Dan Conway on Orchid Flow

Dan Conway recently got added to the Orchid Footwear flow team. Congratulation are in order to him. He has worked hard to get there. Check out his Orchic web edit here http://www.orchidfootwear.com/

BACK TO SCHOOL JAM

Our friends over at Long Lane Productions are throwing a Street Jam next Saturday, Be there or be square.

Long Lane Productions Back To School Street Jam

Synergy Rail Session Photos

We had a rail session the other day out front of the shop. These are the resulting photos.

Ant Errickson 180

Dan Conway, Synergy Edit

WELCOME, DAN CONWAY

Our newest sponsored rider, Dan Conway, was hanging out at Van Homan’s house for a Memorial Day BBQ. He decided it would be a good idea to try and 180 the rail of Van’s mini ramp. Dan told me that he broke his nose on his cross bar when he landed. OUCH! Here is a pic, stolen from the 2×4 site.

Adam Schnell’s Bike Check

This month’s Bike Check is the Infamous Schell.

Check him out by clicking the link to the left…

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NEW FLOW RIDER ADDED TO THE TEAM…

This will be officially announced as soon as the edit gets over to us.

SCHNELL’S SEAN BURNS INTERVIEW

SCHNELL JUST PUT AN AWESOME SEAN BURNS INTERVIEW UP ON HIS SITE. CHECK IT OUT HERE.

http://wwwattheendoftheroad-schnell.blogspot.com/

Some FIT & S&M stuff just came into Synergy

Some FIT & S&M stuff just came into Synergy

FIT SHIV FORKS BLACK – $110
RESTOCK OF FSA IMPACT HEADSETS – $30
RESTOCK OF FIT FAF TIRES 20X2.25 – $23
**NEW** FIT D.L.T. STEM (TOP LOAD) PURPLE – $60
FBC MESH NEW ERA HATS (RED BLUE 7 1/4 & 7 1/8) – $30

WE ALSO GOT IN THE
S&M LIL REDNECK BLUE – $60

too lazy to upload pics right now

Synergy’s Website Online

After months of waiting our wesite is finally online.  If your into keeping up with our latest products in the store or checking up on whats going on here.  You can subscribe to our RSS feed by clicking the little square logo in the address bar that looks like a sound wave.

If your new to RSS feeds, basically it works kinda like email.  If we make a new post or update to the site, your RSS Reader automatically downloads it to keep you up to date.  Without having to actually go to website.  Unless you decide to click the link and check it out on the site itself.  Try it. Its awesome and really easy to set up.

To use the RSS feed you must have some sort or RSS reader application.  Some mail programs like MAIL and OUTLOOK have these built in, or you can download one for free from your favorite download site.  Just search RSS Reader.

Once the RSS Reader that you choose is installed on your computer.  Click the RSS logo in the address bar and “subscribe” to our FEED. next open your RSS Reader and Enjoy, It works a lot like Email.

Back in the saddle again

Ant Errickson T-bog, Photo by Vince DiScala

Unfortunetly Ant was injured during his run and couldn’t continue.  He separated and tore his shoulder and has been off his bike for the past two weeks.  He’s was up and riding again today for the first time since the injury and says “it feels good, but lets see how it feels tomorrow when i wake up” Photo by Vince DiScala

NEW PRODUCTS CAME IN TODAY

WE GOT A VERY SMALL SHIPMENT OF STUFF IN TODAY.

1. DRIVE 30T BLACK FULL GUARD SPROCKET – $50

DRIVE 30T SPROCKET

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PROFILE 25T BLACK IMPERIAL SPROCKET – $45

PROFILE IMPERIAL SPROCKET

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PROPS ROAD FOOLS 16 – PRESENTED BY LEVIS – $25

FEATURING: DAKOTA ROCHE, COREY BOHAN, JUSTIN SIMPSON, AARON ROSS, COREY MARTINEZ, CHESTER BLACKSMITH, ROB WISE, NATHAN WILLIAMS, BRAD SIMMS, MORGAN WADE, ANTHONY NAPOLITAN, KURT RASMUSSEN, AND BRETT WALKER.

I HAVEN’T WATCHED THE WHOLE THING YET, BUT JUST FROM THIS LINE UP OF KILLER RIDERS, THIS VIDEO LOOKS LIKE ITS GOING TO BE INSANE.

ROADFOOLS 16

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AND WE GOT A RESTOCK OF TUBES.. WE RANS OUT…LOL $3.00

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DARRELL BOKANO MEMORIAL JAM

Saturday, September 27th: everyone will meet at Havertown Skatepark at 12 noon, there will be a skatepark warm-up session until 2pm when we will start to ride street. There are no set spot’s planned for the street portion of the jam so we will be playing it by ear, feel free to call out spots, make your voice heard and help with the direction the jam goes in.

Sunday, September 28th: Everyone will meet at City Hall in Center City Philadelphia at 12 noon to ride street. As with the first day we will be playing it by ear so again you are asked to make your voice heard and help call out spots. The second day of the jam will only last 5 hours and will end at 5pm for a BBQ hosted at Tabbi McCurdy’s house in South-West Philadelphia.

BBQ: For those attending the BBQ the address is 6532 Linmore Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19142 incase you need directions via Mapquest, Google Maps, or a GPS. The BBQ is free of charge unless you are expecting to drink in which case it’s bring your own beer and you will be expected to present proper photo Identification, Special Thanks to Tabbi for helping set-up the BBQ.

Status Quo Give Away & Memorial Stickers: Slow Joe donated two copies of his video Status Quo for a promotional give away during the jam so we will also be having a contest during the jam to decide the winners of the give away based off participant support.

Long Lane Productions also have roughly 250 Darrell Bokano memorial stickers, these stickers will be free of charge to everyone in attendance and we will be passing them out through out the coarse of both days of the jam. These stickers will not be printed again.

Film & Photography: As always we encourage you to bring whatever film and photography equipment you can to help capture as much of the event’s as possible. Please be advised your equipment is that of your own responsibility and not of longlaneproductions.com or anyone associated with the jam, in other words keep a close eye over your gear at all times.

One last note to anyone that is planning on filming, I will be buying mini DV tapes this coming week so at the end of both day’s I can simply grab the tape’s off of you as they are needed immediately, however if there is something that goes down you would like to film for yourself feel free to speak up so there is no confusion of re-used clips later or your clip being stolen.

The event’s listed above are all free to the general public and you are welcome to invite anyone you want, please keep in mind this is a celebration of the life of our close friend so please leave the hostility and shit talk at home or you will be forced to leave.

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions please feel free to send us an email at longlaneproductions@hotmail.com our email will still be checked daily to ensure a speedy reply.

The website will re-open on Tuesday, September 23rd will an offical one year anniversary post to mark this somber occasion.

