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12
Feb

Cycling – Paris bike sharing program getting trashed

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Eighteen months ago Paris announced that they were going to be initiating a bike-sharing program that would see 15,000 specially designed bikes made available on the streets of the city for people to use freely. Since that time the bikes have been used 42 million times, but almost all of the original vandal proof bikes have had to be replaced.

It appears that a lot of the people using the bikes like to abuse or destroy them as some of the bikes have been found hanging from lampposts, dumped in the Seine River, smashed and burned. Apparently there are even videos online of people treating them as BMX bikes as they ride them down stairs.

The thing that makes me just shake my head is …  More info

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11
Feb

Motorcycles Cycling – It’s Black Tuesday: Kids’ bikes officially illegal!

Effective today, February 10, 2009, all youth ATV and motorcycles are banned from dealer floors, service shops and made illegal to sell by anyone in the United States.

This is actually happening. It’s not made up or exaggerated. You cannot buy a youth (defined as being intended for children 12-years old and younger) motorcycle or ATV. You can’t even buy one from a private party or your own parents.

That means no more models such as the Honda CRF50—long standing as the largest selling production motorcycle in …  More info


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11
Feb

Being Corey Martinez

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In the year 2000, Mat Hoffman and the HSA crew organized a run of contests known as the Crazy Freakin’ Biker Series, or CFB for short. Even though the CFBs served as X-Games qualifiers for BMX, the comps retained a grassroots level vibe, set in dirty skateparks across the country with a multitude of classes and disciplines for both amateur and pro riders. This is where I first got to see Corey Martinez—then just 17 years old—on a BMX bike. He had traveled to the comp alongside friend and riding cohort Seth Kimbrough, who was already competing at a professional level. But Corey signed up …  More info

10
Feb

Gatorade pours into BMX

bmx_gatorade_275I know it’s old news that Gatorade has come on to the BMX scene, since they announced their first BMX sponsorship with Nigel Sylvester this past January. But what isn’t old news is what their intentions and plans are for this huge can of worms they’ve now opened. I conducted an interview with the Team Manager Kenny Mitchell to find out more. I don’t know about you, but I had a million questions running through my head when I read that Gatorade is poking its head into the BMX scene. I mean, Gatorade is HUGE. They sponsor just about every one …  More info

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