Fleet's BMX Scene

2012-02-01T13:16:00.001Z

So Fleet. P-Bomb and I were chundering with joy watching this.

2012-02-01T09:30:00.001Z

Guys? Guys? Anyone? Hi five! Don't leave me hanging

2012-01-31T09:14:00.001Z

Sunday session until rain/battery stopped play. Beer and burger time.

Coloured to make ya feel cold whist watching! (Ignore Jack in a tshirt, he's from Newcastle, it was fookin cold).

2012-01-29T17:42:00.001Z

this is sick.

LUC LEGRAND ANIMAL from Antoine Sabourin on Vimeo.

2012-01-27T20:43:00.002Z

I showed my cousin a who doesn't BMX, skateboard or do any extreme sport apart from a bit of skiing a scooter video and the first thing he said was "well that's gay". He then also pointed out that they're also gay in the year 2015. Check the first 20 seconds of this classic movie clip.

2012-01-25T19:50:00.001Z

On the subject of heinous bike injuries... this is cool to see from Chris Akrigg. The video is a little too slick, but I'm loving the Aga and that dog looks like a badass.

Step by step from chris akrigg on Vimeo.

2012-01-24T14:21:00.001Z

Will Evans and Lloyd Wright are the bomb

2012-01-24T10:12:00.000Z

Scrap clips, scrap editing

2012-01-18T11:10:00.001Z

Found this by accident. Probably better left unseen.
Product video hosted by Robin, probably when he was Nobin, feat. Fleetscene.

Quality product this.

2012-01-17T16:21:00.002Z

All about Greg Illingworth's park run at 3:33

2012-01-17T15:52:00.006Z

NEW BIKE CHECK.

Table air at Finsbo.

Frame: Hoffman Lady Luck
Forks: Premium FYB
Bars: Federal Drop, 8.75"
Stem: Shadow Ravager top load
Headset: Kink
Front wheel: Sun Big Baller rim, Bicycle Union hub, with union hubguard
Rear wheel: Primo Balance 7005 rim, Primo Remix hub 9t, with United hubguard
Tyres: Front Primo Dirt Monster 2.2", rear Premium Refuse Resist folding tyre 2.0"
Cranks: Demolition Medial V3
Sprocket: Mutiny Ethereal 28t
Pedals: Odyssey JCPC
Seat: Wethepeople
Post: Federal
Pegs: Odyssey JPEG light, Demolition

Brake: Would be on but I don't have any spanners!

2012-01-16T19:05:00.001Z

Far too much front wheel action for my liking, but the last clip is too good. I think Haggler did it about 7 years ago?

AmityBikeCo - Cam Hardy and Michael Jordan split edit from AmityBikeCo on Vimeo.

2012-01-10T18:55:00.002Z

Mat Hoffman (multiple)

Stricker

Kachinsky (multiple)

Joe Rich

Rob Darden (multiple)

Ashley Charles

Garrett Reeves

Mike Spinner (multiple)

Mike Mastroni

George Boyd

Ben Green

Alfredo Mancuso

2 Minute list off the top of my head of riders that have broken their ACLs. Not preaching at all, but if you choose to do some quick exercises every once in a while to keep your legs strong its probably not a bad idea! - Better yet if you goto a gym put some work in getting quads & hamstrings that a silverback gorilla would be proud of (hamstrings especially).

Its just over 6 months since I had the op and almost a year since I tore it. The op incidentally, is a hell of a lot worse getting back to normal than getting back to normal after actually rupturing it.

The videos below show what happens when it goes, (one option of) repairing it and exercises you can do to keep that area strong. There is no doubt in my mind that sitting at a desk and riding less often due to winter meant that my leg muscles weren't as strong as they could've been and therefore were less able to prevent it.

Click here for animation of how its often torn

YouTube channel of 5 videos of exercises keep the muscles around your knee strong

Yeah, sorry to write all that junk but it really does suck to lose a year+ of having a body that works properly.

2012-01-09T19:37:00.002Z

Posting this from Prettyshady due to the Edgworth / Brooks content, and also because Aliano's trails were legendary, and are now no more. Too many legends have gone through these lines for 15 years... and one day I will have a garden that looks something like this.

2012-01-09T17:04:00.001Z

Bowl to be a Trail 8-10 June, 2012. Just saying.

Ben

2012-01-07T00:41:00.004Z

Check this cheesy ass iPhone edit I made. Shot and edited the same day kind of. Ok its gone midnight but that counts right?

Horsham edit from Perry Mussell on Vimeo.

2012-01-04T10:05:00.001Z

My Robin count was at 4

2011-12-31T00:26:00.000Z

Maybe one more pedal stroke hmm?

2011-12-30T14:21:00.001Z

Got moves

Volume Bikes: Drew Hosselton Welcome To The Pro Team from 180 Distribution on Vimeo.

