Tom just got a new bike and his house just got a new pair of sunglasses.
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Tom Perry hooked us up with this video bike check of Dirt Ron showing off his bike and kicking some moves at the skatepark. Thanks guys!

FRAME: Subrosa Pandora DTT
FORK: Freestyle Forks w/990 Mounts
BARS: Gary Young 3
STEM: Classic Front Load
GRIPS: Adam Banton 2
LEVER: Monolever, Medium
BRAKE: Evo 2
HEADSET: Odyssey Sealed Integrated
CRANKS: Twombolt 175
SPROCKET: Million Dollar Sprocket
PEDALS: Twisted PC
CHAIN: Odyssey Bluebird
TIRE (F): Aaron Ross 2.35
RIM (F):Hazard Lite, 36H
HUB (F): V3 Cassette, 36H
TIRE (R): Aaron Ross 2.1
RIMS (R): Hazard Lite, 36H
HUB (R): Vandero 2
SEAT: Aitken, Pivotal
SEATPOST: Convertible
SEAT CLAMP: Mr. Clampy Too

Get ‘em while they’re ripe and juicy.

Curious to know what Matthias is riding these days? Head over to RideBMX.com to find out.

We sent Hoang a Matte Kelly Green parts kit to build up his new bike and he sent us these photos showing him utilizing his new bike. Hop whip and bars, straight out of the box!

FRAME: Subrosa Villicus
FORK: Odyssey Race Classic CS2
BARS: Odyssey Gary Young 3
STEM: Classic Front Load
HEADSET: Odyssey Sealed Integrated
GRIPS: Odyssey Griswald
CRANKS: Twombolt 175 LHD
PEDALS: JCPC
CHAIN: Odyssey Bluebird
TIRE (F): Aaron Ross 2.35
RIM (F):Hazard Lite, 36H
HUB (F): Odyssey V3 Cassette, LHD, 36H
TIRE (R): Aaron Ross 2.1
RIM (R): Hazard Lite, 36H
HUB (R): Vandero 2
PEGS: JPEG lighter
SEAT: Subrosa
SEATPOST: Pivotal.

Go stalk him on the internet!
Website: http://lifeofleisure.tumblr.com/
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/flanneltooth/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/hoang69

Gary Young has a bike check up on ESPN. It’s the bike he rode in the X Games and it’s all chrome! Click HERE to check it out.

Hoang Tran has a bike check up on Ride BMX. Click the photo to get the parts break down and a little Q&A.

Gary Young has a bike check up over at the Sunday site. We noticed some kids happened to spy that he’s not running his own grips right now and that’s mainly because he’s in the process of updating his signature grip so he’s trying out some other ones to see what changes he wants. Also, the Gary Young bar will also be getting a fresh update soon so keep an eye out for that as well!

Check out the pics above and then play Pong when you’re done!
Oh and you might as well watch his Tunnel edit again, too.

Our most complete parts kit ever is here and available now. Hit up your local shops and mail-orders to turn your bike red. Check out the Fire Engine Red flipbook for a complete parts list and more pics!

Thanks to Josh Hayes for the pics!

If Godzilla was to attack San Diego, what front brake related trick would you want to do on his face in order to save the city? Either an ET nosepick dremel to the groin or a top side cancan nosepick karate kick to the dome.

Do you and Dirt Ron have front brake battles? We actually unite our powers like wonder twins, but it’s more of a holy experience, like that scene in karate kid (pick any one of them).

You put together a video for us a while ago, how’s the editing board been treating you? It was super fun to play around with Final Cut. That was my first stab at it on my own, with some scrap clips i had from the past few months of riding… I’m looking forward to working with it again, but that requires more clips to be filmed and logged… in progress!

What parts do you go through the most? Grips and pedals for sure, though I’ve eased up on the pedal grinders and these Olastic grips seem to be staying in shape.

Is there anything you’re particular about on your bike as far as setup? Basically everything, but I really like to experiment with different setups (2 pegs, 1 peg, 1 brake front, 1 brake back, stem lengths, seat heights, etc). My bike is basically a transformer with an identity crisis, but in the end, I always seem to come back to a brakeless ballerina bike.

I’ve been told your alias is Ohio, which leads me to believe you’re from there. When did you move to sunny SD? Do your friends back home call you Diego? I’ve lived in San Diego for a few months shy of 2 years now and it’s been an adventure. I am originally from Cincinnati OH where a number of people call me a number of things, but I don’t think I’m spanish looking enough to have heard Diego.

