Just like the rest of the bike industry ghy is sending a crew of folks down to Las Vegas for Interbike. AJ, Phil, Scott, and myself will be heading down to enjoy all that Vegas has to offer. While there is plenty of work to be done during the day I’m sure we’ll find a way to keep ourselves busy at night.

My goal is to bring you info on the stuff that matters most to you. All you have to do is leave a comment in the posts and I’ll try to take a pic or video. I’ll also keep myself busy by hunting down the craziest stuff I see at Interbike because there is more to the convention than just the latest suspension linkage.

Just an FYI: The shop will be closed on Tuesday like normal, but it will also be closed on Wednesday. Speaking of the shop click below to check out some pics of how it is looking now a days. There is plenty more not pictured but this should give you a good idea of what’s going on.

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The local BMX kids are always asking for free stuff.  So in our infinite wisdom we thought we would hold an impossible contest.   This would atleast give them hope of some free swag.  We put up for the winner a apir of S&M Grand Slam BMX Bars.  The contest is this…Drink a gallon of whole milk in one hour without throwing up.  We had four kids up to the challenge…Bill, Tyler, Burn-E, & Cody.  Tyler started off at a good pace and at 15 minutes was more than half of the way done.  Bill was a close second and the other two were pacing themselves.  Cody was the first out, having to go eat dinner…I think because he lost his lunch just outside the door in the gutter.  Then the quick pace that Tyler had going caught up to him.  He started turning colors and eventually puked all over himself and the garbage can.  Now there were two.  Bill was doing the best and at 10 minutes left looked as though he would finish.  But the dreaded cottage cheese gut started to take effect.  Burn-E just started to lay on the sidewalk and pushed his milk away.  We convinced Bill in the last minute that he should try to chug the remainder of his warm milk.  That lasted about ten seconds and up came a display that not too many people can believe.  He spewed for atleast 5 seconds straight…I would describe it as a fountain of gross.  Each contender came away with a little swag, but the bars remained hanging on the wall. 

Check out the new one from the guys….



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Instead of having just another hardtail from company blah.  We decided to pick some of our favorite parts and outfit them on a couple of Atomlab frames.  The General Issue frame is built with traditional style and some g.h.y. flair.  We picked the simple White vs. Black theme, without going too out there and finding every white part known to man.  Make sure to see the ghost ring chain tensioner (great way for a frame with verticle drop-outs).  I saw that work on some messenger bikes in 2003 (Messenger Worlds in Seattle). 

After that bike we built up a sick park bike.  The Trail Pimp frame has a set of MTX rims built with a KHE freecoaster out back.  I personally have one of these hubs and they are so fun.  We did a Rasta pattern on with the spoke nipples and also pimped out the Atomlab pedals with some red ano.  This one is fully rigid and has some definate BMX influence thanks to Scott (our new mechanic and local ripper).  A picture is worth a thousand words.  Well heres 6000 words. . . . . . . . G.I. Complete $1100  Trail Pimp $1200

Drop In webisode #3 is just one click away. 

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Mountain bike companies are just now hitting the second generation.  The kids that grew up riding real ATB bikes are now the age to make a difference on our sport.  It is much like the BMX companies that are mostly rider owned.  As these small companies grow, there creative sides tend to show through.  Interbike is coming in about a week and the cost to have a booth inside can be crippling for a new company.  Some people would rather spend there money in advertising and some have found a loophole to the whole deal.  Transition bikes did it last year and now they are adding a couple more rider owned companies to the list.  They have an offsite condo that houses there own splinterbike.  They have carved a piece for themselves off of the interbike log.  This unfortunately is by appointment only.  Deity has joined, along with Canfield Bros., RockGardn, and Spectrum Clothing.  All these guys will be showing there products in a relaxed environment with refreshments easily accessable.  Just a glimpse at what rider owned companies can and will do to make things fun.

Note:  The NEW Blindside from Transition is now available.  Just call to book your order now. g.h.y. bikes………800-979-HUCK

Thanks to Landon at Tonic Fab we were informed of a small get together at this crazy compound in the middle of somewhere?  Landon had gathered a bunch of riders to come to this guys house where he had built a ton of mounds walls and dirt spines.  Amos is the owner of the ORV/ATB/BMX park right next to his house.  It was pretty fun riding all the different stuff he had going on.  The spine to wall ride was the first thing to get sessioned.  With people like Hacksaw, Luciano, Aaron Nachtrab, Charlie Sponsel and Billy Lewis havin fun it was a great atmosphere.  Heres Billy pedal stalling the Dirty Booger wall.

After a little while Phil Sundbaum started riding and also some BMX rippers showed up.  Heres a killer shot of Justin Inman throwin one of his signature tables higher than that spine should allow.  The BBQ was going on with chicken, steak, salmon….pretty much everything you vcan imagine.  They had a dope spread. 

There was two jump lines that went down the hillside in to the valley of 4X4.  Heres a shot of the loudest beast around.  One comment I overheard from a passenger was “did the seatbelt pop off on you?  It did when I rode in it.”  A couple people went for rides and came back pretty soiled.  Good Times.

Just a couple of parting shots…Photos by Cory Bibby