During a trip to New York City for the GT Bicycles 2017 BMX product launch, we caught up with Ride BMX photographer, Jeff Z., to take a closer look at his current Skavenger setup that he’s running decked out with Animal Bikes parts! The bike might not be the most dialed, current bike, but it does have a lot of character. This originally appeared as a Facebook Live video, so that’s why the quality is a little rough around the edges, but you can still get a good look at the bike.
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Animal Bikes X Terrible One – Garrett Byrnes Tire Promo
Animal Bikes uploaded the Garrett Byrnes promo for the Animal X Terrible One collaboration Ursa Minor and Major Tires to their Youtube channel, so we figured it was a good enough excuse for another look at it! Hit play to watch Garrett absolutely destroy a few skateparks, pools and street spots with a few guest clips from Lil Jon. Everything about this video kicks ass, so make sure you hit play and enjoy this… A couple times!
“Animal bikes and Terrible one have teamed up to bring a new dual compound tire to the streets and skateparks. The hard compound on top provides a lower rolling resistance while the soft compound on the outside provides increased corner grip.”
Filmed and edited by Ryan Navazio
Joe “Butcher” Kowalski Bike Check
Animal Bikes dropped a fresh new Bike Check with Joe “Butcher” Kowalski and his current Hoffman Condor setup that he’s running. Butcher talks about how he got the frame, which is a pretty good story, followed up with a full parts list and a couple of photos giving you a closer look at his bike. You can check it all out here — Butcher Bike Check
Chris Carter Bike Check
Animal Bikes have been on it with the Bike Checks latest. They just dropped a fresh one with Chris Carter and his current Skavenger setup that he’s running decked out with Animal parts. This bike might not be the prettiest thing ever, but we’re sure it can take a serious beating out on the streets. If you’re curious and want to see more, you can check out a ton of photos, a parts list and more here — Chris Carter Bike Check
Anthony DeRosa Bike Check
There’s a new Bike Check over on the Animal Bikes website giving you a closer look at Anthony DeRosa‘s current Brooklyn Machine Works setup that he’s running decked out with Animal parts from top to bottom. We haven’t seen too many of the Brooklyn Machine Works frames so far, so that’s pretty interesting to see. There’s also a prototype fork, so we’ll have to keep an eye out for that in the near future. You can check out the full parts list and a bunch of photos of the bike here — Anthony DeRosa Bike Check
Riding with Animal Bikes – 360 Virtual Reality BMX
Yesterday we caught a teaser for this one and we’ve been waiting to see it ever since! Animal Bikes is getting a jump on the whole Virtual Reality thing that’s starting to take off and this is their first crack at it! Hit play to watch the crew go to work on some spots and take in everything that’s going on by moving around either with your phone in the Youtube app or by using your mouse on the video!
If you’re trying to watch this on your phone, here’s the link so you can open it in the Youtube app – https://youtu.be/k8kE7dhIIJQ
What do you think of the whole Virtual Reality stuff?
“We are excited to share “Riding with Animal”. A 360 video experience that was put together by our friends, @Glennppmilligan and @andydreadsbmx at united-realities.com. The video is an interactive experience that features Edwin DeLarosa, Augie Simoncini, Andrew Castaneda, Brenden Tombow, Charles Littlejohn and Rocco Giuseppe.
You can watch this video on your desktop computer. You will need to use your mouse to move around in the 360 environment. On your mobile device, you’ll need to have the YOUTUBE app for the video to work. If you have VR goggles then you already know how to use this, and this will work with them!
Music
Mr. Green
“Superpowers”
Featuring KRS-One and Hakim Green from Channel Live.”
Harvester Bikes X Animal Bikes – Toronto Street Jam
Ant Bloch hit us with a link to a video he put together from the Harvester Bikes X Animal Bikes Toronto Street Jam that went down the other weekend. Hit play to check out a bunch of clips they collected from all the spots these guys cruised. It looks like there was a good turn out and plenty of dialed riding that went down throughout the day.
“Harvester Bikes x Animal Bikes Street Jam, June 12 2016, Sponsored by Animal Bikes. Thanks to everyone who came out, including the filmers and Animal Bikes
Song: Miike Snow-Heart is Full”
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Riding With Animal Bikes – 360 Virtual Reality Teaser
Note: Here’s the link to the video for those of you on a phone or need to switch browsers on desktop: youtu.be/hB92xBAeQoA
It’s only a matter of time before all of this new Virtual Reality stuff becomes super common and easy enough to use that everyone will start doing it. It looks like Animal Bikes are getting a jump on things thanks to a few friends with the know how on the whole VR craze kicking off. Hit play or a quick video teaser of what’s to come. This one will require you to scroll back a few times to take in everything going on, but it’s pretty cool.
“We teamed up with our friends at united-realities.com, @Glennppmilligan and @andydreadsbmx to put together a new visual experience. This video gives you the feeling you would have if you were to hang out at a session with the Animal team.
On Tuesday, June 21st we are excited to share “Riding with Animal”. A 360 video experience featuring Edwin DeLarosa, Augie Simoncini, Andrew Castaneda, Brenden Tombow, Charles Littlejohn and Rocco Giuseppe.
Since this is kind of a new experience, we wanted to share this teaser clip, so people can get a better feel for how it all works. This clip is the guys warming up at a skate park before going to ride street.
You can watch this video on your desktop computer.
You will need to use your mouse to move around in the 360 environment. On your mobile device, you’ll need to have the YOUTUBE app for the video to work. It’s well worth the experience if you haven’t played with any 360 or VR video yet. If you have VR goggles then you already know how to use this, and this will work with them!”