2011-12-29T21:40:00.000Z

OH MY GOD....

Zachary Hutelin - Longest Manual from John Hutelin on Vimeo.

2011-12-28T12:40:00.003Z

Christmas Eve riding...

P-bomb, up and over

Not so good.

Heavy Hitters

2011-12-27T20:11:00.002Z

Chet is THE man.

2011-12-26T19:52:00.002Z

Tripscene Yo! now online

2011-12-24T11:19:00.001Z

After an excellent premiere last night in FLEET, here is Flying Machines. Enjoy.

2011-12-20T11:54:00.001Z

This is our warehouse, I don't know why kids have named it after Mark Webb's warehouse but yeah...

2011-12-20T09:00:00.001Z

Absolutely amazing. Ride in Peace shredder!

2011-12-15T23:28:00.001Z

Possibly the only person who's anywhere near the level of DB?

Dennis Enarson MARKIT Video from MARKITBMX on Vimeo.

2011-12-15T00:55:00.001Z

Next level shit. Fucking bonkers.

2011-12-12T19:58:00.000Z

This is why mountainbikes are really, really cool. Always.

2011-12-12T19:54:00.002Z

Farnborough does Europe:

2011-12-10T17:22:00.002Z

This has Gary Young in it. That is all that needs to be said.

Baltic Triangle Tour from Sunday Bikes

2011-12-09T11:19:00.000Z

Anton killing it again, kid shreds if you're into the comp tricks

Premium UK - Anthony McGuirk, Scotland Weekender from Premium BMX UK on Vimeo.

2011-12-05T22:07:00.010Z

Seeing as I just got my new frame I thought I'd to a bike check. Here it goes.

Frame: Fit Mac. TT 20.875, HA 75 deg, CS 13.3-13.6, BB 11.6, SO 9
Fork: Odyssey dirt
Bars: Proper Miller TTXL
Stem: Proper Microlite
Wheels: Front Hub Simple eject, Rear hub Primo Mix. Cinema 777 rims
Cranks: DK Social with Ti axle.
Sprocket: United Metro
Pedals: Odyssey JCPC
Tyres: Fit FAF, front 2.25/rear 2.10
Grips: A Bike Co. Edwin (best grips ever)
Pegs: Odyssey J-Peg Lighter
Seat: Odyssey Aitken
Post: Bicycle Onion
Chain: Odyssey Bluebird

2011-12-05T12:55:00.003Z

We had the Bath premiere of "Flying Machines" on Friday night. Hit up the bikesandcider blog for Ash's take on it. He doesn't give anything away, but it's an entertaining post nonetheless! Ash's style of writing will probably help you appreciate his section...

Looking forward to the Fleet premiere!

Ben

2011-12-01T18:00:00.001Z

So awesome.

2011-11-27T18:14:00.000Z

and another. cold session yesterday...

2011-11-24T09:55:00.001Z

2011-11-22T11:26:00.002Z

A quick video from last night...

2011-11-21T20:05:00.003Z

Robin rail hop

Kyle bars off the temp bank

Robin walltap

Kyle topside footplant

Karl silly

2011-11-19T21:36:00.002Z

Posting this video because it features two awesome things; Mellowpark and Tobias Wicke.

20 ZOLL ORIGINALS / TOBIAS WICKE from Zwanzig Zoll BMX Magazin on Vimeo.

I'd be up for going to Berlin again next year.

2011-11-16T21:35:00.000Z

Defo learnt to ride trails from me

2011-11-16T16:26:00.005Z

Here are a couple of extra trails-flavoured photos from the wheel shoot, taken by Robin (obviously). Super stoked on being in Ride UK! I've only been reading it for 12 years...

Thanks to Robin for the photos, and to James for building a strange and wonderful wheel.

Ben

2011-11-14T20:19:00.001Z

Dude is mad good and I'm loving the white/black and redwall setup.

Simone Barraco - Welcome to the Pro Team from Shadow Conspiracy on Vimeo.

2011-11-12T13:39:00.001Z

Jeeeesus Christ. How high!? Yeagle, taken from the Verde site. Apparently this is him getting back into riding after a shoulder injury...

2011-11-11T13:54:00.001Z

Sweet edit, dude's got a good style and does some awesome stuff

2011-11-07T09:56:00.002Z

This video is well good, looking forward to the first trip video with the new camera

2011-11-06T18:24:00.002Z

2011-11-02T17:57:00.000Z

I'm quite excited about this!

2011-11-02T00:07:00.001Z

WTF pretty much all the way through... fully ridiculous. however you rate his riding, this is pretty legit...

2011-10-31T18:32:00.000Z

This is amaaazing.

Vinyl Pa Soil POV Feat: Arkus, Popple, Muller, Doyle from Vinylbmx on Vimeo.

