The full suspension prototype, eventually became known as our “Propel” and right out of the gate, we figured out that building a bike with suspension and linkage was a bit more difficult than a regular hardtail, so we enlisted the help of Jerry Vanderpool from Hippie Tech Suspension to help us get that dialed in. Well in the meantime, we had been building the “Shine” Hardtail 4x/Dual Slalom frame and people were pumped, it was stiff, fast, light, just like one of our BMX frames, and the sales took off. So much so that we started putting together a little team of former BMXers that wanted to start racing mountain bikes. And we started seeing riders across the country take their “Shine” to the top of the box. It was a racer and it was fun.
We get that question a lot! Ever since we built our first MTB frame back in 2004, the MX-26, we have had people ask this. And the answer , yes we are a “BMX” company, but what does this mean? It means we like having fun on our bikes and with our friends, and since we discovered the 4x and Dual Slalom events, are a lot like a BMX race ( Heck a 4x race uses a gate and everything, you tell me that it is not just a Big BMX event ) , well we had to dive right in. Our first venture into the MTB world was the original MX26 frame, a simple Cro-mo frame with BMX inspired geometry. Both “BIKE” magazine and “DECLINE” Magazine gave it great reviews and even commented, why did it take a BMX company to get it right. Well even though most people thought that it was a BMX company just trying to get into the MTB world, it started
This whole time we kept prototyping, and developing and trying to come up with what works, and we were lucky enough in 2011 to sign Blake Carney to the team to be a Racer and Product Development specialist. With Blake giving rider input along with a few suspension “Guru” offering input on to our suspension platform, we think that 2013 is going to be a “Big” year for this “Little” BMX company who is just wanting to build the best bikes possible for our friends to go for a ride and play in the dirt. 20” wheels, 24” Wheels, 26” wheels, as long as we can have a good time with it and keep pushing to build the best, it is all “BMX” to us. a new craving for us. The Big Wheels are fun to ride, and you can grab one and hit the track, just like a BMX bike. We only built 60 of the MX26 frames, and we sold one here and one there, but it got the brain going and we started coming up with new ideas. We wanted to make it better. Lighter, Faster, more fun on the big wheels. So with that in mind when we introduced our ENVY frame we started working with Easton® and built our first Full Suspension frame and our first Aluminum Hardtail. The Shine. Read on and see what we have been up to lately. We think you will like what you see!