Isle of Man Tourist Trophy racer and Scania truck mechanic Guy Martin is not only a talented rider, he’s become some sort of a biking world icon. Guy is rather obsessed with mechanical devices and the intricacies of manufacturing. Cut Media thought he’d be the ideal candidate for an Orange Bikes factory documentary.

In the centre of Halifax, Guy takes us on a tour of the manufacturing process, cutting, bending and welding aluminium, forming complex shapes to create a bicycle frame. Hand-built, properly engineered craftsmanship is a black art in today’s norm of sterile outsourced manufacturing. Watch the YouTube video for an entertaining look at something not often seen.

Core77 proudly introduces the Dutch Master, a limited edition of 25 hand-built, premium Worksman cruisers. Smooth ride, and tough enough for a midnight delivery in Bushwick.

The Dutch Master is a smooth-riding, rugged urban bike that celebrates New York heritage and local manufacturing. Based on the utilitarian NY-built Worksman Newsboy frame used throughout the New York delivery community and fitted out with premium components and a dash of BMX flavor, the Dutch Master toughens up the typical cruiser, mashing classic European aesthetics with contemporary parts.

Designed and built in New York City, the Dutch Master leverages local manufacturing and bike building expertise from around the boroughs. Core77 was born in Brooklyn, and this bike honors New York bike culture by using locally manufactured frames, each fitted out and built by celebrated bike mechanic KT Higgins in her Bushwick Bike Shop.

Features:

* Custom Worksman Newsboy frame
* Brooklyn Machine Works pedals and stem
* Sturmey Archer brakes
* Portland Design Works Dapper Dan grips
* Schwalbe “Fat Frank” cruiser tires
* Brooks B17 saddle
* SUNRingle Freeride rims, hand-built wheels with DT Swiss spokes
* BMX crankset, brake levers and foot pegs
* Custom Core77 cable clips and badge
* Upright seating (encouraging laid-back riding)
* Profile Racing chain ring and seat clamp
* Surly 1X1 fork

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Did you ever own a Raleigh Chopper or its Asian clone, the ‘Cooper‘? Here’s a controversy that might interest you. Dr. Tom Karen, MD & Chief Designer at Ogle Design, which was involved in 60s/70s icons like the Reliant Scimitar and Bond Bug (he also designed the Aston Martin DBS V8) in England from 1962 to 1999, disputes the story that Raleigh’s chief designer Alan Oakley sketched out the design of the Raleigh Chopper on the back of an envelope. This story is a “lie”, argues Karen. However, according to raleighchopper.info, Raleigh’s adaptation of a Schwinn ‘chopped up’ style of bike didn’t happen overnight, it evolved. Read the article here and draw your own conclusions.

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STRONG AS A TANK, LIGHT AS A DAY PACK, FOLDS LIKE A KNIFE,
MILITARY BIKE NOW AVAILABLE FOR CIVILIAN USE

Ever since the ‘Safety Bicycle‘ was invented towards the end of the 19th century, military strategists have looking at the bicycle as a cheap, efficient means of transport for soldiers. To a certain extent the advent of advanced pneumatic tyres and sturdier fram construction resulted in the usage of bicycles for messenger and scout duties, replacing horses in war. In the United States, France and Britain, bicycle troops were employed, but mostly in militia or territorial army units.

The first widespread use of the bicycle in warfare was recorded during the Second Boer War, and the most famous unit was the Theron se Verkenningskorps (Theron Reconnaisance Corps). During WW1, bicycle mounted light infantry units were used by the Germans and Italians. In their 1937 invasion of China, Japan employed about 50,000 bicycle troops. Bicycle infantry can travel up to 75 miles daily compared to 25 miles for foot infantry, despite consuming basically the same quantity of food and water. They also have about 50% more load-carrying capacity.

US soldier uses a Montague Paratrooper® in Afghanistan

One of the most famous uses of Japanese bicycle-mounted infantry, known to almost every Malaysian who has studied history in school was in the Battle of Malaya, where the success of the Japanese ‘blitzkreig’ was attributed not to tanks, but to thousands of Japanese troops on bicycles! The bikes allowed quiet and flexible transport of thousands of soldiers and made few demands on the Japanese army, neither needing motor vehicles nor precious petrol (gasoline). Mounted on bicycles, the Japanese troops were often able to move faster than retreating British/Allied Forces.

