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During many casual conversations with fellow riding friends, the topic on why I still continue to ride my street bike pops up often. While I am not the best old man street styler in town, and had my fair shares of cycling “bailouts”. I take pride in my constant core strength exercise opportunities whenever the occasion arises – which is everytime I ride any of my bicycles. Every ride, long or short of it, where depleting energy level from long rides allows, I would try to tackle some street features – be it a trash bag full of dry leaves, a kerb or a road divider. To some, this might look like a habit only street riders (Street MTB or BMX) have because we are “playful”? Not quite accurate. It’s a habit I am happy to retain throughout my bike life as this hops and pops continue to build core strength and muscle memories. For every cyclist who wish to do well in their primary cycling disciplines (mountain, road or any other disciplines along this spectrum), I suggest getting your technical foundation skills dialled and core strength up to speed. Here’s how.

There’s so much fun and radness in Freestyle BMX. Yes, this is the heartfelt opinion of this editor. And he totally hates it when fellow cyclists gleefully say shits like “BMX is dead”. Sadly there’s some truth to it … and also some hope within. This Rad Ed shares his views.

Over my couple-of-tens years of cycling, I have custom built many bikes, from BMXes to street/DJ to mountain bikes. I have used frame materials from chromoly to steel to aluminium and carbon. Till now, I have refrained from choosing titanium frames or components for a few reasons: (1) pricey (2) they didn’t match the look I was planning for my custom builds (3) these products last forever! And that would make me feel “guilty” when vanity craving strikes and I want to change a frame or components. Fast forward to present day, I am now even more sentimental with metal frames than before. I still enjoy my carbon-frame builds though but metal frames give me that added nostalgic feeling. (Ed: it has personality) And so it goes … one of my latest build uses the 7005 aluminium custom-built Canfield Lithium frame. To build it to my intended weight range, I went “motley” and used a mix of material for it. Here’s the outcome

The streets are our playground. BMX STREET IS THE EASIEST WAY TO START BIKE LIFE. This is especially true for kids who have limited budget to buy bikes for themselves. Read on for the full list of benefits.

Ed: We got this circulated by Pinkbike. This article crystallized what Bikezilla has been telling everyone – High Pivot design is too much bike even when it comes to downhill bikes. In our opinion (Bikezilla’s only), the cons of running high pivot outweighs its pros. Somewhere along the pivot height chart may lie a sweet spot where that extra idler should be. Enter the Mid Pivot design! Read on for Pinkbike’s take on this topic.

If you’re beginning to look into physiotherapy for yourself or a loved one and find yourself with similar questions, read on. This article will start you off with five basic reasons it’s a good idea to seek physiotherapy as part of your healing process.

On 15 September 2021, an electric bicycle tax credit and a bike commuter benefit might get into full swing in Washington, D.C. This action would further empower governing leaders to prioritize bikes as part of the solution for the climate crisis, mobility equity, public health and economic growth. The benefits of such legislations are obvious. To apply them locally, we would need to make some adaptations. And the questions, at the moment, to answer would be …