X-Games continued…

Here is a clip of skater Jake Brown falling from almost 50ft on the Mega Ramp last year at Summer X. I know, I know…this is a BIKING BLOG, but I want you to watch his so you can understand the danger level involved in this unnecessary contest.

I really hope someone [...]

PATH foundation event

saw this posted on by Livejournal user mcharvat:

The PATH Foundation needs your support Atlanta!

Most cyclists in Atlanta and the surrounding areas are quite familiar with the PATH Foundation. For those who are not, PATH has developed more than 100 miles of trails throughout northern Georgia and has become a nationally recognized model for trail-building [...]

X-Games 14

X-Games starts tonight. TV coverage begins with the pre-show at 8pm/EST, followed by two hours of coverage til 11pm/EST. I’m simultaneously excited and repulsed by X-Games. On one hand, you will see some of the highest quality BMX trick riding ever, including the debut of several new tricks. On the other hand, you will see [...]

Giant Modem 2003 conundrum

I’m thinking about buying this 2003 Giant Modem. It’s $85. It is no where near the quality of BMX bike I want buy, but budget limitations make it sort of a reasonable choice.
The upsides:
> it has modern frame geometry…20.25 top tube is a little short but way more realistic than the 18.5 on the   GT [...]

Tour De Missed It wrap up post + other news

Well, I pretty much fully missed Le Tour this year. I’m going to try and make sure that doesn’t happen again. Over the years I have really grown to like watching it…so much so that I followed fairly close this year by reading the paper, but didn’t follow every day. I could have easily looked [...]

campaigning

barackobamaisyournewfixie.com
when you get to the site just keep clicking on the large text

vintage Bob Haro

I love this photo! Vintage Bob Haro all the way to the lip on the a kicker ramp with the fully tucked Endo. I never got to see Bob ride personally, but back in the day me and my friends managed to find some video of him riding and were amazed at how he could [...]

Anybody have any spare frequent flyer miles i can ‘borrow’?

Santa Cruz is having a massive garage sale this weekend.

park morning and clear juice

Yesterday I headed over to Addictive Cycles to pick up a tube for the ol GT Performer. While I was there Hodge sorted me out with an ancient used tire…in fact he handed me the whole wheel from some repair they must have done a zillion years ago…it was some sort of metal mag wheel! [...]

Tart shot vs h20 weapon vehicle

I haven’t posted a shot of a bike being tarted up by a girl-tron lately, so heres one I found over at the BMX Museum:

Brittany is buffing the stem pad on what apears to be a Haro Master although I kind of don’t remember them making one with integrated threads for pegs. Maybe this is [...]