Got stickers?

We receive lots of sticker requests here at Mirra Bike Co. and we're stoked about the interest. We have actually made some new stickers for you to slap on your helmet, bike, desk or car. Here's what you need to do to get a good selection of Mirraco stickers in the mail:

For stickers and a 2011 catalog/poster of the bikes and the Mirraco Team, please send $5 cash along with your name and U.S. mailing address to:

Mirraco Bike Company
Attn: Stickers
2262 Rutherford Road #108
Carlsbad, CA 92008

Please allow 2-3 weeks for delivery.

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Happy Holidays from Mirraco

Happy Holidays from everyone at Mirra Bike Co!

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Mirraco EDIT. Available in three colours.

The Edit complete bike comes with a frame that has a 20.5" Top Tube. It's got 2 tubes of chromoly (D/T & T/T), has a MID BB shell, 6mm dropouts, and a welded seat clamp. The colours to pick from are Flat Cyan, Black and flat Red. Here's the list of the parts it comes with. For pricing, contact your local Mirraco dealer.



-Fork: tapered chromoly legs (31.8 to 25.4mm) 1-1/8"
-Wheels: Alex Y-303 alloy SW 36-hole painted or black anodized rims; alloy front hub w/ 3/8" chromoly axle, alloy cassette 1-pc. driver rear hub w/ 14mm hollow chromoly axle
-Tires: Innova Street 20" x 2.20" front & rear
-Crankset: Vise 3-pc. chromoly 175mm w/ 25/9 gearing
-Bottom Bracket: sealed bearing MID BB
-Cassette: 9t chromoly 1-pc. driver
-Pedals: FPD plastic w/ 9/16" chromoly axles
-Saddle: Black Label 8mm rails
-Seatpost: alloy 25.4x200mm
-Stem: alloy threadless 1-1/8", front mount, 50mm reach
-Handlebars: Vise 2-pc. 8" rise, 2.0mm thick
-Grips: Black Label
-Headset: VP Aheadset 1-1/8"
-Brakeset: rear side-pull caliper w/ performance pads, C-Star alloy lever w/ hinge



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Checking in with Andy Buckworth

Andy Buckworth travels between the USA and his homeland Australia and keeps riding in between. Here's an update from the Aussie.

How long have you been back in Australia now?
Andy: I've been back in Australia about 2 months now

Did you go back for something in particular or is it just good to see the family and friends?
Andy: Not really, I just come back this time every year for X-mas and see family and stuff.


Did you hit up any BMX jams/events since you got back?
Andy: Umm yeah I went down to Monster skate park and rode a little jam that was just after I got home. I think I was still a little jet lagged.

What park do you get to ride on a regular basis?
Andy: Ummm Slam Factory or Monster park. If not there, my local park down the street (Lake Haven) or at the trails.

When is it time for the circus again?
Andy: The next Nitro Circus tour kicks off in February in the beautiful country of New Zealand.


Are you looking forward to that?
Andy: Yeah I can't wait to start touring again, it's such a fun time.

How long are you going to be in Australia in total?
Andy: Umm just till 1st of Feb, then just a little stop in March for the 2nd part of the Nitro tour.

What events are on your schedule for the USA?
Andy: Just the Dew tour and X-games as of right now but I'm sure my time will be filled up with all the other events that pop up.

Photo by Ryan Guettler

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Double page for Andy Buckworth in 2020mag

If you do something amazing on a bike, chances are you're going to end up in a magazine. Andy Buckworth did a sick frontie which ended up in the new issue of 2020 magazine in Australia. Step by step so you can see how it's done.

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2011 Mirraco Pelham.

Frame: full chromoly, integrated head tube, MID BB shell, single cable route under T/T, removable brake bosses & cable stop / cable guide, 20.75" top tube length.
Fork: full chromoly w/ tapered legs (31.8 to 25.4mm) 1-1/8"
Wheels: Black Label alloy DW 36-hole rims, black or color anodized; Black Label alloy sealed bearings hubs: front 3/8" chromoly axle, rear 1-pc. driver cassette w/ 14mm hollow chromoly axle
Tires: Maxxis Grifter 20" x 2.10" front, 20x1.85 rear
Crankset: Black Label Lite 3-pc. chromoly 175mm w/ 25/9 gearing
Bottom Bracket: sealed bearing MID BB
Cassette: 9t chromoly 1-pc. driver
Pedals: Black Label “Graduate” plastic w/ 9/16” chromoly axles
Saddle: Pivotal plastic
Seatpost: Pivotal plastic 25.4mm x 150mm
Stem: Black Label forged alloy threadless 1-1/8", front mount, 50mm reach
Handlebars: Black Label 2-pc. chromoly 8.25" rise, 1.8mm thick
Grips: Black Label
Headset: FPD Integrated w/ 45/45 bearings, 15mm tall top cover
Brakeset: Tektro rear U-Brake w/ Black Label pads / Snafu C alloy lever w/ hinge
Extras: SST rotor, 1 pair of pegs (36mm O.D.), alloy CNC Aheadset cap

