HAPPY NEWYEAR!

Best wishes from everyone at Mirra Bike Company. May 2009 be a year full of new tricks, happiness, good health and prosperous business.

Guettler tours France in 2009

After missing out riding at the FISE comp in France in 2008 Ryan Guettler wasted no time to go back to France and signed on as one of the riders for the VANS Wheels of Rock tour that will take place from 8-17 May 2009. 5 towns will be visited together with two French bands and some more pro riders (a.o. Gary Young and Colin MacKay). Sunex are supporting the tour.

More info: Vans Wheels Of Rock

RSS feed for Mirra Bike Co website

For people who do not want to miss any of the Mirraco updates we have now made the news posts available through an RSS feed. Be the first to read the posts and add the Mirra Bike Co website to your RSS list.

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Harry Main and Maxime Charveron at the VU

Maxime Charveron and Harry Main are in this Nike clip from the Vibrations Urbaines that took place in Pessac, France a couple of weeks ago. Both riders end the clip and Maxime is the rider who knocks down a filmer with a tailwhip over the hip. Funny stuff. Harry won, Maxime got second.

Merry bmX-Mas from everyone at Mirra Bike Co.

APPRENTICE 16

Every kid remembers his first really good bike. Mirraco models like the Apprentice 16 and Apprentice 12 make it possible for beginners to enjoy the sweet taste of street riding on a bike built by a legend. Includes training wheels (not shown)

-Frame 15” T/T full hi-ten frame
-Fork 16” full hi-ten threaded
-Headset 1” threaded (22.2mm I.D.)
-Crankset 1-piece 114mm (4.5”)
-BB Set American BB, sealed mechanism
-Sprocket M3 32t
-Freewheel 16t Cog
-Chain KMC Z410
-Pedals Wellgo resin 1/2” Jr.
-Handlebar 2-piece 5.0” 1.6T
-Stem Alloy quill stem, 22.2mm
-Grips Kraton
-Saddle M3 Jr. 7mm rails
-Seat Post Steel, 22.2mm x 150mm
-Seat Clamp Brazed-on frame with bolt
-Front Hub 28h 3/8” SC 45 axle
-Rear Hub 28h 3/8” axle coaster brake
-Rims Alloy single wall, black anodized
-Spokes 14g
-Tires CST Dirt 16x2.125”
-Pegs/Acc. Training wheels and padset
-Brakes Coaster brake

Weight: 20.8 lb./9.5 kg (without training wheels)

Colors: Black, Lacquer Red

Greetings from Tahiti, by Ryan Guettler

Ryan Guettler left America on the 11th of December and arrived in sunny Tahiti to do a demo before going home to Australia....Ryan: "I'm in Tahiti for a week and only have to do a 20 min demo on Saturday night. Pretty sweet. Been here 4 days and already done so much. Found the local trails on the first day so me and Josh Boatright have been riding them every day. We both got local tats from a guy in a shack on the beach. I got a shark on the foot and Josh got a bird on his arm, pretty funny. Been swimming and kayaking every day. Straight sun burnt all over haha. Today we are meant to go shark feeding so I'll take more photos..."

Stay tuned for more from Tahiti

Nigel makes appearance on Big Big BMX show # 3

BMX news in a nutshell, that's what the Big Big BMX Show is all about. Nigel Sylvester was in California and made an appearance on the show. Watch episode number three right here:

Winners Mirraco/Nike competition announced

To promote the NIKE Writing On The Wall video FATBMX.com and DIGBMX.com both had an online competition going on where you could win a Mirraco frame and a pair of NIKE shoes. FATBMX had Nigel Sylvester's video part online exclusively and gave away a Chocolate frame and a pair of Nike Mavrk shoes which are Nigel's favorite shoes to ride in. Mike Spinner's video part could be watched exclusively on DIGBMX.com and they gave away a pair of shoes and a Mirraco Black Pearl Lite frame.

The correct answer in the Nigel competition was: Feel Mee!! and Chris Doherty from Upstate New York won the package. The DIGBMX winner, and going home with a pair of shoes and a Black Pearl frame, is David Andries from Antwerp, Belgium.

