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A few weeks ago Jeff from Chemical Storm heard about our store and came to us with a concept. He wanted a custom bike to represent what Chemical Storm was all about to put on display at Newtons Nation at Mount Panorama. The colours/design/specifications were all up to us.
After a little brainstorming we came up with a "Top-Deck" black and white concept based loosely off one of Chemical Storm's existing snowboards. We showed Jeff a quick mockup and he was psyched!
For the build itself we decided to run with Wethepeople, Eclat and Shadow Conspiracy parts. The frame is a WTP A2B with WTP Mad Max Bars and WTP Helium Forks. We thought it would be an interesting concept to use to completely different branded wheels so we ran with an Eclat rim to Eclat hub for the rear and a Shadow Orbis rim to Raptor hub on the front. The drivetrain is all Shadow with a Ravager sprocket, Torrid cranks and Ravager pedals. We tied it all up with some Eclat Scope grips, WTP seat and Primo wall tyres.
Since opening the shop we had always talked about doing "art" bikes and how we would love to push the creative side of BMX a bit further. We had met artist HAW a few weeks earlier by chance (he was lurking around our alley, haha) and had discussed the possibility of hand painted frames, which he was down with. When this project popped up HAW was our first point of call and he gladly accepted. We're beyond stoked with how it all turned out!
The bike will be on display in-store until Thursday so get in and check it out!
HAWxChemicalStorm Custom Bike
A few weeks ago Jeff from Chemical Storm heard about our store and came to us with a concept. He wanted a custom bike to represent what Chemical Storm was all about to put on display at Newtons Nation at Mount Panorama. The colours/design/specifications were all up to us.
After a little brainstorming we came up with a "Top-Deck" black and white concept based loosely off one of Chemical Storm's existing snowboards. We showed Jeff a quick mockup and he was psyched!
For the build itself we decided to run with Wethepeople, Eclat and Shadow Conspiracy parts. The frame is a WTP A2B with WTP Mad Max Bars and WTP Helium Forks. We thought it would be an interesting concept to use to completely different branded wheels so we ran with an Eclat rim to Eclat hub for the rear and a Shadow Orbis rim to Raptor hub on the front. The drivetrain is all Shadow with a Ravager sprocket, Torrid cranks and Ravager pedals. We tied it all up with some Eclat Scope grips, WTP seat and Primo wall tyres.
Since opening the shop we had always talked about doing "art" bikes and how we would love to push the creative side of BMX a bit further. We had met artist HAW a few weeks earlier by chance (he was lurking around our alley, haha) and had discussed the possibility of hand painted frames, which he was down with. When this project popped up HAW was our first point of call and he gladly accepted. We're beyond stoked with how it all turned out!
The bike will be on display in-store until Thursday so get in and check it out!
Posted by
Mitch
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