Snooze you lose.

Well, missed out 2 days of posting stuff and totally forgot everything I wanted to post. Failing.



This is the end of the Sun-Ringle roadtrip footage milk-a-thon that's been going on. Pretty good stuff in there.

FBM are also purveyors of good stuff, and to celebrate the launch of Anthem II they've launched a Ltd. Ed. frame. Click here for more.

United's roadtrip video from Canada is also pretty much out - here's the trailer for that.



Lastly, HoleShot 8 is out - more info on that here!

.tluC

Well, tonight I was the second coldest I've ever been, and again it was related to BMX (First was in Leeds, filming for the Lorenzo Reid edit that came out years ago). Rampworx, lots of people, and not much fun. I really can't deal with indoor parks at all. Who tries to learn footjam whips on flat in the middle of one of the busiest parts of the park, then sits at the bottom of a roll-in to catch their breath? Really? Anyway...

Yet another post about Cult - I boshed a link up to their website earlier, but failed to point out all their swanky new product up on there. The frames look/sound pretty rad, it'll be interesting to see how they ultimately turn out. Here's one of them:



On my not-particularly-often-used Blogger feed, I happened to spot a new post from Nick Ferreira about the new AM:PM video. Here's the trailer, video's out now (theoretically!):



How awesome is this? Pretty damn awesome, that's how awesome. But seriously - it's really good! Some style cues from the recent Carhartt edit by Rich Forne maybe? In any case, if you haven't ridden in a pair of Half Cabs you haven't lived.



No doubt if you're a trails rider it's probably a little thin on the ground inspiration-wise at the moment - not exactly ideal digging conditions I'd imagine (not that I'd know?). Dig have put up another Refresh edit, this time a trails feature. Feast your eyes...



I hate just ending posts because it's kinda poor form, but I don't really have any more to say.

Bye?

Rapid fire.

I have no time, but I now have a wireless internet dongle so it should be all good for posting at home now. Ideal!

Anyway, Chase Hawk interview that may interest some. Apparently Robbie's interview is up tomorrow, then the trailer the day after. Adam's putting in the work. Speaking of Adam's working, Adam Roye is still doing Cult 'zine, which is awesome news! In related zine news, the new Holeshot is out, and it's pretty fine. Get some...

I'm a pretty big fan of Tom Perry (click his label for some vids), and he's now got a bike check on Odyssey. Colour matching parts with your hair - good effort?

Proper have a new copper colourway out, check out their site for the new range. Got 'em in 20", 20.6", 21" and 21.2". Some new colourways on the bars too, go lookit!



Lastly, for all your photographers out there, I think Howies are doing a photo comp with Dig, but Dig's site isn't playing ball. From what my Mum tells me (don't ask), details are in the back of the latest issue.

No videos? No.

Zzz.

I'm really, really tired, so apologies if this doesn't have the usual zing...

Eric Lichtenburger had a stand-out part in Sunday's DVD, and has had a few sweet webvids out - this newest one, for Lotek, is in a similar vein. Observe:



I haven't been able to ride for 2 weeks now due to the weather, and yet more snow last night hasn't really helped in that respect. If only I lived near Ray's park in the US - especially with their new Rhythm Room. That looks sweeeet!

Ride UK had some cool stuff up today, first off is this Harry Main bikecheck:



And secondly is this 'wwwin' comp for a United Mothership frame. Click Here to enter!

T-1 have been pumping out Freaky Friday posts for a while now, and here's the culmination of that effort - the Freaky Friday 'zine. Read it and not necessarily weep, 'cos it's good.

In other 'zine news, Defgrip informed me today that Holeshot #6 is out now, so if you're into it, go buy it!

Haven't had a chance to watch this fully yet so apologies if it's not what you're after, you can't win 'em all. From Repset!



Posted this last week, but Scotty T's bars to manny to 180 and Newrick's various trickery make it worth posting again while it's reasonably fresh. I miss Newcastle.



And according to my lack of open Firefox tabs, I've pretty much covered everything I was going to. I'm now going to go home and bleed the radiators in our house not just because I can't ride and have fun, but also because waking up with ice on the inside of your windows sucks.

