If you are a fan of Joy Division this is a must view. If you are unfamiliar with their work, I’m sure you’ve heard of New Order who formed after Ian Curtis’ untimely death. It tells the tale of a man’s struggle with fame, love, and life.
Our friend Mike Vincent was hit by a car while riding his road bike a few weeks back and he hit his head during the crash. Unfortunately the road to recovery hasn’t gone as planned. Some complications have occurred which required removing part of his skull to make room for the swelling. We go way back with Mike (back to the early nineties in Virginia) and have crossed paths with him all over the world. Here’s to street riding in Malaysia, death defying cab rides, and partying with Paris in Hollywood. Get well soon Mike. Anyone interested in contributing to help with his medical expenses can e-mail MikeVincentUpdates@gmail.com
The Vex is our newest model that will be available this Spring. We’re pretty psyched on how it turned out. Keeping with Verde tradition, subtle accents, like mint green seat stitching and clean graphics, separate this bike from the crowd. The Vex is full of features like a sealed Campy spec integrated headset, mid BB, 12 tooth cassette rear hub, 3-piece chromoly cranks, Odyssey pedals, limited edition DUO grips, and a super slim seat. Best of all, the MSRP is $249. Nice. More pics after the jump…
It’s freezing cold in Pittsburgh, so Kris Bennett had a few minutes to answer these six questions (photo: Kris makes the most of a recent warm spell in Pittsburgh. Curved wall ride to turndown).
1. Do you have any New Year’s resolutions?
“Yes, Drink less ride more. Make things happen instead of talking about them. Make a full length Square One video. Film a part for Welcome to Pittsburgh 3.”
2. How was that mini ramp comp in Erie?
“It was awesome. The ramps there are really fun, and I hadn’t been there in a while. Plus, Todd (Walkowiak) mopped up the floor with the competition so that was fun to watch. Watch for the return of toddwalk.com.”
3. What’s new with Square One?
“We have a few new projects in the works I guess. We just launched a full mail-order site at shop.squareonebmx.com. We’re in the process of adding products to it, but soon it should be a fully legit mailorder site for all of the latest BMX parts and accessories. And as I said earlier, I’m committing to a Square One full length video hopefully done in time for the Christmas season of 08. We also just added Justin Simpson to the team. I guess that’s the newest news.”
4. What’s the best way to survive winter in Pittsburgh?
“That’s a tough one. This winter seems to be dragging on especially long. I guess you just have to look forward to the nice weather and make plans. It’s kind of cool to have a fresh start every year and get excited about stuff all over again. I really have some high expectations for the coming year, and I’m pretty excited for it. Aside from that I guess you just have to make due with indoor spots. Sometimes if the winter is milder you can get some digging done. That definitely hasn’t been the case this year though.”
5. Name three places you’d like to travel.
“I like to try and get to eastern PA every year to ride some trails. I usually make it there every year, but I don’t end up staying as long as I’d like. Hopefully this year that will change. Since the winter is dragging along, I’d like to hit some warm weather sometime sooner than later. Maybe Texas or California or somewhere like that. I’ve always really liked Vancouver too, so it would be nice to make it up there sometime too. ….or just the Northwest in general I guess. Oregon, Seattle… I really like the whole area quite a bit.”
6. Do you consider yourself a Super Taster?
“Ha, I used to think I was, but Biz kind of shot me down because of my liking for spicy foods. He said supertasters can’t handle hot stuff, so who knows? It would be a nice explanation for my limited diet that’s for sure.”
Chad Shack’s newest release…Like, Totally…is out now. Dave Thompson came through with a banger. I suggest you go buy this video pronto…not download it. Also, look for a remix of Dave’s part on our site soon…and if you haven’t picked up a copy of the 50/50 video, you better get that one too!
It’s been a long wait, but we finally have our website up and running. Head over there and check out our 2008 completes and some video clips of Ryan and Dave.