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Adam Banton:
Video Bike Check

Never affected by the trendiest setups in BMX, Adam’s bike are always the epitome of freestyle. From FUNt brakes to a fistful of post, here’s his latest bike check from Eastern Bikes.

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Justin Simpson Bike Check

Here’s Justin Simpson’s latest ride. As an added bonus, there’s even some riding footage thrown in at the end!

Watch the vid and then say hi to him on Twitter @JShemidragon!

Beringer Bike Check & Update

FRAME: S&M Dirtbike, 21.25″
FORK: S&M Pitchfork XLT
STEM: S&M Redneck XLT
BARS: S&M Beringer Bar XLT
GRIPS: Beringer w/flanges cut off
BAR ENDS: Home Made
CRANKS: Twombolt, 175mm
SPROCKET: MDS, 28t
PEDALS: JCPC
RIMS: G-Sport Rollcage, 36h
HUB (F): G-Sport Marmoset, 36h
TIRE (F): Aitken, P-Lyte, 2.25″
HUB (R): G-Sport Ratchet, 36h, 9t driver
TIRE (R): Aitken, K-Lyte, 1.9″
BRAKE: Evo 2
GYRO: GTX-R
LEVER: M2, Medium
CHAIN: Shadow
PEGS: JPEG Lighters
SEATPOST: Generic Pivotal
SEAT: Shadow
SEATCLAMP: S&M

MODS: Sharpied the hubs on the lathe downstairs. Grinded my rear dropouts to make it 13.65″ or so. Cut and grinded my inside sprocket guard so it’s only using the three nuts and bolts on the down side of where the sprocket is for left foot forward. Replaced the barrel adjuster nuts on the Gyro cables with the presta valve tube things they use to keep valves through the rims on ten speeds with. Cut my bars a little bit (25.5″ Wide). Shuffled some pedal pins around. I replaced the brake shoe allen heads with old school round head brake shoe nuts cause the allen head things sometimes meet my ankles.

There are still a couple things I want to do to this bike that I’ve been slacking on. I mostly just wanted to get a new bike that wasn’t as shiny as my chrome and gold bike that I was riding for a long time before I crashed this summer and had to take a couple months off. I’ve been having a lot of good times riding this bike in the last couple months… it’s sweet.

This is Matt Beringer’s latest ride. There are still some little mods he wants to do to it here and there but for the most part, this is it. We shot the bike check when we were filming in SLC earlier this month and Matt’s currently on his way to San Francisco to get some more clips. Jimmy Levan will be in attendance as well so Bay Area, watch out!

Follow @odysseybmx and @odysseyvan on Twitter.

Adam Banton Bike Check

Adam Banton just put together a new whip. It’s all white with some black/chrome accents and it’s looking slick. You can check out the full bike check over at the Eastern site!

Banton Bike Check

Vital BMX just put up a video bike check with Adam Banton!

Gary Young Bike Check!

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.

Freeeeeeestyle

FRAME: Eastern Journey, 21″
FORK: Freestyle Fork
BARS: Aaron Ross Spacebars
STEM: Elementary
HEADSET: Odyssey
GRIPS: Adam Banton 2
LEVERS: Monolever, Medium
BRAKES: Evo II
GYRO: GTX-R
TIRE (F): Aitken, 2.25″, Prototype
TIRE (R): Aitken, 1.9″, Prototype
RIMS: Seven K-A
HUB (F): G-Sport Marmoset
HUB (R): G-Sport Ratchet, 9t
HUB GUARD: G-Sport Ratchet Guard
SPOKES: HGS, White
PEGS: G-Sport Plegs
CHAIN: Eastern Half-Link
SPROCKET: Million Dollar Sprocket, 28t
CRANKS: Twombolt, 175mm
PEDALS: JCPC
SEAT: Senior 2, Pivotal

Adam Banton just sent us some new pics of his bike. The theme is freestyle and the white tanwall rims are in full effect. If the fist of post rule looks like it’s being violated, that’s because Morgan Wade dropped his seat for him so could learn decades and opposite whips. Lowering it has helped a lot and it doesn’t look like it’ll be coming up again any time soon; “You don’t mess with someone who looped Mt. Baldy.”

Click around the flipbook above to get fresh.
Keep up with Adam via twitter.com/adambanton!

Oh and if you want to learn how to Luc-E grind, watch Adam’s how-to video.

Our nomad’s new ride

The parts list is below and the Q&A’s in our Daily Word!

FRAME: Eastern Reaper, 21″
FORK: Director
HEADSET: Odyssey Short Stack
STEM: Elementary V3
BAR: Aaron Ross Spacebars
GRIP: Adam Banton 2, Prototype
BAR-ENDS: Par Ends
BRAKE: Evo II
LEVER: M2 Lever
BRAKE PADS: Slim by Four, Clear
GYRO: GTX-R
SPROCKET: Million Dollar Sprocket, 28t
CRANKS: Twombolt, 175mm
PEDALS: JCPC
SEAT CLAMP: Integrated
SEAT POST: A fistful of Pivotal
SEAT: Senior 2, Pivotal
HUB (F): Vandero 2
HUB (R): G-Sport Ratchet, aluminum 3/8″ axle
TIRE (F): Aitken, K-Lyte, 2.25″
TIRE (R): Frequency G, K-Lyte, 1.85″
RIMS: Seven K-A
SPOKES: Odyssey HGS

Adam Banton shot a bunch of pics of his bike recently and sent it over to us. It’s looking rather devilish with the all black and splash of red scheme he has going on. Click around the flipbook above to see what parts he’s running and hit up the Q&A below to learn a little more about his setup and what he’s been getting into lately.

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Matt Beringer bike check

Matt Beringer
Photo by Jeff Z @ RideBMX.com

Ride BMX just dropped a bike check with Matt Beringer. In case you missed his latest ad, you can view it and download the wallpaper here.

Gary Young Bike Check!

Gary Young

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.