Austin Texas Road Trip // Soul Video Mag // #16 // 2001 by Snakebite BMX
Skyway T/A | Building a BMX icon by Rad BMX Builds
Back in the 80's Lee Reynolds was a charismatic guy on the BMX scene, and still is a charismatic guy today. Lee Reynolds was a name that blew up in the mid 80's as BMX was falling down in the UK, despite the some what lengthy distance between Milton Keynes and London, he became one of the locals of meanwhile quarter pipes crew that would feature regularly in BMX Action bike.
The Redline RL 20 II Prostyler tube set remains one of, if not THE, most innovative and complex of any BMX frame, fork, and handlebar combinations ever designed. The first (of many) steps in the manufacturing process is "swaging" or, in non-engineering language, "tapering" the USA made 4130 tubing to achieve the sleek aesthetic the Redline RL 20 II Prostyler is revered for. Our raw tubing begins its journey in San Diego before heading north on the 5 Freeway to south Los Angeles, to take its new form in our proprietary swaging dyes. The material is literally forced into its new dimensional profile in a rotary swager. And the complexity doesn't end there, as we create custom pressure and bending dyes to enable the tapered tubing to be adequately secured in the bending
Round 5: BMX Beat International Freestyle Competition, 1986, OLD SCHOOL BMX! by Splendid BMX
Round 5: BMX Beat International Freestyle Competition, 1986, OLD SCHOOL BMX! Riders in this round include: Neil Stevens, Andy Shohara, Terry Jenkins, and Nick Martin.
Frogtown BMX 2023! // Bikes, Racing, & More!
The Flight Crank remains the costliest and most labor-intensive product to manufacture due to the many different processes and vendors required to build it. Although we constantly strive to improve our efficiency, the Flight Crank will remain and in-demand component. We are currently assessing our ability to continue producing it beyond this newly available batch. Future price increases may also be necessary in 2024. You can now purchase these beautiful Replica Redline by Kastan 401 Series Flight Cranks. 150 sets are in production that will be delivered in November 2023. This batch represents the final availability for the 2023 calendar year.
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Welcome to the All Things BMX Show! We are bringing you episode 172 “The Flying Banana” with Eddie Fiola. Eddie is an American professional freestyle BMX rider, and a film stuntman. He's a 5 time American Freestyle Association Champion, along with 4 freestyle Nora (Number One Rider Award) cups including the first one ever to be awarded in 1985, and USA BMX Hall of Famer.
About 13 years ago Vic hit me up and asked if I would be interested in buying his Dirt Bros frame from the iconic Brad McDonald photo. You know the one. The flat 1 foot table off the curb cut in San Diego. After years of tracking down parts and talking to him and Brad Blanchard on how the bike was built It was finally finished. Vic hit me up in Late Aug 2023 and how to swing by my shop to get his brakes dialed in so we made an impromptu vid talking about the bike. Sorry about the traffic noise this vid was off the cuff.
In the mid to late 80s in the UK the small town of Retford near Sheffield was one the main hubs of BMX riding in the UK. It got known as the Trumpton scene. And featured a long side London's Meanwhile and Chingford as the new hot spots of that era.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.