The Way I Roll – Salvador “Sal” Barbier

I always get some strange emails from different PR companies promoting some project they are working on. Usually, I bypass them since they generally have nothing to do with BMX or its perception of BMX is way off. However, this one from Thule features a guy who has a pretty wild old school BMX collection that I know some of you will get pretty excited about. Check it.

“Skater and BMX collector Salvador “Sal” Barbier shows his extensive collection of old school BMX frames which he calls “The Guggenheim of BMX”.

Sal Barbier is a designer who lives in Los Angeles and runs his own independent bike shop where he sells the finest equipment and attire for the dedicated skater. When Sal grew up, BMX guys and skaters used to hang out in the same places, so Sal came to love both sports. Today, he combines them by riding his bike as a warm-up before skating. He is also famous for having what he labels “The Guggenheim of BMX”, a collection of very rare BMX bikes and gear he spent years collecting and buying on eBay. He rides his different bikes wherever he goes, not out of convenience, but because he thinks that riding a bike is one of the coolest things in the world.”