Thank you from everyone at longlaneproductions.com for all for your support with this manner and we will see you on the 27th & 28th.

NEW NEW NEW

Hey Guys,

We got a lot of new products in recently, and more on the way… as soon as i get a moment i will update with EVERYTHING we just recently got in stock…

I also got a new car, i will post pics up soon.

AE

Little Devil Funeral

Heres some pics from the Little Devil Funeral, SCOTT GALT took… There is also a video he took up on the ORCHID website, he didnt give me that video, so i can’t put it here.

LOTS GOING ON

Hey Everyone,

It’s been a busy busy 2 weeks here.  We reorganized the shop to make everything more visible and restocked on ALOT of stuff. Getting ready for the holiday season. If you haven’t been into the shop in a while.  Here are some pictures.

HUGE BLACK FRIDAY SALE 11-28-08 ONLY

SYNERGY BLACK FRIDAY SALE

2nd annual DESTROY PHILLY STREET JAM

DEMETRI GOLDEN WOODWARD PHILLY MONTAGE

SYNERGY SPRING SALE

ANT ERRICKSON’S HURT AGAIN

ANT ERRICKSON'S SPRAINED ANKLE

Ant Errickson sprained his ankle at UNION SKATE PARK.  Lots of people have been asking what happened.  Opposite 360, foot just slipped off and landed wrong. Ant’s out of commission for at least 3-6 weeks.

Ean Taggart Bike Check

Today we are doing a Bike Check with one of Synergy’s most loyal customers, Ean Taggart.  This young buck has been coming in here since day one and picked up 90% of his killer ride here at our shop.  If you wanna get at him and find out more info about him or us heres his myspace.

Frame: Fit Dak
Fork: Odyssey Director
Bars: Odyssey Space Bars
Stem: S&M Redneck LE Shields
Grips: ODI Longnecks
Barends: S&M Berringer small
Detangler: none
Headset: FSA
Clamp: Built in
Seatpost: Animal
Seat: MacNeil Fat Capital
Cranks: Eastern Stealth
Sprocket: S&M Tuffman LE Shields
Chain: Shadow
Brakes: Dia-Comp
Cable: Stolen.. i think
Brake Lever: Odyssey
Front Tire: Fly Ruben
Front Wheel: Fly Rim, Simple Eject hub, White Spokes
Rear Tire: Animal
Rear Wheel: KHE Reverse Freecoaster with an Alienation rim, But changing to a Sputnic Cassette and primo rim soon
Hub Guard: FBM
Pegs: Tree
Pedals: Primo Stricker PC

THE ZOO – PART 1

LOCAL VIDEO FROM DENNIS BUNN. I SEE SOME OF THE H-TOWN CREW, SCHNELL AND SOME OTHER PEOPLE AND OUR SPOTS AROUND HERE TO.. SO CHECK IT OUT ALREADY AND STOP READING THIS.

FOR SOME REASON I CAN’T EMBED IT INTO THE SITE SO… JUST CLICK THE LITTLE LINK UNDER THIS AND CHECK IT OUT THERE.

The Zoo pt.1

MARCH INVENTORY

Here is a Link to all the inventory we currently have in stock. Somethings aren’t on here. Link Frames, Wheel Parts, all of our clothing, shoes, hats and Custom Built BMX Wheels.

SYNERGY MARCH INVENTORY

LONG LANE – WRONG FUCKING DAY TRAILER

THE LONG ANTICIPATED LONE LANE PRODUCTIONS VIDEO TRAILER HAS FINALLY DROPPED.  CHECK IT OUT HERE.

WRONG FUCKING DAY TRAILER from john mikos on Vimeo.

NEW KINK FARSIDE COLORS

Chris Doyle signature model made from 100% seamless Japanese Sanko chromoly with double butted toptube, downtube and chainstays, integrated seat post clamp, seatstay brake mounts, integrated headtube and single cable routing.

Headset Type: Integrated (Campy Spec)
BB Type: Mid
BB Height: 11.75″
Chainstay: 20-21″ = 13.75″ / 21.25″ = 14″
Headtube Angle: 74.5°
Seattube Angle: 71.5°
Seatpost Size: 25.4mm
Dropout Size: 14mm
Weight: 4 lbs 14 oz

$275 for 2009 colors…. pssst the 2008 colors (blue and white) are on sale for like $200.. get em while you can. Cause one they are gone… well… they are gone for good.

just you’ve been living under a rock and you don’t know who Chris Doyle is… here ya go…

SYNERGY ONLINE STORE

THIS ONE IS MAINLY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ASKING ABOUT OUR ONLINE STORE. WE WILL HAVE ONE UP IN THE FUTURE. WE ARE CURRENTLY CONFIGURING OUR T-SHIRT CREATOR SECTION FOR THE SITE. ONCE THAT IS DONE, ALL WE HAVE LEFT IS THE ONLINE STORE. WE SHOULD BE GETTING THE SHOPPING CART SYSTEM WORKED OUT IN A FEW WEEKS.

SCOOTERS @ SYNERGY

WE’VE HAD SOME REQUESTS TO GET SCOOTERS AND SCOOTER PARTS IN THE STORE… IM A LITTLE RELUCTANT TO DO IT, BUT I THINK THAT COULD BE JUST MY JADED MIND.

SO HERE’S WHAT IM GONNA DO… VOTE FOR IT. IF THERE’S ENOUGH VOTES. ILL MAKE IT HAPPEN.

ANT

SYNERGY HAS CREAM NOW

Synergy is proud to announce the addition of Cream BMX Magazine to their line of distributed brands.

Based in Paris, France, Cream BMX Magazine, a bi-monthly BMX lifestyle magazine now entering its 10th year of publication, celebrates the diversity of the international BMX world through iconic photography, innovative design and editorial content that steps outside the realm of traditional BMX journalism and exposes the rich subcultures within BMX. Cream BMX has long been known for its devotion to the new school of flatland and additionally pays homage to the old school side of BMX. Cream is also recognizable for its rather unorthodox approach to the BMX magazine cover. Edited by Parisian flatland Alain Massabova and featuring exclusive photography from Manu Sanz, Cream has been self-published since 2003.

KEEP AN EYE OUT WE WILL HAVE LIMITED NUMBERS OF COPIES IN THE SHOP SOON.

NEW ANIMAL SHIRTS AVAILABLE

ANIMAL JUST GOT SOME NEW SHIRTS IN THEY ARE $20, IF YOU WANT ANY LEMME KNOW, ANT.

