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Banton Bike Check

Vital BMX just put up a video bike check with Adam Banton!

Freeeeeeestyle

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

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.

Tom Perry Bike Check

FRAME: Sunday Funday, 20″
FORK: Freestyle Fork
BARS: Lumberjack
STEM: Classic Front Load
HEADSET: Short Stack
GRIPS: Adam Banton 2, Olastic
LEVER: Monolever, Trigger
BRAKE (F): Evo II w/clear pads
TIRES: Aitken, Redwall, 2.25″
RIMS: G-Sport Ribcage
HUB (F): Vandero 2
HUB (R): G-Sport Ratchet, 9t
CHAIN: KMC 510
SPROCKET: MDS, 25t
CRANKS: Twombolt, 170mm
PEDALS: JCPCs
SEAT CLAMP: Mr. Clampy Too
SEAT: Senior 2, Pivotal

Tom Perry sent us a bike check recently and you can check that out in the flipbook above. To go along with it, he also answered a random assortment of questions for us. Read on to read more.

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Mike Gonzalez

Mike Gonzalez sent us some pics of his splatter bike, decked out with some Fire Engine Red parts. The Senior 2 saddle is available now and the rest of the red will come early next year.

We have Mike on the team as our designated racer but he’s down to shred some parks and ditches as well. Check out the Swine Flu Tour for some clips.

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Sidehack Check

Greyboy and Truly Odd
Photo by Fat Tony @ RideBMX.com

Greyboy and Truly have a bike check up on the Ride site, along with an interview about Impakt Sidehacks and an online version of their Sidehack Love article from earlier this year. Constantly carrying 315lbs plus the force of landings and grinds, these 3 wheeled cousins can take and handle a lot of abuse. Check out the bike check to see what type of parts they’re running on it!

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Our nomad’s new ride

The parts list is below and the Q&A’s in our Daily Word!

FRAME: Eastern Reaper, 21″
FORK: Director
HEADSET: Odyssey Short Stack
STEM: Elementary V3
BAR: Aaron Ross Spacebars
GRIP: Adam Banton 2, Prototype
BAR-ENDS: Par Ends
BRAKE: Evo II
LEVER: M2 Lever
BRAKE PADS: Slim by Four, Clear
GYRO: GTX-R
SPROCKET: Million Dollar Sprocket, 28t
CRANKS: Twombolt, 175mm
PEDALS: JCPC
SEAT CLAMP: Integrated
SEAT POST: A fistful of Pivotal
SEAT: Senior 2, Pivotal
HUB (F): Vandero 2
HUB (R): G-Sport Ratchet, aluminum 3/8″ axle
TIRE (F): Aitken, K-Lyte, 2.25″
TIRE (R): Frequency G, K-Lyte, 1.85″
RIMS: Seven K-A
SPOKES: Odyssey HGS

Adam Banton shot a bunch of pics of his bike recently and sent it over to us. It’s looking rather devilish with the all black and splash of red scheme he has going on. Click around the flipbook above to see what parts he’s running and hit up the Q&A below to learn a little more about his setup and what he’s been getting into lately.

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Show Bike:
Fire Engine Red

Here’s our show bike featuring all of our new Fire Engine Red parts including our new Burlington Sprocket, a new version of Adam Banton’s grips and a prototype seatpost that can be used with Pivotal or Railed seats.

FRAME: Sunday Model D
FORK: Director
HEADSET: Odyssey Short Stack
STEM: Classic Front Load
BAR: Gary Young bar
BAR-ENDS: Par Ends
GRIP: Adam Banton grip 2
HUB (F): G-Sport Marmoset w/Volcano Bolts
HUB (R): Ratchet Hub w/Volcano Bolts
TIRES: Aitken, Red Tanwalls
RIMS: Seven KA
SPOKES: Odyssey HGS
SPROCKET: Burlington
PEDALS: Trailmix
SEAT CLAMP: Mr. Clampy Too
SEAT POST: Prototype, Compatible with Railed and Pivotal Seats
SEAT: Senior 2, Pivotal
BRAKE: Evo 2
BRAKE PADS: Slim by Fours, Clear
CABLE: Linear Slic Kable, Gold Mesh
LEVER: Monolever, Medium

We have a couple show bikes lingering around our booth and one of them is completely decked out in the Fire Engine Red parts kit we posted a couple days ago. Aside from having the full kit, this bike also has our prototype seat post, which works for both pivotal and railed seats.

Aitken Pivotal Saddles!

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Here are some more Mike Aitken signature products that just arrived. Nightwolf and Aitken Senior 2 saddles are now available for Pivotal posts. Hit up your local shops or mail-orders if you want some!

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Kyle Hart
Kyle Hart Bike Check. Photos by Ryan Fudger.

Kyle Hart has a bike check up at RideBMX.com. The product list is a little wacky but that paint job he’s rockin’ is looking good.

Kyle’s of the 3-peg persuasion and out of curiosity, how many pegs are you guys running these days? Leave your peg count in the comments.

Behind the Chameleon


Check out the DIG Q&A!

Dig hit us up recently with some behind the scene questions about our Chameleon pedals and saddles. To read the Q&A, click here.