Gary Young and the internet joined forces recently and you can spot him in a couple web vids. Above is a pool riding session with Mike Escamilla and inside the cosmotron (read more link) is a “Dropping in” segment from the Ride site.
Mike Aitken’s custom wheels
Fit Bike Co. put up a few pictures of Mike Aitken and his new bike earlier this week. To match his frame, we laced up a custom wheelset for him to roll around on. Check it out in the flipbook above (If you want to embed it and customize the width, use the button in the Flash player).
Make sure to visit MikeAitken.com for the latest updates on Mikey. He turned 26 last week and his condition continues to improve!
Skier Jay Interview
Jason Eichhorst AKA Skier Jay
Nuno and the Defgrip crew just put up an in-depth interview with Skier J. He produces a LOT of work for BMX and in the interview, you can catch him talking about things from how he got his nickname, printing shirts, photography, painting, design and much more. He’s also the man behind the lens of our latest Mike Aitken Ad and some of the wallpapers we’ve offered these past few months (Beringer – Shed, Mike Aitken and Beringer – Jacket).
Oh and as to what Matt Beringer was doing in his latest wallpaper:
Jump onto the shed, land can can, and I guess you could call it a saran wrap barspin driving it with my leg and it kind of turns me around when it spins. I like tricks that you can’t name because they’re too hard to explain. I do one of these in my day in the life in Props 69 and also in “I wanna live.”
Somebody should do this trick in the air and name it something really stupid and take credit for inventing it.
Later,
Matt
George French Interview / New Wallpaper
Interview up over at ESPN
There’s an interview up of Mr. George French over at the ESPN site. In it, he talks about various products from the G-Sport line.
G-Sport’s roots lie in the classic DIY workshop scenario: rider breaks old parts, uses combo of an engineering mind, burly old lathes, grease and logic to build new long-lasting bike parts, then starts selling these parts, develops more parts, swaps old lathes for computerized CNC set-up, eventually joins Odyssey to innovate more parts, wins a few design awards, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Give it a read and then put some bunnies on your monitor.
Bike Check: Terry Adams
There are a lot of Flatware products currently in the prototype stages and Terry Adam’s ride has just about all of them. Check out his bike check above to get a full list and a closer look. Also, if that shirt looks familiar, it’s the Frequency G tire pattern shirt we posted about a while ago.
All photos are by Robby Klein.
The Odd Couple: Taj and Jeff
Ray’s MTB Park held an “Odd Couple” contest last week and Taj Mihelich, along with Jeff Lenosky, wound up taking second place. To check out some behind the scenes photos, make sure to visit The Blog of Taj.
Electronical: Jimmy Levan
Here’s JTML’s part in Electronical. At the moment, he’s down in Louisville taking care of business for Metal. He’s not back on the bike yet but some rehab and physical therapy is putting him on track. Hopefully he’ll be back to 100% soon.
If you’re wondering what the song is, it’s “Going Underground” by The Jam.
G-SPORT ROLLCAGE RIMS BACK IN STOCK
The Rollcage rims are now back in stock, and we also have brand new 48H available for those that have been requesting them.
Both 36 & 48 Hole Rollcage rims are available in Chrome or Hard Anodize Black.
Contact your local shop for more info.
Bauer, Ross and JC!
Jim Cielencki’s section from Ride BMX’s Parts (2001 release)
Jim Bauer and Aaron Ross have wallpapers up at RideBMX.com
JC just uploaded his section from Parts over at the Sunday site. If you head over there, you can get more info about this video and even download .mp4/.mov formats. Also, if you visit RideBMX.com, you can download a couple wallpapers featuring Jim Bauer and Aaron Ross.
A couple wallpapers
Gary Young wallpaper at RideBMX.com: [ Standard (4:3) | WideScreen ]
Here are a couple wallpapers floating around that you guys might be into.
The sprocket image has been up as the ad-spot on our MySpace page for a while now and we recently got some inquiries about it. It’s a modified version of page 10 in our 2009 catalog. In it are the Vermont and Million Dollar Sprockets attached to Twombolt crank arms.
You can catch more info about these products on the flipside or by walking to the other side of the rainbow… which are lesser known internet euphemisms for click the Read More button.
New threads!
The Driver, Hairbike, Rig, Polo Bear 3 and Flatware Tee’s are available now at better bike shops, as well as our online store! The Hairbike design is also available in a crew neck sweatshirt.
If you are a dealer and wish to stock these softgoods, please call up – 562 623 9995
GLOW-IN-THE-DARK PC PEDALS
People have been asking what colors each of the Glow PC colors actually glow, so I made the above image so you can see what’s what. It’s a combination of the non-glowing pedals, and the glowing version.
You can click on the picture to see it bigger.
Available now.
