This got me so pumped last night when I watched it that I brought my mountain bike into work after about 8 years so I could clean it up tonight. Tomorrow I’m buying a 9 speed cassette tool and a chain so I can finish putting it back together and I’m taking it out for a rip after work.
Cliffs notes…The guy rides up a tree and does a backflip off it, a 360 down a double flight of stairs, a 180 UP (YES UP) like 8 steps, and other badass tricks. Enjoy.
I wasn’t kidding. This really made me put my bike back together. I just got some parts I needed from S101 at Berts and did it. Then I tried to ride. Wow I’m out of shape…
The wheels are carbon fiber with aluminum brake surfaces.
It’s not state of the art any more, but bicycles have used exotic materials for a long time, and in all sorts of places. For example, the rails on the seat are titanium.
Exotic materials never really worked out for bmx, they always ended up being too expensive and too weak with the only advantage being weight savings. No way I am paying 2x more for something to save 2-3 ounces. All the good companies decided not to go the ti/composites route and instead focused on using better grades of steel/aluminum along with better designs to produce better products.