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“Mad Matt” – Full Video (1995)

Mat Hoffman has dropped a classic online in full for your viewing pleasure! Check out the full Hoffman Bikes Mad Matt video from 1995! It’s pretty wild to think this video came out 25 years ago! Hit play to check out just shy of 40 minutes of pure goodness filmd and edited by Mark Eaton. This has footage from the weed whacker bike, Hoffman Bikes shows at fairs, the Ninja Ramp, different contests, the old Hoffman Park and more. Riding from Mat, Jay Miron, Day Smith, James Smith, Taj Mihelich, Rick Thorne, Rob Sigaty, Dave Brumlow and more! Get on that play button and take this classic in

“So I never digitized MaddMatt. I only released it on VHS. So it has kind of been a lost tape, and it documented such a great era. Mad Matt 1995. This will flash you back to the mid 90s. I made this video with the Great Mark Eaton, and some of the raddest of the rad that helped build my dream. We worked and played hard. DIY to the core.
I called it Madd Matt because I felt we were fighting to survive and we were making a new world, and for some reason that made me think of Mad Max?
Anyway, thanks for digitizing this for me Kenny Horton and check out his new film.” – Mat Hoffman

Art Thomason – Hoffman Big Daddy Edit

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A few weeks back we got a look at the new Hoffman Bikes Big Daddy 2019 Reissue frame, and a bunch of older riders were pumped to see it. Now, we get a look at the frame in action since Art Thomason was able to get his hands on a prototype to try out! Here’s a video he put together giving you a look at the frame built up, along with a bunch of dialed clips from his backyard flatland sessions!

“Mat let me try out the Big Daddy prototype and I am really impressed with how the bike rides. They did a great job capturing the old school look, but making sure it rides like a 2019 frame. Check out this edit to see how it rides!” – Art Thomason

Sneak Peek: Hoffman Bikes – Big Daddy 2019 Reissue

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The Hoffman Bikes Big Daddy frame is coming back! Last year during the X Games, a group of us were hanging out and Mat Hoffman talked about his plans with Hoffman Bikes now that he has full control of the brand once again. One of the things he mentioned was that he planned to do some reissues of some of the classic Hoffman Bikes products! Today we spotted the Big Daddy Frame over on the Hell On Wheels Instagram to announce that they’re taking pre-orders for the frame, and we would imagine plenty of other shops will be doing the same here soon.

The Big Daddy frame is made from full 4130 chromoly tubing with a 75-degree head tube angle, 70-degree seat tube angle, 11.8″ bottom bracket height, 8″ standover height and a 13.4″ – 14.2″ chainstay length. The frame features an integrated headtube, a big gusset on the down tube, the classic seat stays that wrap around to the top tube, a Mid bottom bracket, CNC machined and heat-treated 14mm dropouts and removable brake mounts. The Big Daddy frame will be available in 19.5″ and 20.5″ top tube lengths with colors of Black, Raw and Chrome with two sticker kits.

This frame was originally designed by Kevin Jones back in 1993 and it revolutionized flatland frames. Now, in 2019 Kevin has has say in this frame as well as doing all the testing. That’s beyond awesome to see! Here’s a few words about that from the Hell On Wheels website…

“For a little history lesson the original Big Daddy frame was legendary flatlander Kevin Jones’s signature frame and Kevin has been heavily involved with the reissue, see below for a pic of Kevin testing one of the prototypes. Kevin Jones is credited as the innovator of modern day flatland riding. His exploits have been well documented in the ‘Dorkin’ In York’ video series, and his influence on flatland is worldwide. He was the first flatland rider to be added onto the Hoffman Bikes team at its inception. In 1993, Jones designed the signature Big Daddy frame for Hoffman Bikes. The frame revolutionised modern flatland, and is still a sought after bike many years later.” – Hell On Wheels

Hoffman Bikes – Cody Anderson Bike Check / Q&A

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Hoffman Bikes caught up with Cody Anderson to take a look at his current setup…

It has been a little while since we’ve seen Cody Anderson‘s name pop up, but it sounds like he’s been on the disabled list due to a knee injury that took two surgeries and some heavy down time. Cody is finally back on the bike, so Hoffman Bikes decided to do a quick Q&A and a bike check now that he’s making moves again. Check everything out over on the Hoffman Bikes website and expect to see more from Cody soon!

