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Live From Madera BMX

July 29, 2016

Did you know that Madera products are made in the same exact factory as Profile Racing? After 11 years, we’re sure plenty of you are aware of that. Today, Matt Coplon popped up on Facebook Live to give you a little tour of the factory, along with some insight into how some of Madera’s products are made, like what the process is to get the Celestial colorway done. This also shows a fair amount of Profile Racing stuff being made, but it’s all pretty similar when it comes to the final product. Hit play and take the tour with Matt and learn a few things!

Want a better look? Inside Profile Racing: A Tour with Matt Coplon

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Odyssey BMX – La Guardia Watercolor Sprocket

July 29, 2016

There’s no shortage of rad color options popping up in BMX. Full Factory dropped this photo of the new Watercolor La Guardia sprocket from Odyssey that is available in 25 and 28-tooth sizes now! This is a limited edition sprocket, so expect it to go real quick! Hit up your favorite BMX shop or mail-order that carry Odyssey to get you one ordered up today!
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Scotty Cranmer – Vans US Open: Day 5

July 29, 2016

Scotty Cranmer dropped is day 5 video from his time in California for the Van Doren Invitational. This starts out with some riding during practice, followed up by a little street cruising, then a good look at Coco Zurita‘s current GTR and Big Boy trying to set some interesting records. Check it!

“Day 5 of the California trip starts off once again at the concrete bowl where the Vans BMX completion is being held this weekend! This time Matty finds out that he will be competing!! Matty is going to destroy this comp! After that we hopped on our bikes and pedaled over to a local Huntington Beach middle school to see what kind of fun stuff we could ride! We found some crazy ledge set up that we rode for a couple hours and i did one of the craziest manual to tail whips that i have ever done! Then I got my good friend and his crazy Nissan GT-R to come meet up with us so we can check this insane godzilla out! The car has 700WHP and has a rocket bunny wide body kit with gorgeous bronze Volk TE37s!! The car is the craziest Nissan GT-R ever! Co Co took Big Boy for a ride and his reaction was priceless! I think he wet his pants! such an awesome day and we are all excited to ride the competition tomorrow!”
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Cincinnati Street Jam 2016 Flyer

July 29, 2016

What are you doing August 27th!? If you’re near Cincinnati, you should plan on coming out for The Daily Grind‘s Street Jam that Mike Vitatoe is throwing! The jam kicks off at Sawyer Point at noon and then the crew will be rolling around to different spots throughout the day! Make sure you get to this if you’re in the area. It’s bound to be a good time!
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Billy Perry – BMX Day In Philadelphia

July 29, 2016

If you caught some of the BMX Day footage from Philadelphia, there’s a good chance you saw Billy Perry out riding at the jam. Today, Billy dropped his video giving you a look at what went down from his perspective! It might have been super hot, followed up by some heavy rain, but it was definitely a full house and plenty of dialed riding went down. Take a peek!

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Fiend in Riverside with Garrett Reynolds, Ty Morrow & More

July 29, 2016

Fiend in Riverside with Garrett Reynolds, Ty Morrow, and More – More BMX Videos

It’s always a good day when a BMX video featuring some of the Fiend squad pops up online! Here’s a fresh mix of footage from a street jam that Garrett Reynolds and Ty Morrow threw with Stacked BMX. This features footage from the parking lot jam and a little bit of street and skatepark action from some of the spots they cruised. Plenty of footage from Garrett and Ty in this!

“Garrett Reynolds and the Fiend crew team up with Stacked BMX in Riverside, California for a day good times and great riding.
Credit: Fernando Gomarín Olaiz” – Vital BMX

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Subrosa – Comic Con 2016 with Slayer

July 29, 2016

As you probably heard, Subrosa are doing a collaboration with Slayer! Subrosa’s brand manager, Ryan Sher, recently made a trip out to San Diego for Comic Con where Slayer was playing and had a booth on display that included the bikes! Ryan decided to jump on the VLOG train to give us a look at the trip where he met with the band and pushed the bikes! Not all BMX trips are for riding, but this looks like it was a good time to us!

