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skateparkrider:
--- Quote from: cmc4130;3587774 ---Pepper G.'s InDust 2ton 22". Made in Texas. 21.75"tt, 14"cs. SuperTherm main tubes. Profile stem, hubs, and cranks. S&M fork.
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Rode this one. Still couldn't get down with how it felt. I am not sure if Pepper likes his bars higher than me, but I felt like she was kind of ass heavy when I sent it through Slacker last night. Maybe the ride would feel a bit better for me personally if the bars were a bit lower. But I also felt the back end/BB height might not be to my taste as well. Couldn't put my finger on what it was causing me the funky stuff, but it was a combo of big feeling bars and something in the way it pumped in between sets.
It didn't really give me the feeling of anything I am used to, be it 20" or 24". Waiting to ride one of the S&M's to see how that one feels.
Pepper's bike is a dialed ass rig, just thought I would add that. Really really nice. The paint on the frame was really good, the wheels (besides the rims) are pretty dialed. Solid feeling bike. Just couldn't get down with the geometry.
nitromors:
just seems like bmx selling its soul and not really knowing why.
cmc4130:
--- Quote from: skateparkrider;3588290 ---. . . But I also felt the back end/BB height might not be to my taste as well. . . .
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i can respect that. you might like some of the STANDARDs better (with 21"tt and 12.5" bb). 12.75" bb would have the same bb rise (+1.75") as 20"s and the Model C and Wave C 24", and i think that would rock too.
--- Quote from: nitromors;3588333 ---just seems like bmx selling its soul and not really knowing why.
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if bmx's soul requires that everyone ride the same bike, whether age 12 or 32 or 5'1" or 6'4", then i'm glad you're the Savior, guarding the gates to bmx heaven. meanwhile i'll still be digging and riding, hell bent.
and, you've got a lot of catching up to do: time to persecute FBM and Volume for making fixies, Fairdale for making commuter cruisers, Standard for making custom mtb 29'ers, all riders who have taken money from energy drinks, junk food, and sunglass companies, or ever dropped in on a Mega Ramp, and just about every bmx company for going to Taiwan and abandoning American-made.
but, i don't condemn these companies. and my bmx brain (and penitent heart) is big enough to handle a wheel size option for a few underground riders who dig it.
better example of selling out ? : http://vimeo.com/44909160
@ss4oLe:
--- Quote from: nitromors;3588333 ---just seems like bmx selling its soul and not really knowing why.
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what?
selling it's soul to whom?
The soul of BMX is making bikes fun. riding bikes with no rules. THAT is BMX. Tire size never had anything to do with BMX. It had everything to do with breaking molds.
S&M Holmes.
my bud MattyBMX throwing down. He's 43, raced pro for YEARS (paid his rent pedaling his balls off) and says this is the best bike he's ridden.
ssteinbr:
--- Quote from: @ss4oLe;3588386 ---S&M Holmes.
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HOLY CRAP that looks RAD! More pics and parts spec please!
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