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A Look At Eclat’s New 25.4mm Bars and Stem

November 2, 2016

If you have ever looked at BMX bike or frames and parts, there’s a good chance you have memorized some of the “standard” features you find on bikes. For example, on BMX frames you can find integrated head tubes, Mid bottom brackets, 14mm dropouts and seat tubes that have a 25.4mm diameter to fit posts. Having standard sizes is important because it makes things more universal for all brands to create products for riders. That also helps riders to know that if they buy something for their bike, it will fit.

However, over the years we have seen “standards” change to new sizes or styles of production that can make bikes stronger, easier to work on and maintain and overall look better. Prior to the Integrated headset, we had the American headset which required pounding in two cups into the head tube and it wasn’t uncommon for them to crack from the wear and tear riding put on them. S&M Bikes were the first to introduce the integrated head tube (Learn about that here: Drawing Board: S&M Bikes an the Integrated Headset) and it quickly took BMX over and became an industry standard due to how much easier and cleaner it made things.

For the past two years the crew over at Wethepeople and Eclat have been working on moving BMX in a new direction when it comes to their handlebars and stems. Currently virtually all BMX handlebars and stems are designed around a 22.2mm size, which would be the diameter of the tubing on the handlebars where you can find the knurling for the stem to clamp down. It’s the standard size, everyone has been using this size for years and you know when you buy a pair of bars or stem, it will be compatible.

The crew at Wethepeople and Eclat have decided to sail in a new direction, by offering bars and a stem that are made for a 25.4mm size. For example, we have the new Strangler bars and Slattery stem featured here, both of which have that 25.4mm size. If you also ride mountain bikes, you are familiar with that 25.4mm size, since it’s one of the common sizes found over in that world. Just looking at the photo above, you might not notice the difference in size, but if you compare the lower crossbar to the top cross bar a little closer, it’s pretty easy to see the difference in size.

So, why the bigger size? Ultimately the goal was to create a stronger pair of bars. By having a larger diameter tube on the bottom where the stem clamps down, Eclat have given their bars more strength because of the larger diameter tubing leaves more surface area for clamping, which should decrease slip. Also with that larger tube, they also increased the surface area for welds, which is really a factor more ideal for 4-piece bars since there are the welds holding the cross bar in place. It’s not uncommon to see the 4-piece bars break at the weld from the amount of force put on them thanks to all the leverage from taller 8.5″ – 10″ rise bars that are common.

So, in short… 25.4mm has more strength benefits that are more ideal for the times since 22.2mm was standardized when bars were much smaller and taking way less stress than bars of today.

What do we think about all of it? It’s one of those things that it will be interesting to see if it can gain traction. Does using the 25.4mm size versus 22.2mm have benefits? Yes. Do we see brands rushing to tell their manufacturers they need to change their designs so their bars and stems are compatible? Not really… At least not right now. It would take a few things like demand from shops and riders, sales volumes and a few other key brands jumping on board to essentially make it their standard size before we could see the BMX industry changing it’s standard size for bars and stems. Could those things already be happening and we have just missed it? Possibly. We rarely get asked our opinion about a product until after it has been produced. But as of right now, Wethepeople and Eclat are the only two taking the risk and putting the product out there.

Could we see this becoming the new standard in the future? If more brands take interest in it, yeah, for sure.

But, until then, your options are pretty limited and you will need to purchase new bars and a new stem if you want to give this 25.4mm size a go. As of right now, all we know about the Strangler bars is that they will come in 9.6″ and 9.1″ rise sizes and that the Slattery stem features a new “Shark Tooth Clamping System”, which is essentially grooves added to the inside of the stem for increased grab to reduce slipping. We will have full specs and details closer to the release in just a few weeks.

Here you can see the Shark Tooth Clamping system on the Slattery stem.

Think this 25.4mm tube will take off? Let us know what you think in the comments below!

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Eclat – Storm Fork

October 24, 2016

Here’s one we got a look at back at Interbike 2016. The new Storm fork from Eclat is a fork that they are pushing as their strongest fork available. This fork is made from full-liquid post-weld heat-treated seamless 4130 chromoly with a fully CNC machined, one-piece, 170mm steerer tube with an integrated crown race, fully CNC machined legs that are mechanically formed and heat-treated, CNC machined and laser cut 5mm thick dropouts with 25mm and 30mm offset options. This fork is also comes with 7075-T6 alloy compression cap (M24 thread) to keep everything tight.