NEW SHADOW SPRING 2009 SHIRTS

LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT ANY AND I’LL ORDER EM FOR YOU HOT QUICK.. ANT

TODAY, TOMORROW AND SUNDAY……

POOP NIGHT FOOTY FROM CHI PARK

Throwaway from the other night at chi park. Its just me steve and lenge messing around.

flimed by justin lenge

Left over footage

basically throwaway but some pretty good clips that got left out from other montages

Demetri and friends
check em

Fit’s New Topload stem

Fit is working on a new topload stem…

here is a sneak peak pic

SYNERGY GOING OUT OF BUSINESS?

LIES ALL LIES, NOT THE TRUTH, DON’T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU HEAR AND GET THE INFORMATION STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSES MOUTH. WE ARE NOT GOING OUT OF BUSINESS AND HAVE NO PLANS ON IT.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE PLANS ON EXPANDING..

IF YOU KEEP CHECKING BACK HERE. ALL THE INFO ABOUT OUR ONLINE STORE WILL BE HERE IN THE FUTURE.

SUNDAY – UP, UP AND AWAY

I PERSONALLY AM VERY STOKED FOR THIS VIDEO. I USUALLY ONLY ORDER 2 VIDEOS WHEN I ORDER THEM IN. ONE FOR MYSELF AND ONE FOR THE SHOP TO SELL, SO IF YOU WANT THIS WHEN IT COMES OUT. LET ME KNOW.
-ANT

BROUGHT TO YOU BY SUNDAY!

BLUE FALCON INTERVIEW

As some of you may know I am obsessed with Brian Foster, aka Blue Flacon. He is a LEGEND in the BMX and is killing on a day to day basis. For those of you that call me old. he is at least 10 years older than me.

RideUK just put an interview up of him and i am poaching it. So. here it is.

Interview and photos by Rob Dolecki
Intro by Brian Tunney

Okay, I’m going to put it out there: in my humble opinion, there are arguably two names at the top of the influential totem pole in modern day bike riding. When it comes to tricks, Mat Hoffman hands down has had some serious impact on everything from doing one of the first handrails, to the first flair, and had an influence on half of the other moves you see at any given contest. When it comes to style, there’s another person who has probably had an equal amount of impact in that spectrum. If you trace back the branches of the influential tree of the most revered style gods on two wheels from the past decade or so, from Taj, to Ruben, to Garrett Byrnes, to Chris Doyle, to Mike Aitken, to Chase Hawk, etcetera, the roots of it all point to one name: Brian Foster.
If you’re not very familiar with that name, it might be time to climb out from the multiple decade-sized rock you’ve been under and browse some old, and new, videos and magazines. Nothing I can write here will even remotely clarify the amount of history this guy has, nor how talented and well rounded a bike rider, not to mention how modest and humble BF is. I will ask this question in a feeble attempt to do so: how many people do you know of have been in contention for the most prestigious pro title in BMX racing, won X Games Dirt, done gap to pedal crooked grinds on rails, casually 360 the biggest sets at some of the craziest trails ever sculpted, and will shred your local concrete park harder his first lap than you ever will? Ladies and gentleman, Mr. Brian Foster…

RIDE: What have you been up to lately?
BRIAN: It’s December, the end of trail season was real good, and now I’m trying to get acclimatised to the cold weather.

How do you acclimate to the cold, what’s your methods?
Just above 40 degrees and no wind, I can go to the concrete park and ride outside. When it gets colder than that you just got to go indoors or go away. There are a couple indoor options, and as long as you make it to March, then you’re dialled. It’s just January / February. I don’t have any tricks. Head south maybe.

Do you get sick of indoor stuff at any point?
Yeah, I just did my little loop of all the local indoor parks, and I’m already tired of it. And we still got two more months of bad weather. If you go out of town for a week and ride every day, then you’re good for a couple of weeks. This will be my fourth or fifth winter since living in California for a long time, and every winter I get worse at dealing with it.

How many more winters are you going to stick around for?
At least three, I think. [My wife] Jen just got into more school, and I think it’s three years, might be four. I’m fine in the summer, I love it back east. Winter I can do without.

Get a winter home?
Oh, wow, that would be all right [laughter]. I always think that I’ll end up back in California, because that always seems logical for me and employment, but I’ll see how it goes.

Take it day by day?
Yeah.

Did you think you’d stay out in NJ this long?
I knew when I moved here that it will be as long as it has been right now. But I didn’t know how much school Jen wanted to do. Just a couple of months ago we almost moved to Salt Lake City, almost moved to Austin, almost back to California, because she was applying to schools. I’m still up in the air; I don’t really care where I live as long as there’s some concrete nearby, trails nearby, and an airport nearby.

LET US NEVER FORGET THAT THE MX IN BMX STANDS FOR MOTOCROSS. THIS IS MY BEST JAMES STEWART IMITATION ON THE SWEETEST ROLLER EVER. ‘BUBBA SCRUB’ IN THE WOODS OF PENNSYLVANIA.

Were any of those options appealing to you compared to where your current living situation?
I was real open to Salt Lake City, just because there’s such a good scene there, but she got into Rutgers which is 15 minutes from where we live right now and it was way easier just to stay here. Austin would be good riding wise, but I was worried I would get caught in the vortex that is Austin. I was open for anything, because I’m not really heading anywhere new; I’m just riding out what I have going on. She’s on the upswing and I’m kind of coasting it to the finish line.

What do you see happening after the finish line?
That is the hundred-dollar question. I feel like a senior in high school. It’s like “What are you gonna do for the rest of your life?” “I don’t know… what are my options?” If I go back to California, I assume I’ll work in the warehouse at S&M doing something in the back. It’s that time to think about it, and I have been. I thought about like a bike shop; don’t really want to do it. Thought about a skatepark – I’d be into riding it, but… Sure, I’d love to have spot of my own to ride but there’s all this other drama. Insurance, rent, and most skateparks don’t seem to be good investments. I want to be involved in bikes, but because I’ve been around bikes my whole life, I just don’t want to be swimming in it. I don’t want to be behind a counter at a shop telling a kid what tyre probably works the best on asphalt.

You’re not a retail kind of person, huh?
I don’t think so. I feel like a friendly person, but I don’t know, I would be like, “Buy whatever you want.”

How do you feel about being one of the older guys out there who is still a legitimate pro rider?
I kind of embrace the old thing. There’s no fighting it. Birthdays come. [Laughter] In another year I’m going to be even older than that. So I’m kind of into it. I feel more and more out of touch as I get older. It just makes me feel weird, because when I was racing, I didn’t feel old, but then all these kids started clipping in, and running carbon fibre forks and doing all this weird stuff, and I’m like “I’m not really into that.” And now the majority of riding doesn’t involve trails and bowls, and that’s what I’m into. The cool thing right now is no brakes, seat to the floor, wide bars – I don’t have a problem with it, but I’d just rather go ride a bowl.

