SUPER RAT MACHINE WORKS

howdy all, i missed the deadline set by myself for the friday freebies. was it intentional? to play on the fact that bmx racing the olympics kept getting delayed from rain… or it could have been the fact that i didn’t have computer access in portland and 50/50 eddie was buying too many [...]

my brother sent over some pics from fredonia daves wedding that was a few weeks ago. as you can tell we had a fine time!
there are some good comments on the friday freebie page concerning bmx and the olympics, it’s ending on august 22nd so have a peek and put in your 2cents [...]

i’ve got a couple of links that are somewhat pertinent i suppose.
there is a nice write up on some parts we made for kris over on the 44bikes blog
jeremy, who i’ve been pow-wowing (is that even a word?) with about some interesting things that i’ll continue to be vague [...]

i’ve seen alot of stuff with our buddy DMC in the internets lately! which is awesome. first up, a classic pic poached from the bmx roots blog

then there is the rooftop interview:

See more RooftopTV videos at Shred or Die
there is a quick pic in that interview at 2:03 that [...]

i’m terrible at blogging, this much is obvious. i’m trying to get better though! i am thoroughly impressed with amount of content over at SPRFLS and the resulting comments. anyhoo it’s a good morning read while the machine warms up.
we’ve been making stuff. finally got bottle openers stocked up again. (and out [...]

i’m a little slow on the uptake but better late than never seems to be my motto. i found this blog entry over on SPRFLS
i rather enjoy this blog and check in to see what kind of saltiness in regards to modern bmx can be had on a given day. and when [...]

merle haggard shows up on the ipod the other day and and i was stoked! little ol’ wine drinker me caught my attention especially since i’ve been experimenting with these dust caps on the pedals: (these are the pedals off my bike, being disassembled for inspection. everything looks good.)

it seems [...]

when kyle came by to pick up his pedals the other day we talked about initial reactions and whatnot and decided to post them as a review of sorts. (note: of course he may not seem like the most objective candidate to be providing a review, he is very critical of the parts on [...]

the inaugural batch of S.R.M.W. pedals are finished! here are a few pics of what they look like…
spindle detail:

end cap:

the end cap proved to be a slight hurdle, it’s not necessary to the function of the pedal but i felt like it needed to be there [...]

after spending some time with pedal v2.0 and talking with people about them and looking at them way too much we decided to make a few changes… they still have a slightly larger area but i brought the angle of the sides in and shaved away some material, chose to use flat head bolts that [...]

i’ve got a couple of pics of the latest revision of the terrible-one stem. we made a few tweaks to the wedges that clamp the steer tube, added a nice transition between the split cap and the relief on sides now wraps around to the back somewhat. i think it even shaved a little [...]

thecomeupbmx is a guilty pleasure of mine, i don’t venture onto the board and try to avoid the comments but it’s a great place to catch up on all things bmx from what seems like every company out there. and it leads me to blogs i would otherwise miss out on completely. this is [...]

originally i made a handful of these things for our wedding back in october as gifts and as a demonstration for friends and family that had not seen the machine shop before. they are made from 7075 t-6 aluminum and weigh about as much as 5 zip-ties… it fits nicely on your keychain so [...]

well-sort of, here is a pic of the “drag strip” where i’ve been doing sprints this morning… although i’ve ridden across the parking lot multiple times delivering various goods and services to the Songbird Cafe
incidentally this is my wife’s cafe that has recently opened here in the beautiful fairfax district. it’s pretty awesome and such [...]

its friday and it’s still cold and icy and snowy. i rode around the block 2 days ago and determined that animal asm tires do not perform well on icy snowy sidewalks…
here is a pic of warmer weather. this is the webman thad at fredonia daves house. dave has been adding onto [...]

here is the pedal in it’s final state. i changed a few details to the spindle, modified the body slightly and added some texture to the center of the body. i’ve got one pair on my bike and another for initial testing purposes. of course with the temperature in the 20’s not much testing is [...]

after staring at the pedal body for the last couple of days i made a few slight mods, then i whipped up 2 pair for initial testing. i got the official super rat army of one test pilot on the horn so we could get these things attached to a cycle. should have some [...]

at this point this is the configuration of the pedal spindle and bearings (some will call them bushings…) as with the pedal body i hoped to keep the spindle simple, functional and my hopes are to minimize “rattly pedal syndrome” that all sealed pedals seem plagued with. sealed pedals are real nice initially on the [...]

We have been working on a few new products in recent months, some for our customers which are top secret, and others that are our own design. This pedal will be our first offering! The picture is of the initial prototype. Sometimes it’s a tough call when to release product pics. The idea here is [...]

Here are a few photographs from a weekend session in Kansas City and includes a little street and skatepark action. From top to bottom: Phil Wasson air at Shawnee Mission Skatepark; Phil flattie from a curb onto an embankment; John Mann wallride on an overpass pillar; Justin Mann fakie wallride on the roof of an [...]