Both prize winners should be receiving their frames and shoes in the next few days. Thanks to everyone who participated. If you did not win this time, better luck at the next competition, whenever that may be.

Photos: Nike

'09 Black Pearl Lite frames available NOW!

In stock now so all you riders out there that have been waiting to get your hands on a new Black Pearl Lite frame, contact your local Mirraco dealer and have them order some. The 2009 color is apple green and it's got chrome stickers.

Specifications:
Headset Type: Integrated (Campy Spec)
BB Type: Mid
BB Height: 11.8"
Chainstay: 13.75"
Headtube Angle: 75°
Seattube Angle: 71°
Seatpost Size: 25.4mm
Dropout Size: 14mm
Weight: 4 lbs 11.4 oz

Maxime Charveron Nike 6.0 ad

Mirraco rider Maxime Charveron from France appears on a recent Nike 6.0 ad in a French magazine doing a no-hander on that tiled bank somewhere in Barcelona, Spain. He shares the ad with fellow Frenchman Joris Coulomb. Nike has sent Maxime on several trips where he met up with Mirraco team mates Mike Spinner and Nigel Sylvester. Expect this to continue in 2009.

2020 love from Australia

2020 BMX magazine posted a road trip that Ryan Guettler did with a few friends right after the Interbike show in Las Vegas. Lots of riding got done and the article came out nice. In the photo Ryan inverts at the private indoor mini at Vans where he can ride anytime he wants. Thanks to 2020 for the coverage.

Frank Kreyssig on a Blend 16

Big guys riding little kids' bikes is how BMX can be explained to people who do not have a clue what BMX riding is all about. That applies even more when big guys are riding bikes with 16 inch wheels. Stephen Nisbett of Double Dub Bike filmed and edited this video of Frank Kreyssig riding a Blend 16 at the local park. And yes, he is doing some gnarly tricks on that bike.

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Bike Check Ryan Guettler

-Frame: Mirraco Black Pearl LTD
-Forks: Offical, Colony
-Seat: Colony pivotal
-Seatpost: Colony
-Seatclamp: Shadow
-Cranks: Colony
-Pedals: Colony
-Sprocket: Offical, Colony
-Chain: KMC
-Bars: Offical, Colony
-Barends: colony
-Stem: offical colony
-Grips: Edwin
-Lever: Colony
-Brakes: Fly

Tires:
-Front: Khe dirt
-Rear: Khe park

Wheels:
-Front: Profile hub with rino lite rim
-Rear: Profile hub with 7ka rim

Extras:
-Pegs: Colony

Learn more about the special paintjob here.

Early Christmas for Ryan & Caine Sheckler

Everyone knows Ryan Sheckler, right? Well, earlier this week Ryan and his younger brother Caine came by the office to pick up their bikes. Last year I gave Caine a Mirraco Project 16 . He was so stoked on it and ever since then Ryan has always wanted a bike. So, Caine out grew the 16 and we stepped him up to the project 18 this year for Christmas. I figured since we’re giving Caine a new bike, why not Ryan. Seriously, Ryan really wanted a Black Pearl so this just seemed like the perfect time. Check out the pic of the Sheckler bros.

Happy holidays.

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Spinning up success clip

Tiffany Ellis did an interview with Mike Spinner which was put on the Vimeo channel for everyone to see. If you haven't seen it yet, here you go:



Spinning up Success: Local BMX rider, Mike Spinner, makes it big from Tiffany Ellis on Vimeo.

Scott's built up Black Pearl LTD

Not quite a complete bike check but Scott Levinge from Australia sent in a photo of his newly built Black Pearl Limited and we fired over a few questions so it's more than a photo alone. Are you stoked on the way your Mirraco frame ended up looking, send over a photo and who knows, your bike might make it to the Mirra Bike Co. website too.


