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*This article first appeared in Ride UK (#69) and is reproduced here by kind permission of Ride UK.

This month I want to discuss something a little different. BMX has been around for about 30 years now and so have I. In that time riders have come and gone as you would expect but there are a surprising number who came and never went.

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The new Evolver brakes are in. They are shipping to distributors right now. Now available in Dark Red and Blue(matching jcpedal and gtx-r).
In addition to the colors, the spring cap bolts have been changed from a 4mm to a 5mm, reducing the amount of tools you need to carry around and less likely to strip.
They are NOT available in mismatched arm colors, that is just so I could show both colors.

Be on the lookout for the upcoming RIDE UK magazine. Rich Hirsch has scored the cover and has an interview in there as well. Also, our very own Jim Bauer has interview in there too.

Path tires, linear cables and colored hubs of all sorts have started shipping out today. Start harrasing your local shop!!!!!!

Rich Hirsch is out there somewhere filming…….

photo: Scott Papiro

photo: Scott Papiro

photo: Scott Papiro

photo: Jeff Z

*This article first appeared in Ride UK (#61) and is reproduced here by kind permission of Ride UK.

I seriously thought people would be sick of this technical column by now, but it seems not. I always aimed for it to have a little useful information in each, presented in a reasonably entertaining way. Unfortunately they were tedious beyond measure and I am genuinely surprised that no one has told me to shut up yet. Since nobody has, this months will break new ground with its tedium. If anyone has any requests for future ones (assuming this one doesn’t finish the whole idea off) then I would be interested to hear from you…

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*This article first appeared in Ride UK (#59) and is reproduced here by kind permission of Ride UK.

Gearing used to be simple, “back in the day” (don’t you just love cliches?) it was 44-16, 43-16 or NOWT. These days we have a whole load more to choose from and yet there is very little information available to help you choose the right set-up. The following is intended to help guide you through the options but fairly obviously this is going to make it very very dull. There isn’t really a lot I can do to soften the tedium I am afraid, so I can only suggest that you stop reading right now and save this bit for your next bout of insomnia. If you really need to know what the deal is right now then by all means read on, but don’t say I didn’t warn you. Throughout this deluge of tedious odure I will make use of imperial measurements, feet and inches. You may think that we are metricated, but go for a quick ride on your 20” with its ½” (half inch) pitch chain and 2.1” wide tyres for a few miles and then come back and shut up.So, lets dive straight in with the very very basic principals so we all start from the same place.

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*This article first appeared in Ride UK (#58) and is reproduced here by kind permission of Ride UK.

BMX is a great big multi headed hydra of a beast. Rearing up on ugly great legs with lots of heads to snap at you and lots of tails to whack you round the face as you try to retrieve the golden fleece of freestyle…

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