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Ever wondered where your bike was really made? Did you know that your frame could have been Hecho en China even though it says “Made…

Download a free copy as a PDF here. Highlights include: • Street Smarts – Survival skills from a bicycle messenger • The MobikeMobookMobile – Richmond…

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Bawls Guarana is giving away a custom, limited edition Intense BMX bike to promote their BMX graphic’d can. Bawls says they’ll donate 5% for each…

Waste NJ posted this sweet hack to make a more covert chain tensioner, similar to the new Superstar or Fly Bikes frames.  You’ll need to…

Ok, here’s a rumor for you…Hincapie reportedly working on a retail line of clothing for aprés ride. Now, this could be a fake mockup made…

IMBA’s 10-year-long Trail Care Crew program is searching for a full-time, professional two-person team position in the highly successful Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew program. This job…

MirraCo rider and BMX store owner Nigel Sylvester is hosting the Queens Bully BMX Jam Saturday, August 30.  It’s free to all riders, check it out…

Just found these cool bike coasters (two styles) at girls can tell. They also have placemats, oven mitts and other cool things printed with bike…

We The People just released this new video featuring Jan Beckmann hopping, spinning and sliding like a mad man:  wethepeople : Jan Beckmann : Videorama…

Clif Bar has a sweepstakes tied to their LTO 6-pack prepriced at $5.99.  Now, you can buy Clif Bars at your LBS for less than…

Actually, it looks kind of like they strung a bunch of Smart Carts together and terrorized the food court. Read the entire two-paragraph story here…or…

If you live in the Lisbon, Maine, area (or just Maine in general…since there are no BMX tracks in the state, apparently) and want to…

Fluid Recovery Nutrition, based out of San Luis Obispo, CA, starts shipping their second flavor, Berry Treasure on 9/5/08.  Their first flavor, “Tropical Escape”, was voted…

Now you, too, can have your very own rocket bicycle.  Or, more precisely, a pulse-jet powered bicycle that’ll scream up to about 70mph (or as…

MEN’S RESULTS: Maris Strombergs (21, Latvia) – Gold Mike Day (23, USA) – Silver Donny Robinson (25, USA) – Bronze WOMEN’S RESULTS: Anne-Caroline Chausson (France)…

Remember shooting hoops and you had to make the same shot as your buddies or you got a letter? Spell P.I.G. and you’re out. Well,…

The guys at Macaframa are editing down their track bike video for release later this year.  Check out this trailer, and they’ve got a lot…

The International Triathlon Union (ITU) announced yesterday that they’ll be launching a new World Championship Series for 2009, with monthly events from March through September.…

Effetto Mariposa has released their CarboCut hacksaw specifically for cutting carbon fiber parts.  Rather than the “ripping” action by typical toothed hacksaw blades, EM’s version…

We The People has been working on an integrated fork/front hub system designed solely for use with a female-axle hub. The fork features an investment cast dropout…

If you’re passing through Grand Haven, MI, stop by the Train Depot Museum for the “Circles in Motion: The American Bicycle 1860-2008” exhibit, running through Fall…

Alright, we’re reverting to 3rd grade a little here, but a study of 90 bicycle police officers in five metros proved that noseless saddles improve…

Men’s and Women’s BMX seeding started today, and you can watch online coverage here. Click the image on left to see full-size diagram of the…

Nike has repurposed an old-school amphibious truck to promote its 6.0 skate shoes…but since it has some BMX stuff, we’ll post it.  It’s got a…

Not much needs to be said…just watch.     If you want to see more pics, check out the Loqu blog.

Download a free full version of Dave Mirra 2: Freestyle BMX for XBOX at Total Gamers Downloads. We haven’t tried it, we don’t know if…

Nike has launched four styles of the Dunk BMX shoes to coincide with the introduction of BMX as an Olympic sport.  They retail for about…

The Pacific Coast Triathlon to happen in July 2009, despite a Newport Beach City Council policy that doesn’t allow such events between Memorial Day and Labor…