Get a behind the scenes type look at the 2nd day of the Mongoose Jam. Good tricks, funny outtakes, and at least 2 crankflips.
Insight: Fit – 24mm Indent Cranks
BMX cranks are one of the most important parts on your bike. Not only because they allow you to pedal, which is key, but they are where a lot of the force from impacts end up when you land. Cranks have gone from one-piece designs that you could bend by just starring at them to traditional 3-piece style we see today. You can’t forget the 2-piece and 2.5-piece versions that have surfaced over the years as well. Either way, there are a lot of things that have been done to improve the quality of cranks to hold up the the level or riding that goes on these days from dropping off roofs, sending it over 30 foot doubles to blasting a box jump or grinding down a rail.
About two years ago, Fit Bike Co. introduced their 19mm Indent cranks which utilized the 3-piece design with a 19mm, 48-spline spindle and indents on the arms to improve strength. The cranks are clean and built to stand up to some heavy riding… Except they there were ways to get an even stronger design. Recently, Fit released another version of the cranks that feature a larger 24mm spindle that ultimately makes for a stronger design without excessive weight additions to your bike.
I was pretty curious what lead them to stepping outside the box so to speak from the traditional 19mm and 22mm spindle designs, so I got ahold of Chris Moeller to talk a little bit about what lead to the design. Let’s take a closer look!
Federal – Sebastian Anton Welcome Edit
The Federal Bikes team just keeps getting better and better! They’ve just added Sebastian Anton to the line up and this welcome edit shows you just why! Take a peek!
Filmed and edited by Merlin Czarnulla
Mike Rose “Grindhouse”
Oh damn… Animal Bikes just released Mike Rose’s section from Max Gaertig’s latest video project, “Grindhouse”! Take a look at some seriously good riding then pick up a copy of the DVD in the Animal Webstore.
Product: Fiend – Phosphate Raw Kit
Another gem I spotted over on The Merged! It looks like Fiend have introduced this phosphate raw colorway that’s looks so good on the Ty Morrow frame, Team bars and Embryo fork. These are all available now!
BCave – Chris Childs Edit
BCave dropped this brand new video featuring Sunday‘s latest recruit, Chris Childs! As always, the style rat brings the style on a handful of street spots along with some park action! You know you wanna hit that play button!
O.H.O.A.R
It’s awesome seeing riders progress. Vince Imel is one guy we started seeing videos from about a year ago, and in that time he’s progressed a ton. This new video of him putting in work on a bunch of spots around North Carolina is proof. Check it!
Merritt – Paul Barnum August 2013
Always stoked when I see Paul Barnum’s name pop up! Here’s a brand new one from him throwing down some damn good riding at a prefab park for Merritt. Paul is soooo dialed and so underrated. Hit that play button right now!
