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How To Break A BMX Chain With A Chain Breaker

May 14, 2020

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!

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Lux BMX – On The Couch: Wilton Hedley

May 8, 2020

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

May 5, 2020

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

May 5, 2020

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

April 24, 2020

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

On The Couch – The Lowdown with LUXBMX founders Evan & Mitch

April 23, 2020

When it comes to BMX shops, it always seems like the owners are always working hard behind the scenes, but you don’t really hear or see a lot of online. The Lux BMX owners decided to sit down on the couch to talk a little bit about what they have going on and how they’re doing things with the shutdowns all over the world. They’re coming up on their 10 year anniversary, and despite things getting weird, they’re continuing to go strong! It’s safe to say most shops are doing what these guys are doing, so support your local BMX shop if you have it!

“The brains behind LUXBMX store, Evan and Mitch sit down and discuss, the shop going forward, the crazy times we are living in and what that means for LUX, 10th anniversary celebrations and much more.” – Lux BMX

On The Couch – Alex Hiam

April 14, 2020

Lux BMX sat Alex Hiam down on their leather couch to get full details on his signature Sweet Tooth line from Colony. This has a lot of details like who did the graphics, how much the geometry has changed over the past 11 YEARS that he’s had this signature line and more! Pretty interesting even if you aren’t in the market for a new setup.

“Alex Hiam is a staple name in the Australian BMX scene. He stopped by the shop the other day and discussed his Sweet Tooth frame, forks, bars and complete bike. Alex also gives some insight into how the famous Sweet Tooth graphics came to be.” – Lux BMX

How To Splatter Paint Your BMX Bike with Alex Hiam

April 9, 2020

If you’re looking to change up the colors on your bike, but you want to do something different, creative and unique, this is the video for you. Lux BMX caught up with Alex Hiam while he shows you how to splatter paint your bike to give it a really cool look. This is pretty simple and straightforward and a little messy, but the end result is cool. Check out how it’s done!

“Since being locked down the past few weeks Alex has been keeping busy with a number of different creative outlets including splattering his bike.
He sat down and walked us through the steps he takes to get his Sweettooth looking just how he wants it.” –