack is going on a world tour with Nitro Circus and will most likely be clocking some air time on their portable ‘mini’ mega-ramp!

FRAME: Sunday 2nd Wave x Impakt Sidehack
FORK: Director Fork
BARS: Sunday Triumph
STEM: Classic Top Load
HEADSET: Short Stack
GRIPS: Griswald
LEVER: Monolever, Medium
BRAKE (F): Evo II
TIRES: Aitken, Redwall, 2.25″
RIM (F): Seven K-A
RIM (R): Hazard Lite
RIM (3rd): Seven K-A
HUB (F): G-Sport Marmoset
HUB (R): V3 Cassette, 9t
HUB (3rd): G-Sport Marmoset
CHAIN: KMC
SPROCKET: Burlington, 27t
CRANKS: Twombolt, 175mm
PEDALS: Twisted PC
SEAT CLAMP: Mr. Clampy Too
SEAT: Senior 2, Pivotal

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We spent a day last week at one of Nitro Circus‘ training facilities and got to witness an assortment of wheeled vehicles get launched into the air. Among them was the Sunday x Impakt Sidehack shown in the flipbook above. This is Impakt’s ‘Elite’ custom sidehack and it’s more dialed than ever! Loaded with Odyssey components, this 3-wheeler is well equipped to take on the toll of Nitro Circus’ ‘mini’ mega-ramp. A couple brave souls took on the challenge and though the first attempts were kinda sketch (see the video after the jump), we’re pretty sure they’ll be ready and sticking some solid jumps come tour time.

Also, add us on Vimeo and YouTube if you’re on there. We’ll be uploading random clips there for your viewing pleasure. Case in point: Dakota Roche Clip.

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Danny Hickerson has a bike check up over at Terrible One. He’s kinda been laying low lately as far as video coverage and all that stuff goes but when we were in Texas last month, we witnessed first hand that he’s still out there slaying everything that’s in his path. From flowing around the T1 ramp to floating lofty 360 tables at trails first run, Danny’s still killing it. Click the pic to view the full bike check and hit up the jump to see some clips of him from the Friends section in Electronical.

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Check out both of Jim’s bikes on ESPN. Photo by Sandy Carson.

Jim Bauer has a couple bike checks up on ESPN (above). The one of the left is his Sunday Model C and the one on the right is his prototype Metal frame. Sandy Carson walks you through it and even throws in a trails pic in the end!

While you’re on the ESPN site, make sure to hit up the article about Ben Ward’s ’09 Photo Project (right). He snapped a photo a day, for a full year, complete with write-ups on each one.

And, to add to your list of things to check out this morning, Terry Adams’ Twitter contest is happening today. To win some free goods, follow him on twitter.com/terryadamsbmx.