To this day bicycles are used in combat by the Swiss and Swedish Armies, US Special Forces in Afghanistan and LTTE Tamil Tigers. I’m also very sure that Holland, a nation where bicycle riding is as natural as breathing, must have some sort of bicycle mounted troops.

In 1987 David Montague, a student of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, formed the Montague Corporation, a company which was to design and produce full-size, high-performance folding bicycles. Montague’s first design was called the “Montague BiFrame” for its patented Concentrus System. This system united the two parts of the frame with concentric seat tubes, one nested inside the other. This system allows a bike with a full-size frame to fold in half while maintaining the structural integrity of the design.

Ten years later, in 1997, Montague received a two-year grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to work with the United States Marine Corps in developing a Tactical Electric No Signature (TENS) Mountain Bike. For this project Montague developed a new folding design, enabling the bike to fold faster for paratroopers exiting from military aircraft while also increasing its load bearing capacity. This gave rise to the Paratrooper Folding Tactical Mountain Bicycle®, Montague’s non-electric Military Mountain Bike which can be used by the USMC, Paratroopers, Military Police, Law Enforcement and other military divisions.

The F.I.T.™(Folding Integrated Technology) system was developed to allow a full-size, high-performance mountain bike to fold in half so that it could fit through the cargo door of a military aircraft with an airborne ranger. When the soldier would hit the ground, he or she would have a tactical mountain bike to use as transportation, thereby bridging the gap between walking and deploying heavy military vehicles. This would not only aid in transportation but it would help to facilitate battlefield reporting as well.

The Paratrooper® is a full-size, 24-speed mountain bike that is built to traverse all sorts of terrain silently at high speeds with no thermal or acoustic radar signature – key components when trying to avoid the enemy. The Paratrooper® offers up to 500 pounds of load hauling capability and it does not need gasoline. It has enhanced off-body load bearing capabilities, a high level of maneuverability, and can compact to a portable size in less than 30 seconds. The bikes are indeed used in conjunction with LAV’s (Light Armored Vehicles) and HMMWV’s as back up transportation and they also help to facilitate battlefield reporting. Just by turning a lever, the Montague Paratrooper™ folds in less than 30 seconds into 3′ x 3′ pack that can be dropped from a plane, strapped to the side of an LAV or thrown in the back of a trunk. It comes equipped with front suspension, SRAM X-5 shifters and uses standard mountain bike wheels and components.

The Paratrooper® is available for purchase at a suggested retail price of US$725.00. For more
information call 800-736-5348 or go on line at www.militarybikes.com.

SOURCE, COMMUTE BY BIKE REVIEW

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No this isn’t ice. Look closer. Imagine coming back to where you parked your bike, and you see …

Want to see one more pic (WARNING: Very disgusting!), and the source link with more pics of the cause of this?
continue reading "WATCH WHERE YOU PARK YOUR BIKE – IT MAY GET COCOONED!"

Not seen or heard of much since, in 2001 Yamaha decided to build a BMX-inspired motorcycle as a concept bike – The Tricker. We saw more of another concept, the Air Tricker which later became a production bike.

Yamaha also had a short-lived project in the 1970s where they manufactured BMX-style bikes for children who wanted a motorcycle (back then scramblers were the rage), but could only afford a bicycle. The Yamaha BMX bikes were painted in a distinctive yellow colour. As we know from Joe Kidd on a Stingray, BMX has left quite a lot of influence on the 2-wheel world.

SOURCE: BMX MUSEUM, YAMAHA

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BMX is an acronym for “Bicycle Motocross“. Joe Kid on a Stingray: The History of BMX documents the evolution of a sport created by children in the 1970s who began modifying their Schwinn Stingray bicycles to look like motorcycles. This documentary is the first film to ever take a serious look at the history and evolution of BMX bicycle riding. It covers the streets of suburban neighbourhoods of the 60s to today’s X-Games type coverage of stadium-packed Dirt, Street and Halfpipe madness.

The sport of BMX was and is driven by individuals. BMX was not created by a corporation. Instead, corporations based their advertising on the lifestyles of these individuals. The film captures the kinds of stories which couldnt have come from a marketing strategy, trend gurus or model clinics. Rather, from individuals who turned common street bikes into instruments demonstrating grace, strength and personal expression. It is this individualism and self-expression which makes the sport of BMX and this film so unique.

