Solid Bikes

Freestylin’

Posted by Robert on Nov 14, 2008

I ran across the Freestylin book web print the other day and was blown away by it. Its funny looking back on the trends of the 80’s and how much they’ve gone full circle. Some things have definitely changed though. What was once “free”style has somehow become a scene of clones all trying to emulate one homogeneous style. Lord knows the 80’s had their share of grotesque fads, but I would take hip packs and absurd seatpost heights over a monoculture of weight weenies on scooter bikes anyday.
Whatever the height of your seatpost, the book has some great nostalgia I think everyone can appreciate.

Pegs? Whaaaa…

Posted by Aaron on Nov 4, 2008

Finally, after years of seclusion, pegs are back and trimmed up a bit. 4″ long, internally relieved, 4140, heattreated, black oxided and all done in the US with a weight of 7.8 ounces each. Extra holes in the end cap with threaded holes for anti spin action. Available direct only.

Have’n opinion?

Posted by Robert on Nov 3, 2008

Yep, its that day. You have to admit all the hype has been entertaining. I’m astounded, though, to find people with absolutely no opinion or knowledge of pressing issues. I’m not necessarily urging everyone to “Barack the Vote”. But really, beyond voting for which political clown to run this circus, there are a number of hefty laws being pushed at the state level. From speed trains to gay marriage, there’s something for everyone. Educate yourself and go fill in some dots.

If you’re anything like me and find it a bitch to make sense of propositions, this is a good straightforward site to help.

howhardisit

Posted by Robert on Oct 29, 2008

Speaking of Aussie Mike, heres his section from How Hard is It. Check the wallride gap to thread the needle! More Oz and Mikey info here and here.

section 7 mikey from howhardisit bmx on Vimeo.

Down there

Posted by Aaron on Oct 28, 2008

gday gday from the land down under
I just been riding as much as possible and we have been digging a lot in the wetter months rebuilding the trails as much as possible, should be a good trails year this year as we have 3 really good places to ride (all on private property) within 30 mins drive from my place.
im coming back to the good old land up over next year in about july with my brother josh again and maybe one other mate to so get those drinking shoes ready as we have been in some real hard lock down boot camp style training at our local pub. will have to try and get brent on house arrest again! we still got quotes that we read through from our trip that we just piss ourselves laughing at and they are all from brent.
Got an update from Aussie Mike Cernotta:
ill try and get some pics to you soon too, we have a mate here who shoots pics of all the show/ drag cars here and he is coming out this weekend to hopefully take a few happy snaps. oh yeah also been working on a few of our cars lately, ill try and send some vids of the strips we have been putting down. josh just spent 40 grand on a new block, diff and brake lines on his lt 1975 camaro, the thing is crazy, we also have a 69 ss camaro with a 454 and a 70 chevelle with a 454 on thier way over from the states at the moment. we are also looking at buying a sub 10 second drag car at the moment that josh, the old man and i will work on for a project. should be good fun. i got a website you might want to check out http://soldoutbmx.blogspot.com/ its by some mates of mine and is basically our lives in a nutshell.

And an update from Ian Munro:

sorry 4 the late up date but here we go,went to oregon,it was disasterous from from the start,startin with a blown car not even out of the city limits and missing jeff z’s wedding.cody bowers wrecked his face in the first session and i broke my foot at the last session,in all it was just kick ass to see shad ,odb,and the gang,and stoppin by solid. by the way sac park is retarded good,didnt even know.but im good know ripped it today and the sb trails are gettin good,been alot of beer drinkin bong token late dig sessions,but besides that just hustlin ladies ,lost my job,u know the reg.

Pic of Dirt by Kyle

Coast to Coast

Posted by Robert on Oct 26, 2008

Kevin recently moved from the east coast back to Cali and ironically I just made the jump to Boston. Seeing as he’s no longer in NY, what better time to post these photos of him and his bro in the city. Sorry Cap, I should really clear my inbox more often.

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Shiva Shambo!

Posted by Robert on Oct 19, 2008

A few photos from last weekends 2hip extravaganza. Mutt, Blue Angels, and Booger eating sluts. What more to ask for? Check the horsebitecafe for more pics.

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Met the street

Posted by Aaron on Oct 14, 2008

So Kurtis won the contest, stoked. Chris San Agustin made a video and there is one on the Ride site too. Sponsoring a benefit jam for Aitken in Colorado put on by Mike Meister at the end of the month. Everyone should go out of their way to support that guy. New stuff soon…supertherm AAs, pegs, softgoods, 8.5″ bars…

http://vimeo.com/1952984