The crew at Lux BMX coming through with a short but sweet edit from a morning session Alex Hiam caught at the Fairfield Skatepark down in Australia. Despite this having a pretty chill vibe due to music, Alex does bring the heavy moves as always. Hit play to see what went down!
LUX BMX – New Warehouse Session
Lux BMX have been crushing it down in Australia and they recently got a bigger warehouse to store all the BMX bikes, frames and parts they keep in stock! Before they started filling out the warehouse, some of the squad got a session in on some rails and ledges they setup! Hit play to check out what went down. It sounds like Lux have a big year ahead of them!
“Denby Chandler, Brock Olive and Jake Norris shred a few setups inside the new LUX warehouse before we fill it up with BMX products!
Filmed by Mitch Wood and Keenan Steward
Edited by Mitch Wood” – Lux BMX
How To Break A BMX Chain With A Chain Breaker
Want to learn how to break a BMX chain with a chain breaker? Here’s how it’s done!
When it comes to working on a BMX bike, it’s all pretty straightforward and easy, but one thing in particular that an be a bit of a struggle, especially just starting out, is breaking a BMX chain and reconnecting it. The crew at Lux BMX just uploaded this new How To video showing you how to break a BMX chain with a chain breaker, and how to put it back together on a standard BMX chain. Most BMX chains work this exactly way, but you will want to use the Shadow Conspiracy Chain Breaker for their Interlock chain. Otherwise pretty much all other chains you can use a standard style chain breaker like the one in the video, or the Park Tools CT 3.3 breaker for example. Hit play to see how it’s done, with some great tips an examples. If you’re near Australia, hit up the Lux BMX website to see what they have available for chain breakers at the moment!
“Evan Jaques is one of the founders of and owners of LUXBMX and has worked in the bike industry for the past 20 years. Riding BMX his whole life, Evan learned from a young age how to work on his bike and turned this childhood hobby into a life long obsession, career, and lifestyle.
In this episode of Quick Fix with Evan, he shows you how to break both a regular and half link style chain.” – Lux BMX
After watching this video, do you have any tips or tricks that were missed in this video? Let us know what you got in the comments down below! Not sure about one of the steps? Let us know what you’re wondering down in the comments below as well. We would be glad to help you get sorted out!
Lux BMX – On The Couch: Wilton Hedley
Lux BMX coming through with a fresh episode of On The Couch! This time around they’ve sat Wilton Hedley down to talk about his current Tempered setup! Hit play to let him give you the run through from top to bottom! She’s a little rough around the edges, but looks like a sturdy unit to us!
“Wilton Hedley has been in the Brisbane scene for what feels like for ever. Finding a style of his own over the years and finding a bowl that suited his riding has really developed Wiltons ability to ride a little bit of everything with confidence and power.
His latest video coming to you through our first full-length video “Aeterna” was truly a representation of Wiltons riding. High Speed, hold on and see what happens, all with a big grin and great attitude.
Wilton came and sat on the couch to give us the rundown on his Tempered Night Child frame, dressed in tempered parts this rig is built to last what Wilton throughs at it.” – Lux BMX
How To Remove A Stuck Bolt On A BMX Hub
Need to see how to remove a stuck bolt on a BMX hub?
If you have ever ran a female axle on your bike, there’s a chance at some point you might have run into an issue where your bolt on one side gets stuck and you can’t get it out, with the other side loose and the axle spinning. The guys at Lux BMX put together this video with a great trick for getting the bolt off without stripping the hub down to clamp down on the axle (likely causing damage in the process). In this video Evan Jaques shows you how to remove a stuck bolt on a BMX hub by simply connecting the loose side to one side of the dropout, and then loosening the stuck bolt. By doing this, you prevent the axle from spinning, which is a factor in why it’s tricky to break the bolt free.
This can also be applied to a rear hub as well, just connect one side of the hub to the dropout on your frame instead of the fork.
Quick, easy and doesn’t damage the hub!
“Evan Jaques is one of the founders of and owners of LUXBMX and has worked in the bike industry for the past 20 years. Riding BMX his whole life, Evan learned from a young age how to work on his bike and turned this childhood hobby into a life long obsession, career, and lifestyle.
In this first episode of Quick Fix with Evan, he shows you how to loosen off stubborn front cone nuts.” – Lux BMX
Shout out to Lux BMX with this great tip. We can imagine this will save a lot of headaches and hassle for riders out there. It could also save an axle or two from being destroyed in the process, haha.
How To Tighten A BMX Chain
Want to learn how to tighten a BMX chain?
When it comes to working on a BMX bike, it’s a pretty easy and straightforward process, but there are some tricks and techniques that make things easier and faster so you can spend less time fixing and more time riding. Lux BMX put together this quick video showing you how to tighten a BMX chain properly. In this video, Evan Jaques shows you a trick that not only gets your chain tight, be helps to center your wheel in the stays making things real dialed. It’s always a huge pain when you go to tighten your wheel, then the chain ends up with a bunch of slack, so doing it the right way will help prevent that from happening.
This trick applies to BMX bikes without chain tensioners. If you have chain tensioners, they take a lot of the work out of holding the wheel in place while you tighten because your axle is being held tightly in place with those screws. Either way, this quick video has some really solid advice, especially for those of you new to working on a BMX bike!
“Evan Jaques is one of the founders of and owners of LUXBMX and has worked in the bike industry for the past 20 years. Riding BMX his whole life, Evan learned from a young age how to work on his bike and turned this childhood hobby into a life long obsession, career and lifestyle.
In this first episode of Quick Fix with Evan, he shows you how to tighten a chain in less than a minute.
Following a few simple steps that you can do at home.” – Lux BMX
Shout out to Lux BMX down in Australia for putting this together! If you need more advice, check out this other how to video that will help as well — How To Center Your Back Wheel When Tightening It Down!
Lux BMX – Alex Hiam “Aeterna” B-Sides
The other week we got a look at Alex Hiam’s “Aeterna” Section, but it turns out he had a ton of great footage leftover. Instead of letting it go to waste, they whipped up this B-Sides with plenty of bangers that we’re amazi
“When Alex first got wind of filming for Aeterna he wasted no time between, life commitments, injuries and a pretty fully booked travel year(s). Alex was able to work with Mike Vockenson and created something awesome. Like most full-length DVDs there will always be “leftover, B-side” footage that never made the DVD. Alex had a great deal to choose from and as you will see the word B-side, doesn’t really match the footage. Press play and enjoy.” – LUX BMX
