erhh i cant update properly, my laptop died so im on some wierd computer that has no pics on or owt!
if anyone knows of any good laptop repairers then let me know. basically it wont charge or run of the mains no more, the charger is fine, so im guessin its a loose connection in the socket where the ac adapter plugs into?! anyone?????
im just gonna give ya some news......
www.thecomeupbmx.net. there you go, thats all you need to go on if you want bmx news. adam22 will tell you everything i was about to......
pijin has a thingy in the new dig that i did, dunno if its bought business in or not?!?!?!?!
i guess its new frame season, carlos, castle and barclay all seem to have one. anyone else?
im holding out for a verde, just wait till you see the new frames. www.verdebmx.com. site aint proper yet but in a month or so it shud be. basically its a new company by steve buddendeck and cory muth, gonna be kick ass! how can it not be kick ass with a team consisting of ryan barrett, brian yeagle (who has the raddest pic ever in new dig), plus kris bennett who quit long time sponser volume bikes to join the team!!!

loads of megatour europe stuff going on at the mo, check unitedbikeco.com, ridebmxmag.co.uk and bicycleunion.com for the best updates. ash chalres pics on the union page are good as fuck!

thecomeupbmx forum is a good place to hang out and to post shit...........

southamptons bmx scene is weak.

joel nichols will be in the november issue of ride..... i might need a portrait shot though.... joel!

ermmm, eggs and beans is rad

there is a jam at bar end on the 30th. not really a jam, more if a bbq. same deal as the past 3 years, probs not as many people there, less prises, if any, and just general chillness. go to it if u wanna hang and watch rad dude get sick on big dubs. todd lyons and fids will be there.........?

i dunnnnnno.

autumn is awesome for trails.
better update soon, with pics and what not.
later

Fit X LRG

Well, it seems the Fit X LRG collaboration bike is apparently selling to the target audience nicely...

Premium and Mirraco: New pedals!

Grips are probably the thing on my bike I'm most anal about. Too thick makes my bike feel sluggish, too squishy (Yes, I mean Longnecks and Edwins...) makes it just feel weird, but 3-week-old Federal Thins are pretty much perfect. Second to grips in the "Stuff Mark cares too much about" stakes though are pedals. Fortunately, Mirraco and Premium appear to be stepping up to the plate as far as they're concerned.

Premium's new pedals are ultra thin - so thin we're talking 17mm at the thickest, and 14mm at the thinnest. As they're so thin, no bulky sealed bearings here - oh no - just a dinky sealed bearing, then a DU bushing to help keep things smooth. The idea's worked almost flawlessly for Atomlab for quite a while, so they should be fine too (Hopefully!). Can't see 'em being cheap, but good sealed pedals will generally last for way longer than those "PC" pedals everyone's rocking these days, and will generally feel 110% nicer and be 4.2x quieter too. Fact.



MirraCo have their Mike Spinner inspired, Ti axle M3 Gas pedals on show too. Yes, Profile have "Gas" pedals too, but there we go. Let the courts decide...



Gash UK Edition Sunday Frames, forks and bars anyone?



Best news ever though - Sunday have finally realised that 20.75" TT frames are awesome and have decided to Get involved and so I have a frame I can buy when my Burlish dies...

Last, but by no means least, the newest company to jump on the Slam Bar Bandwagon (*>8" height, *>28" width, 12deg back, 1deg up, the usual...) is, funnily enough, S&M themselves, with the Grand Slam bars:



29" wide, 8.25" tall. Huge!

Lastly, whilst we're talking bandwagons, following Simple's take-oever of Eject after the world realised just how good the Option hub was, a couple of companies have started to, as Eject's owner said "rip off" the design. Newest ones are those dudes from Germany, WTP. Their word's not mine. Unlike a lot of people, I'm not really upset about the prospect of having a wider range of good product to buy?





Flangeless, helicoiled female axle - boxes: ticked!

New Attila, WTP and Lotek stuff!

New, slimmer Loteks? Due in Lotek's spring line next year, so the rumours go...

If you aren't already aware, consider yourself told: Attila make the best pedals ever. Or rather, did. Unfortunately the O.G. Attila pedals ended a while back, but now Cleggy & Co. have started the job of updating the design. Check out the WahWah pedals (see what they did there?), as well as some other new product, in the flier:



Sweet!

And lastly, head over to WeThePeople.de for some 2008 catalogue clickable fun...

Colony Hell Stallion?

We all know it would've been cooler if it'd been called the Wild Stallion, but there we go. No details yet, sorry! From the looks of things though, like the rest of Colony's range it's gonna be dialled, to use 2005's most popular BMX term. Liam Fahy-Hampton is the man who designed it as his signature frame, and he's just beginning to test this prototype now. Check back for some complete bike photos of it!

MKA vs. BU?

This Mary-Kate and Ashley duo can hold a dog, however, they probably couldn't hold up to a 9-set 360 to flat.



This Mary-Kate and Ashley duo probably can.

Yes, Demolition's new versions of the Anorexia and Bullimia ("You can read minds?" Person who can correctly identify the film that quote comes from wins...) hubs are looking better every day, unlike their namesakes who appear to now be twin coke-head tweakers.

Knock knock, lawyers!

Bicycle Union have also decided to get into the cassette hub market with this cashing-in-on-the-popular-colour fluoro-yellow hub (it also comes in white and black...):



The Union blogs/news articles appear to be moving in line with the EU directives on salt content and seem to be generally positive these days, so keep your eyes peeled on their pages...

Demolition Mary-Kate hub

Demolition have released photos of their new front hub, the Mary-Kate. It's another female axle hub (Think: G-Sport, Odyssey Vandero2, etc...), so that means peg friendly, and the built-in guard ought to save you some spokes too. Prime!

Plegs.

After a lot of hype, Odyssey (Or "ODSY" if you're a degenerate on Bikeguide...) have released a little more info on the Plegs to try and retain interest until they eventually get released. Go to The Daily Word to hear just how much one company can blow their own trumpet...

Monthly Mosh Vid #2

Now, anyone who really knows me knows that I really like Eddie Cleveland's style. No, that doesn't really put me in the minority I know, but still - I like his stuff.

So that gives you some idea of the level of dedication I went to when I tell you that the first thing I did when I saw the link to the Mosh Vid Pt 2 (which has the main section from Eddie Cleveland in it) was fire up Blogger.com to sign in to the PijinBlog to post it up online.

Right click and save as or Left click and stream.

This. Will. Be. Mental.

There's been talk in the BMX world about whether being in the Olympics is a good or bad thing, how BMX will be represented, and so on. Well, even though people frantically spinning along, clipped in with their SPDs, keeping as low as possible isn't the BMX most of us know, it's still kinda cool to watch, and if you spy out some clips on Youtube of BMX racing it should lend itself pretty well to the TV format of most big track and field events.

The problem with BMX racing is that the racing, and the overall look of the event, is only good as the track.

That shouldn't be a problem in this case:







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