Whether you’re 7 or 47*, nothing quite matches the pure fun of riding your bike.
Whether it’s street, dirt, park or racing 7-year old Finn Finestone is not missing out on any of it.
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To date most of the pictures and webclips featuring Liquid Bikes have been pretty trails-oriented.
Made me kind of curious to see how it would handle in the street and in skateparks.
I guess I can stop wondering.
CMC from Austin shows that, with a couple of pegs thrown on, the Liquid Feedback becomes a capable street/park machine. (Photos originally posted on ridemonkey.com)
Check out the guy on the 20″ craning his neck to get a look.
Yes my friend, things really are more fun on a 24.
Bobby Parker from Sunday/Full Factory hinted about these in the comments recently when I posted about missing my front brakes.
Well, now we have a spy photo of the prototype Sunday Model-C forks with 990 mounts that he’s currently testing!
Bobby says they’ve been running great and Eben Krackau also has pair that he’s testing. No word yet on release dates but keep it tuned here for updates.
Ride BMX recently posted something on the 2011 Mirraco lineup that included their 24″ complete, the 20forty. Looks pretty good in the flat black and red (the two different coloured wheels is a cool touch too).
Here’s the rundown of the specs (so far):
Mirraco is in the process of updating their site, so I suspect full bike specs will be posted when that goes live.
I’m little leery that there’s no mention of the frame material while the bars and fork are listed as full chromoly. I’m hoping that’s just an oversight and not a case where some high-ten steel tubing is getting snuck in. If anybody has an “in” at Mirraco to find out, let me know.
Ouch!
Clipping in not only makes you faster but it also makes your crashes more spectacular too.
Check it out…there’s even slow-mo so you can cringe (or chuckle) a few more times.
We The People is back for 2011 with an update to the Avenger 24″. It was called the Avenue in previous years but it had a mid-season name change in 2010 to the Avenger.
Right of the bat, you’ll notice the look has changed to a cleaner glossy-red finish, right down to the cranks (a nice touch) with stripped-down graphics that are a bit on the basic, ho-hum side.
Notables include a new top-loading stem, 7″ bars, Odyssey tires, and double-wall rims.
However, a bit of a disappointment is the 21.25″ top tube/15.23″ chain stay dimensions. I would have really liked to have seen a longer top-tube and a slightly tighter chain stay length.
All in all though, if you can get past the shorter top-tube, this is looks like it could be one of the better completes out there for the new year.
My apologies for the blurry picture.
It was the best I could find at the current time. I will link to a better image once it becomes available.
Update: We The People has posted an online version of their 2011 catalog.
Is the Liquid Feedback the go-to 24″ for trails this year?
All signs point to yes.
Erik Hortsch puts his new Liquid through its paces in this Vimeo video edit.
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Summer’s here and people are showing more skin.
Your bike should be no different.
Ready to take the plunge and rock the skinwall tire?
A good option might be the DMR Supermoto, available in wire and kevlar. Technically a MTB dirt jumping tire, it seems like it would be a great option for a 24″ BMX. 2.1 inches wide with a low profile it would be at home at skateparks, trails and race tracks. It’s relatively lightweight too.
Not sure how widely available this tire is in North America (DMR is based out of the UK) but their site shows both U.S. and Canada distribution so you should be able to get it if your bike shop deals with one of the listed distributors.
For more on my one-man crusade to bring back the skinwall tire, check out Is it time to show some skin again? and Showing some skin in Utah.
Update: The 24″ version of this tire is available in wire only. The 26″ version is available in both wire and kevlar.
I have been checking out Edward Koenning‘s blog, When are you going to get a real bike? for a little while now and I have to say I’m getting pretty hooked.
A big part of his blog is digging up vintage BMX magazine pictures/spreads and commenting on them. I often find myself tripping down memory lane when I read one of his posts. I start remembering where I was when I saw or read it, how I devoured every word of the mag (keep in mind this was before the Internet) and how much it had an influence on me.
I was pretty stoked to see him pull out this gem recently. An awesome berm slide by RL Osborn from BMX Action‘s “24 Wars” cruiser shootout article.
I was pretty stoked on this spread too. Eddie Fiola with a perfect table top air (on vert!) and “The Culligan Man” doing a big jump on a race cruiser to see how it would hold up.
If you’ve been into BMX for a while, When are you going to get a real bike? is definitely worth checking out.
For many in the BMX world, the stereotypical image of the cruiser rider as a squirrelly, middle-aged cruiser racer persists.
Another stereotype:
Nobody under 30 rides a cruiser (unless it’s for racing).
And finally:
“Big” tricks are only done on 20″ bikes.
If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know that this kind of “traditional wisdom” is rapidly falling by the wayside.
Not convinced?
Check out this web clip from Ollie Sandles.
Granted, it’s mostly 20 inch riders but look closely at the lone cruiser rider (who I think is Peter Beer). In addition to a nice turndown at the beginning, check out from about 1:54 on….flairs, tailwhips, vert airs.
This (relatively) young guy is tearing things up…including all those old stereotypes about cruiser riders.
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cruiser revolution 