People like Scot Beithaupt who started the first organised races in Long Beach in 1970 to Bob Haro who pioneered BMX Freestyle riding and created the first BMX Freestyle bike, to Matt Hoffman whose personal sacrifices helped propel BMX stunt riding into the spotlight are all covered in JKOASR: The History of BMX. These are just some of the people who helped make BMX a unique subculture.

Joe Kid on a Stingray – The History of BMX allows everyone from veteran BMX-ers to modern day kiddies a chance to re-live these historic moments and stories explained by the sports most influential riders to that they can understand what really happened in the evolution of BMX.

The directors have assembled a 30-year timeline packed with rare archival footage and interesting interviews to create a film which goes in-depth, exploring the history, trends, stars and current direction of BMX stunt riding and racing. Joe Kid on a Stingray – The History of BMX delivers a historical perspective to the sport of BMX, but brings it to you in such a way that makes you feel like you were there.

Whilst in the midst of production, producers Mark Eaton and John Swarr began to wonder who would best represent what they considered to be a boldly individual and hardcore person to narrate the film. The only person currently in the spotlight that made sense was a former BMX racer, Jesse James of Monster Garage fame. He embodies the ideals of BMX and has actually lived the BMX lifestyle. Former freestyle BMX-er Rockabilly Jay works at West Coast Choppers (Jesse James chopper shop) and helped make it happen. John Swarr and Mark Eaton sent a trailer of the film to Jesse James and this triggered Jesse to not only want in, but also to become the Executive Producer.

Running time for this movie is 90 minutes. It was nominated for Best Story & Best Picture at the 2005 X-Dance Film Festival and was the selected feature film for the 2005 Santa Barbara Film Festival. For more information check out www.joekidonastingray.com

“On Any Sunday”, a BMX-inspiring movie starring Steve McQueen referenced in Joe Kid on a Stingray is available on DVD from Amazon.com. Click on the links below to check and buy the DVD, via BikerVoodoo.com.

バイカーブードゥー

Isle of Man Tourist Trophy racer and Scania truck mechanic Guy Martin is not only a talented rider, he’s become some sort of a biking world icon. Guy is rather obsessed with mechanical devices and the intricacies of manufacturing. Cut Media thought he’d be the ideal candidate for an Orange Bikes factory documentary.

In the centre of Halifax, Guy takes us on a tour of the manufacturing process, cutting, bending and welding aluminium, forming complex shapes to create a bicycle frame. Hand-built, properly engineered craftsmanship is a black art in today’s norm of sterile outsourced manufacturing. Watch the YouTube video for an entertaining look at something not often seen.

Core77 proudly introduces the Dutch Master, a limited edition of 25 hand-built, premium Worksman cruisers. Smooth ride, and tough enough for a midnight delivery in Bushwick.

The Dutch Master is a smooth-riding, rugged urban bike that celebrates New York heritage and local manufacturing. Based on the utilitarian NY-built Worksman Newsboy frame used throughout the New York delivery community and fitted out with premium components and a dash of BMX flavor, the Dutch Master toughens up the typical cruiser, mashing classic European aesthetics with contemporary parts.

Designed and built in New York City, the Dutch Master leverages local manufacturing and bike building expertise from around the boroughs. Core77 was born in Brooklyn, and this bike honors New York bike culture by using locally manufactured frames, each fitted out and built by celebrated bike mechanic KT Higgins in her Bushwick Bike Shop.

Features:

* Custom Worksman Newsboy frame
* Brooklyn Machine Works pedals and stem
* Sturmey Archer brakes
* Portland Design Works Dapper Dan grips
* Schwalbe “Fat Frank” cruiser tires
* Brooks B17 saddle
* SUNRingle Freeride rims, hand-built wheels with DT Swiss spokes
* BMX crankset, brake levers and foot pegs
* Custom Core77 cable clips and badge
* Upright seating (encouraging laid-back riding)
* Profile Racing chain ring and seat clamp
* Surly 1X1 fork

バイカーブードゥー

Did you ever own a Raleigh Chopper or its Asian clone, the ‘Cooper‘? Here’s a controversy that might interest you. Dr. Tom Karen, MD & Chief Designer at Ogle Design, which was involved in 60s/70s icons like the Reliant Scimitar and Bond Bug (he also designed the Aston Martin DBS V8) in England from 1962 to 1999, disputes the story that Raleigh’s chief designer Alan Oakley sketched out the design of the Raleigh Chopper on the back of an envelope. This story is a “lie”, argues Karen. However, according to raleighchopper.info, Raleigh’s adaptation of a Schwinn ‘chopped up’ style of bike didn’t happen overnight, it evolved. Read the article here and draw your own conclusions.