Tell us a little more about Awkward Words. A few years ago I started a blog that was essentially an outlet for me to doodle and share my weirdness with whoever might be curious or bored, so of course I put it on the Internet. Speaking of which, it could use some more attention these days, too busy riding!

What’s going on here: tumblr_kv6d1gEQH91qaaocio1_500.jpg This is actually pretty out of character for me, since i usually draw more basic, cute stuff, but this is one of Ron’s monsters that I drew my own version of because I thought it was so insane and I was extremely hung over after a night at his place and in need of a distraction for my bruised brain. As for what is actually going on, it’s a magician monster stranded on an island puking all over his own eyeball while solving a rubics cube and conjuring a rain storm

If the Red Power Ranger walked up to you and asked, “Yo Tom, how you do them manual lines so well?” How would you respond? I would probably slap him in the face and ask him where the green ranger was. The green ranger was Tommy, definitely the most badass. He had his own power zord, which was a dinosaur. Plus he was the mysterious loner, so bonus wolf points… or i would just give him some spare change: 1h9jxd.jpg

Are there any projects that we should keep an eye out for? San Diego BMX is reuniting in a furious blaze of glory so watch out for revival of America’s finest city in the bmx scene… other than that I’ve been getting more into shooting photos lately, so hit up tomisthinking.tumblr.com if you’re ever bored online. That and awkwardwords.tumblr.com are my two blogs at the moment, so I’ll have to get that stuff some more updates soon. Peace, love and 69.

Ride BMX just put a bike check up with one of our favorite riders, Dakota Roche. He’s rocking the new Cult frame and fully stocked on G-Sport and Odyssey components.

Gary Young picked up a new frame sponsor pretty quickly and he’s now officially on Sunday Bikes! JC put up a bike check for Gary so head over there and check it out.

All photos taken by Josh Hayes.
MJ all day and Billy Mays forever…

A few things about this video:

1.) The intro is pretty cool.
2.) I’d be scared to be one of those kids pushing up against the rail for Mike to grind on.
3.) He’s riding with a tweaked wrist and killing it.

What’s Dirt Ron up to these days? Trying to get another job so I don’t have to borrow money to pay rent, spinning signs on the weekends, riding bikes with the buds, hanging out with my babe, beaching since its summer time, maybe going to oregon in a few days.

If your candy bars were literal, edible candy bars, which brand of candy bar would they be and why? I don’t really like sweets but I use to like Twix when I was a kid.

You have a front stoppie on your bike. What are some of your favorite things to do with the front wheel stopping action? I did my first candy bar nose manual the other day. Uh… It always feel cool to do a fakie nosepick and look at the tire on the coping.

What’s that sharpie drawing on your down tube? That’s one of my characters, Duty Wham Shit! I got some others like Doo Doo Brown and Handi Man Swazi Stan. I like to draw.

There’s a part on your bike that’s a bit of rarity these days… it appears to be a post-like product that’s attached to your seat. What’s it doing there? Haahaa. TO THE SKY!!!! Kids these days don’t even know about sitting down. It’s good to have the post up there for no footed nose picks and not landing Twhips to the pedals, stuff like that.

I’m not sure if this has been addressed before but how’d you get the nickname Dirt Ron? I usually just get brutally gross on road trips. I think Hoangs got dibs on the nick name. I like getting things clean and then dirtying them the hell up. I usually don’t stay clean for too long. I don’t smell… I’m just a little dirty.

Other than riding bikes, what else does Dirt Ron consider fun? Drawing, Beaching, Adventures, Drinksies and random events that can’t ever be prepared for.

If somebody was a Dirt Ron groupie, are there any online social networks they could stalk you through? I suppose the MySpace. If someone were to stalk me of all people they’d have to be a little twakked out.

Anything else? I like you guys.

Frontloaders rejoice!

Above is our new C.F.L stem (Classic Front Loader), which is available now and shipping to our distributors. Our UK distributor even has them now with custom upside down front caps (along with a bunch of other good stuff).

As you can tell from the pics, all the appropriate measures have been taken to give you a good strong lightweight stem. With the C.F.L, Classic stem and the Elementary, we should have everyone covered.

The C.F.L stem has a 53mm reach, and weighs 11.2 ounces. It is available in Black, Gold and White. Click below for one more pic as well.

Contact your local shop or mailorder for more info.