BMX Union

Ride The Bowl With a Vespa

October 4, 2011

This is hilarious and awesome.

“It’s pretty logical to ride a skatepark with a bmx, a skateboard or rollerblades but Boulon is a special guy from Marseille In France who rides the legendary bowl of Marseille with his Vespa. everyone who got the chance to see Boulon riding the bowl is stocked and doens’t understand how to ride with a vespa.

Enjoy this video cause his riding is really original 🙂

filmed & edited
by JC Pieri

filmed with a Canon 7D
lens:
– Canon fisheye 15mm f2.8
– Samyang 8mm
– Canon 75-300mm Macro f1.4
– Canon 50mm f1.8
– Canon Macro 100mm

Softwares: adobe premiere pro CS5 / after effect CS5 / twixtor plug-in” – JC Pieri

Sneak Peek: Simple Hub Guard

October 4, 2011

Here’s a sneak peek look at Simple‘s new aluminum hub guard. This will be available for the non-drive side of their Cassette Hub. There’s also mention of a guard that will be available for the drive side as well.

Giveaway: KMC Kool Knight Chain

October 4, 2011

KMC Kool Knight

Some of you who have been checking out the site for a while now might recall the review I did on KMC‘s prototype “Kool Knight” chain around a year or so ago. At the time, the idea was still new (before DK announced their version) and they were just in the testing phase of things. They asked if I wanted to give one a go and give them feedback on it. After the review was done and I felt I had done sufficient “testing”, KMC had asked for me to send it back to them so they could conduct stress testing and such.
Fast forward to earlier last week and I get an email from KMC asking if I would be interested in getting a final version of the chain that’s finally in production and should be available soon. Then the other day I had a box from them show up and I thought it felt a little heavy. That’s because they sent through a few extras for me to GIVE AWAY to you guys.
So, here’s how we are going to run this contest. You have TWO chances to enter. One – write in the comments “I want that chain!” with your name and actual email address so I can contact you if you win. Two – Head over to The Union’s FACEBOOK and “Like” us. Then comment “I want that chain!” on the photo of the chain that will be on the wall. It’s as easy as that. I’ll pick three winners on MONDAY, OCTOBER 10th. So please, check your email and Facebook messages that day.

Check out a little more information on the chain along with a few photos and a video after the jump…
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Product: Kink Fall 2011 Softgoods

October 4, 2011

Kink have posted up a slidebook with all of their new Fall 2011 apparel. You can take a closer look at each of the items by clicking here. Freshen up, kid!

Profile – Tony Cardona Video Update

October 4, 2011

“So I have been living in San Antonio, TX for the past two months. My rad girlfirend, one fine lady- Miss Kelly Smith, can ride her single speed bicycle like nobodys business.

Kelly filmed this whole video on her Android phone to help me learn how to edit videos. It was a fun way for us to ride around and chill together, also to make the streets of San Antonio a little more familiar.

From curb cuts gone wrong, to mid-bar patio sessions, lake jumping in Mexico to manualing thru San Pedro park (2nd oldest park in the U.S.A.) we had a good time together.

I want to thank Kelly, my rad friend Nick and his roommates , my other rad friend Lucas, the state of Texas, everybody who has a laugh with me in this video, and my brothers and sisters that share this passion.
Cheers!!!!” – Tony Cardona / Profile Racing

Jim Cielencki Bike Check

October 4, 2011

SUNDAY BIKES | FACEBOOK | TWITTER

Jim C built up a new Wave C and figured you guys might want to take a peek. She’s lookin’ goooood. You can get the parts list by clicking here.

Ruben Alcantara House Check

October 4, 2011

While in Malaga, Spain, Matt Brown had the chance to tour Ruben Alcantara’s home. If you have ever wondered what Ruben’s house looks like, this is your opportunity. Head over to ESPN and take a look.

Friends Edit

October 4, 2011

Paddy Gross and his buddy Christian spent two months filming for this real solid split edit. Here’s a few words from Paddy about the video…

“christian is one of my best friends and we’re having heaps fun riding our bikes. after 2 months of filming here and there we’ve put together this little edit. we didn’t plan to kill ourselfs and follow any trends or styles, we just had fun and catched the good times on tape, it’s as simple as that. enjoy!
cheers, paddy”

Spotted on the Colony website.