Colors: Teal, Flat Black



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Kyle Baldock @ Gold Coast Compound

Fastplant frontie by Kyle Baldock? Watch it now.



From VitalBMX
Photo by Ryan Guettler

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Ryan Guettler is riding for Colony Bmx in 2011

Ryan Guettler has decided to leave Mirraco and sign with Colony Bmx for 2011. "Ryan has been a huge part of Mirraco since the beginning and has done an amazing job representing the brand." explains Mirra. "As an athlete, I will always respect and support a rider's decision to explore new opportunities."

In 2005, Guettler turned pro and also proved to the other riders in Australia he could fly across the ocean to America and "Make it". Ryan made Dew Tour history as a rookie by collecting year end titles in both Park and Dirt in the same year.

"I've been with Mirraco since 2006 and we've done some amazing trips together but now it's time for me to become a 100% Colony rider. Colony BMX is the largest brand in Australia and I want to help them get their name out in America. I just want to thank Mirraco for all the support over the last 5 years." says Guettler.

"On behalf of Mirraco, we want to wish Ryan the best of luck and a fresh start to a brand new journey." says Mirra.

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Smallest front flip take off ever?

Andy Buckworth is back in Australia hitting up the skateparks. Here's a message we picked up from the internet:

"I think this might be 1 of the smallest front flips ever. The take off is less than a foot high and very mellow. Watch the clip and let me know what you think."

-Andy Buckworth

Watch Andy Buckworth's frontie clip by hitting this link.

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Mirraco bikes in La Finca catalog

Mirraco distributor La Finca over in Germany finished up their 2011 catalog and you can download the .pdf file right now. The Mirraco bikes are on pages 6-9. Dealers over in Germany can contact La Finca right here:

La Finca Distribution GmbH
Am Nordkreuz 40
26180 Rastede
GERMANY

Tel.: +49 (0)4402 – 911 59 0
Fax: +49 (0)4402 – 911 5911

www.la-finca-distribution.de

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Harry Main and Alessandro Barbero in for Simpel Session

The Simpel Session is the first big event of the new year over in Europe. The riders list is starting to look amazing. Instead of trying to get riders to the event, the organisation has to tell riders no as too many of them are signing up wanting to ride. To get the okay from the Kalmre brothers is very welcome at this stage and Harry Main as well as Alessandro Barbero are on the list.



To see the full riders list, go HERE.

Event date; 5&6 February 2011. Tallinn, Estonia.

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BMX PLUS! rider of the year voting

For once you are the judge. The BMX PLUS! magazine rider of the year awards are being held right now, and you decide who is going to win. You have three categories to pick riders in:

1) Dirt Jumper of the Year
2) Freestyler of the year
3) Racer of the year

Knowing that Ryan Guettler has raced a few times off and on, you might even vote for him in that "Racer of the Year" category. But feel free to give some love to the following Mirraco riders in the other two fields. Here are a few names you might want to use:

-Dave Mirra
-Nigel Sylvester
-Andy Buckworth
-Harry Main
-Alessandro Barbero
-Mike Laird
-Ryan Guettler
-Austin Coleman
-Kyle Baldock
-Chris Hughes

You can fill in the ballot from page 76 of the February 2011 issue of BMX Plus! magazine, or you can go to the www.bmxplusmag.com website and cast your vote there. You can even win a bike by doing so. Thanks for your support.

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Happy Birthday Austin Coleman

We say Happy Birthday to Austin Coleman. If you want to say Happy B-day to Austin, hit him up on his Facebook.

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Halftime show with Mike Laird and Chris Hughes

Tonight King BMX will be the halftime entertainment for Monday Night Football. Mirraco riders Mike Laird and Chris Hughes will be riding in the show along with Jeremy Fanberg, Johnny Deadwyler, Austin Hardee, James Foster and Keith King. Tonights game is in Houston Texas in The Reliant arena. Ravens VS Houston.

Also going on this week King BMX is providing ramps for the Red Bull Barge spin. The ramps were built by East Carolina Custom metal a company that Mike Laird owns. Ramps on a boat indeed.