バイカーブードゥー

STRONG AS A TANK, LIGHT AS A DAY PACK, FOLDS LIKE A KNIFE,
MILITARY BIKE NOW AVAILABLE FOR CIVILIAN USE

Ever since the ‘Safety Bicycle‘ was invented towards the end of the 19th century, military strategists have looking at the bicycle as a cheap, efficient means of transport for soldiers. To a certain extent the advent of advanced pneumatic tyres and sturdier fram construction resulted in the usage of bicycles for messenger and scout duties, replacing horses in war. In the United States, France and Britain, bicycle troops were employed, but mostly in militia or territorial army units.

The first widespread use of the bicycle in warfare was recorded during the Second Boer War, and the most famous unit was the Theron se Verkenningskorps (Theron Reconnaisance Corps). During WW1, bicycle mounted light infantry units were used by the Germans and Italians. In their 1937 invasion of China, Japan employed about 50,000 bicycle troops. Bicycle infantry can travel up to 75 miles daily compared to 25 miles for foot infantry, despite consuming basically the same quantity of food and water. They also have about 50% more load-carrying capacity.

US soldier uses a Montague Paratrooper® in Afghanistan

One of the most famous uses of Japanese bicycle-mounted infantry, known to almost every Malaysian who has studied history in school was in the Battle of Malaya, where the success of the Japanese ‘blitzkreig’ was attributed not to tanks, but to thousands of Japanese troops on bicycles! The bikes allowed quiet and flexible transport of thousands of soldiers and made few demands on the Japanese army, neither needing motor vehicles nor precious petrol (gasoline). Mounted on bicycles, the Japanese troops were often able to move faster than retreating British/Allied Forces.

To this day bicycles are used in combat by the Swiss and Swedish Armies, US Special Forces in Afghanistan and LTTE Tamil Tigers. I’m also very sure that Holland, a nation where bicycle riding is as natural as breathing, must have some sort of bicycle mounted troops.

In 1987 David Montague, a student of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, formed the Montague Corporation, a company which was to design and produce full-size, high-performance folding bicycles. Montague’s first design was called the “Montague BiFrame” for its patented Concentrus System. This system united the two parts of the frame with concentric seat tubes, one nested inside the other. This system allows a bike with a full-size frame to fold in half while maintaining the structural integrity of the design.

Ten years later, in 1997, Montague received a two-year grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to work with the United States Marine Corps in developing a Tactical Electric No Signature (TENS) Mountain Bike. For this project Montague developed a new folding design, enabling the bike to fold faster for paratroopers exiting from military aircraft while also increasing its load bearing capacity. This gave rise to the Paratrooper Folding Tactical Mountain Bicycle®, Montague’s non-electric Military Mountain Bike which can be used by the USMC, Paratroopers, Military Police, Law Enforcement and other military divisions.

The F.I.T.™(Folding Integrated Technology) system was developed to allow a full-size, high-performance mountain bike to fold in half so that it could fit through the cargo door of a military aircraft with an airborne ranger. When the soldier would hit the ground, he or she would have a tactical mountain bike to use as transportation, thereby bridging the gap between walking and deploying heavy military vehicles. This would not only aid in transportation but it would help to facilitate battlefield reporting as well.

The Paratrooper® is a full-size, 24-speed mountain bike that is built to traverse all sorts of terrain silently at high speeds with no thermal or acoustic radar signature – key components when trying to avoid the enemy. The Paratrooper® offers up to 500 pounds of load hauling capability and it does not need gasoline. It has enhanced off-body load bearing capabilities, a high level of maneuverability, and can compact to a portable size in less than 30 seconds. The bikes are indeed used in conjunction with LAV’s (Light Armored Vehicles) and HMMWV’s as back up transportation and they also help to facilitate battlefield reporting. Just by turning a lever, the Montague Paratrooper™ folds in less than 30 seconds into 3′ x 3′ pack that can be dropped from a plane, strapped to the side of an LAV or thrown in the back of a trunk. It comes equipped with front suspension, SRAM X-5 shifters and uses standard mountain bike wheels and components.

