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Animal Bikes – NYC’s Finest

March 5, 2018

Animal Bikes released this new video with a few of NYC’s finest…

If you’re looking for some fresh footage from the streets of New York City, look no further than this new BMX video from Animal Bikes! This mix edit features some real solid riding, classic spots and clean film work. Can’t go wrong getting a look at this one!

“NYC has always been home to some of the most talented street riders in the game! Peep moves from Twin, Augie Simoncini, Markus Hoyte, Jose Castillo, and Chad Douglas.

Video by: Gary Golembiewski” – Animal Bikes

The Leeper Brothers For Profile Racing

March 5, 2018

Shane and Dillon Leeper are back with a fresh split edit for Profile Racing!

The Leeper Brothers are back at it again with another rad split edit. Here’s a look at what Shane Leeper and Dillon Leeper cooked up for clips while out cruising spots around Richmond for Profile Racing! As always, both of these guys produce some great riding, so don’t pass this one up!

“Profile’s BMX bros, Dillon and Shane Leeper bring the tech to cool and unique spots all over Richmond, VA and beyond.” – Ride BMX

“Dillon and Shane rip. It’s always a pleasure getting to ride with these dudes. After a few weekend camping trips and cruising around Richmond, VA, we put the good times together into this video.” — Kaleb Bolton

Tall Order – Tom Van Den Bogaard Video

March 5, 2018

Tom van den Bogaard coming in hot with a banger of a BMX video from 040Park you gotta check out!

We’re always super pumped to see Tom van den Bogaard‘s name pop up on a video because we know that it’s going to be packed with speed, style, big blasted airs and some heavy tricks. Tom’s newest video for Tall Order just dropped and it’s loaded with so many crazy tricks from triple 360 downside whips, stretched supermans in the rafters of the park to HUGE front flip transfers and much, much more. This is a must see for sure!

“Cold January sessions with Tom for his new Tall Order video.

Filmed and edited by Bob Drenth”

Kunstform – Felix Prangenberg 2018 Video

March 5, 2018

Kunstform just dropped a banger featuring Felix Prangenberg getting down around Europe!

If you don’t know by now that whenever you see Felix Prangenberg‘s name pop up, you’re in for a treat… You’re blowing it! Kunstform just dropped this new video featuring Felix going to work on street spots and a few ramps around Europe and, as expected, he produced some damn good riding. Get on that play button and take in all the goodness!

“We’re very proud to finally present you the new BMX video of Felix Prangenberg which he filmed together with Robin Kachfi over the past year across Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands.
Felix invested a lot of miles, time and pain for it and this is why you’ll not be disappointed!

Enjoy the video, your kunstform BMX Shop Team!
www.kunstform.org

Filmed & edited by Robin Kachfi

Additional filming Callum Earnshaw

Music: Datura – Voyage” – Kunstform

Anchor BMX – Black Hill Trails with the Boy’s

March 5, 2018

Anchor BMX coming through with a rad new video from the Black Hill Trails…

If you’re looking for a feel good trails video with some real clean film work, this new one from Anchor BMX is for you. This video is from a full day of riding and good times at the Black Hill trails down in Australia. This isn’t packed with crazy riding or anything like that… Just good old fashioned tables, kick outs, x-ups and smiles. Take a peek!

“We headed to Ballarat for the day to celebrate Louie’s bday, Flagz happened to have a camera or 2. Thanks to Eaten by Dogs for the tune “Rain Won’t Come”” – Anchor BMX

Kuba Spurny – Lip Tricks 2018

March 5, 2018

Kuba Spurny sent through a fresh one filled with lip tricks!

When we see a video with the word lip tricks in the title, we have to check it out. Kuba Spurny had us sold before we even watched this one. Hit play to watch him dance around on the lip with plenty of unique combos that would undoubtedly impress the Lip Lords guys. If you aren’t a big fan on lip tricks, this video has something for the guys who like to put their pegs to work. Kuba spends some time on a few rails for good measure. Take a peek!