2011-10-29T12:10:00.002Z

Wear a helmet when you ride chaps
Not sure if everyone has already read this - I missed/had forgotten about the article when it first came out but for an interesting and powerful insight into the professional BMX world check this out:

Stay Strong

2011-10-27T21:49:00.001Z

This is so rad! Haha

CULTCREW/ treyjones02 from Cult Crew on Vimeo.

2011-10-27T09:32:00.002Z

Due to a lack of recent updates, I've decided to write one with no pictures or video. Exciting!

1) I hope everyone's been buying Ride since Robin became a senior contributor (which is almost as prestigious as being a contributor to this blog) but if not, I've heard that next month's edition is going to be especially rad.

2) I've taken some advice from Nick and 'relaxed' slightly on the video editing front. However, please don't take this to mean that it will be of a comparable standard to Nick's cinematic masterpieces! It's not too far away from being finished, but are people around Fleet at Christmas for a premiere? Maybe on the eve of the eve...?

2011-10-19T11:40:00.001Z

This is pure poetry in motion, a truly beautiful video

2011-10-19T08:13:00.002Z

The Subrosa trailer's been out for a while now, but still worth another watch. Mulville clips look biiig! Empire video out soon too.

2011-10-16T19:59:00.000Z

This is so well done. Best edit I"ve in a while.

Proper City Series Vol 2 - London from IMG TV on Vimeo.

2011-10-14T10:10:00.001Z

2011-10-11T13:55:00.001Z

Yes James

Go to The Union for more videos.

2011-10-07T15:47:00.000Z

Check out the Cobble Wobble video from Mr Rankin. Fun times!

Cobble Wobble 2011 from Charge Bikes on Vimeo.

2011-10-05T22:19:00.000Z

Another one to get down your face!

2011-10-05T08:14:00.003Z

Get this down your FACE!

(pretty much edited in 7 hours)

2011-10-03T10:15:00.001Z

Anton rides for the Premium UK team, met him when we went to Dunquirk, good lad and complete shredder!

2011-10-03T08:54:00.000Z

A few screenshots from recent filming sessions. Filming's nearly done...

Ben tyreslide

Tom, Dorchester hip turndown.

Tom, Luc-E grind at Weymouth.

2011-09-28T09:59:00.001Z

Doyle.

Photo by Kurt at bmxunion.com

2011-09-26T12:45:00.001Z

Can't remember if this was posted before, or if some of the clips were in something else, but either way, BEAST!

2011-09-24T14:53:00.001Z

Holy shit, this is far too good for just a web video!

Verde BMX - Dave Thompson Video Part from Verde Bikes on Vimeo.

2011-09-24T13:16:00.002Z

Dude has some good lines, but really you need to watch this to remind yourself how good that park was.

Alejandro Alcojor ¨Pitu¨ Antequera Session from David Garcia ¨Davite¨ on Vimeo.

2011-09-22T08:12:00.001Z

Yes Ruben

2011-09-16T12:16:00.002Z

Neil airs like Yeagle... big and high, with the odd epic hang!

Corby air, straight from the box, no brakes, BOOM

Hyde Park, Leeds. This park is awesome fun, and we got a load of clips there in about an hour.

Neil pinning it in Dalby forest. We rode an epic 4 1/2 hour loop which included a world cup XC track (surprisingly gnarly) and even encountered a dude with a freshly broken collar bone. The last hour of the loop was truly horrible, we'd both hit the wall and rode like grannies.

2011-09-15T11:29:00.002Z

The new Max Bimar signature Deluxe frame looks a bit awesome. And the Potoczny frame as well...

2011-09-13T21:01:00.001Z

Go to Ball Park for more videos.

2011-09-13T08:02:00.003Z

When driving a van, one must read a disreputable newspaper.

Neil hired a van (to try out before investing on a more permanent basis) and drove around the country with Ben for a few days.

First stop; Corby. Neil's flips still need a bit of work (turns out closing your eyes doesn't help) but he threw down some other rad moves for the video camera.

Corby now has quite a few dirt jumps behind the building. Unfortunately the Dew Tour sized lines weren't running, but Ben and Neil got rad on some of the smaller lines. Turndown.

Ben Flip. This one went round a bit too quickly and I couldn't quite make the Enns landing work for me, which meant a hefty impact "amidships".

Neil on the dirt.

More low-q teaser shots from the trip to follow... wait for the video for the bangers!

2011-09-11T09:33:00.001Z

Everyone is on a trip. I am jealous of you all.

2011-09-09T11:37:00.002Z

Crazy, Fiend (Garrett Reynolds new company) launched their website and promo video and it caused such a fuss that it exceeded the bandwidth and you can't view it. Promo's on vimeo though.

