The Insta Compilations continue to flow! Here’s a new one filled with a ton of Colin Varanyak clips from park and street clips! As always, Colin brings the heat and throws down some really great riding. Hit play and take a look!
Brian Gregor – You Good Bro?
We’re always stoked to see some fresh Brian Gregor footage, and he just uploaded a new one with some great riding and some serious what the hell am I watching editing, haha. This is a good watch so hit play and take all the weirdness in.
“Just wanted to say I’m sorry the lack of videos. I’m going to start getting back on it. Hopefully you guys like this! Follow my instagram as well @flyinbrianbmx” – Brian Gregor
4Pegs – Ryan Loudon Lockdown Power Hour
With all the parks and a lot of places on pretty strict lockdown rules, the sessions have been fairly limited. Fortunately, Ryan Loudon had a flat rail to catch a heavy session on. Here’s a fresh one from Four Pegs showing ust what Ryan cooked up. So many combos in this!
“Ryan Loudon Lockdown Power Hour
An hour’s exercise worth of socially distanced flatrail wizardry from Ryan Loudon, enjoy.
@4pegsbmx
www.4pegsbmx.com
Edited by Kieran McQuinn” – Four Pegs
Palaver Podcast – What A Feeling!
It’s time for another round of the Palaver Podcast (or is it Paaaalaavaar?) from Chris Doyle! Once again, due to the pandemic, he’s doing things solo, talking about things on his mind. This time around we get 40 minutes of some great stories from the past that’ll have you cracking up, random thoughts and facts about things like Mike Aitken can tear up a dance floor and more. There’s even some classic Ryan Barrett footage which we did not expect to see. Stoked on that! Hit play and take this all in. You won’t be disappointed.
“2nd podcast in a row named after an 80’s pop song! More nonsensical ramblings and stories. Also, enjoy a bonus vid featuring birthday boy (May 10th), Ryan Barrett!” – Chris Doyle
VLohmix – BMX In Israel
It’s been rad seeing more and more BMX videos coming out of Israel lately. Here’s a new mix featuring a few familiar faces and a couple new ones we’re not familiar with going to work on street spots! Hit play to check out what Alon Kosoy, Sasha Korzh, Sar Levi, Ariel Sanchez, Noam Uliel, Boris Tchoumakov and Davaxod cooked up for clips!
Filmed and edited by Boris Tchoumakov
An Electric BMX Bike? The CLIFTN Motors Project
Could this be the start for a proper electric BMX bike?
Remember when we posted up an electric bike built for BMX on April Fools day in 2018? Well, it’s not a joke anymore…
The future is such a hard thing to predict these days because it seems like all these new and crazy ideas are coming to light that we didn’t even think about a few years ago. When something catches on, it seems like a ton of people put focus on it to figure out how to make it even better. Over the past few years we’ve seen Electric Bikes popping up like crazy, and like any idea that catches on, it’s starting to see its revisions to make them not only function better, but look a hell of a lot better than those big, heavy, bulky things that originally came out. Now that there is a ton of players in the electric bike market, we’ve seen some pretty rad bikes pop up.
It was only a matter of time before a BMX rider figured out how to make one that looks like it can actually handle some fun without it being built like a tank. The 26″ BMX bikes have been becoming more and more popular (seriously, they are sold out everywhere it seems like) and, not going to lie, they look like a lot of fun.
Eric Klinefelter was looking into Electric Bikes and didn’t really see anything that he liked, so he took a 26″ BMX bike an turned it into an electric BMX bike that he did. That launched CLIFTN Motors where he’s working on designing a whole setup that makes electric bikes look badass, and even run using technology fund in electric cars. Eric is currently in the running for a $5,000 prize that will help him push his idea and development closer to reality. You can learn all about it (honestly, didn’t understand a lot of the terminology explaining this all!) and VOTE for his design over on the 5X5Night.com website. You can also see how this bike was build over on the CLIFTN Motors website.
What do you think about the idea? Could you see electric BMX bikes taking off? Especially in the bigger 24″ / 26″ style? I doubt we will see guys sending it on rails with an electric bike, but these could be a lot of fun to cruise on.
DK – Drew Bezanson at All In
It’s always a good day when some fresh Drew Bezanson footage surfaces online! DK dropped this new one featuring Drew getting loose at All In Skatepark up in Canada with a ton of bangers from big tricks to crazy transfers and wallrides. As always, Drew delivers with the goods and you won’t want to miss it. Hit play and check this BMX video out!
“DK’s Drew B. doesn’t mess around when it comes to video projects and he went ALL IN for this one at All In skatepark in Ontario, Canada. Creative lines and wild tricks all executed at the outrageous level that only Drew can produce.
Filmed and edited by Broderick Horne for DK Bikes.
Music: Freedom Hawk, “Her Addiction”” – DK
BMX News 5/8/20
Another week has flown by, and it was a week packed with dialed videos, big news and new products. As always, Brant Moore puts in the work digging up everything, giving a full recap, along with links to everything he discusses in full down below! Hit play and take it all in!