The Paratrooper® is available for purchase at a suggested retail price of US$725.00. For more
information call 800-736-5348 or go on line at www.militarybikes.com.

SOURCE, COMMUTE BY BIKE REVIEW

バイカーブードゥー

No this isn’t ice. Look closer. Imagine coming back to where you parked your bike, and you see …

Want to see one more pic (WARNING: Very disgusting!), and the source link with more pics of the cause of this?
continue reading "WATCH WHERE YOU PARK YOUR BIKE – IT MAY GET COCOONED!"

Not seen or heard of much since, in 2001 Yamaha decided to build a BMX-inspired motorcycle as a concept bike – The Tricker. We saw more of another concept, the Air Tricker which later became a production bike.

Yamaha also had a short-lived project in the 1970s where they manufactured BMX-style bikes for children who wanted a motorcycle (back then scramblers were the rage), but could only afford a bicycle. The Yamaha BMX bikes were painted in a distinctive yellow colour. As we know from Joe Kidd on a Stingray, BMX has left quite a lot of influence on the 2-wheel world.

SOURCE: BMX MUSEUM, YAMAHA

バイカーブードゥー

BMX is an acronym for “Bicycle Motocross“. Joe Kid on a Stingray: The History of BMX documents the evolution of a sport created by children in the 1970s who began modifying their Schwinn Stingray bicycles to look like motorcycles. This documentary is the first film to ever take a serious look at the history and evolution of BMX bicycle riding. It covers the streets of suburban neighbourhoods of the 60s to today’s X-Games type coverage of stadium-packed Dirt, Street and Halfpipe madness.

The sport of BMX was and is driven by individuals. BMX was not created by a corporation. Instead, corporations based their advertising on the lifestyles of these individuals. The film captures the kinds of stories which couldnt have come from a marketing strategy, trend gurus or model clinics. Rather, from individuals who turned common street bikes into instruments demonstrating grace, strength and personal expression. It is this individualism and self-expression which makes the sport of BMX and this film so unique.

People like Scot Beithaupt who started the first organised races in Long Beach in 1970 to Bob Haro who pioneered BMX Freestyle riding and created the first BMX Freestyle bike, to Matt Hoffman whose personal sacrifices helped propel BMX stunt riding into the spotlight are all covered in JKOASR: The History of BMX. These are just some of the people who helped make BMX a unique subculture.

Joe Kid on a Stingray – The History of BMX allows everyone from veteran BMX-ers to modern day kiddies a chance to re-live these historic moments and stories explained by the sports most influential riders to that they can understand what really happened in the evolution of BMX.

The directors have assembled a 30-year timeline packed with rare archival footage and interesting interviews to create a film which goes in-depth, exploring the history, trends, stars and current direction of BMX stunt riding and racing. Joe Kid on a Stingray – The History of BMX delivers a historical perspective to the sport of BMX, but brings it to you in such a way that makes you feel like you were there.

Whilst in the midst of production, producers Mark Eaton and John Swarr began to wonder who would best represent what they considered to be a boldly individual and hardcore person to narrate the film. The only person currently in the spotlight that made sense was a former BMX racer, Jesse James of Monster Garage fame. He embodies the ideals of BMX and has actually lived the BMX lifestyle. Former freestyle BMX-er Rockabilly Jay works at West Coast Choppers (Jesse James chopper shop) and helped make it happen. John Swarr and Mark Eaton sent a trailer of the film to Jesse James and this triggered Jesse to not only want in, but also to become the Executive Producer.

Running time for this movie is 90 minutes. It was nominated for Best Story & Best Picture at the 2005 X-Dance Film Festival and was the selected feature film for the 2005 Santa Barbara Film Festival. For more information check out www.joekidonastingray.com

“On Any Sunday”, a BMX-inspiring movie starring Steve McQueen referenced in Joe Kid on a Stingray is available on DVD from Amazon.com. Click on the links below to check and buy the DVD, via BikerVoodoo.com.

バイカーブードゥー