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The Daily Grind – 2017 Cincinnati Street Jam

May 25, 2017

The Daily Grind crew made their way back to Cincinnati, Ohio for their annual street jam with some of the locals! Here’s a look at all of the action that went down throughout the day as the crew rolls through the spots in the city. As expected, it looks like they had a real good time, minus a few visits from the cops.

“The Daily Grind Crew held there Cincinnati Street Jam recently and things got pretty wild. Check out riding from Chase Krolicki, Trent Lutzke, Nick Seabasty, Gremlin, Scott Steele, LFS, Jamie Thayer and more.”

Filmed and edited by Tony Cherry

Scotty Cranmer – Playing Musical Bikes

May 25, 2017

Scotty Cranmer decided it was time for another round of Musical Bikes with the crew, so they assembled a crazy mix of bikes from Big Blue to the Bicycle Skateboard and everything in between. Check out what went down and who the last man standing was!

“Musical bikes is one of the OG games here on the channel, it takes box riding and the tricks you do on a box bike and forces you to do them on the weirdest bikes we could find. You run around the bikes while I play the channel intro song and when I stop the music you have to grab the bike closest to you. The game is non stop fun, we want to take the game to other places soon so if you guys have anywhere you wanna see it played comment down below.” – Scotty Cranmer

S&M Bikes 30 Year Anniversary Bash

May 25, 2017

Time flies when you’re having fun! The crew at S&M Bikes are celebrating their 30 Year Anniversary by throwing a big bash at Milestone MX out in California! This party is going to be fueled by beer and good times with a trails jam, rail jam, premiere of their new full-length video and more! If you can make it out to this, you will not want to miss it!

“If you’ve got plans to be anywhere but our 30 Year Shindig on June 10/11, you’ve got just over two weeks to change them. Party Prep is in full swing… the A-team is getting ready to start building the dirt mounds at Milestone MX, Crumlish is wrapping up “Hotdogs Who Can’t Read,” and Hoder and the rest of the squad are starting to migrate to SoCal. Check the flier for details and hit us up if you’ve got any questions!”

Animal Bikes – Tom Roddy Welcome Video

May 25, 2017

Here’s a fresh one from Animal Bikes newest connect down in Australia, Tom Roddy, for your viewing pleasure. Tom brings his smooth style to grinds, wallrides, jib spots and more. This has a ton of real good lines that will make you wish you rode a little smoother. Check it!

“Comin’ at you from the west side of Australia, Tom Roddy takes the less is more approach to the streets of Perth with some speed, flow, and a great eye for setups. Animal made a wise choice picking this dude up and hopefully we’ll be seeing a lot more of Tom soon!

Filmed and edited by: Callan Stibbards” – Ride BMX

Bérenger Cordier – La Poma POV

May 25, 2017

Here’s a video we spotted over on Can You Dig It that takes you for a ride with Bérenger Cordier at the La Poma Trails over in Spain. This POV video goes through a few of the lines. Nothing super crazy, but it gives you a good idea of just how fun this place has to be to ride!

“Spend two days in La Poma BikePark this month with Yannick Granieri.

Nice place with a lot of line from amateur till pro.
Amazing job by shaper and good place for learning bike as well.

Filmed with : GoPro Hero3 & GoPro Hero5”

Day Trip With The Accent Crew

May 25, 2017

It has been a little while since we’ve seen a BMX video from the Accent Collaboration crew, but it looks like they’re still going strong. Here’s a fresh one from some time the U.S crew spent cruising in Japan with some of their crew from over there! This has a pretty laid back vibe.

“This time Day Trip Series got the ‘ACCENT CREW’ in town joined by some local homies.

Accent Crew : James Meliota / Umihiko Asano / Josiah Webber
Homies : Brett Decker / Oscar Wong / Chung Li / Yuk Ho / Sam Lee / Chiu Ching Hin

Filmed / Edited by : Bob Cheung

Song : “Sunshine Trip” by Rexx@isickleavetomorrow”

How To Make A Bike Chain Fidget Spinner

May 25, 2017

There’s no doubt that Fidget Spinners have been the latest trend that has been popping up everywhere. We’ve seen probably a million videos popping up on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. the past few weeks. There has been a ton of people getting creative and making unique ones that are pretty cool. Today, we stumbled across a video of one Fidget Spinner made from a bike chain that we thought was interesting and pretty easy to make. A quick search on Youtube revealed that there were a bunch of tutorials on How To Make A Bike Chain Fidget Spinner that all pretty much do the same thing. We figured some of you might be interested in making your own, so below are a few tutorial examples. All you need is a chain, a bearing and some zip ties to make this work. You will likely need a Chain Breaker, too, but it’s not completely necessary since the video below shows you a work around for that. You can also use a bolt and nut to help keep it from rubbing when you hold it to keep it spinning longer as well. Love ’em or hate ’em, this is a pretty interesting idea that’s BMX related. We’re digging that half link one on the bottom. Take a peek!

Bonus points in this video for showing a trick to break a chain without a chain breaker in the video above.

“Search through your workbench, gather some old bike parts and make your own fidget spinner. This is a really simple toy to make. Will you be making your own hand spinner/fidget spinner? Any suggestions for further upgrades, let us know below! Happy spinning!” – Chain Reaction Cycles

“I just used bike chain for Fidget Spinner looking good and easy to make.” – JS Useful

The first two videos above show you how to make a bike chain fidget spinner using zip ties to holds the chain together. Essentially you need to break the chain down to length, then use one long or two shorter zip ties to connect it into a circle that fits tightly around the bearing. It looks like skateboard wheel bearing would do the trick the best. You could use hub bearings or even a bottom bracket bearing if you wanted to get crazy. After you get it all together, you can use hot glue to hold the chain in place on the bearing even better. Pretty basic and a pretty cool idea.

What do you think? Any tips or tricks you have? Let us know in the comments below!

Shadow Conspiracy X Subrosa World Tour – Colorado

May 25, 2017

The Shadow Conspiracy and Subrosa World Tour continues! This time the crew made their way to Colorado to visit Pusher BMX and a few other shops to have parking lot sessions and pizza parties! Check out what went down!

“The Shadow Conspiracy/ Subrosa World Tour has hit tons of states across the U.S. and has ventured many countries across Europe. On this leg the boys hit a bunch of shops and spots around the Denver area.

With the help of QBP this trip we gathered up Shadow/ Subrosa riders Lahsaan Kobza, Matt Ray, Kyle Hart, Jono Hopping, and Johnny Atencio and hit the road!

The guys met a bunch of awesome riders and fans, and visited 3 shops including Pusher BMX, Rideco Bike Shop, and The Fix Bike Shop.

We ran into some bad weather, at a few shops, so this video is from our session at Pusher!

Thanks to QBP, Pusher, Rideco, The Fix, and all the riders who came out and showed us some love!

Filmed and edited by Ryan Chadwick

Music by
Huckleberry
“C S V”
Natural Selector
http://huckleberryband.com”