I WAS SKEPTICAL TO SHOOT PHOTOS AT FDR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, ESPECIALLY WITH A COUPLE OF SKATERS THERE. AFTER ASKING EVERYONE THERE IF IT WAS COOL TO SHOOT SOMETHING AND GETTING NOTHING BUT POSITIVE REACTIONS, ROB BEGAN TO SET UP HIS FLASHES – THIS TAKES A WHILE. IN THE MEANTIME, A SKATER SHOWED UP AND I COULD TELL THAT HE WASN’T TOO PSYCHED. AS WE WERE SHOOTING, HE STOOD IN THE BACKGROUND. IN A NORMAL SITUATION I MIGHT ASK HIM TO MOVE, BUT C’MON, WE WERE AT FDR IN THE AFTERNOON WITH TRIPODS SET UP IN THE FLAT BOTTOM OF BOWLS. I’M NOT ABOUT TO ASK THE OLD SCHOOLER WITH TATS BLAZIN’ TO MOVE BECAUSE HE IS IN MY SHOT.

But if a young kid who’s just getting into it sees what you’re doing, plus the influence you had on other people who ride that way now…
The one good thing about being old is meeting someone when they’re fourteen, and then seeing them ten years later when they rip. They’re riding the way that you think riding should be done. You’re like, “All right, good job.” I met Chase Hawk when he was ten and I got to witness the progression. [Laughter] It’s good and bad. It’s so street right now, am I wrong?

No, it’s the way trails were in ’97.
This could be an official announcement, I don’t really ride street any more, ever. [Laughter]

So you’re just sticking to what you like.
Oh, definitely, without a doubt.

Is that part of the reason why you’re not running pegs anymore?
I think I put pegs on and started riding a lot of street when I stopped racing and was like, “Oh, shit, I gotta do something or I’m going to have to get a job.” [Laughter] I was trying to ride what everyone else was riding. I decided early in my filming for Fit-Life to put a part together doing stuff that I liked and not what I thought people wanted to see. There were a couple of years where I was confused about where I fit in bike riding. Now I do my thing and I hope people appreciate it. Pegs still don’t make any sense to me. Weird metal sticks hanging off the side of a bicycle. I don’t get it. When I go banging up on a ledge and it makes all that racket, and grinding down a rail, and going down stairs… it’s just not smooth to me. Street to me is curved walls, a wallride, a good tranny spot, pretty much a skatepark. Everyone’s riding ledges, stairs and rails.

So you’re not into that?
I don’t know if I’m not into it, I can’t do it. [Laughter]

I’ve seen you do some wild moves on rails and whatever, so it’s not a lack of ability.
I’m definitely not pedalling at a set of stairs and landing flat. I don’t know if it’s an old thing. It’s just not fluid. Stairs are for walking down, and rails are for holding on to while you’re doing it. [Laughter] That’s the grumpy old bitter guy talking.

It’s not something you look down upon, though?
I have full respect for it. When I watch videos I don’t fastforward through street parts. I’m totally into it; I’m just not into doing it. I think it’s like a brakeless street kid watching Bestwick ride. He’s hitting 13 feet on the vert ramp, it’s enjoyable to watch, but it’s not something you plan on doing. I feel like bike riding is going in so many directions. I’m concrete / trail guy; there’s free-coaster no-peg guy, then there’s four-peg all-brakes, then there’s no-chain no-seat…

Do you see bike riding ever going full circle?
I feel like trails made a bit of a comeback from the early nineties run. I don’t know what full circle is – I don’t see kids putting their brakes back on. The one thing that bums me out is when they take them off and they’re real sketchy – just put them back on and ride death-grip. I don’t know why, maybe I should take my brakes off, but the best manuallers in the world have no brakes. I could see if I took my brakes off, I would just loop out going real fast. I’m not trying to learn how to work a free-coaster. I think this late in the game for me riding, I’m not trying to change, I’m just trying to maintain. If I’m going to learn anything in the next year, it’s going to be to go a foot higher. I don’t even know what to try to learn. [Laughter] The good thing is, none of the kids today grew up racing, so they don’t really ride that fast. That’s what keeps me relevant, the things that I can do, all the younger kids can’t do because they didn’t grow up going fast.

Like Mike [Aitken] and Chase [Hawk]…
They are the last generation. Mikey raced, Chase raced, even Scotty [Cranmer] raced, but I think that’s it. Anyone under eighteen probably never raced. This might be rude to say, but sometimes when I watch videos and I see a kid sprinting as fast as he can for something, my jaw hits the floor at how bad they pedal. I guess if you never raced, why would you just sprint down the street? [Laughter] I can appreciate the chopping wood in videos. [Laughter]

DEREK ADAMS: Do you appreciate the days you have left on your bike?
Oh, yeah. This is going to be the old guy interview, which is fine. [Laughter] I’m definitely a trail hermit in the summer; I don’t do anything else. When it gets cold I ride concrete. If I’m going to ride for a couple hours, I’m driving to the concrete park, ride, and drive home; I’m not going to just ride around. If I get a good injury, like blow out a knee or something, that’s going to be bad. I don’t have a year to just chill, and another year to start getting better again. If I was like twenty-two, I think I’d be firing it a little bit, and not worrying about breaking an arm and taking three months off, then taking another three months to get my shit back in order. I’m definitely not trying to fall anymore. I’m riding my favourite things to ride, and if I get hurt doing that, I can accept that to the end. If I got hurt 360ing down six stairs, I’d be so pissed. [Laughter] I’m riding what I like, and hoping it stays relevant. When I was ten, a 35-year-old dude was old as shit and had a 13-year-old kid. The 35 and over cruiser [racing class] was an old, old man and his bars would shake when he pedalled. [Laughter] At the P.O.W. house, Eric Millman was 26 and we called him grandpa. Twenty-six! Imagine calling Doyle grandpa?! [Laughter]

What’s your take on travelling for you these days?
I can still sleep on the floor and stuff, but I can’t do it for two weeks. I’m pretty much five days and out. If I ride all day every day, after four or five days, I’m kind of sore. I hope that’s normal. Like on a Road Fools, I’m hurting at the end of those things. I have to pace myself, and skip a session here and there. If I go on a road trip now with Dakota, Mikey and Chase, they’re going to run me into the ground. We’ll have a real good session somewhere, and they’ll be like, “Where are we going now?” I’m like, “Bed!” [Laughter] That might be another reason that I’m not into all those different forms of riding right now. A good session to me is three or four hours. I ain’t got all day to ride. I’ll be shot if I ride ten hours. Old dudes always complain about their body hurting and stuff.

How’s your body doing?
I don’t know; it feels pretty good.

