Riders

PERSONALITY: PINOY BMX CHAMP DAN LOPEZ Riding the streets of Las Piñas and shredding the competition!     Those who know him personally regarded him as a good friend, big brother and mentor when it comes to BMX riding. For those who had not met Dan Lopez personally, meeting him for the first time may […]

PERSONALITY: THE EVERGREEN FREERIDER CALVIN AUW     A regular face amongst street riders from as far back as the mid 80s, you can say that Calvin Auw has seen it all in the street riding and freeride scene. From braving traffic executing the sickest tricks to shredding the competition, this guy has been there before!

PERSONALITY: STREET BMX VETERAN JOHN CHAN   Street BMX riders are a youthful lot. This doesn't come as a surprise, we know. BMX bikes are inexpensive to build as compared to other performance-oriented cycling disciplines (eg road and mountain bikes). They pack a helluva challenges, are a blissful bag of fun, effective for impressing friends with, makes one strong

PERSONALITY: THE DAREDEVIL GRAVITY GUY BEB FAISAL     "The cycling community need to let the public know that there are Gravity riding (Downhill, Freeride and Extreme Urban riding) here besides cross country, trail and road cycling." Beb Faisal   Sometimes, on our way to Track 15 (T15), we would ride pass Gangsa Hill MTB Challenge Park (a named

PERSONALITY: THE COMPASSIONATE MOUNTAIN BIKER LEE CHUEN LING     As bikers ourselves, we meet passionate riders all the time. We also meet zealous folks that actively contribute to the biking community. But it's rare to us, when we chance upon this particular mountain biker that compassionately contributes to nature, did her “tour-of-duty” in shaping Singapore's mountain

PERSONALITY: THE MOTIVATED ATHLETE LAURA LIONG   (3rd Overall in the Women's Open category at the Tour de Timor mtb stage race, 2013)     Laura Liong considered herself "new" to mountain biking. At first glance, we may notice that she only started cross-country mountain bike racing in 2009 – that's 6 years of competitive riding.  What constituted to her

PERSONALITY: COMMUNITY PUMP TRACK PROJECT WITH HERMAN MANN   Talking to trail builders can be an insightful experience – that is, if you are talking about pump track or trail building stuff and not the usual banterings. We caught hold of a one that has some cool ideas up his sleeve. Read on to discover how to

PERSONALITY: THE BIKER ADVOCATE CALVIN CHIN   Mountain Bike Association (Singapore) has been making headway since the (soon-to be-incorporated) society established its executive committee in July 2012. Notably, these guys was successful in their advocacy with the relevant authorities for the use of Butterfly Trail – a 3km trail at Upper Peirce Reservoir area in Singapore. During this

PERSONALITY: COMMENCAL SUPER RIDER STEFANIE KLOSTERMEIER     You have seen Commencal Super Rider Stefanie Klostermeier in the video "Beyond", where she was chaperoned by bikulture.com on Madeira Island. (Bikulture is a local shop in Madeira Island that organizes biketrips on its island.) Check out the video below if you need to jog your memory. Bikezilla is lucky to have an opportunity

PERSONALITY: COMMERCAL SUPER RIDER STEFANIE KLOSTERMEIER     You have seen Commencal Super Rider Stefanie Klostermeier in the video "Beyond", where she was chaperoned by bikulture.com on Madeira Island. (Bikulture is a local shop in Madeira Island that organizes biketrips on its island.) Check out the video below if you need to jog your memory. Bikezilla is lucky to have an opportunity