After you watch the video, you can check out a ton of photos and more words about the trip RIGHT HERE!

“Check out our first travel vlog, webisode, vlogisode, behind the scenes video from our trip to Comic Con 2016 to hang with Slayer and feature the Subrosa/Slayer bikes at the Nuclear Blast Records booth!

Huge thanks to Slayer and their management team, Nuclear Blast Records for the concert and booth space, and to Chadwick and Jason for coming along and documenting the whole thing.

Let us know in the comments if ya like what we put together and if you want to see more behind the scenes videos from Subrosa travel!”
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United Bike Co. – 2017 KF22 Complete Bike

July 29, 2016

We have been hearing more and more about 22″ bikes and it looks like a few brands will be adding a 22″ bike to their line ups for 2017. We caught wind that United have been working with Kye Forte on a signature 22″ bike a little while back, and it looks like it’s finally hitting BMX shops and mail-orders that carry United worldwide now. Above is a quick promo where Kye talks a little bit about the bike with a few riding clips mixed in for good measure. Below, you can find full specs and details on the bike with a full parts list and photos! Check it!

“Long time UNITED pro Kye Forte has always been one for doing things his way and in this, his 10th year with United, he still isn’t afraid to go against the BMX norm and mix things up.

Here’s a closer look at his brand new 22′ United KF22 2017 Complete bike and some thoughts about the place of 22″ bikes in BMX today. As ever, Kye doesn’t hold back on or off the bike.

#10yearsunited

Filmed and edited by Callum Earnshaw”

As we talked about above, the KF22 complete BMX Bike from United is a 22″ bike. The bike starts out with a 100% 4130 chromoly frame with a 73.75-degree head tube angle, 71-degree seat tube angle, 12.25″ bottom bracket height, 9″ standover height and 14.1″ chainstay length (slammed). The frame features gusset on the down tube, a tapered top, down and seat tube, tapered chain stays, a Mid bottom bracket and removable brake mounts. The fork is 100% 4130 chromoly with a 1-piece steerer tube and integrated bearing race, tapered legs with angled ends and CNC machined dropouts. The bars are also 100% 4130 chromoly with an 8.75″ rise, 29″ width, 11-degrees of backsweep, 3-degrees of upsweep. These bars feature large dual radius bends to increase the overall strength. The rest of the bike is decked out with United, Revenge and Innova parts from top to bottom!

GRIPS: United Jimmy grips & United ends
HEADSET: United sealed bearing, int.
STEM: United 52mm Reach Supreme Stem with embossed United logo on faceplate and machined recess for flush fitting topcap
CRANKS: United Supreme 175mm V3 3pc Cranks Black
BB: Sealed mid bottom bracket
SPROCKET: 25t alloy United sprocket
PEDALS: United Valentino nylon pedals
CHAIN: United Supreme X410
REAR RIM: Revenge Arc 22″ Welded seam Double wall 36h
FRONT RIM: Revenge Arc 22″ Welded seam Double wall 36h
REAR HUB: 36h United Supreme sealed alloy cassette hub with 14mm axle, sealed bearing 9t driver, 4 pawl, ultra loud mechanism
FRONT HUB: United Supreme 36h sealed female bolt front hub
REAR TIRE: Innova 22″ x 2.125 High Pressure Tyre
FRONT TIRE: Innova 22″ x 2.125 High Pressure Tyre
SEAT: United Slim Tripod seat kevlar material with custom sewn patch on rear
SEAT POST: United alloy Tripod
SEAT CLAMP: Alloy with machined detail
LEVER: Alloy
BRAKE: Tektro 990

The KF22 has a 21.5″ top tube length, comes in colors of semi-gloss black and gloss dark army green and weighs in at 26 lbs. The bike comes with a $928.99 (£699.99) price tag. More photos below.