Do you think it has something to do with how much you ride?
Oh, without a doubt. Most of the guys I raced with were in real good shape – I don’t want to call them fat, but they put on some weight. [Laughter] Riding a skatepark is pretty much like going to the gym for three or four hours. You’re not lifting weights, but you’re breathing hard and holding on. I think people that don’t ride and are 35 complain about their body being sore because they don’t use it enough, it’s not in good shape. If I ride three or four hours hard, I’m pretty sore the next day, but if I ride for twenty minutes, the soreness goes away. As long as you keep riding and not wreck yourself. The only thing I noticed is if you say turn your ankle it used to take three days before it feels good, now it takes a week and half. Stuff lingers a little bit more.

THERE IS A RULE THAT I LIVE BY WHICH STATES, “YOU’RE NOT ALLOWED TO PEDAL WHILE RIDING CONCRETE.” OCCASIONALLY, THIS RULE MUST BE BROKEN. TAKING TRAIL KNOWLEDGE TO THE CEMENT. FDR.
When you’re sore and you would normally take a few days off, is that policy out the window when the end of trail season is nearing?
The end of trail season is you just go, all day every day, because you never know. It could be mid October, and that could be your last session. Which was pretty awesome this year, because I had about six sessions that I treated like my last session of the year. I was trying stuff that I wanted to do all year, and trying to go higher than I ever had, kind of riding hard. And then we’d get another good day. I’d do the same thing: “This is the last day, gotta get it in, this is the last day.” The last month of trail season I was pretty psyched on. I did some stuff I was pretty happy about. Now it’s done.

What’s some of the stuff that you don’t want to talk about in this interview that you’ve talked about ten times over?
Painting bikes at Cyclecraft; everybody wants a P.O.W. house story; racing days – I raced for like fifteen years solid, and most of it’s kind of a blur. There was a time when it was like airport, race, hotel room, home for three days, airport, race, hotel room…

Did you enjoy that time?
I complained a little bit when it was happening. How could you complain about it? Someone gives you a plane ticket – back then they gave you food money, you go to the hotel front desk and give your name and they gave you a key. [Laughter] There’s nothing to complain about. I’d almost be into doing it a little bit now. But once it’s week after week after week… when you’re travellin’ and just livin’; it’s not that bad, but occasionally you just want to sit down on the couch and not go anywhere. I went to the airport once and the check-in lady said, “Where are you headed today?” I was like, “I don’t know, what does the ticket say?” She looked at me and said “Wichita?” I’m like,
“Sounds good.” [Laughter]

With a weird location like that, must have been an ABA race, huh?
Exactly. [Laughter] Racing’s different. I just… I don’t even want to talk about it. [Laughter]

Is it because it’s the past, and you don’t care about it?
No, I think I just don’t want to say anything bad about it, because it supported me so well. If I were to watch a race now, I’m boggled by the fact that that is what I did pretty much every day. I’d get home from a race, I would go to the trails, and then go to the track. The next day I would go to a parking lot and sprint up and down the parking lot, and sometimes puke. Now I’m just like, “What the f—k, that’s what I did?” It doesn’t make any sense to me. The puking in the parking lot part’s not fun. The actual racing itself is fun, but that’s 30 seconds, and then you sit around for like four hours, then you get another 30 seconds of glory. I would just rather go ride trails for a couple hours. But when you leave the trails, you don’t go to the payout window. [Laughter] It’s weird. Racing didn’t change in fifteen years; it’s the same thing. Talking about racing – it’s been told. Starting gate, finish line, that’s it. [Laughter]

What was some of your first coverage?
I got a couple of pictures in magazines, but it wasn’t like blowing up. It like was a little quarter page black and white saying I won a race or something. I didn’t jump onto the scene; I kind of got into the shallow end.

Was that because you were still amateur?
This has changed these days, because you can make a video and put it online and people can see that you’re legit, but back in the day, if you lived on the East Coast, you needed to be something extra special for anyone ever to even know your name.

Do you think that applied to all forms of BMX?
It definitely did. I’m not going to talk shit on dudes, but back then if you lived in California and were decent, you could get a picture in a magazine no problem. The same decent dude on the East Coast wouldn’t even get free shoes. No one would know him. I think it was before videos. Two magazines had two photographers, and if you weren’t down with any of those dudes, then you weren’t in them. If Bob Osborne didn’t want to leave California, it was only dudes from California in the magazines… As soon as I started ‘making it’ and being relevant, I moved to California. If you wanted to make it in BMX, that was the promised land. I was living back east; it was like, you move to California, next thing you know you’re testing bikes for BMX Plus! [Laughter] That was like moving up the ranks. [Laughter] People would move to California and would instantly get in the magazines. It’s funny, there were some pretty average guys that lived in California that were pretty well known. It’s not like that at all these days. You could be from Siberia, have your own warehouse, film it, send it to a website, and be like, “Put this up, I’m the dude.” Someone will see it, they’ll get your email, and next thing you know you’re getting free handlebars. It seems easier nowadays to get ‘hooked up’. I could be completely off, but it’s easier to get flow, but getting rich is like pulling teeth.

How do you see the amount of money in bike riding now, as opposed to say 20 years ago?
There’s a lot less of it, but it’s good money. It’s money that people work for. If Chris Moeller is writing the cheque, then it’s down-home money. It doesn’t matter what it is, that money comes from the ground. If you’re getting money from like Slim Jim, that’s a different kind of money. That money doesn’t matter; rape them, pillage them. [Laughter] It seems like all the money in BMX right now is money that’s looking out for the sport. So although there’s not a lot of it around, at least it’s there.

Do you see it stabilizing at all?
No, it goes in cycles. The BMX companies are always going to be there supporting the sport, but let’s face it, BMX companies don’t make enough money to make riders rich. Outside money only comes around when kooky companies see an opportunity to get their logo out there. So, the X Games and Dew Tours are where the kooky money goes.

How do you see BMX today compared to 20 years ago?
Different. It just goes through phases. It’s just based on different things. It was all racing and the racers made good money. Then it was all the X-Games, and the X-Games dudes made good money. Now it’s all street, and the street dudes really aren’t making good money. The only guys who are making legitimate money are the 1080, triple-whip dudes. That’s how it is. The contest guys are making loot, and I don’t think anyone gives a shit. The only bike riders that care are the ones that want to be that dude in five years. In my world, there are guys who like to ride flowy things like trails and concrete, and then the full street dudes – we are the BMXers. All the bike riders appreciate it. I don’t know if all the bike riders appreciate the contest stuff. I watch the contests and I’m just like, “Huh… I guess.” If you’re trying to get the highest score, you did the most tricks, but I would rather see both hands on the grips, both feet on the pedals… show me something neat. I don’t want to see some gymnast stuff.

