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Frost Bike 2009
Today was day one of Frost Bike up at Quality Bikes in Bloomington, Minnesota. I was lucky enough to be able to get into it and check it all out. I snapped a bunch of photos and got some video as you can see below. I will try and remember all the details going on with the BMX brands that Quality carries.

The photo above was just quick shot of the section that had all of the BMX stuff in it. Frostbike is about 1/15th the size of Interbike so it wasn’t completely overwhelming trying to check out everything. I actually made it around the whole place during a single phone call, so that’s about how small it is. However, the event is just for shop owners to get a chance to meet with the company owners and employees, and check out what’s going on at Quality. I was lucky to even get in.
So, lets get some photos going… Check out the photos and then I will explain what each company is up to, at least from what I can remember.





Jim is going to kill me for that first photo. I did the sneak a photo game on him. Sunday! had a booth set up showing off all of the usual gear. They really haven’t changed up too much since Interbike so you get the 22″, Model C, then the colorways of the bars, forks, and frames of course. The biggest news was that Jim got half of the trailer for the Sunday video today. Yes, half… I don’t know either. He said the video should be dropping in the next month though! That should be a killer video for sure. Other than that, and Jim doing aligator wrestlers on the 22″, it’s business as usual. Oh, if you didn’t know Minnesota’s Reed Stark, and Seth Peterson are on Sunday flow now too. They both were around today to hang out so that was cool. I’m working on getting Reed his interview after I post this article so get stoked to see that.





Nuno was enjoying going from the California sun to Minnesota’s fresh couple of inches of snow. Along with him came a few of the new Flatware products from Odyssey. If you look at the photos closely you can see the prototype flatware forks, plegs, and bars from that new line for Terry Adams. Chase Hawk will have some signature grips coming out also. Other than that, the other news was the G-Spokes finally should be that much closer to going into production and becoming available. I forgot to grab one of those posters from the Electronical team shot. That probably has to be one of my favorite photos of all time for some reason. I can’t say there was too much other big things going on outside of that.








The Eastern dudes were in the building today too. While they weren’t playing on their phones, and taking Facebook photos, there was some talk of actual BMX and company related things. It sounds like Eastern will have a TON of new products coming out this year from low end products to high end. There should be a story on VitalBMX soon about Eastern that explains all of this so I will try and avoid getting too much further into that. They will have some new cranks available sometime next week, and they will no longer be doing the whole mountain bike thing besides the dirt jumper up above. Their freecoaster should be out sometime soon also. It was a bummer that the box with some of the new stuff didn’t actually make it up in time for Frost Bike. The Eastern video is in the works, Eric Holley and Nick Anderson are down close to the Eastern warehouse so they have been getting a lot of filming done for the video.
Other than that, besides talking about horror movies being filmed in their warehouse, and crazy dudes growing organic mushrooms in their basement there didn’t seem to be too much else going on.






Charlie was holding down the Profile booth today. Profile has been kicking a lot of ass lately getting together a bunch of colorways going for their products for sure. If I remember right they have 9 different colors available now. Not too bad option wise for somebody who is into having a bike that looks good. There should be a little special interview about Profile up sometime next week. It’s going to be good! Make sure you check back for that.


The Fly had a booth similar to the one they had at Interbike. The biggest changes were the Kevin Porter signature Tierra with the grande back end, some new colorways, and all that fun stuff. I didn’t actually get the chance to talk to anybody representing Fly. Since that happened, I don’t really have any special news about that for you.




Alienation had a few new products to show off today. They are now making tires, and offer the Skylark rim. The Skylark is a beefier version of the Deviant rim which was designed for racing. They also have a new version of the pivitol seat post in the works that will allow for forward and back adjustment. That will be interesting to see how that works out after they get a few prototypes together.




There was a few new things from UGP. Obviously, their clothing is all recent and pretty new. They also had a few new seats including the new more flatland specific models. It was cool to talk to Chad DeGroot for a while too, that guy always has a good story to hear.




