A different approach to dropout problems. SRC: Ride BMX
Dave Wooten from Stolen Bikes came by our office yesterday to show off a new, innovative Taper Lock dropout that will eliminate the need for a chain tensioner and keep your wheel from moving without having to break your arm torquing down on a socket wrench. It’s a little confusing at first so we we’ll let Dave do the talking on this one…
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What’s Cardinal all about? SRC: Ride BMX
It’s an idea that I’ve had for a while. I always ran my wheel slammed into the dropout and had a difficult time taking my wheel off with the chain being so tight. I thought about this and the semi-vertical dropout just made sense to me. All you’d have to do was lift your wheel out of the bottom of the dropout while the chain was still on the wheel and you’d never have to shift the wheel back and forth to tighten or loosen the chain because your axle is always going to be slammed. You can even tighten the chain and center the wheel at the same time by sitting on your seat. You can run any gear ratio. I tried all of them. I run a 22-8, Boy and Eman run a 23-8 and Heaton runs a 28-10. 25-9 and 30-11 work too. A regular chain works with this frame, but a half link chain is going to give you more adjustment. This is what we’ve been using and strongly recommend it.
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They answer questions about each other at RideBMX.com
Dakota Roche and Kurt Rasmusson are quite the dynamic duo. If you ever ride with one of them, you’ll be amazed, and if you’re lucky enough to ride with both of these guys at the same time, the session would be epic—even if it was just a mellow one. We got them to finish a few sentences about each other and the end result turned out to be pretty funny.
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The covers and the stories over at RideBMX.com
With seven years under my belt as a staff photographer for Ride, and close to 40 covers, I definitely have a few favorites. Here are my ten favorite cover photos that I’ve shot, (in no particular order) and some thoughts and/or stories about them.
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Mike “Hucker” Clark scoring a huge wallride for the cover
This month we have a Chase Dehart interview, nine wild sequences that will either make your jaw drop or your body cringe, an experiment with a warehouse full of ramps and a handful of Odyssey riders, and a whole lot more. Keep reading for the issue’s full contents.
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Read this if you ever want to work in the industry.
A week or so ago, Adam from The Come Up posted some of his opinions on the chance someone has to make a living in BMX. I know it wasn’t supposed to be the end-all-be-all guide, but it seemed to serve to discourage anyone from doing anything that involves working within BMX. I realize that I’m sitting in a tiny little epicenter, but within ten square miles of me, there’s 20 some-odd riders making a full-time living off of BMX in one way or another, including: photographer, online editor, team manager, videographer, graphic designer, Web site developer, parts designer, entrepreneur, sales, warehouse worker, and yes, even pro riders. To say there are no viable career opportunities in BMX is pretty inaccurate. The reality is that you can’t put a scale on your chances—there’s multiple paths you can choose, and hundreds of jobs available for the person that works hard enough. There’s no chance or percentages when it comes to landing a career you want—don’t be a twat, make some friends, do some work, and it’ll go a long way.
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Not too be confused with Sunday Bikes (the company)
As far as the name Sunday in concerned, which came first, the shop or the bike company? Hmm… There’s a lot to that one. The shop was planned to happen in the summer/fall of 2004, but we never had a name. It was delayed because everything was moving so fast and we didn’t feel we could remain strong during the slow period after the holidays. During Christmas of 2004, the plan for Sunday Bikes was born, but again there wasn’t a name. Picking a name is one of the most difficult things to do, there is so much to think about and you end up over thinking it, too. Either way the shop picked the name Sunday during January of 2005, but the bike company was still nameless. I really felt good about the name Sunday for the bike company because the shop had such a good philosophy behind it and I wanted to apply the same feeling to the bike company. So basically the shop came first and then the bike company a week later.
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with a baseball bat.
