Tom Dugan has a signature Fit frame in the works and to go along with his prototype, we got him a pair of custom painted R32 forks and Lumberjack bars to match. In addition, you might also notice he’s rocking our new Tomahawk stem. Needless to say, his new bike is looking dialed like usual.

Get ‘em while they’re ripe and juicy.

Anyway, he’s been making some progress in his road to recovery and though he’s not back to 100% yet, he was firing out some style over the dubs in Beringer’s yard when we hung out with him last month! He even clocked some clips for an edit we have in the works.

He likes his bikes long and low with a little harder gearing (28/9) right off the bat. Here’s his most current bike, which happens to match our latest semi-matte teal color kit.

Follow him on Twitter.com/nightwolfSLC.

Also, make sure to check out Mike Aitken’s bike check. We made this teal color to specifically match his frame!

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.

Mike Gonzalez sent us some pics of his splatter bike, decked out with some Fire Engine Red parts. The Senior 2 saddle is available now and the rest of the red will come early next year.

We have Mike on the team as our designated racer but he’s down to shred some parks and ditches as well. Check out the Swine Flu Tour for some clips.

Greyboy and Truly have a bike check up on the Ride site, along with an interview about Impakt Sidehacks and an online version of their Sidehack Love article from earlier this year. Constantly carrying 315lbs plus the force of landings and grinds, these 3 wheeled cousins can take and handle a lot of abuse. Check out the bike check to see what type of parts they’re running on it!

I was trying to find a photo of a lumberjack’s axe and came across the one you see above. Available now in fluorescent orange are Lumberjack Bars, Aaron Ross Spacebars and Classic Race Forks. Hit up suspenders.com to keep your pants up and contact your bike shops and mail-orders to get some Aaron Ross inspired colors on your bicycle!

Speaking of Ross the Boss, you can read about Aaron’s top 5 favorite moments on The Office over at ESPN. More photos of fluorange can be found after the link.

Oh yeah and Sunday has a matching Funday to go with it!!!

“Mario shreds New Mexico terrain all day, all long. He just recently dialed in his new Brosnasnu Pandora with a bunch of fresh ODSY goodies so he decided to shred and get some photos with his new set up. What he didn’t plan on doing after dialing in a new bike was un-dialing his knee… Mario recently got broke off on a toothhanger gone wrong with a case of regretful footdown… Mario’s part of the knee club now and he’s now awaiting more doctor visits and surgery. I don’t know the full extent of his messed up knee but he should be back up and healthy in about 6 weeks… Get well brotherrrrrrr!” – Alex Bermudez

Some people also guessed they belonged to b_dubbs and they would’ve been correct as well. Click HERE for a gold compilation he put together prior to us sending out the wheels.

Smiling Steve (Kennedy) from the Give D! crew sent us a pic of his new bicycle today and had this to say about his Lumberjacks:

The bars feel amazing and they got that chrome finish that shoots lazers into the eyes of my enemies[!]

He didn’t actually put the exclamation mark at the end but I imagined him screaming it when I read it. In other Steve news, he’ll be moving into a house in North County San Diego with Steve Kerr and other riders within the next couple of weeks. I’m sure that means we’ll be seeing more and more of him in upcoming Give D! edits.

Pre-load Bolt (Gold, High Polish and Black): 7075 Aluminum, Fits 8mm and 6mm Allen keys.
Mid Bottom Bracket (Gold, High Polish and Black): precision sealed cartridge bearings, fits 22mm crank spindles, outer dust cover and one spacer.

Lumberjack Bars (Orange, RBK and White): 8.25″ rise, 28″ wide, 12 deg. backsweep and 1 deg. upsweep. Axe and flannel shirt sold separately.
Sticker Pack: 10 pieces (the largest one being 19.5″ long). Great for beards and bloody shins. I guess you could stick them on your bikes too. Get a pack from your local shop and enter the September Contest for your chance to win iPedals and matching Griswald Grips.

Photos by Devon Hutchins.

Taj has a bikecheck up on the DIG BMX site.

The Fluorescent Red Aaron Ross kit is available now*.

Parts include:

Aaron Ross Spacebars
Lumberjack bars
Aaron Ross signature grips
Small, Medium & Trigger Monolevers
Evo 2 brakes
Race CS2 forks
Hazard lite rims/36 Hole
Trailmix pedals/Looseball
Twisted PC’s

*Directors, cranks and hubs coming soon.

Contact your local shop or mailorder for more info.

frame- Metal Rebel Contender, 21′, Raw
fork- Director Fork, Shiny Red (sample)
bars- Lumberjack, Shiny Red (sample)
stem- Elementary V3
headset- FSA sealed
saddle- Senior 2
seatpost- 25.4 Intac
clamp- integrated
rims- Hazard Lite 36h. Shiny Red (sample)
hubs- Vandero 2 (f). GSport Ratchet/9T (prototype)(r)
sprocket- 28T Vermont
cranks- Odyssey Wombolt cranks(175) (prototype), Purple
chain- 510
pedals- JC/PC (prototype)
tires- Odyssey Aitken 2.25 Klyte(F) 2.2 Dirt Path Klyte(R)
pegs-GSport Plegs (3)
grips-Aaron Ross(flanges removed)
barends-Par ends

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Woodward West. Povah Photo.

frame-Sunday Shaved Next Wave (galvanized looking)
fork-Odyssey Director Built in Race (black)
bars-Odyssey Lum4erjacks (black)
headset-Integrated w/ Sunday Topcap
stem-Odyssey Elementary V2.7
front wheels-Vandero 2, GSport Rib Cage
tire-Aitken Plyte 2.25
pegs-GSport Plegs
seat-Odyssey Veteran Black Denim
post-Odyssey Intac
grips-Odyssey JC
bar ends-Odyssey Parends
rear wheels-GSport Ratchet, GSport Ribcage, GSport Nipples
driver-10T GSport Ratchet
hubguard- GSport Gland MKIII
rear tire-Path Plyte 1.95
cranks-Odyssey Wombolt 175mm
pedals-JC/PC
sprocket-27T MDS
chain-KMC Pintle

Weight: 24lbs.

Modifications-Bars 27” wide, Forks trimmed up just perfect for Elementary
Stem Flushness, Stem Slammed, Seat Post Chopped, Pedals have flush pins on
grind side. Hubs, Stem, Bottom Bracket have been hand stripped and
polished. Chrome Wombolt crank is custom.