Check the Technique Stickers
It took a while to get these made, but they’re finally here! Stickers are a way to individualism, so why not increase that steez with one of these. Made from some really high quality, reflective Sparkle Gold material, they will surely add a little bling factor. Die-cut and 10″ in width. The stickers are ready to ship, but quantity is limited. Head over to the Store and grab one!
Bridging the Gap
Fixed gears are undoubtedly “trendy” right now, and there’s a lot of different and sometimes heated opinions on it. Regardless of what people think, they are fun to get around on. I found it interesting that the guy in the video below rides BMX and Dirtjumps, while uses a fixed gear to commute.
GORILLA Kilroy
Props for a cool frame built to handle punishment and abuse. Well put-together video with some cool riding as well. Here’s what they had to say about the particular frame:
After slamming and breaking our prototypes in public and in front of cameras, we finally started production of the Kilroy frame. The tests that Wonka ran lead to the conclusion that we had to manufacture a tube set just for this frame, with particular reinforced parts to absorb and handle the stress of the jumps. Together with Columbus we decided to change the alloy in order to avoid very thick and heavy tubes and gain in strength nevertheless. We are proud to present the first freestyle frame in Niobium steel. The Columbus Niobium steel is a special micro alloyed steel with Manganese, Chrome, Nickel, Molybdenum and Niobium that is designed to provide superior mechanical properties
It’s a Bobber Thing
In recent times, one of the more popular trends is the Honda Ruckus 49cc scooter. The aftermarket department for these things are huge, and I admire the amount of creativity that arise from people modding these up.
While Ruckuses are surely interesting, Bobbers are much more my style and reign in the individuality department. Not to mention, having 500cc+ instead is definitely a plus. What is a Bobber? They are one of the earliest form of “Custom” motorcycles and hearken to a minimalistic approach. They share a few qualities with choppers, such as removing the front fenders and halving the rears; however, the front suspension is not crazy lengthened like on choppers. Bikes can range from the usual Harley arrangements to 80’s Hondas. Builders strip the bike down to the bare frame and toss out the non-essentials, then start rebuilding. This is where the creativity part of the scheme comes in and really shines.
The following Bobber is one of my personal favorites… a Yamaha XT500. I’m in love.
H+son EERO
Ever since H+son realeased their rims, they’ve been part of the talk of the fixed gear wheel world ever since. I remember a little more than a year ago ( maybe more. maybe less) when I first discovered these wheels, all I thought to myself was, ” wow, now thats a DEEEEEEEEEP V”. Virtually being double the depth of a Velocity deep v. The hype began and everyone started purchasing these rims overseas. Dishing out about $45 more per rim than a Deep v. Then sadly an unfortunate incident occurred. A rim exploded, and was blogged about on about every single fixed gear/ track bike blog in the world. H+ did their homework and made some adjustments and to my knowledge, that is the only rim failure they have received.
With all of these super deep v’s being released such as the velocity B43s, H+ plus sons formation face and SL42, and now our friends over at IminusD , many of the “fixed gear freestyle” riders out there simply say, make a wider rim, and I’ll ride them.As what everyone said about the velocity deep v. With wider rims being the answer to the beads of the tires popping off from doing tricks such as flatground 540s. So velocity re-released and somewhat improved one of their older rims, the chukker. Gnarcotix is currently riding the IminusD rims, and many velocity sponsors such as Chris Fonseca and other No Cassettes Riders are riding the B43s and Chukkers.
Now H+son has once again made an attempt to be at the top of the charts with their newest release. The EERO ( pronounced air-0, weird I know, then again its coming from a company called H+ son)
43.333333 mm deep. That is about .333333 mm deeper than a b43 and 1.33333 than their previous rims. Also it is 22mm wide which is about 2mm wider than their formation face and sl42.
The velocity chukker wins the battle of width with a measurement of 24mm wide.
I think these things are pretty cool. Just hoping that they don’t “taco” again.
