CW is back!

I did a double-take when I first saw this on a German BMX site. At first, I thought the Germans were doing a CW tribute. I then did some more research and found out that CW Racing had indeed been set up, by none other than Mike Miranda, their old pro! Check out the framesets above. They are made like back in the day, with some new-school influences. If you manage to get one of these, you will need a quill stem and a 1" threaded headset. Looks like Hollywood Mike Miranda is back on the gas! Check it out at cw-racing.com

Aftermatch of the gathering on the 23rd of October

We had quite a surprise at the gathering when some of our old friends we had not seen in several years turned up to be part of the gathering at the East Coast Skatepark. Razak and Ojai were there, sharing stories and swapping tales about BMX back in the day. They even brought their old-school bikes down and they all brought their families down to share the love of BMX. A great gathering. We will be doing one more again before this year ends.

More pictures are available in the forums

Dorel Industries Partners With the Tour d'Haiti to Provide Mongoose BMX Bikes for Orphans in Haiti

Good ol' Mongoose. The partnered with the Global Orphan Project to supply BMX bikes to orphaned and abandoned children in Haiti. The article is located here and here is an excerpt:

The Pacific Cycle Group, manufacturer of well-known brands including Schwinn, Mongoose, IronHorse, Pacific, InSTEP, Dyno, Playsafe, KidTrax, Powerlite, and Roadmaster, is providing 200 Mongoose BMX bikes to be given away to the orphaned and abandoned children in the care of The Global Orphan Project's outreach programs in Haiti. The 200 bikes will be distributed at approximately ten orphan villages throughout central and southwestern Haiti during the Tour.

Thanks guys!

Broken Demolition cranks

In the course of our daily rides, we met other cyclists who are just as passionate about their rides as we are about ours. One day we happened to come across a group of fixed-gear riders. They were attracted to the 29er I was riding then and they asked what crank I was running on my 29er. I said that it was a Profile crank. He asked me if it was strong. I told him that I used to use the crank for BMX racing and you bet it was strong. He then told me that he had a picture of a fixed-gear bike with a broken BMX crank. I told him, "This I gotta see!" So when I reach home, I had a link waiting in my email box and the picture is up there.

There is a blog for fixed-gear riders, or fixies as they are more popularly known as. This blog named FixedGear Geneva had a picture of it and the rider was a guy named David Pili. Apparently, he cracked the cranks after a gnarly riding session. My respect for these riders just went up another notch. You guys rock man!

Some emails

As we have said, we love receiving emails and we do our best to answer them. Here are some of the emails that we received:

Hi, I'm new in Singapore and am trying find out more about BMX racing here. I'm an old school BMX'er but still ride at 38 years old. Are there any racing clubs? Is the new YOG track open to the public? Thanks in advance.

Well sir, all I can say that the track is still closed. One of the readers of the blog sent me an email, which was printed earlier, that the place is guraded up, which is a good thing because we can get some undesirables inside there that misuses the track. e are at the crossroads now so we will send you more info when we get it.

Hello, Im (name withheld), Im a BMX STREET/Park rider… I’ll be visiting Singapore within the next month sometime, I don’t realy know exactly when but in that time frame sometime… I have a few riders coming with me and we’re really trying to find spots to ride or any local riders that would be interested in riding… Im currently working on a site and a team called (name withheld) its pretty legit. But due to my current job in the navy I rarely have time to work on it or be state side … you can check us out through my face book tho. But if you could help me on any information, parks , spots , bike shops, locals anything it’d be so helpful. We plan on filming a lot when we arrive. Thanks.

Thanks mate. Well, we replied to this gentleman and we look forward to meeting him. Sent him an email too! Well, that is about it letters-wise. Keep sending us your emails!

New-school Kuwahara cruisers

Came across this new-school Kuwahara 24" cruiser at this site named kuwahara-bike.com and I must say that we are kind of surprised. Frame and fork is made of 4130 chromoly steel but the thing that surprised us the most was the choice of names for the cruiser - Survivor. Not only that, check out the gussets on the part where the downtube meets the top-tube. They do not look anything like the Kuwahara's of old. And the front wheel is radial-laced. Something tells me that this could be a recreational bike, something for the average leisure ride. we have been asked if these models are for sale in Singapore but honestly, I do not know. What I do know is that there is some hope for Kuwahara if they do make some models out of 4130 chromoly instead of the ever ubiquitous aluminium. Cheers to Kuwahara on that one!

What is BMX looking like for Singapore?

Now that is a great question, and it was a question that was posed to me on Saturday afternoon when I received a call. I kind of expected the call to come so when it did, I was not surprised. That is not too bad considering that just before the YOG, some of my fellow friends and myself included, were labelled as "terrorists" because we were taking on the powers-that-be, who were comprised of some people who could not see the wood from the trees.

I had a chat with most of the people who were with me when we re-started BMX in Singapore back in the day and we agreed to give it a shot...but it would have to be completely re-done from the ground up. We do not need or want any monkeys on our team and if there were, we will uproot them. We will be doing it for the sport.

So look out for a new team. As someone once said, you can get busy living or get busy dying. We think we can make the change

T.J. Lavin in coma after crash

Just came across this on TMZ. From the TMZ report:

T.J. Lavin -- a BMX star and host of MTV's "The Challenge" -- is currently in a medically induced coma after losing control of his bike and crashing during a jump at a BMX event last night.

Lavin was competing in a Dew Tour event in Las Vegas -- when he hit a dirt ramp, lost control, and slammed down onto the ground. Friends and crew workers immediately rushed to Lavin's side, but he didn't appear to be moving.

Lavin was rushed to nearby University Medical Center hospital ... where he was placed into a medically induced coma.

We're told Lavin is also experiencing brain swelling and is listed in critical condition.

UPDATE: A rep for MTV tells us, “Our thoughts are with TJ. He is an important part of MTV’s extended family and we’re all praying for him."

As for Lavin's condition, a rep for the Dew Tour tells us, "he is in the intensive care unit and is currently stabilized."

Old-School BMX gathering at East Coast on 23rd October 2010

Yes, you read that right. There will be a gathering on the 23rd of October at the East Coast skatepark. Anyone, young and old, join us there as we re-live our BMX passions while chatting with friends old and new. More details can be found here

See you there!