The Storm fork from Eclat comes in colors of black and chrome plated, 25mm and 30mm offsets and weighs in at 35.8 oz. (30mm). You can also find a lifetime guarantee against manufacture defects on this fork to help sweeten the deal even more.

Here are a few words from Eclat explaining why this makes it their strongest fork ever.

“This is a big one for us, and a product that we couldn’t be more excited to see these finally hit shops very soon. Introducing our new Storm Fork, the end result of over 2 years of extensive R&D into how we can make the strongest BMX fork possible. After years of work, and countless hours of laboratory and real life rider testing with the PRO team, we have reached a new benchmark in BMX fork strength.

Don’t let the Storm fork’s subtle appearance deceive you, this fork is a well-calculated balance of tubing thickness, material specification and our own heat-treatment process, ensuring that it can hold up to more abuse than any fork before it. Despite the huge increase of strength in this fork, we used a clean and simplistic design which keeps the weight down, making it much lighter than you would expect.

The Storm fork was a chance for us to really spend a lot of time looking into the welding process. We experimented with different welding rods to find out how we could ensure the strongest possible welds, since that’s one of the most critical areas on a fork.

We’ll be giving you more insight into the design process and showing the testing that went into the fork very soon to show just how strong this thing is, but until then take a closer look at the new pride and joy of the 2017 eclat product line.”

CNC machined and mechanically formed legs with plenty of clearance for 2.40″ tires.

Available in 25mm and 30mm offsets.

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Eclat – Raven Rim

October 4, 2016

Here is a look at a new BMX rim we spotted at Interbike 2016 from Eclat. The Raven rim is made from 6069-T6 alloy with a 36mm width, extra rounded edges to help prevent pinch flats, extra thick sidewalls to help resist denting, a deep channel to make it easier to install or remove tires, a lower profile sidewall with a slight angle for looks, but still brake compatible and extra thick, offset spoke holes for strength. The Raven rim is flash welded at the seam. One of the best ways to go viral on tiktok is to buy tiktok followers , it is fast and secure and will help you boost your tiktok.

The Raven Rim will be available in a glossy black color and an Alex Kennedy inspired Neon Yellow — which you can get a look at Interbike 2016 – Eclat — through BMX shops and mail-orders that carry Eclat worldwide!

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Interbike 2016 – Wethepeople & Eclat

September 21, 2016

Interbike 2016 has begun! To kick this party off, we headed over to the Wethepeople and Eclat have been working on over in Germany. Up first, we have a look at their 2016 complete bikes, which we took a look at the other week. You can get better photos and a full parts list on each of these bikes here — Wethepeople 2017 Complete Bikes!

You can get better photos and a full parts list on each of these bikes here — Wethepeople 2017 Complete Bikes!

Here are a look at a few of the different sprockets that Wethepeople currently offer. Above is there throwback full sprocket with the engraved Wethepople logo.

Patrol sprockets for you trails guys.

Felix Prangenberg’s new signature sprocket that will be dropping soon!

Supreme hub with guards.

Ed Zunda signature cranks.

Helix V2 freecoaster.

Dillon Lloyd signature Dill Pickle peg!

Pete Sawyer signature Sterling bars and fork in this new bronze color.

Take a seat! Wethepeople have a number of Pivotal and Tripod seat options.

Dan Kruk signature colorway for the new Battleship frame. Kind of hard to see but it’s a black with confetti style pieces that matches his new signature Party Paint colorway from Madera!

Eben Fischer did the graphics for this frame as well. Real nice as always!

Jordan Godwin is also getting a signature colorway on the Battleship frame with some unique graphics to go with it.

The new “Message” frame from Wethepeople features a real unique metallic / chameleon color changing by the angle color that looks awesome. Apparently they used this style of paint on planes back in the 80’s. We’ll get you full specs and details soon, so keep your eye on the site for that.

What do you think of that color?

New color options for a few of the frames already in their line up!

Now let’s take a look at a few Eclat goodies!

A few of their new Pivotal and Tripod seat options!

A few different sprocket options regular and full guard and their 4 Stroke chain.

The new Military green color that will be available on a few of their parts.

Here’s a look at a new plastic pedal that Eclat are working on. It features a flat platform that is wider. We’ll get you full details closer to the release. Shouldn’t be too much longer.

Plenty of pedal options. Contra and AK pedals here. They have a few other options on top of these three as well.

Metal is coming back. New metal pegs and hub guards they are cooking up!

Stems and cranks! The new Cortex front hub and that oil slick color for the Teck hub.