Hoffman Bikes – Mason Ritter Early Summer 2017 Video

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Hoffman Bikes helping you kick the weekend off right with a fresh batch of footage from their team rider out in Pennsylvania, Mason Ritter who has spent the past few months stacking clips at The Wheel Mill, street spots, trails and skateparks! Mason is one of those riders with a deep bag of tricks from technical lip tricks to wild air tricks that helps to keep things real interesting from start to finish! We’re particularly stoked on the number of heel clickers in here and we’re not even sure what to call that last trick!

“For the past few months Mason Ritter has been working with Filmer/Editor Murphy Moschetta hitting the local PA spots. Mason wanted this early summer edit to be relaxed with a few bangers. If this relaxed with a few bangers then we can’t wait for the next edit.

You have to check out his final trick. WOW.

Rider: Mason Ritter
Filmed & Edited: Murphy Moschetta
www.murphymoschetta.com”

Hoffman Bikes – 2017 Recruiter Complete Bikes

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Hoffman Bikes sent through a few details on their new 2017 range of “Recruiter Series” bikes that are starting to become available here in the United States. These bikes are designed to be an affordable, entry level group of bikes from the very affordable 18″ Condor to the upper entry level Condor complete above. These bikes are geared toward getting more kids on BMX bikes at a really affordable price. Get more details below.

“Hoffman Bikes is excited to offer the new “Recruiter” Line of complete bikes. This new line of Hoffman completes is geared to the first-time bmx’er. The recruiter line offers the next generation bmx’er a starter bike with an affordable price that is better quality, better looking and better spec’ed than others’ same-priced bikes on the market.

The Recruiter line retails start at $140 with the 18” Condor, followed up by the 20” Talon $189.95, 20” Cirrus $219.95, 20” Aves $259.95 and rounding out the line with the 20” Condor $300.00.

The Hoffman Bikes Recruiter Complete Bike line is available now in the USA at this time For more info please visit https://hoffmanbikes.com/product-category/recruiter-complete-bikes-line/”

2017 18″ Condor

$140.00

2017 Aves

– $259.95

2017 Cirrus

$219.95

2017 Talon

$189.95

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Flashback – Hoffman Bikes – SPC UHMW Plastic Peg

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It’s pretty crazy how much product design history there is in BMX. Over the years we have seen a lot of products come, some innovative and unique, others just to match another product that has been selling well. One interesting thing about BMX is how many times we’ve seen a product fail, then years later something similar becomes super popular or even a standard. There’s no denying that Plastic Pegs are very common these days, sometimes more common that metal pegs depending on the group of riders you hang out with. What some of you younger guys might not know is that 13 years ago Hoffman Bikes dabbled with plastic pegs using an interesting design. We’ll let them explain it all below…

“Product Flashback – 2003 product year we introduced the SPC peg. Hoffman at the time was the first to introduce the removable plastic sleeve using a unique UHMW material. — #hoffmanbikeshistory

The SPC peg was designed to tackle all riding environments. What does SPC stand for? “S” is for Street, “P” is for Park, “C” is for Cement. So what makes this peg different from any other peg on the market? That would be the removable UHMW-PE sleeve. What is UHMW-PE? UHMW defined is Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene. 7 times lighter then Steel, 3 times lighter than Aluminum, Unmatched Impact strength and you can grind pretty much anything. Use the Sleeve all the time or part time. With a few turns on the end plug bolt you are able to remove the sleeve without taking your peg off.”

What’s pretty interesting is the end plug to hold the plastic sleeve on. We are seeing how that could be an advantage and disadvantage. One advantage being the ability to easily switch the sleeve out when it’s been used up or broken. One disadvantage we see is that the sleeve probably still spun around on the core since just the plus was there to hold it in place, and if that plug broke it would be like your bar end breaking off inside, just worse because there’s a bolt you need to get to at some point. We’re not sure exactly why these never took off, but we would imagine it was just something way before its time. Some of you older guys might remember when plastic pegs started coming out and how crazy the trash talking was between people that ran metal and plastic pegs.

Either way, this is a really interesting piece of history. Like people always say, BMX runs in circles… So what’s cool now might not be cool in five years, and in five years what’s cool might be something that was sweet 10-15 years before. We’ll never know until we get there.

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