A frame just like the one Jesse Puente is riding on this 90s-era cover of Ride magazine …but in a 26″ model!
A BMX Museum member named GTeaser posted it up yesterday on one of the Museum’s forums.
According to GTeaser,
This frame was custom built by Craig Turner of Gary Turner BMX (GT Bicycles) and I must say, they did a flawless job. Craig is also currently constructing a 26″ Kore replica, zero offset, flatland fork to complete the frameset. I even had an ORIGINAL Morales cable hanger welded in that came from Bob’s warehouse. The frame/fork are 100% 4130 Chro-mo.
If the next thought you have after reading the above paragraph is,
Well, then my friend we are on the same wavelength.
But not to worry — at least according to GTeaser — Bob has given his blessing:
The project has had the full support of Bob Morales himself. I have been in contact with him during the entirety of the project and he expressly warranted me permission to use the Morales name. To the best of my knowledge this is the only 26″ Morales out there. This is a cruiser with cruiser geometry and is obviously not a purpose built flatland frame.
Pretty interesting.
Would love to see someone like Joe Cicman trying some modern-day flatland moves on this thing.
Looking forward to seeing this once it’s back from the chrome shop and all built up.
Along with it, a rowdy BMX contest that never disappoints. From the rad riding to catching up with old friends, it’s a event not to be missed.
This year was no different.
Qualifying rounds on Saturday were crazy. Drew Bezanson had already set the pace with a run that began with him dropping in from the ceiling.
The Sunday finals were going to be nuts.
In between all that were all things that make the BMX community so great. Hanging with friends, reminiscing about past exploits, poking fun at one another.
On Sunday, I caught up with Joe Cicman of TwoFourFlat fame. He was taking care of business over at the Flat comp going down at the other end of the Bicycle show building. We had a good chat before he had to compete again and I had to run off to catch the park finals. (That’s me, Ed, on the left; Joe on the right.)
Back at the Park Finals, things were heating up big time. Banger after banger trick…it was pretty crazy.
Then the final heat.
Drew B. shimmies up a pole and uses a makeshift pulley to get his bike up to the ceiling. He tiptoes across a ledge by the windows at the top of the building. The ledge does not look as if it is even as wide as his shoes.
Then the unthinkable happens. As Drew goes to set up, he loses his footing and falls straight to the ground…his fall barely softened by the bottom of a ramp’s transition.
Unbelievably, he springs to his feet. Like a scene from a Rocky movie or some old Evel Knievel footage, he looks to the judges and makes a hand gesture to the judges saying, “One more.”
He climbs up again…sets up and boom!
270 drop-in from pretty much the top of the building.
So good.
Keeps your eyes peeled for the rest of the contest footage, you will not be disappointed.
They say that all good things must come to an end.
Well, it looks like TwoFourFlat 6 (which dropped in December) was the end in the impressive series of big wheel flatland edits from Joe Cicman and Danny Sarkin.
Here’s a lookback at some of the highlights leading up to the final installment.
You may recall that this old school-looking, new school-riding 24 caught our attention back in June when a sneak peek of the bike turned our heads.
Now a steady stream of photos in SE’s social media accounts have shown that this cruiser is no carpet queen.
Whether it’s Dan Hubbard busting out a classic cherrypicker (with a rider in a 2-Hip shirt making the perfect backdrop)
or @rrdblocks getting fresh with another flatland move
It looks like this bike has some chops.
Word on the street is that SE has also dropped off a Quadangle Freestyle off with the BMX Plus folks for a bike test.
Looking forward to seeing what they have to say about this new project from SE (not to mention it will also be some well-deserved coverage for the 24″ scene in a mainstream pub).
Peep the detail on the top tube.
And the 26″ Kore-style zero offset forks.
I seriously can’t wait to see this all built up!
cruiser revolution 