The new Storm fork that Eclat have been working on for a good year or so now. They’re making pretty bold claims that this will be one of the strongest forks available and they have some 3rd party stress testing to back that claim. All we know is they look real clean and sturdy. Once again, full specs and details coming in the near future.

Bright colors making a come back! Here’s a look at their new Raven rim that we’ll be available in this neon yellow color.

The Bruno Hoffmann signature Predator tire coming in Gum.

That covers what Wethepeople and Eclat had on display at their Interbike 2016 booth. As always, a very extensive and dialed line. As we mentioned a few times before, we’ll have full details on their new product additions very soon, so keep your eye on the site!

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Colt Fake On Eclat + Bike Check

September 9, 2016

It looks like Colt Fake is now doing it for Eclat down in Florida! They dropped the news with a fresh new Bike Check giving you a look at his brand new Bone Deth setup decked out top to bottom in Eclat parts. You can check out a couple photos, a full parts list and just why Eclat picked Colt up right here — Colt Fake – Welcome to the Family

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Dan Coller Bike Check

September 5, 2016

Photos: Jake Petruchik

There’s nothing better than dialing in a brand new bike… Well, there is. Dialing in a bike with your own name on it. Dan Coller was fortunate enough to recently build up a brand new bike with his signature colorway for the Kink Titan frame. We figured with the release of the new frame colorway and him building up a fresh bike recently, it was more than a perfect time to hit up Dan to get a look at his current setup and find out what else is new! Check it out below!

Name: Dan Coller

Location: Rochester, NY

Sponsors: Kink, Eclat, The Fresh Press

Years riding: 13

Frame: Kink Titan, Trans Maroon 21.25

Bars: Kink Rex bars

Fork: Kink CST

Stem: Eclat Mercury

Grips: Kink Samurai

Headset: Kink intergrated

Seat / Seat Post: Eclat Torch/ Eclat OZ v2

Cranks: Eclat Spire 175mm

Pedals: Eclat Contra

Sprocket: Kink OG

Chain: Eclat

Front Wheel: Eclat Bondi V2 rim laced to a Kink Boulevard hub

Front Tire: Eclat Ridgestone Slic

Rear Wheel: Kink East Coaster laced to Kink Atlas

Rear Tire: Kink Vela

Hub Guards: Kink Boulevard Guards/ Kink universal coaster guard

Pegs: Eclat Venom 4.5

Modifications: I cut my bars to about 27.75″ and my forks are cut so I don’t have to run spacers.

What’s the newest part on your bike?
I basically just built an entire new bike so all of it is nice and new at the moment.

What about the oldest? Does it hold any sort of sentimental value?
I’d say my Kink OG sprocket is the oldest part on my bike. I’ve had the same one since they did a run of them in 25t for their 20 year anniversary and it was made by the same factory in Rochester that made the original 20 years ago, so I thought that was pretty cool. I have no plans on changing out that solid beast of a sprocket anytime soon.

Are you pretty particular with the way your bike is setup? Bars in a certain spot, tire pressure, certain frame length or are you pretty flexible?
I definitely run my tires between 30 and 40 psi, which is very low, but it feels good whenever I find a set up where I have to take a decent sized drop. It may be harder on my bike, but it saves met wrists and ankles. Kink and Eclat both make really strong parts so I’m thankful for that. I love having a long frame with a short(ish) backend and I don’t think that will ever change.

Do you ever change the setup up like tossing on brakes or are you pretty set on the way your bike is dialed in?
I’ve been pretty set on how my bike is since I put on 4 plastic pegs. I haven’t changed my set up in 4 years and I don’t foresee it changing, but I’m always stoked to hop on someones bike with brakes and find a good fufuanu haha.

Do you usually run your bike until it’s destroyed, or do you like to keep things dialed in?
I’d say a little bit of both. I keep things pretty dialed in these days but I run my bike until it looks like its been to war.

You’re rocking your new signature colorway on the Titan frame from Kink. How pumped are you to have your first signature product?
It’s really awesome and I never could have imagined having a signature anything, haha. I worked with Dave Fortman (Kink Graphic designer) for the Kangaroo logo and the color and it came out more perfect than I could have imagined. Getting my own 21.25″ frame in my color way is really exciting, too. I’m stoked to have a frame out there for the tall guys!

How did you decide on the translucent maroon color? Were there any other color options you considered before landing on that one?
Honestly, I kind of knew exactly what I wanted the second they asked me to do a color and Dave worked hard to make sure I got exactly what I wanted. I actually based it off of the Kink Dirty Dan Sidepipe frame because that was my favorite bike I had growing up and also was the first frame Kink hooked me up with when I was about 12 years old. They have had my back since day one!