I won’t lie, I really didn’t talk to anyone from Stolen. It seemed like everytime I walked by there was a Quality employee running it for them, similar to that of Jay who is in the photo above. It looked like basically all of their usual stuff. They had a Sunday all built up with their new parts kit. Basically, they got everything to build a complete and you pick the frame. That was pretty cool. I was still a little confused why they used the Sunday frame and not their own to show it off but what do I know?
So, that would be Frost bike for you. It was a real chill event that lead to finding out some fresh info for some of you. A big ups to Todd Johnson for getting me on the list so I could get in there today. Below is just a video of all the product, so if the photos didn’t do enough for you, check that thing out.
UGP: Chad Degroot…
There is a clip from Minnesota in here.
Chad was up visiting for QBP’s Frostbike and we went to 3rd Lair.. (bikes can’t touch the bowls) they said in the phone call that it wasn’t busy.. we got there and there was like 30 skaters and we were the only bikes… It was cool to crash a skater only session… -iTod.
PS. That wasn’t an Indian giver in the first few seconds. it was a opposite revert…
Chad DeGroot random edit from chad degroot on Vimeo.
BMX KHE’s Thomas Goring interview.
I’ve gotten to know Thomas from KHE since QBP started carrying their products about three years ago. Since then I have had the pleasure of getting to know him through venues such as Interbike and the QBP open house dubbed Frostbike. Thomas is a smart guy, and is very funny, once you get through that thick German accent that is. He and his brother Wolfgang have been in BMX for many years. As you will be able to see by the photos that Thomas sent me for the interview. Take some time to read about KHE. oh and keep in mind that his first language is not English, so take it easy on his grammar and word placement.
Enjoy…..
-iTod.
Full Name:
Thomas Göring
Thomas (L) and Wolfgang (R) at the QBP open house, “frostbike”
Where are you from?
Germany . Karlsruhe is the name of the city (K’he is the short name of our city)

since 1980 when I bought my first bmx bike.
how many years has KHE been around what was the first part you made?
KHE start 1988 and the first part was the Do-Peg. At this time there were no good pegs out and I think that I can make a better one.
KHE was one of the first companies to put thought into a freecoaster, what was your drive to try and perfect such a complicated part?
Yes that’s for sure a freecoaster is really the most complicated part on a freestyle bike because all the small parts have to hold so much pressure special on jumps and grinds. KHE build the first complete bike with a Freecoaster maybe 15 years ago. We always try to make the hub better and try to find better and stronger bearings because not everybody riding as smooth as Bruce lol . To make things like a frame, bar, saddle with Velo base, cnc stem… is not really so hard if you know the right makers. Also many companies using a Taiwan hub change the hub body abit and put their names on…we try to make with the HURE, Geisha & Reverse something own but this are the parts who makes real fun to me.
KHE started out as a flatland specific company correct? How has it been making parts now for the all around rider?
No we not really start as a flatland specific company. My friends and me was riding more flatland but the parts we offered like the Grinddisc, Grindpegs, bars.. was special made for Ramp/Street.
KHE’s first product assortment.
With the Jason Davis frame the Beater we did a great all around Street/Ramp frame what also rode Jamie Bestwick in the 2 years he was riding for khe.
What percentage of your business is Flat and what percentage is Street/park/dirt?
I remember this ad, Thomas also sent me a full beaver and tit shot of this model… Should I post it?
KHE puts a lot of thought and engineering into their parts. who is the Main brain there at KHE, and what input does the team have in the products you make?
I think to make the right parts you need many things…a good team who gives you also feedback from what they like and don’t like, to have the right makers who can also make the quality we looking for, good relation ship to makers that the new parts you design with them not finally copied and goes to each other company. Many ideas comes from my side but I work with two designers (Guiom & Bram) who help me to bring the ideas to drawings and they give also a lot of input & design to the parts we like to do. The rider input is real important special for their signature stuff and each other part we doing.
There are a few new parts or revisions coming in 2008 which ones are you most excited about?
The bar stem combo, adjustable hub (more later), our new 08 bike line, light weight Cirrus bar & Cirrus fork who save the weight of a stem, Astral frontwheel, white MAC tires.
three words….
bar stem combo?
the next generation
Americans?
Beer, big tits & fast food
The Minnesota cold?
nothing comes close
You spend a good amount of time traveling to different countries, and events. do you still find time to ride at all?
On the time we start with the company I rode really a lot with my friends and always around on competitions but the business was growing always step by step and the time for riding becomes less. I still ride but more on the weekend.
Is there anyone special that you would like to thank?
Yes big thanks to our KHE team (includes all riders, people who works at khe), Guiom & Bram, Mark, all riders, dealers and distributors, you for the interview & my parents to help us special on the beginning with the company!
Old KHE catalog
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