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BSD – Jonesin Fork

April 27, 2017

Let’s take a look at the new Jonesin Fork from BSD…

If you’re jonesing for a new BMX Fork, then you’re in luck. The crew over at BSD will be releasing their new Jonesin Fork in May! This fork is made from fully heat-treated 4130 chromoly tubing with a CNC Machined one piece steerer tube, integrated headset race tapered and butted legs with clearance for 2.40″ tires, Investment Cast dropouts with a 22mm offset and a 7075 aluminum compression cap to keep everything tight.

The Jonesin fork will be available in Stainless and Gloss Black with a weight of 2.2 lbs. through BMX shops and mail-orders that carry BSD worldwide starting in May 2017.

“The new Jonesin’ fork design centres around a short 22mm offset invest cast dropout that brings your front wheel in closer to the steerer tube line giving your bikes front end that quick snappy feel for front wheel tricks. The dropouts are designed with clearance for fat plastic pegs in mind too. The rest of the fork benefits from being constructed using fully heat treated 4130 chromoly featuring a one piece CNC machined steerer tube and tapered butted fork legs for ultimate strength while maintaining light weight.” – BSD

Merritt – Ilya Berestetskiy In Barcelona

April 27, 2017

Merritt‘s connect over in Russia through Raen Shop, Ilya Berestetskiy, recently spent some time out in Barcelona, Spain soaking up the sunshine and street spots. Here’s a fresh new edit filled with clips he stacked during his stay. As always, Ilya comes through with plenty of grinds, big barspin combos and more. This is a real solid watch from start to finish, so get on that play button and enjoy!

Carlos Lopez On The Streets of the Dominican Republic

April 27, 2017

We don’t see a ton of BMX videos coming out of the Dominican Republic, but there’s definitely some heavy talent down there! Here’s a video featuring Carlos Lopez going to work on street spots where he goes to work on every bank, stair set and ledge in his way. Carlos brings a lot of grind combos and his tailwhip game is on point. Maybe it’s just us, but his tailwhips kind of look like Garrett Reynolds‘ whips, which isn’t a bad thing! Take a peek. You won’t be disappointed.

“Filmed & Edited : Allan Valdez
Rider : Carlos lopez
Music : ASAP Rocky “Get Lit”
Made in Dominican Republic”

Colony BMX – Nathan Hines: Five Days In California

April 26, 2017

Colony coming through with a fresh new video featuring Nathan Hines going to work on every rail and ledge he came across during a short five day stay in California! Based off this video, it looks like it was a productive trip despite only having a few days to work with! Check it!

“A few months back Nathan Hines spent 5 days in California with Chris Bracamonte. There’s some serious clips in this video that you really need to see.

Filmed and edited by Chris Bracamonte.”

Odyssey BMX – Red Grandstand Pedals

April 26, 2017

The Grandstand Pedals have a fresh color option…

The Tom Dugan signature Grandstand PC pedals from Odyssey are now available in RED! The Grandstand pedal has a thin body that is 17mm thick at the center with a dual concave shape, 8 oversized molded pins per side and a 105mm width for additional room for your feet. Inside you can find unsealed bearings and a full size 14mm, heat-treated chromoly axle with 17mm wrench flats and a 6mm broach. These pedals are available in 9/16″ only (Standard size for BMX cranks).

The PC Grandstand pedals are available in Red, Black and Clear plastic bodies. If you prefer metal, they’re also available in an aluminum version with steel pins.

Profile Racing – 14mm Rear Mini Hub Assembly

April 26, 2017

Want to see how Profile Racing assemble their ever popular Mini Cassette Hub? Here’s a video they put together showing you step by step of how they put together all the pieces for one dialed hub! It’s pretty cool seeing how many parts go together to make it work.

“The Profile Mini Rear 14mm Hub has become an industry staple over the past 16 years. In celebration of it’s 16 birthday, let’s crack into the internal assembly.

Although we recommend you using a press, you can also follow the step-by-step tutorial here, using some common wrenches:
http://www.profileracing.com/profile-14mm-mini-cassette-hub-overhaul/

The components making up the Profile Mini 14mm Rear Hub (As well as the Madera V-2 Hub) are:

(1) Hub Shell
(2) 6903 Hub Bearings
(1) 14mm GDH Chromo Axle
(2) Jam Nuts (Drive and Non-Drive)
(1) Non-Drive Cone
(1) Complete Driver (of your choice) loaded with Springs and Pawls
(1) Driver Shim
(2) 14mm Nuts and Washers
Profile’s own, Gus Lanzilotta, will walk you through the process.

We hope this helps!”

Scotty Cranmer – Kitchen Skatepark Contest – Day 2

April 26, 2017

Yesterday Scotty Cranmer dropped a video from the Day One of the Kitchen Skatepark Contest, now today we get a look at Day 2 from the Expert and Pro contests… And Big Boy‘s Spinal spree. This is 25 minutes long, but there’s some dialed riding and plenty of laughs mixed into this, a few tear jerker moments from the support the riders showed for Scotty and his recovery. Take a look!

“Day two of our trip to Indiana where my friend Brett Banaseiwicz who’s holding the sixth annual pro/am BMX Contest for his skate park the kitchen! Day one was amazing we all had so much fun meeting and hanging out with so many amazing people and the bike riding was insane! But day 2 is the final day of competition where the expert finals, girls, and prose get to ride. We started out the day with the big boy getting on his bike for the first time this weekend and he decided to come out swinging trying an insane front flip out of this big bank. Big boy crash so hard on his butt and he shook the whole skate park and woke everyone up! After that big boy did a flair challenge for maddog on a sketchy ramp! After that the contest started and we watch some amazing BMX riding and I was the judge. The experts rode the course, then the girls rode, then they held a jam on the street course for our fallen friend Glenn Salyers which was so awesome! After that the pros got their turn to ride and we saw some absolutely amazing bike riding with so many jaw dropping tricks! Then the big boy snuck on the course to try a trick that he was eyeing up all weekend a front flip up the step up! Big boy tried three times and he crashed so hard leading to the new rule no front flips on Sundays! At the end of the day they announced the winners and everyone gathered around to congratulate them! At this time is when the amazing people of the kitchen skatepark presented me with donations that they raised to help with my recovery including every rider and the spectators also handing me donations and I was in shock. I couldn’t believe the kindness of everyone at this competition. I never would’ve thought that so many people would come together to help me out. I never felt away the people of the kitchen skate park made me feel ever before. I felt like I was living out a part of a movie, it was indescribable but it was truly amazing. It was one of the best days of my life. Thank you everyone.”

Taj Mihelich – “Life After Pro” Teaser

April 26, 2017

We just posted up news about Kris Bennett getting a TV show about flipping houses, and then this trailer for a new video featuring Taj Mihelich talking life after being a Professional rider. Talk about a weird coincidence. Either way, this video that’s being produced by Chris Rye is bound to kick a whole bunch of ass! Get ready for next week because Monday is not going to be so bad!

“We’ve teamed up with Props BMX’s Chris Rye to bring you something very special this Monday May 1st.. A compelling piece on the legendary Taj Mihelich that tells the story of his Life After Pro.”