Name: Scott Levinge
Age: 15
Hometown: Glenwood, NSW

Favorite rider: Mike Spinner
Favorite place to ride: Liverpool, NSW
Favorite bike shop: Blackman's bicycles in Parramatta, NSW, Australia
Favorite trick: 180 bunnyhop to fakie

Scott sent in the spec too:

Frame: Mirraco Black Pearl lite 20.8
Fork: Colony Guettler official v3
Bars: Odyssey civilian
Stem: Colony official
Cranks: Profile race
Sprocket: Colony Guettler official
Seat: Fit eccd white
Post: Fit dlp
Pedals: Odyssey Jim Cielencki
Rims: Odyssey hazard chrome (rear), teal (front)
Hubs: Odyssey vandero and v2
Rubber: Fit faf (front) and Odyssey path (rear)
Grips: Matt Beringer
Brakes: Odyssey evo 2

Weight:..... 10.5kg sik

Lightning Bolts Art Auction

Mirraco's Art Director Sean Hargraves got asked to do one of the plates for the Lightning Bolts art show. On Wednesday the crew gathered in Hollywood to see eachother's work. Nigel Sylvester made it over for the occasion as well since they played Nike's Writing On The Wall video in the theatre for all the artists, the BMX media and guests.

The numberplates are now on auction with the proceeds going to the Athlete Recovery Fund (ARF). To bid on Sean's plate, click HERE.

Bike Check Austin Coleman

Austin Coleman is an amazing rider who can pretty much handle everything. He needed a bike that could do the same so Dave Mirra hooked him up with a Mirraco Blend frame and some Mirraco parts. For a Bike Check on Austin's ride, go HERE.

Bicycle Tech ready for BMX-mas

Bicycle Tech bike shop in Licoln Park, NJ are ready for the Christmas Season. They have really put some time into making Mirraco a big part of Christmas at their shop. They have the full range of Mirraco's from Wallstreet to Recruit. Anyone in the area should stop in and check out the shop.


Their address is.

Bicycle Tech

246 Main Street

Lincoln Park, NJ 07035

(973)-694-6775

Berlin Video featuring Guettler, Barbero and Coleman

One of the last big contests of the year took place in Berlin, Germany at the last weekend of November. Ryan Guettler and Alessandro Barbero were on the invite list for the Street contest and Austin Coleman (Mirraco flow) took his new ride and tried it out on the vert ramp. Watch the video right here:


Mirraco in Berlin, Germany from Mirraco on Vimeo.

Filmed and edited by Markus Wilke.

Mirraco on Myspace

There are tons of community websites on the internet and Myspace is one of the biggest ones. 6583 friends are signed up on the Mirraco Myspace so far and if you feel the urge, send us a request and we can add you too. You can leave messages, post videos, check out photos, leave comments, you know how these things work.

Hit this link:
Mirraco on Myspace

Dave Rytell interview in Soul. Maxime gets cover.

The new issue of Soul BMX Experience magazine (France) got released. Mirraco rider Dave Rytell has an interview in it. The photos were taken in France on a recent trip.

Maxime Charveron got the cover of a supplement doing a goofy no-footed curved wallride. The extra booklet shows all the 2009 products that are available in France.

For Mirraco products in France, contact SUNEX.

BIG BIG BMX SHOW

The bi-weekly Big Big BMX Show on Vital BMX is a big hit. Glenn Milligan takes you through the last two weeks in BMX in a funny way and gives you all the gossip, news and links to the latest videos. In the second episode they announced the move from Harry Main to the Mirraco family and showed a little riding of Harry.

Check it out by going HERE.

International events postponed

Next week three Mirraco riders were scheduled to do some international traveling but the events got postponed so the riders will be spending some more time at their home base.

The Dubai X-Games event was pushed back to February or even April so Dave Mirra has some more time to hit that vert ramp.

The Indonesia BMX Battle in Jakarta has received so much rain in the last few days that the outdoor part has been cancelled leaving Dave Rytell and Alessandro Barbero home (for now). The event has been postponed until spring/summer of 2009.

Mike Spinner and Ryan Guettler have packed their bags to go to Tahiti though.........

APPRENTICE 20

Just like the Shorty, but built on an even lower-profile frame for small riders. Features includes a hand-crafted frame with chromoly tubes and rugged yet lightweight alloy wheels with trail tires.

