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Like it, dislike it, learn more about it. FATBMX caught up with Tioga to get the inside scoop on the new Progressive Front-end System they've been working on. Stiffer and lighter means faster?
What made Tioga look into working on the fork area of the BMX bike?
Tioga: Shortly after the London Games, we had our annual product dissection sessions with some of our Elite riders, gathering feedback and picking their brains about product needs and improvements. During one of these discussions, some riders shared that they occasionally experience excess flex on their bike--they couldn’t quite pinpoint where, but explained that they detected some levels of flex during gate starts, or when cornering, landing a jump, and pumping over rhythm sections. Our engineering team took note of this, knowing how detrimental excess flex can be in a race, and the seed was planted. Over the years, many ideas were discussed, some more wild than others, and we eventually honed in on the steering system—the control center of the bike, primed for reengineering to better match the needs of more demanding riders.
In what ways is the new set-up better?
Tioga: Simply put, it’s better because it’s both lighter and stiffer. At a glance, the Tioga system may be
Mongoose Legion L60. With the Legion Series, Mongoose offers a full line of freestyle BMX bikes for riders of all ages and ability levels. The Legion L60 is a fully park, street or dirt worthy freestyle BMX bike with killer colorways that’s just waiting for a rider to take it to the local ramp park!
-Hi-Ten steel frame, removable brake mounts, and mid BB shell.
-175mm 3-piece tubular chromoly hollow spindle cranks with a 25T alloy chainring and mid sealed bearing bottom bracket.
-20” x 2.3” tires mounted on aluminum single wall 36H rims with 3/8” female axle front hub and 9T cog sealed bearing cassette rear hub.
-Hi-Ten steel handlebar and fork, 50mm stem, threadless sealed integrated headset, and Aluminum
BMX Garrett Reynolds 2021 new edit bytiM Production.
When someone says influencer, today many think of social media and the individuals that promote products, lifestyles, and health and fitness. However there are other influencers, the ones that helped your growth, ones that have helped you become the person that you are today.
Italy to Barcelona transplant and ultra nice guy Alessandro Donaggio is back on DIG with some more gold from the streets of BCN. This guy got moves!
With indoor parks having to close in Ontario due to Covid-19, I was very fortunate to have a private ramp set up . A couple friends helped revive our old set up , this is the result of a few good sessions with friends!
My 12 best links for the 12 months of 2020!
More leftover footage from our upcoming full length video, Call Somebody, out 2/20/21.
Name: Trevor Henry
Hometown: West London UK
What's your earliest memory of BMX?
Trevor Henry: Watching Craig Strong doing no handed wheelie’s on TV and then seeing my friends trying to the same on Grifters and Choppers, but complaining about how heavy they were. Then E.T. came out and everybody ditched their Choppers for Burners, PK Rippers, Ammaco’s and DP Firebirds. It’s like a wave hit the London overnight… one day it was Rubik’s cubes and monkey boots then the next day it was BMX’s Breakdancing and Electro Hop music.
Who were some of the BMX riders that you admired back in the day?
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.