Moore Large BMX – South Coasting Road Trip

March 5, 2018

The Moore Large distro team made their way to the South Coast of the U.K for some riding…

Here’s a fresh one that just popped up featuring the Moore Large team out cruising skateparks and trails around the South Coast of the United Kingdom. The crew consisted of Dean Cueson, Brad McNicol, Chris “Mole” Smith and Sven Hackett, so you know these guys produced. Hit play and check out 7 minutes of real dialed riding!

“The Moore Large BMX crew headed out on a classic road trip down the south of the UK!
Battling the usual UK weather, camping and riding some of the awesome parks that the UK has to offer!

Crew! :-
Dean Cueson – Haro UK
Brad McNicol – Haro UK
Mole – Premium BMX UK
Sven – Premium BMX UK

Rob Andrews – TM, driver, and token rider!
Ze – Archetype BMX – Filmer”

Schwalbe Airless Tire System

March 4, 2018

This isn’t geared toward BMX, but it’s an interesting idea! We were just checking out the Cycling Industry News website and noticed a piece they put up about the new Schwalbe Airless Tire System that caught our attention. When it comes to riding BMX, it’s inevitable that flat tires will happen; sometimes it seems almost like a curse. Over the years we’ve seen a number of ideas that have tried to eliminate the need for tubes, making it so you have one less thing to worry about when riding a bike. Most of the ideas have been outside of BMX, but we’ve seen a handful of ideas like Alienation’s tubeless tires around 2012 or so, other creative attempts at making a tubeless tire with tire sealer, the Bridgestone air-free tire idea and a few other concepts that aren’t exactly practical for BMX, but *could, hypothetically, maybe* work on a BMX bike. Unfortunately, most of these great ideas could or do work for other forms of bikes, but not for BMX due the amount of abuse a tire takes from all directions. It’s hard to get some of these ideas to actually work as well as a traditional tube.

The idea…

As you can see from the photo above, Schwalbe’s Airless Tire System replaces the traditional bicycle tube with a thermoplastic polyurethane paired with an inner Airless ring. Ironically, it’s the same material that is used on Adidas BOOST running shoes, so it has a good amount of damping and flexibility that works for regular and electric bikes, which is why this idea *could* be an interesting idea that might work on BMX bikes. The reason is because it’s a softer material and it seems like a lot of riders these days are running lower PSI to absorb impacts anyway. We would also imagine that there is a way to get this material to be softer or harder depending on the riders preference, kind of like rubber durometers. So, with it working on regular bikes, it seems like it could be modified in some way to actually work with BMX tires somehow.

Being realistic… The downsides

The downside? Weight. Obviously this material weighs more than a traditional tube and, well, the weightless air it holds, which means you would see more rotational weight. That alone would be a deal breaker for a lot of riders since it not only would make your bike weigh more, but could make doing some tricks a little harder. Reducing rotational weight is why the Lunar rim, previously knowns as the Classic rim, from Flybikes has those extra holes drilled into it.

Could the perks of not having to worry about catching a flat make the additional weight worthwhile? Maybe for some of you, but there’s no doubt a majority of riders wouldn’t swing for it.

Another downside? Price. They’re giving it an €89 price tag for regular and electric bikes that they designed this for over on the Cycling Industry News website, which would be the price of about 15 tubes (depending on the price / quality of tube) for a BMX bike. We don’t believe that price includes the cost of installation, either, which requires special tools and training that shops will have to use to install this on a wheel.

Obviously this product is geared toward road and electric bikes, which isn’t a huge expense in the grand scheme of things when you get into those style of bikes, but that would be a hefty investment that probably wouldn’t pay off for a BMX bike.

One last downside that will make anyone who has blown out wheels cringe and have a possible melt down. Replacing nipples or having to build up a new wheel would be a huge hassle with this system. It’s already a pain just popping the tire and tube off. This would be even more work.

Could it work for BMX? Ehhhh…

Do we see the Schwalbe Airless Tire System being something that could be applied to BMX? Sure, it could… with some modifications. It’s just clear that the downsides of price, weight and difficulty of installation outweigh the perk of not having to switch out tubes. So, don’t expect to see anyone rolling around on a BMX bike with this technology any time soon. Either way, it’s an interesting idea to think about.

Check out the full details and more over on Cycling Industry News.

Anyone else tempted to try using a pool noodle or something, just to see if that would work instead?