The last few days...

Well, as a result of the Tim Lewis Live Text Update service I was getting I had a rough idea about the whole Ride to Glory gig, but a H-Man (Namedrop!) call on the way back from Leeds confirmed that WTP won this year. Good stuff. Go here for the legit coverage. Heard some interesting Jim C./Ben Hennon stuff, haha.

Anyways, as I mentioned, I was in Leeds for the Charles Prow "King For A Day" jam. Good times were had, and I think it was a great tribute to Charles. I put up some 'proper' words on the subject (and some photos) up here.

The day before, I ate a piece of fish that was as long as my forearm. All fish, right the way up the batter. Bangin'! I know, I know, I put it on my blog too, but it's a remarkable piece of food!



On the same weekend, P5 re-assessed whether Brighton Was Ready and held another jam. Ollie from Streetphire put this little edit together of the day.



In other news...

J.J. Palmere is back on Premium and back on your screens:



And finally, another video, courtesy of Madera, who took a trip to Memphis.

EDIT: Forgot to mention as well - I said a few days ago about Fly having proto plastic pedals - well, they do, as well as a new type of stem with a different way of clamping your forks, and some other little trinkets too, including a weird new rear hub that everyone kinda knows about anyway. Super precise info there, revel in it...

2 vids...

One, spotted on Dig is this cool video bikecheck thing with Garrett Reynolds, and the other is a Strasbourg mix that I clocked over on the Proper site earlier today:

Strasbourg Street Mixtape from Stephane Karle on Vimeo.

New Products V2.

(www.FrighteningStem.com)

Forgot to add this before, but yeah - a few more details are up on the Premium blog about Garrett Reynold's frame. The frame weighs in at just over 5lbs, but as they say on their site Garrett's not too concerned about weight, and if he can do all this stuff on a "heavy" frame, then I'm pretty sure it's good enough for everyone else...

Sweet...

Stefan Lantschner seems to be under most people's radars, yet he's one of my favourite riders. As soon as I see mention of a video featuring him or Bruno H I'm generally all over it, and this time it was no exception when I saw Dig had posted a new Stefan L video for Eastpak/Carhartt. Yeah, the song's been used before but it's still rad...



In related video news, there's also this old Stefan/Bruno/Italy video that was on that Mpora account that features the best bike ghost ride I've seen in time at around the 0:40 mark.



Similarly, there's a distinct lack of Kevin Kiraly footage, which is something that needs to change. Fortunately, after an absence from our collective screen, he's got a video bikecheck up on Vital with a few riding clips:

See More BMX Videos at VitalBMX.com

Garrett Reynolds has a new signature frame, which features a seatclamp frighteningly similar to the snap-o-matic UKBikeCo original clamp. Here's hoping it's different (Although having said that, the Low-Pez frame from Premium appears to be straight out the same catalogue as the Revolution frame from Unknown, so I guess it's just the same people knocking out the same frames...)? Anyways, you can probably guess the standard geometry it's going to have - 13.75" rear end, 75deg head angle, 20.5" and 21" toptubes, 11.5" BB - but it is a little heavier than most 'new' frames at 5lbs 2oz. I also refuse to dignify their ridiculous "Certain colours for certain toptube length" setup with an explaination, so you'll have to try and piece it together for yourselves...