Winter: Do one.

Holeshot.

Holeshot rules. This is Holeshot's September video. Coleman Lopes also rules...



A new Barcode?

Head tube angle : 74.5 degrees
Seat tube angle : 71 degrees
Rear end length : 14"
BB height : 11 & 15/16 inches
Toptube : 21.25", 21" and maybe a 20.75" or a 20.6" version depending on demand
Stand over height : 20 & 7/16 inches
Gussets : top tube and down tube
With or without brake mounts (the production ones will have slightly lower brake mounts than the prototype shown)
Weight : 5.0 pounds flat
Price : TBA

I have received a lot of emails regarding the height of the BB on the Garrett frame being 12", and I'm probably going to have more coming regarding the BB height on this one as well. Our BB height has always been the same. They used to measure 11.75" from the ground, to the center of the crank spindle. And although the Garrett frame now has one at 12", and this one at 11 & 15/16, the frames have not changed one bit. This is due to running larger tires. I used to never run 2.25" tires. I think I used to run a Primo Dirt-Monster in the front that was 2.1" and a V-Monster in the back that was a 1.95". As the width of a tires increases, so does the outside diameter of it. Therefore, raising the BB as well. I hope this clears some of the questions up.

We are taking pre-orders for the first batch of these Barcodes. Send an email to : info@terribleone.com and put BARCODE in the subject space. First run of Barcodes will be done Flat Black.

-Joe



Ought to keep everyone quiet for the next few days while I'm away in Preston...

:eltiT

Tom Blyth/Tom Sanders section from Tomorrow We Work is now online.



Issue 5 of Holeshot is now online, pic below rinsed from Nick Ferreira's Flickr page:



If you wanna know more about him, check out his Defgrip interview.

Having left Federal to ride for - of all people - KHE, Bruce Crisman's got a 'farewell edit' up from Edd Allen. All good inspiration, especially as I'm currently rolling (sorta) on a freecoaster.



Melancholy classical versions of Radiohead songs isn't what I need in my current mood, but this new Focalpoint edit is rad:

Lookit!

Ollie who part-time posts on Streetphire now helps out with the Aversion blog while Louis' tied up with uni work (Speaking of, don't go to my uni). This is an edit he fired up from the bank holiday weekend:



Nick, creator of Holeshot, has put up a photobook on In The Gnar. Click Here to see it!

Lastly, Sean "Sexytime" (To quote Lloyd) Sexton has a bikecheck up on Dig. Some nice pics of his new frame, good times.

Horrifying content stealer.

Yep, that's what I am. This is effectively the third bit of content I've stolen from In The Gnar in a row, but if they're going to keep posting rad stuff, well... there we are. I can't really rate that site highly enough, and similarly, I can't really rate Nick's other project, Holeshot highly enough either. Those zines cost you pretty much nothing, but they're all really good. Same goes for Cult too. Just two of the many print zines out there. I'm not really trying to be 'down' on online zines here or anything, but there's something fundamentally awesome about holding something in your hands that you know someone the other side of the world has physically laboured over to give you that opportunity to have a view into their world. It's eye opening stuff, and again, cheap. I got a copy of Cult #2 and also got a rad T-shirt (And a bunch of cool stickers too (and a badge))) for the price of a new tyre. I'd rather run my current tyre a bit longer and have some awesome literature and clothing and paraphernalia, if I'm fully honest. But hey, that's me.

Anyway, content - sweet trails action. I mean, I don't ride trails (Largely 'cos I don't know the location of any, and seem to just have issues when I ride 'em), but this video made me really, really want to. May have also been a peripheral effect of seeing blue skies and sunny weather whereas currently it's pitch black and raining a whole load outside, but who knows. Anyway, Mike Saavedra - tip of the hat.

VIMBY - Blue Bench Trails

EDIT! By the way, I noticed just now that a bunch of the Vimeo embedded videos have been weirdly sized. Hopefully got that covered for the most part now, so you won't have to watch any more webvideos on a piece of pixel real estate about the size of a stamp...