Do you think that end is progressing bike riding?
As far as progression goes, two tailwhips is better than one, three tailwhips is better than two; progression-wise, that’s how it is. But I don’t like the fact that the next cool tailwhip is going to be four, or what, triple-whip-flip must be next. It’snot far away, people are doing triple whip threes. I don’t like the packing on of “Well, I did this and I did a barspin, okay, I’m going to do this and two barspins. Okay, I’ll do this and three…” All right, let’s move on. Chris Duncan has demonstrated the results of that. [Laughter] The quadruple truck has been done. Catch, catch, catch, catch. [Laughter] Progression to me is going higher, and going faster; “I used to air at six feet, now I air at seven feet.” I like when progression takes logical steps. First there was the Auburn kick-out. Robbo and Todd Corbitt had this one down. Years later, Chris Stauffer added some style to the kick-out. Chase Hawk and Mike Aitken took the Stauffer kick-out and added some whip to it. Now I’m trying to take that, throw in some James Stewart, add some nosedive and bring the kick-out to a whole new level. No need for a circus, let’s keep it simple. Sometimes, the more you do, the worse it gets. Taj doing a can-can is priceless. Taj doing a no foot can-can onehander, I could do without. Progression isn’t always better. Put too much gravy on the biscuit and it ends up being a pile of mush.

Is how you do it as big a factor as what you do?
In my eyes. [Laughter] It doesn’t matter though. The truth is, if you’re trying to get paid, go to it. Do a triple flair. I feel like some people grow up wanting to be the X-Games dude, and that’s the direction that they head. And then they’re riding that wave, “Oh, we’re doing double whips now.” “We’re doing front flip whatever.” Then here’s other people riding a different wave, and they’re jumping down five stairs, ten stairs, fifteen stairs… next thing you know, you have people jumping down 30 stairs and doing tricks. At some point, progression leads you to a place were you’re just hucking it. There are different sections of riding and different kinds of progression. You gotta respect it, though, shit’s gnarly. Dudes are getting hurt real bad.

What do you think of all the crazy injuries that have happened recently?
This year f—ked me up. In the last eight years, I don’t think I visited a hospital. Maybe you went to the emergency room, a dude would get stitched up, and you left. There was a six month span this year where I visited people two times, and had the opportunity to do four or five. When Sergio crashed at Posh, he was in the hospital for a couple of days, but that was just random trail riding. I guess the Jimmy [Levan] shit was random too. He’s just skateboarding, chilling, whatever. All that f—ks with me a lot. The Stephen [Murray] shit f—ked with me more than probably anything has, as far as bike riding goes. When it happens, it’s like, “Why? What are we doing? Let’s just go do figure eights in a bowl.” No need to get crazy, let’s just chill out and have fun. It’s funny, when growing up my parents would always freak out, “Be careful, don’t get hurt.” I used to hate it when my mom would say that. Don’t even bring it up. And now I’m getting that way. Now when I watch kids trying stunts, I just want to look away. I don’t want to see anyone get f—ked up. I’ve seen a couple ones this year, and I’m not that into it. But there’s nothing you can do about it. It’s how it is. I’m sure people who play video games don’t get hurt. My wife’s a school psychologist, so all the people that I meet from her field find out what I do and are like “Ohh, a thrill seeker.” I’m like, “Really, a thrill seeker?” I’m down with cruising down a hill fast on a snowboard, is that thrill seeking? It feels like living to me. [Laughter]

Is that a lot different than the average person lives?
I thought that’s how everybody was. [Laughter] I thought everyone had a good time, doing doughnuts in the snow, jumping off stuff. Maybe it’s how you grow up. When they called me a thrill seeker, I’m like “What do you guys do?” [Laughter] What does it for them? What gets their heart pumping?

I know it’s a racing story, but do you want to tell the story of how you almost won ABA Number One Pro?
It took me ten years to get over that. So the deal was, in the main I had to get sixth or better overall out of eight dudes. You race three times at the end of the day, and it all gets averaged out. I crashed the first one, I got balled up in the second, and in the third one I was up there and doing decent, and everything was set up for how it was supposed to be [for me to win], but I didn’t know who was in last, who was in seventh; I was going for it and slid out in a flat dirt berm. I lost, probably, well the ABA would have given me ten grand, I’m pretty sure Schwinn would have doubled it, and a Jeep. [Laughter] I pretty much just slipped up and lost like forty grand. And that was when like two grand was a huge, huge deal, so forty grand was astronomical. I was pretty bummed about it for a long, long time.

What year was that?
I don’t even know. [Laughter] It’s in the neighbourhood of ’95– ’96. All that shit blends together. I can tell you what uniform I was wearing, that’s about it. [Laughter] But the whole point is, Christophe Leveque had the most points. But he was from France, and the rednecks in the racing community had a rule where you can’t be foreign and win the number one plate. So even if I would have won, I wouldn’t have had the most points, and I would have kind of felt stupid because this French dude did better than me, but the rednecks from the ABA didn’t want to give him the title. They did change the rule like a year later. At this point I’m like, it’s better, whatever happened I’m glad happened, because it led me in the direction I got pushed. Back then, you were finished at 28. Whatever happened back then to point me towards dirt jumping, or towards trying to ride some skatepark contests, or to trying to film a video part. Whatever happened I’m glad, because I don’t think I could pull this off again. Maybe I could have been rich and had a Slim Jim logo on my face [Laughter], but I did all right. I’m riding bikes, you can’t expect too much. I kind of had a good crew looking out for me.

Like who?
John Paul [Rogers], Kim Boyle, my brother, Steve Swope always had my back doing the X-Games stuff, [Keith] Mulligan, Moeller had my back since day one, Robbie [Morales]. The list goes on.

IN THE EIGHTIES, DARRELL YOUNG OWNED THIS MOVE. IN THE NINETIES, GROUNDCHUCK CARRIED ON THE LEGACY. THIS MY TRIBUTE TO DY AND CHUCK IN ’07. THREE DECADES OF THE SAME TRICK. NO NEED FOR PROGRESSION.

Was S&M your first sponsor?
It was my first free frame when I was sixteen.

What was the catalyst for you to shut down racing?
I wasn’t having fun. This happened a couple of times. First with racing. I used to go to races, be super laid back, everything’s fun. Then I started going and ghost riding my bike at the finish line, pissed off.

I’ve never seen you get pissed off on your bike.
It definitely happens… you just see me riding the things I like. I caught myself being a dick to a kid. At races back in the day [pros] gave out their number plate, their gloves and their [bike] pads, you give out all this shit at the end of the day. A kid was like, “Do you have a souvenir for me?” I was like, “Do you want a bloody nose?” [Laughter] that’s when the light clicked and I was like “Holy shit, you’re that dick.” When I was growing up some pros were dicks to me, and for the rest of my life, I’m like, “F—k that prick.” If you’re pissed off doing something that’s supposed to be fun, then it’s time to move on. The next time I started getting pissed was at the Dew Tours. I started bitching that I didn’t like the street course, or bitching about the jumps, or complaining to the lady that runs the event. Just stupid shit where I wasn’t having any fun, and kind of pissed.