2011-09-08T19:36:00.006Z

FLEET FLEET FLEET... Farnham. We found this ghetto skateboarder street spot, quikcrete on a jersey barrier. It's SO TIGHT. Perry went up the tight tranny and feebled through the gap. The photo sucks but the riding is sick aaiiight.

2011-09-07T13:05:00.002Z

This video is awesome! The colour grading may be a little iffy, and some of the rails are loud but its awesome vibe video! Trip, trip, trip! Travel, travel, travel!

2011-09-07T12:35:00.002Z

Last time we were at the spot, Perry and I thought we would challenge ourselves a bit and photograph some new tricks.

2011-09-05T17:29:00.007Z

Is this a good idea? Marseille

(EasyJet bikes are now £50 all in, a long way from a tenner all in back in '05)

2011-09-05T10:24:00.000Z

Ben Hittle is amazing

Go to PropsBMX.tv for more videos.

2011-09-05T07:59:00.002Z

This is why I love mountainbiking. The MTB world championships in Switzerland finished yesterday, and the downhill was won by 19 year old Danny Hart from Redcar. He's never won an international race before, and I'm pretty sure he hasn't won a national either, but yesterday he absolutely obliterated everyone on the steepest course in the world, in the pissing rain.

Below is his winning run. Rob Warner and Nigel Page on the commentary. LOOK AT THE TIIIIME!!!

2011-09-02T19:11:00.002Z

I'm not sure how many times I shouted "WHAT THE FUCK", paused this edit then replayed whatever mind bending clip I just saw then vommed everywhere. Have a bucket nearby for the ender.

CINEMA x ETNIES BMX Colorado Tour 2011 from Cinema Wheel Co. on Vimeo.

2011-09-01T09:25:00.001Z

Empire video should be good!

2011-08-31T15:07:00.000Z

Full on ASSAULT of rail and spinning tricks

2011-08-31T14:28:00.002Z

Oh yeah I set up a Flickr account, if Ben wants to bang a link to it on the right that'd be all good. Robin's site isn't linked either.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/66815803@N05/

2011-08-30T12:47:00.001Z

Spot the spots in this. Spot.

More BMX Videos

2011-08-27T11:15:00.002Z

I didn't know this was online, but since Nick posted it on Andy's facebook last night, I've watched it about 5 times. The oldest Fleetscene video, including Velmead and Tweseldown footage. Amazing!

2011-08-26T20:21:00.001Z

This is hilarious.

http://thecomeupbmx.net/videos/how-to-barspin-with-grandma

2011-08-26T12:25:00.002Z

Some videos for ya!

My first play with the 550d a while back

Ze also made a video from the skatepark opening, Rob riding and I don't know if I already posted this one so here it is anyway, Derby.

2011-08-24T22:09:00.000Z

Bonus points for recognising some of the spots.

http://vimeo.com/27997285

2011-08-24T14:20:00.003Z

Is this Millsy? This rail is so long and pretty steep, the run up sucks too. This is crazy.

2011-08-23T13:45:00.000Z

I feel happy of myself. I think I need to practice believing in myself riding a bike more.

2011-08-22T10:43:00.004Z

Sunday Spot. The previous evening, Perry went to Robin's house and picked up Robin's bike and camera bag, while Nick and Robin were ensuring they had crazy hangover headaches for the next day. Nick used Robin's camera to take these nice photos. Steve was on good form!

2011-08-21T21:55:00.001Z

I know this is just a stem advert but A) it's BF and B) he kills it. Plus the stem looks fucking dope too.

Fit - Brian Foster Signature Stem from FITBIKECO. on Vimeo.

2011-08-17T13:20:00.002Z

France video, bit rough round the edges, but still good

Password is fireworks

2011-08-16T12:30:00.001Z

Woaaahh, so good.

2011-08-16T09:17:00.001Z

check thissss

Anthony Watkinson London Edit - DK Bicycles from DK Bicycle Company on Vimeo.

2011-08-12T22:05:00.005Z

Big bike check

New toy! This is why I like having a job:

Bike: British made On-One Trail 456.
Spec: better than my saved up paper round money got me last time I bought a mountain bike!

Point the bike down hill and it just goes. Wipe smile off face. Charge back up hill. Repeat.

Cheers to Ben for the buying advice.

2011-08-11T13:07:00.000Z

2011-08-11T09:52:00.001Z

This is unbelievably rad.

Kink trails trip in Southern France from Kink Bike Co. on Vimeo.

2011-08-06T14:28:00.002Z

Chill and Robin ran away from the mad scooter kids at the skatepark and... WENT STREET RIDING IN QUETTA TONIGHT, NOTTT SHIIIIITTT

I found a tight gap – off the steps, over the wall, into the car park.

Chill went really fast and did a big wallride on a fence.