Do you have any more signature stuff in the works with Kink at the moment?
Not at the moment but I have some ideas for a certain product I want to get working on soon hopefully!

How are things going with Eclat? Any fresh projects in the works with them?
Things with Eclat are going great. The Mount Royal trip was so much fun hanging out with the entire crew, and getting to split filming duties with Krejmas was really fun. I am in the early stages of my next project which is 100% going to be an Eclat production and I’m excited to get that out.

You recently spent some time in Montreal and San Diego a little while before that. What are your travel plans looking like in the near future? Any where you’re trying to get to this fall / winter?
As of late I have a serious travel bug to go anywhere and everywhere. Being on the east coast at the moment there are so many spots and cities that are easy to drive to and I plan on hitting as much as I can before the weather turns. But Fall is the best around here hands down. Once it gets too cold, I definitely will go back to California and I want to hit Barcelona this winter as well. There is nothing like it out there!

You had that banger section in the “Intervention” video, plenty of heat in the “Mount Royal” video from Eclat and then your Titan frame promo. Have you been filming for anything new yet? Any idea when we’ll see some more footage pop up online?
Thanks! I am in the early stages of an Eclat video I’m working on but I’m definitely excited to put in work for this one. I also plan on starting something with Zach Krejmas soon so it’ll be a busy fall/winter but I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Speaking of videos, we have seen a ton of people getting into that whole webisode thing. Do you see yourself getting into that or is it not for you?
Nope! haha. I think it’s cool that something such as webisodes and Vlogs work for people, but I prefer to film other people, not myself.

Where have you been getting most of your sessions in these days?
I don’t have a go to street spot right now and I’m pretty happy about that. I usually start my day riding a little concrete park about 20 minutes outside of Rochester but other than that I end up riding something different everyday when I go cruise the city of Rochester.

What have you been getting into when you aren’t riding these days? Any jobs or hobbies taking up your time?
BMX truly takes up most of my time. I do freelance videography work here and there, but riding and filming riding take up most of my time. Making some healthy food or going out and finding it is the only other big time consumer I have in my life, haha.

How can people keep up with you these days? (Insta / Twitter / FB / Snap… Whatever you want to include)
My Instagram and Twitter is @dan_coller. My Instagram is definitely the best way to keep up with what I’m up to. I rarely miss a day without posting what I’m up to!

Do you have any shout outs or thanks?
Thanks to everyone at Kink and Eclat for all the support, Aaron Smith and the Fresh Press for all the healthy meals and juice, and my friends that I ride with daily for keeping the good vibes, and to Kurt for this interview!

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Eclat – Mount Royal

August 19, 2016

Here’s a BMX video we’ve been waiting all week for since the trailer dropped! A few weeks back the Eclat squad spent a week up in Montreal, Canada exploring the massive city to see what they could cook up for clips on what appears to be some endless spots. As you can imagine with a crew like Devon Smillie, Sean Burns, Bruno Hoffmann, Dillon Lloyd, Carl Arnett, Ryan Eles, Shane Weston, Dan Coller, and Alex Kennedy, they had no problem coming through with some serious fire! Nine minutes of fire to be exact… Hit play and enjoy!

“The squad spends a week of summer in the city.

Devon Smillie, Sean Burns, Bruno Hoffmann, Dillon Lloyd, Carl Arnett, Ryan Eles, Shane Weston, Dan Coller, & Alex Kennedy.

Music:

tuuwa – “Shopping Molly” – www.midwestcollective.bandcamp.com / www.tuuwa.bandcamp.com

Yung Bae – “Back To The Classics” – www.yungbae.bandcamp.com

American Monoxide – “Guitar Amp” & “Broken Milk” – www.americanmonoxide.bandcamp.com

Capture & Cut: Zach Krejmas”

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Eclat “Mount Royal” Teaser

August 16, 2016

It looks like Eclat have a little treat for us dropping on Friday! Their “Mount Royal” video featuring Devon Smillie, Dillon Lloyd, Sean Burns, Ryan Eles, Carl Arnett, Shane Weston, Dan Coller, Bruno Hoffmann and Alex Kennedy will be dropping online and it’s bound to be an absolute banger with that line up getting down on the streets of Montreal! Hit play for a quick teaser to get you excited.

“9 Riders. One City. Coming August 19th.”

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