Kyle Cole recently built up a new Rand Brown frame. Here's a few photo's he sent me of the bike and him trying it out.

Since were' on a bike check here's a few photos of some bikes sent in,

Here is Day Day's PBR, all decked out the newest parts. That bike is withstanding some trends.

Here is Matt's classic Dirt Bike, all old school parts and still rollin. Check out this link he sent me for some good classic S&M photos.

Last but not least we have Kyla Reeds .38 Special. She's only 16 and already racing in Elite Women. Good job.

Dylan

What's your name, age, and where you're from?

Mike Hoder, 22, Seattle,WA

What frame are you riding?

Currently I am riding the Cardona and it is the best frame I have ever ridin.

You're one of the taller riders out there, how tall are you?

I am one of the taller riders out there and I am 6'4. Should have played basketball.I heard that you're into giving yourself tattoos, is that true? Which is your favorite tat?

I was never into "giving" myself tattoo's but I have somehow ended up doing two of my own tattoos. I just love ink in general and Ii will always love getting drunk and getting tattoo's. Some of my friends are tattoo artists so Ii can get lot done for free, thanks BTM. My favorite tattoo is the "northwest" I have on my neck with the outline of Washington state in the background, its about where I and what I come from.

Do you have a custom grill that says "Came up"? Will you send a picture?

I did have one but I got drunk another night and woke up in the morning with a hangover and stepped on it. I tried to fix it but it never worked again. I got a new one on the way. Came Up!

Do you mostly ride street or are you into parks and trails too?

For the most part I only ride street. I just hate getting dirty when riding trails, and for skateparks I ride them all the time. There is one real close to my house and I go there everyday to warm up and start my day off. I grew up riding at Sea Skate, a park that got torn done by a rich guy. Now I have an RIP Sea Skate tat on my forearm.

Little Jeff said you were at his house one time with a mohawk wearing a money suit, will the mohawk make a comeback? Do you still wear the money suit?

I do beleive that did happen. I have had a mohawk a couple of times only for a couple of days at a time.For the monkey suit, I had that for a long time but then summer came around so I cut the pants into shorts and ended up giving the jacket to a friend of mine. That shit was so vintage they never made them again.

Any words about the lightening bolt sculpture at the space needle? I noticed there is a pic on the Lotek site of you up on it.

Its huge and the clip will be dope when you all see it. I've looked at that setup for years in my hometown but finally worked up enough balls to go for it.

What kind of music are you in to? Any suggestions on anything good to listen to?

Lil Wayne, UGK, Trick Daddy, Rick Ross, Rolling Stones, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, James Brown, Al Green, any kind of reggae, southern rap, or soul.

What kind of stuff are you into when your not riding?

Chillin with my girl, kickin it with the homies, drinking and smokin, eating good food, going to the bar, listening to music, and looking at how fucked up my bike gets all the time.

Any goals or spots you want to get stuff done at?

I would like to go to El Toro anyday and just show people how to do a 360 down a big set of stairs. I tried it once but almost ended up in the back of a cop car. I also want to ride in China and Japan one day, those places look amazing. My goal is to get 3 video parts done this year that are "Out of Control'.

Any video parts your working on? I am working on a Lotek part which should be very good at the rate I am going, and I am also working on a video part with Marco Svizzero that will be all footage from the Bay Area, and then I am working on a part for the shop I work at called Revolution Cycles. We are making a full length video which should be very good. Anyone who is ever in Seattle and needs a part for there bike or wants to ride come to Revolution.

Any shout outs or thanks to anyone?

I would like to say thanks to anyone and everyone who has ever helped me out, my parents and family, Trask and Laura at Revolution Cycles, Rich at Lotek, Midnight Ice Cream, all my homie's, and S&M for giving me a second chance. Thanks Moeller.

Anything else?

This year is going to be a big one for me and I can not wait to produce some of the craziest footage some of you have ever seen. I am making my way to the top!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Check Hoders new web Vid up on Lotek

We got in a bunch of new parts recently.

We did a small run of Dirt Bikes in Chrome. These things are hot, and as most things chrome they are going to sell out pretty quickly so get your hands on them while you can.

We got in the first batch of Race XLT stems in the Shield Edition wrap.

Pitchfork XLT's are back in, we did red on this last batch so you can match them to your red slam bars.

Check out this edit of the group ride that went down at the Civic Center. Thanks to Veesh for getting it done, not quickly, but it got done.

Dylan

banks jam from Veesh on Vimeo.

Dylan

Friday got pretty crazy we had Sean Mckinney, Neal Wood, Jason Ball, Chad Johnson, Freddy Chulo, Midget Cory, and the one and only Dave (Can't Die) Clymer all here hanging out telling awesome stories.

For any one that knows Dave Clymer, you know he can't be stopped. About a year ago while working doing iron work he got catapulted off of a beam 30 feet in to the air and landed on the pavement. he broke just about everything in him, he was in the hospital for a few months. So he decided to show up on Friday riding a bike! He can not be stopped.

To illustrate what I'm talking about i heard a story from back in the day he was at a race and every time he went in to a berm one guy would pass him, so he decided that would just gap from the roller that led in to the berm all the way over to the roller out of the berm. So he did, he jumped the gap, about 10" wide and took first place. They tried to deny him the win but his tires never touched. Can't be stopped.

Dave's signature frame was the Holmes frame, we have decided that we are going to make a supper limited run of the exact frame he use to ride. They look like they will be available in about a month or so. We will also have the Fork, stem and headset to match. I can only imagine how excited most of you just got.

Dylan

Are you a flatlander that is sick of your $600 pretzel of a frame breaking every 6 months? Well then get ready for this, 19" LTF's are now available. There's no design better than the true double triangle design we've been using for years. You know that you want an S&M frame so go to you local shop and let them know.

Speaking off littler things, Midget Cory Walters has this interview/web edit up on Vimby. It's pretty funny, if you know Midget that you know how serious he really is. Here are a few photos of him ripping up the dirt at Da Compound.

In other Compound news, they are having a Dirt jam this Saturday the 9th. Keeping Dirt alive!

Ride BMX has five new desktops wallpapers, show cam some love and get him up on your desktop!

Dylan

Here are a few bike checks for the weekend.

First up here is Boozer Mike's .38 Special.

Kevin Saure sent in a photo of his LTF ready for the trials.

Here is Ed Lopez's old school Dirt Bike, fully equipped with Mag wheels.

Don Proof send in photos of a ton of bikes, here is a good one.

Finally here is Nigel Hopkinson gettin some on his chrome .38 Special. Chromo is coming back full force to the track.

Have a great weekend,

Dylan