So you’re done with them?
I’ve been done with them twice in my life. [Laughter] Not that it’s easy, but at this point I’m still capable of getting 25th in dirt. So you just go, get 25th and get a thousand bucks. For a thousand bucks, it’s honestly four hours of work. If you can find me a job hanging drywall for a thousand bucks for four hours, I’ll do that. [Laughter] Those Dew Tours suck, and I hate them.

I’ve never been to one; any time I ever ask anyone about the Dew Tours, nobody has anything good to say about them, except the amount of money given out. Do you think that will ever change?
No, it’s the same as racing. I would show up at a race and just be bitter and pissed off, and I would leave with two grand. I’d be like, “Ah, this wasn’t so bad; this was pretty cool.” [Laughter] If I went to the Dew Tour, and they wrote me a fifteen thousand dollar cheque, I don’t care if we were jumping on cow shit. I would be like, “No these are cool, I don’t care what everyone says.” To me they’re not cool, because they’re degrading to my spirit. I’ll go to a Dew Tour and I’ll do a run that I’m just proud of, and inside I’m like, “Wow, that was a good run; I’m pretty psyched about that one.” This is nothing about the judges; this is about the tricks going on. The last one I did I got 25th out of 30, and five dudes crashed. And my run was dialled; I did everything I wanted to do – I don’t belong; the tabletop three does not belong. A week later at Elevation, tabletop three, third place and five grand or something. [Laughter] I’m like, “Wait a second, I did the same tricks, how did I beat that dude?” If you’re having a contest, frontflip beats tabletop, I can tell you that.

So I take it you’re a big fan of contests like the Elevation comp?
I wish there were more. I feel like there is dirt jumping and trail riding. Dirt jumping is more of a gymnastics type thing and I can’t really hang. Elevation is more like trail riding with a giant dirt jump at the end. I can cruise down the hill jumping back and forth and hang with the trick ferrets. The reason I did good this year at Elevation is the last jump was so big and scary that people couldn’t do their show-time booter tricks. I would go down and do the old standby [360 table] and ended up on the podium. You know what it is? I don’t care how cool a contest is, if you did well, it’s a cool contest. [Laughter] You can ride some pallets set up on a wall, and have a wallride contest. If they’re paying ten grand for first and you win, it was the coolest wallride EVER. [Laughter]

Final thoughts.
Because I’m the old dude and I usually got a decent story about the past, I hardly ever talk about the people who are taking care of me now. So now it’s my chance to hype up the Fit completes and all the stuff they got going on in that building. Fox has got – this is a shameless plug – but their clothes are better than they ever have been. I used to go to those [Schwinn] PR meetings where they told you don’t even answer questions and just hype up your sponsors. I always had a bad time with that, I’d rather just tell some stories. But Fit, Fox, and Primo; they’re the ones carrying me to the finish line. Big thanks to them.

When do you think the finish line is going to come up?
I feel like I’m riding good; I’m not pushing forty, but I will be eventually. [Laughter] If I were a company owner, I’d want to sponsor the eighteen-year-old ripper that I can get a good eight to ten years out of. I feel like I rode good this year, and I feel like I’m still doing it, but I feel like my days are numbered. It depends on the industry and it depends on money. If it comes down to it, I’ll go get a job; I don’t want to. [Laughter] All the dudes I grew up riding with are team managers, working in the warehouse, working construction, they got two kids, they’re moving on. I go on a trip with one guy who’s 18 and on his first trip, one guy who’s 23, it’s hard to relate sometimes. I think it’s cool that there are quite a few guys who still rip and have moved on from the paid rider to the guy who’s ordering tubing for the company or the brand manager, or stuff like that. I feel like back in the day all those jobs weren’t filled with knowledgeable bike riders, just random people. Now it seems better; like all the complete bikes and stuff are pretty legit theses days, because all the people that are ordering the parts for the completes still ride or have been riding in the past couple of years, so they are still in touch with what is cool. Speaking again about the finish line; in sports like baseball, or basketball there are guys still doing it on
a pro level in their forties.

What do you think about it in relation to bike riding?
When I talk about the finish line, to me that is not having a job. And as long as someone gives a shit, I think – I don’t want to come across cocky, but if I’m able to ride on a daily basis, I’ll be able to do cool shit – I don’t know what a 45 year old body feels like. But from 25 to 35 I don’t feel that much worse. I think the key is riding all the time. The people that rip, rip because they didn’t stop. If I started working five days a week nine to five, and could only ride once a week or every once in a while, I think in a year, I wouldn’t be very impressive. I’ve watched really good people who ride less and less and less, it affects their riding. I think if I’m able to ride four days a week for the next ten years, I shouldn’t be any different than I am right now. I think the bottom line is support. If I can still get support from the people I ride for, I don’t see an end. But I also see, once that is all done, [myself] being the dude at the concrete park doing figure eights, just carving around. I see that guy now; I see the forty-five year old skater dude with his twenty year old son at the park. He’s not killing it, but it’s a lot cooler than sitting at home drinking. [Laughter] I’ve never been into just burning money on fancy cars and shit like that. As long as I make enough to not have to go into the real world, I’d like to stick around for a little bit.

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4 piece bars are all the rage right now….

Four-piece bars are all the rage, again. Who would’ve thought? I guess we’re going to have to blame Bob Scerbo, but I wouldn’t say it’s a bad thing. Four-piece bars look pretty cool, and hey, it’s a bit of a departure from the countless Slam bar styled models currently on the market. Federal’s version incorporates the classic appearance of four-piece bars, but with the feel of a bigger, wider bar. The 20/20 four-piece are 100% heat-treated and constructed of 13 butted 4130 cr-mo. They feature an 8” rise, 28” width, 12 degrees of backsweep and 1 degree of upsweep. Final weight is 2 lbs. even and colors include ED black, translucent teal, chrome, pearlescent white and pearlescent black/red. Give (four) piece a chance…

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JOE NOTTE’S CLASSIC STANDARD STA WAS STOLEN TODAY…

Sad days:
stolen bike in delco

it was stolen from interboro high school today, tuesday, march 17

PARTS LIST ../

STANDARD STA 500
TAN FRAME (big ass sta gusset, top tube extends out a little bit through rear wishbone)
CHROME RIMS
RAWED FORKS THAT ARE RUSTED OVER (brake mounts cut off)
BLACK ORIGINAL SLAM BARS
BLACK ORIGINAL STANDARD STEM, TURNED UPSIDE DOWN
BLACK PROFILE CRANKS,
BLACK THRESHOLD SPROCKET 39 TOOTH W/ GUARD
ORANGE RUBEN PEDALS
GREY SEAT

and if you don’t know what this stuff is at all:

