Thursday 28 January 2010

Dak Bike Check

Dakota Roach repping the Odyssey and GSport parts.


Saturday 23 January 2010

Funday Pro


This is the Sunday (Aaron Ross signature) Funday Pro complete bike. We've got the rrp's for these now and we're taking pre-orders for delivery towards the end of February.

There is no printing errors, this bike really is under £650 and those specs are correct.

We've set out the specs below, together with rrp's for the parts that are available separately as aftermarket components. If you total those up you'll see how good value these bikes are.

Draw you own conclusions but we're confident you're looking at some of the best value complete bikes in BMX.
  • Frame: 20.75" Full chromoly frame, Wave D/T, integrated H/T
  • Fork: Full chromoly w/1pc CNC steerer tube
  • Handlebar: Full chromoly Triumph style bar (28" wide, 8" rise, 12 deg. backsweep, 1 deg. upsweep)
  • Stem: Odyssey Classic Front Load, 53mm (rrp £59.95)
  • Headset: Integrated 1-1/8"
  • Spacer: 5mm (1pc)
  • Brake Lever: Odyssey Monolever, small (rrp £19.95)
  • Brake: Odyssey Evo II (rrp £39.95)
  • Brake Cable: Odyssey Linear Slic Kable (rrp £8.99)
  • Grips: Odyssey Aaron Ross Grips (rrp £8.99)
  • Seat: Odyssey Aitken, pivotal (rrp £33.99)
  • Seat Post: Pivotal
  • Seat Clamp: Sunday
  • Sprocket: Sunday 25T T-6061 CNC, adaptor included
  • Cranks: Odyssey Twombolt 2pc, RHD, 175mm (rrp £149.99)
  • BB Parts: Sealed mid
  • Pedals: Odyssey Twisted PC, 9/16"(rrp £19.99)
  • Rims: Odyssey Quadrant (rrp £44.99 each)
  • Front Hub: Odyssey Vandero 2, 3/8", 36h (rrp £59.99)
  • Rear Hub: Odyssey V3 Cassette, 14mm, 9t, 36h (rrp £109.99)
  • Spokes: Steel (F/189mm and R/186mm)
  • Front Tire: Odyssey Aitken, 2.25"(rrp £23.99)
  • Rear Tire: Odyssey Path, 2.10"(rrp £19.99)
  • Chain: KMC Z510H 1/2" x 1/8"
Look for more on other models later in the week.

KC Badger

Interbike 2008. I fell asleep waiting for everyone to move their asses and woke up to find they'd left without me. Luckily Garrett Scobie had a phone on him. They were at a bar down the strip called The Griffin. After delaying the inevitable with dumb thoughts of an early night I set off. Garrett said it was 10 minutes, so I pictured it somewhere near Circus Circus...after walking for over an hour I called Garrett, he meant 10 minutes in a cab and I was still miles away in a sketchy part of old Vegas sometime in the early hours. I arrived to find a 16 year old Joey Calderone outside wasted, Shane Rieder asleep in his own vomit, Mike Miller working his way through the cocktail menu, Jon Edwards leaving with some girl who gave him $200 of gambling chips, a bunch of people younger than me with full sleeve tattoos, and Jon (IMG's accountant) and Garrett propping up the bar like a couple of veterans. It was the only time I ever met KC Badger and he seemed like a good dude. Here's his bike;



For all the people asking for the 'fire engine' red parts (see KC's wheels).....those are coming this Spring.

Friday 22 January 2010

Partners in Crime




Nike 6.0 have three IMG brands represented in their new Video project 'Partners in Crime'. Click above for a taste of what we can expect.

Thursday 21 January 2010

JCPC Inspection


I found this cool little video while looking for details on the JCPC pedal. Note the bushings, size of the axle (hence the lifetime warranty), and replaceable mixed sides. Making this the last pedal you'll ever need to replace as a whole......especially if you have a broken wrist.

Wednesday 20 January 2010

Fly Bikes Video Page


Click here to marvel at the magical levitating Montana bike and learn something about Fly Bikes new products.

Mike Miller/Proper/Dig Edit

Thursday 14 January 2010

20 Greatest Hits (Part 3)

Fly's new cobra tube is an ingenious way to avoid the dreaded 'walk home' that we've all experienced at some point or another. Carry a cobra tube and all you need to find is a garage with an airline and you're set. The tube is not a ring like a traditional tube, it's a one long tube that can be easily threaded into your wheel and overlaps at the ends to limit any potential 'dead spot' if you case where the ends of tube join.

Odyssey's classic PC pedals are currently available in Black, White, Ocean Blue, Seafoam, clear Gold, and this.....it's called Rootbeer.


This one went almost unoticed with all the snow of late. Odyssey complete wheels in all white - that's 9t V3 cassette hub, Hazard Light rims, and Odyssey spokes in white....all set off by green Odyssey rim strips.

Fly 22mm Spanish BB kits now include cups, bearings, and the spacer tube . This one is obviously black but you can choose from red, white, purple or black.
These are the Kevin Kalkoff signature Lago bars. 29" wide and 8.5" rise and flat black or olive green. 1 degree of upsweep and 12 back. Kevin is from Annecy, France which has a beautiful hence the Lago (lake).

Ian Schwartz - Up Up and Away Parts






Friday 8 January 2010

20 Greatest Hits (Part 2)

JCPC's are finally available in the UK in either black or white. These pedals are a relatively high end purchase for a plastic pedal (at a shade under £40 rrp), however, it's worth considering that with cheap replacements bodies, axles, and pins available now, these pedals are probably the last you'll ever need to buy as a whole. The bushings (in place of bearings) will also prelong the pedal's life expectancy considerably.

Ruben Graphite pedals are the brand new hot shit of the plastic pedal market. Lighter than usual PC's and featuring a knurled surfaced, broached axles, and quality packaging.

Agua forks from Fly Bikes. 2 year warranty, integrated drop outs, a simple (but awesome) machined top cap, clean understated graphics, and a choice of colours. Perfect. Look out for imitations.....coming soon!

Some solid new colours for Proper's popular Team grips. These are softer than the clear ones. They come with black bar ends but I'm sure we'll see a few with people switch to the white ones to rep football teams. Red with white bar ends.......Premiership here we come.

Fly Bikes new Alta stem is a 'jack of all trades' top load or bottom load (if you flip it). Fly cleverly left the threads closed so it looks dope either way up.

Wednesday 6 January 2010

Simple Bike Co delivery


We got Simple back in stock with new products such as the Keypit and Plainan, but dont forget eject front hub and alloy hubguard, cassette rear female hub, wheel slammers, Weaver and Enigma frame, Stockholm and Copenhagen sprocket, titanium or chromo slim rail seat, etc... call us for prices

Monday 4 January 2010

Flybikes new website


We just had Flybikes delivery (more photos soon) but you can still check new range on their new website. There's almost no frame left but all new parts are avalable.