Photo by King

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Ale Barbero newsletter

The latest newsletter of Alessandro Barbero reached us with some news about his own park grand opening, the Dew Tour finals in Las Vegas, the Berlin Telekom Extreme Playgrounds and spending some extra time at Camp Woodward to get ready for 2011. If you want to receive the monthly Barbero newsletter, simply subscribe to it at: www.AlessandroBarbero.com.

Ale also recently got a 6-page interview in Tutto MTB. Sweet.

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Guettler in Vans Spring 2011 catalog

With all the sponsors that the Mirraco riders have, they show up in several places and it's hard to keep track. Ryan Guettler for instance has always been big with the Vans people and his signature style Vans Whip shoe has been a big success from the beginning. The Whip 3 falls into the Vans Lite category and features a super-sticky gum rubber WaffleGrip. Available in three colours, from Vans.

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Family time for HM, WW in January

Harry Main didn't have the most of luck with injuries in 2010 therefore he is already looking forward to the firs trip in 2010. Here's a little update from Harry:

"I'm just enjoying quality time with my family at Home over the holidays but then I'm heading to Woodward in January. I've got too many new tricks on my mind so I'm heading to Woodward camp to make my present dreams reality. Happy Holidays!"

-Harry Main

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New one for Andy Buckworth

Learning new tricks always feels good, Andy Buckworth got one done yesterday at the Monster park in Australia. With todays modern media everyone can already see what the trick was all about. If you haven't seen the clip fly by on Facebook already, we'll give you the link. And while you're there, sign up as a friend to our Facebook Profile

Go see the AB video on Facebook.

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2011 Mirraco Blend

Available in White and Flat Navy, the 2011 Blend is one bike to look out for at the Mirraco dealers. It's got a 20.75" top tube length, a full chromoly Frame, integrated head tube, MID BB shell, single cable route, 5mm dropouts, and a welded seat clamp. It comes with a full chromoly fork w/ tapered legs (31.8 to 25.4mm). Read the details on the parts below:

-Wheels: Black Label alloy DW 36-hole rims, painted or black anodized; alloy front hub w/ 3/8" chromoly axle, alloy cassette 1-pc. driver rear hub w/ 14mm hollow chromoly axle
-Tires: Maxxis Grifter (20" x 2.10" frt, 20x1.85 rr) w/ wire beads
-Crankset: Vise 3-pc. chromoly 175mm w/ 25/9 gearing
-Bottom Bracket: sealed bearing MID BB
-Cassette: 9t chromoly 1-pc. driver
-Pedals: Black Label "Graduate" plastic w/ 9/16” chromoly axles
-Saddle: Pivotal plastic
-Seatpost: Pivotal plastic 25.4mm x 150mm
-Stem: Black Label forged alloy threadless 1-1/8", front mount, 50mm reach
-Handlebars: Black Label 2-pc. chromoly 8.25" rise, 1.8mm thick
-Grips: Black Label
-Headset: FPD Integrated w/ 45/45 bearings, 15mm tall top cover
-Brakeset: C-Star rear U-Brake w/ performance pads and rotor; Tektro XL 320 alloy lever
-Extras: 36mm OD pegs



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Nigel Sylvester’s customized Destroyer Jacket from STADIUM MFG

Nigel Sylvester comes through once again. This time with a custom jacket for Nike Stadium MFG, which has stages for inspired performers, labs for innovative expressions, spaces where stories are told and others are written. Nigel came up with the Bunny Hop jacket at the New York dept. Do not expect this jacket to be available in your local store around Christmas.

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The premiere of "Pro Town: Greenville"

The date has been set. On January 7-8 the premiere of Pro Town: Greenville will be held at Tie Breakers, 1920 Smythewyck Drive, Greenville. See Dave Mirra, Austin Coleman, Ryan Guettler, Mike Laird and others in this 44 minute long Action Packed Documentary. Read all the info on the flyer or go to www.ProTownMovie.com for a 2-minute preview.

Sounds like a good time.

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Ryan's iphone pics

At RideBMX they've got the following feature going on: The Friday Interview - myPhone With Ryan Guettler. It shows good pics on someone's phone and this time it was Ryan Guettler who got asked. To check what photos he has on his cellphone, follow this link:

Ryan Guettler's phone pics.