TAN BIKE WITH MOSTLY BLACK PARTS AND CHROME WHEELS
“STANDARD” WRITTEN DOWN THE SIDE, SCRATCHED UP
LOOKS PRETTY BEAT UP

seriously if anyone sees this could you please call me or try to get it back or get a name and/or description of the kid riding it

484 478 4026 (call again if i don’t answer the first time, my phone screen is broken and i don’t always catch calls because its stuck on vibrate)
or call carl amato at 610 833 2202
OR SYNERGY 610-532-2950

the bike is from 1999 and heavy and a lot of the parts are irreplaceable but not worth shit to anyone but me so its not worth selling

please if you see anything try to help me out with any info

thanks a lot, i really appreciate it

***Kids, you won’t be snitching or getting stitches, this is interboro, so if you know who did it, tell me or Joe Notte, and we won’t mention you at all. The bike is worth more to him than it is money wise.

New Product Update – 3/18/09

ECLAT – SURGE PEDALS – CLEAR – $20
Concaved pedals molded from a nylon/fiberglass blend with 16 molded pins per side and knurled body for maximum traction, hardened chromoly spindle and loose ball bearings. 9/16″ (14.6 oz)

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FIT FLOW SERIES SIGNATURE WHEELS – GOLD – $185 FOR BOTH!!!!
3/8″ sealed front hub and a 14mm sealed cassette hub w/ 9T Driver laced to Alienation 440 rims with black 14g spokes and brass nipples. Same wheels that come on the Fit Signature complete bikes. 4 lbs 13.6 oz (Pair)

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S&M REDNECK XLT – YELLOW – $55
CNC’d in the USA from 6061 aircraft grade aluminum. More cut outs and machining from top, sides, and bottom helps to further reduce weight while remaining strong. 1-1/8″ 53mm Reach (10.8 oz)

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S&M TUFF MAN SPROCKET – 25T – YELLOW – $55
Made in USA from 6mm thick 7075 aluminum. Minimalist 5-spoke design.
Teeth: 1/8″, Bore: 15/16″, Adapter: 19 & 22mm Included, Weight: 2.3 oz (25T)

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S&M SLAM XLT – RED – $65
2-pc bars made in the USA from heat-treated butted chromoly with a 3/4″ crossbar and a deeply knurled clamping area. Rise: 8.25″, Width: 29″, Backsweep: 11°, Upsweep: 1.5°, Weight: 29 oz

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S&M SLAM XLT – YELLOW – $65
2-pc bars made in the USA from heat-treated butted chromoly with a 3/4″ crossbar and a deeply knurled clamping area. Rise: 8.25″, Width: 29″, Backsweep: 11°, Upsweep: 1.5°, Weight: 29 oz
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FIT “LO-BOLT” PIVOTAL SEAT – BLACK – $35
Lightly padded seat available with a 1-pc Kevlar top, custom Fit logo access patch, hollow Pivotal bolt and plastic bumpers under the nose and tail sections. Only compatible with Pivotal style seat posts. (8.8 oz)
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2009 FIT TRL1 COMPLETE BIKE – FLAT BLACK – $360
Hi tensile steel frame with chromoly toptube, 1-1/8″ standard headtube, Fit fork w/ chromoly steerer tube, Fit 2-pc bars, Fit grips, frontload alloy stem, Tektro brake and lever, 175mm 3-pc tubular chromoly cranks with sealed Mid BB, 25T chainwheel, 14mm front hub, 14mm sealed rear cassette hub with 9T driver, KMC chain, 36H Alienation rims and alloy platform pedals. 20″ Toptube. (26.7 lbs)

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2009 FIT PRK1 COMPLETE BIKE – FLAT BLACK – $360
Hi tensile steel frame w/ chromoly toptube, standard 1-1/8″ headset, Fit fork w/ chromoly steerer tube, Fit 2-pc bars, alloy frontload stem, Fit grips, Tektro alloy brake and lever, detangler, 3-pc tubular chromoly cranks with sealed Mid BB, 25T Chainwheel, 14mm front hub, 14mm sealed rear cassette hub with 9T driver, KMC chain, 36H Alienation PBR rims, Fit tires, alloy platform pedals and 2 steel pegs. 20″ Toptube. (28.7 lbs)

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2009 DK SIKLON – BLACK – $230
Park and trail designed frame with 1-1/8″ standard headtube, DK fork with chromoly steerer tube, DK 2-pc bars, DK grips, alloy topload stem, Tektro brake and lever, 3-pc tubular cranks with American BB, 3/8″ front and 14mm rear hub, 36H alloy rims, 39T chainwheel, 14T freewheel, KMC chain, DK Slim seat and 2 DK pegs. 20″ Toptube. (26.75 lbs)

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2009 DK HELIO – BLUE – $350
100% chromoly frame, integrated headtube with removable gyro tabs, DK chromoly fork, DK 8″ 2-pc chromoly bars, DK grips, DK frontload stem, Tektro brake and lever, 3-pc tubular chromoly cranks with sealed Spanish BB, alloy platform pedals, 25T chainwheel, 14mm cassette hub with 9T driver, 3/8″ front hub, KMC chain, 36H Alienation PBR rims, DK Slim seat, Kenda tires and DK pegs. 20.5″ Toptube. (28 lbs)

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IM RIDING AGAIN.

After a few weeks of being off of my bike. I’m riding again, I went out to 2×4 trails and Logan Skatepark the other day. My ankle hurt a little bit, but feels much better now. I’m ready to start taking all this winters activities to the streets for the summer and start filming, as soon as i get a chance to head over to best buy and pick up some DV tapes..

–ANT

Animal order came in

We just got a restock of animal stuff. Grips,tires,poles,cables,bars and more. Get Them while they are hot.

Ant.

Trail season is upon us

Hey everyone. A bunch of people. Including myself have started digging a new secret trail spot. Invites only. Sorry, it’s only got one jump right now. But 3 lines are started. Bring the summer fun.

4-2-09 New products in stock from Fit and S&M

New stuff from S&M Bikes and Fit Bike Co. Lots of Cleveland and Dak grips, Fit 4 piece bars, FAF tires, Tri sprocket.

NEW COMPLETES IN STOCK

We just some more complete bike in. 18″ We the people Nova for all you small fries out there and some more Easterns.

New Products in Stock 4-14

We just got some new products in from Stolen also the new Limited Edition Director fork in Flo. Red. Check the pics below, sorry they are upside down.

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