-Frame: 19” T/T 2-tube chromoly frame with formed down tube
-Fork: BMX chromoly legs
-Headset: VP A-88 Aheadset 1-1/8”
-Crankset: 1-piece hi-ten 152mm
-BB Set: American BB, sealed mechanism
-Sprocket: M3 38t
-Freewheel: 16t Cog
-Chain: KMC Z410
-Pedals: Wellgo resin 1/2” chromoly axles
-Handlebar: 2-piece 6.5” 2.0T
-Stem: Aheadset alloy 1-1/8”, front mount
-Grips: Kraton
-Saddle: M3 Lite 8mm rails
-Seat Post: alloy 25.4mm x 200mm
-Seat Clamp: M3 alloy 28.6mm
-Front Hub: 36-hole 3/8” SC 45 axle
-Rear Hub: 36-hole 3/8” chromoly axle, coaster brake
-Rims: Alex C-303 alloy single wall black anodized
-Spokes: 14g
-Tires: CST Dirt 20” x 2.125” front, smooth 20” x 1.95” rear
-Brakes: Tektro alloy rear U-brake with soft grey pads
-Brake Lever: Tektro 289 alloy rear

-Weight: 26.3 lb./11.9 kg
-Colors: Deep Blue, Metallic Grey, Lightening Red

FEEL MEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Watch the following clip with Nigel Sylvester doing some NIKE photoshoot. Not too many tricks going on in this video but you get to see how shooting photos for the catalog and billboard works.

Welcome Harry Main

We would like to welcome Harry Main to the Mirraco family. The UK based rider signed a deal with Mirraco in England that will have him ride for Dave Mirra's company for at least the next 13 months. Harry has big plans for 2009 and we will keep you in the loop right here on the www.mirrabikeco.com website.

The folks over at RIDE UK did a little Q&A on Harry Main on their website and also linked to Harry's latest web movie. If you have not seen it yet, GO HERE.

Mike Spinner in Cali update

So I arrived in Cali on Thursday with my friends from Miami FL. We all flew in at the same time, grabbed a sweet rental car and then we were off to go to the Mirraco Offices and Wasserman Media to meet up with some peeps, say hi and get some dinner. The next day we took the hour and half drive to the Monster Office which was wild. It is just huge then I went to pick some swag up, but we had to go to a warehouse right next to the building. It is insane how things work at Monster, everybody is so awesome !

Then the next day was going be a long day. We woke up early, got to Dennis' house where I did like 30 minutes of stuff with Fuel TV. I'm not really sure what they are doing, but they are going to have a whole segment on the video. It's gonna be sick. Then Nigel Sylvester and I did an interview with Will Stroud he was filming for Nike. The More I get to know Nigel, the more cool I think he is. Such a nice guy.

Then the Banksgiving at Dennis' house was off the hook. Everybody was riding, it was nuts. I was just watching everybody destroy Dennis' place. My friends and I took off and we had a few hours to clean up and stuff before the video premiere. At about 7:15pm we took a cab to the Premiere which was INSANE! There was a line of over a few hundred people. We all cut the line ha ha ha. Did a bunch of picture stuff, and noticed my other good friends from FL were there. We got some sweet pictures. Then we all went inside it was AMAZING!

Once again Nike 6.0 tops everything. They did an amazing job setting everything up. I was real excited to watch the video with everybody there. Everybody's part was amazing and when it ended a lot of people came up to me congratulating me so I was super Pumped! And somebody I'm really stoked on, Scotty Cramner, came up to me and said it was sick. I still look up to him as an amazing rider so that meant a lot to me.

The next day I flew Home. I'm In FL for a few days then I'm doing a road trip with my friend. I will keep you guys posted!

Spinner


Photo by NIKE6.0

BMX PLUS! magazine Rider of the year election

The January 2009 issue of BMX Plus! has an official RIDER OF THE YEAR ballot in there. You can vote for you favorite rider of the year. So if that happens to be Dave Mirra, Mike Spinner, Ryan Guettler, Mike Laird, Nigel Sylvester, Dave Rytell or anybody else on a Mirraco bike, put their name down on the ballot and win yourself a bike in the process.

Thanks a lot for the support.

Alessandro Barbero vs Mark Webb in Berlin video