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Chris Hughes' trip report

Last week I decided to take a road trip from Greenville, NC, to New Hampshire for the 2010 Rye Airfield Wicked Jam. On Wednesday night last week at about 11 pm we decided to pack up and leave. It was kind of a last minute decision, but we were all set on going, so we drove all through the night. We decided to make a pit stop at 7:30 am in Lakewood, NJ to ride at the Incline Club. The park wasn't going to open until 2:00 pm, so we slept in the car for a few hours. We woke up and put our bikes together to have a sesh. I was having a great time; the park was super fun. I snapped my axle in half trying to learn crank arm slides. Luckily for me STAFF BMX was on site and helped me get a new hub and get me rolling again.

On our way up the coast we stopped and hung out in Massachusetts with Brandon Christie and his family. It was a nice little vacation.


We arrived at Rye Airfield on Saturday morning.


I enjoyed watching all the ams shred in the different divisions and everyone seemed to be having a great time riding their bikes. After the ams finished up, pro practice began. The Rye Airfield has endless flowing lines and two super fun box jumps. After about an hour of practice, pro qualifying began. I was in the last heat so I had a better idea of what I needed to do. I had a good ride and I felt I was riding pretty consistent. I found out later that I made finals and so did my friends Ryan Taylor and Brandon Christie!


Finals were the next day.


Practice for finals started around noon. I felt pretty good and learned some new lines. I found a wall ride transfer that I wanted to barspin to during my run. I went for it and I had a pretty bad crash about 5 minutes before finals were to begin. I didn't make it all the way to the wall and I rode into the flat bottom. I smacked both my knees really hard and was having a hard time riding afterwards. Finals began and I started out with a 720 turndown into a front flip. I crashed on my frontflip because I missed my snap. I wasn't feeling it at all, but all I really wanted was to just have a consistent run. It was a jam format so I had a few more chances to try and get it together. I decided I wanted to send a body varial, so the next run I dropped in and I pulled it! After landing that, I felt proper again. My adrenaline was going good so the pain went away. I still had some tricks on my mind that I hadn't sent yet. The first was a flip barspin... I have been working on it back at Mirra's warehouse in Greenville, but had never done it on a real box. I sent the flip bar and cased a little, but i still pulled it. I only had one trick left on my mind... a 900. I have tried it a bunch in the past, but had no luck pulling it. I sent it and I crashed. I didn't get hurt so I tried again. On the second try I landed my first 900! I was really happy with my run and I had a great time....


It ended up that my run was good enough to take my first win in a pro park contest :)


BIG thanks to Brian Hunt and the Rye Airfield for putting together a great contest at an awesome skatepark. I will definitely be back to ride Rye again soon.



-Chris Hughes
twitter.com/chrishughesbmx

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Geometry chart 2011 Mirraco bikes

We have received requests from people about the geometry and measurements of our complete bikes so we decided to give you the full list. Make sure you read the numbers correctly. Contact a Mirraco dealership if you have any further questions.

Frames Geometry

Mirraco models: Black Pearl, Darkstar, Blink & No. 7, 20Forty, Gargoyle, Velle, 8Ten.
Top Tube Length
(center to center) 20.8” 20.8” 21.3” 20.5” 20.25” 18”
Head Tube Angle 75.0 75.0 74.0 74.5 74.5 73.5
Seat Tube Angle 71.0 71.0 70.0 70.0 70.0 70 Deg.
Seat tube Length
(center BB to top) 9.0” 9.0” 10.8” 9.0” 9.0” 8.5”
B.B. Height 11.8” 11.8” 11.5” 11.5” 11.5” 10.6”
Chain Stay length 13.75” 13.75” 15.1” 13.75” 13.75” 13.2”
Wheelbase 36.5” 36.5” 37.9” 36.0” 35.8” 33.3”

Mirraco bikes: Canvas, Pelham, Blend, Mi6, Essex.
Top Tube Length
(center to center) 20.75” 20.75” 20.75” 20.5” 20.25”
Head Tube Angle 74.5 74.5 74.5 74.5 74.5
Seat Tube Angle 70.0 70.0 70.0 70.0 70.0
Seat tube Length
(center to top) 9.3” 9.3” 9.3” 9.0” 9.0”
B.B. Height 11.5” 11.5” 11.5” 11.5” 11.5”
Chain Stay length 13.75” 13.75” 13.75” 13.75” 13.75”
Wheelbase 36.5” 36.5” 36.5” 36.1” 35.8”

Mirraco bikes: Gambino, Bronson, Luxstar, EDit.
Top Tube Length
(center to center) 21” 20.75” 20.75” 20.5”
Head Tube Angle 74.5 74.5 74.5 74.5
Seat Tube Angle 71.0 71.0 71.0 71.0
Seat tube Length
(center to top) 9.3” 9.3” 9.3” 9.3”
B.B. Height 11.5” 11.5” 11.5” 11.5”
Chain Stay length 13.75” 13.75” 13.75” 13.75”
Wheelbase 36.8” 36.5” 36.5” 36.3”

Geometries subject to change at any time and without prior notice.

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Gatorade Go All Day - Nigel Sylvester in Japan by Defgrip

Gatorade has spent many years researching and understanding what goes on in traditional athletes bodies when they are doing their sports. Whether it be hydration levels or information about how their body reacts to the most intense moments, Gatorade and their sport scientists have a pretty good idea about what’s going on with—like I said—their traditional athletes… Action sports on the other hand, that’s a totally different story.

This year, Gatorade’s theme is “Go All Day.” In celebrating that theme, Gatorade wanted to start doing research on the non-traditional sports like BMX, so they hit up Nigel Sylvester, who rides for Gatorade and asked him a pretty crazy question: If you could go anywhere in the world to ride bikes with his friends, where would you go? That’s a very heavy question to ask someone, even Nigel… so after lots of research and different ideas being thrown around, Japan was chosen as the destination! With it’s huge city, amazing architecture, and lots of un-tapped spots, Japan would be the perfect location.

To document the trip, Gatorade invited a few key BMX media outlets, including Defgrip, to go along for the ride. The video you are about to watch documents the trip from the riding and research, to the culture and adventures and to coincide with the video, Defgrip will have a photo gallery with a more detailed story going up next week!

Huge thanks to Nigel and Gatorade for putting this trip together and we hope you enjoy the video!

-Defgrip

Gatorade Go All Day - Nigel Sylvester in Japan from Defgrip on Vimeo.

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Third for Coleman in Berlin, Germany

It was a bit of a trip to fly over to Berlin for a one-day contest but in the end it was worth it. Austin Coleman accepted the invitation for the vert contest and flew over to Germany. On arrival his bike made it, but his clothes didn't. Some riders missed everything and some got it all but most importantly Austin's bike and pads made it. After borrowing some clothes and shoes it was off to the brand new vert ramp to show what he's got. After beating one rider in a head to head format contest with double whips and flairs, Austin made it to the final round which was broadcasted live on MTV Germany.

Steve McCann rode on a borrowed bike with borrowed protection gear and settled for 4th in the finals. Austin ended up in third doing one-handed whips, a back to back double whip to double downside whip and some flairs. Coco Zurita finished in 2nd and the first place check was for Vince Byron.



Alessandro Barbero came over from Italy and rode against Dean Cueson in the first round. Each had 2 one-minute runs and after run one Barbero had to step it up in run 2 to transfer. Stepping up he did until a deep landing ended the rhythm and cost him a transfer spot.


Vert results:
1. Vince Byron
2. Coco Zurita
3. Austin Coleman



Street results:
1. Maddog
2. Bruno Hoffmann
3. Alex Coleborn

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Nigel and Harry in RIDEBMX's top 20 list

Mirraco riders Harry Main and Nigel Sylvester made it on Ride BMX's Top 20 Most Popular Riders Of 2010. Check the links below to see what place they ended up on and they've got some links up there for videos of the two riders.

Harry Main

Nigel Sylvester

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Chris Hughes wins the 2010 Rye Airfield Wicked Jam

Last weekend the 2010 Rye Airfield Wicked Jam took place in Rye, New Hampshire. Mirraco's Chris Hughes ended up on top. Congrats Chris!

Results Pro, Wicked Jam 2010:
1. Chris Hughes
2. Big Daddy
3. Zane Bradley

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Sunex' catalog ready

French Dealers that are looking for Mirraco bikes should contact Sunex in France. They just finished their 2011 catalog and it's got plenty of Mirraco bikes in there.

Interested in the bikes? Contact Sunex:

Sunex, Espace Vernedes3 - Lot 40
83480 Puget-sur-Argens, France

Tel. 0494198595

E-mail: contact@sunex.fr

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BMX Plus! 2011 Freestyle buyer's guide

If you want to check out the 2011 Mirraco bikes and read all about them, maybe you should pick up a copy of the new BMX Plus! magazine. The January 2011 issue has a buyer's guide on BMX freestyle bikes in it so you can compare our bikes with those of the competition. We've got 12 bikes listed on page 52 ranging from $ 319.00 (Velle) to the $ 899.00 Black Pearl.

Available at the newsstands now or at the better BMX shops.

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