When you have picked up your Mirraco bike from the dealership it looks sweet and it’s ready to go. However, you feel like you need to personalize your ride. Add a bit of colour, set it up exactly the way you want it, you throw some extra stickers on it, take the pegs off or add some, there are several ways to make your bike yours.

Johnny over in Nevada made a seat of Red and Tan Deerskin leather that noone has. His Blend stands out from all other bikes out there because of it. Johnny says: “Looks good! ‘n’ rides better”

How does your bike look?

BMX-ers might look like dirtbags to the outside world but in fact they wear what they want to wear and they just don’t care. Well, when you have to go to court it is still a different situation. Ryan Guettler had to go to make a deposition in a Monster case and dressed up nice for a change. How funny does that look?

Word on the street is that he wore a tie as well. We wonder how long it took before he took that off once he left the building. 5 seconds? 10 seconds? or 15 seconds?

Ryan has a signature shoe at Vans and you can win a personal pair (the ones he wore during X-Air) by going to his website.

It is nice when co-sponsors use the Mirraco riders for their ads. Dave Mirra gets a two page spread in the latest RIDE BMX Magazine (that British one) from our friends over at Snafu. Here is what they say about him on their site:

SNAFU PRO Dave Mirra

BMX’s million dollar man and ESPN’s all-time leading medal winner joined the SNAFU team in 2006, but that wasn’t his biggest move of the year… Around the same time, Dave turned his back on his long-time sponsor to start MirraCo. His motivation: to give something back to the sport. Dave’s first move was to assemble a team of badasses, then let them design the bikes of their dreams. Dave showed his love for SNAFU by spec’ing his signature model with a boatload of new SNAFU parts. When Dave is on that bike everything he does is nothing short of amazing. Off the bike, he’s just like you and me. He likes cars and his family, and he likes to drink a little red wine

Filming for videos is one way for the Mirraco riders to spend time. It involves going for tricks that will impress people. They’re burly, sketchy, awesome and risky at the same time. Ryan Guettler joined Allan Cooke, Colin MacKay and Chris Doyle on a filming trip through four states. Brian Purdy was the man behind the camera and you can expect the video to be out some time this summer.

While on the road Ryan shot a bunch of photos. Some of them seen by hitting this Vital link.
He also shot a photo of Ricky Carmichael who was training at his private MX track. Check it.

Ryan Guettler made it on the contents page of the latest issue of Cream BMX Lifestyle magazine (France). It wasn’t the ordinary tailwhip though, this one went to the roof. Shot by Cream photographer Vanhanga at Woodward West.

Ryan scored 3 more pages with a double page Vans spread and a full page Mirraco advertisement. France here we come.

The Local Exposure Tour (LET) hits the road again in April. Dave Rytell was the winner in 2006 and got picked up by Mirraco as a result. He’s been on the team ever since and will join the Golden Ticket LET this April with Team mate Rob Wise.

Here’s the full info on the tour. If you live close to one of these venues make sure to check out Dave and Rob and just join the session.
Local Exposure Tour IV “The Golden Ticket”

Local Exposure Tour (LET) is a chance for some of the top pro’s in BMX to set out on a road trip with the idea to search for some unknown amateur talent at local skate parks. This is the first time in LET history that we come out to the West coast in search of talent.

The rules are that anyone can enter as long as you have not been featured in a advertisement by a sponsor. All ages and skill levels are welcome to come and ride our jam format and best of all it’s all free! Amateur riders will get a chance to ride with their favorite pros and show them the hot lines around their local park. Due to the great support we have for this year we have a ton of goods to give away at every stop so no one should leave empty handed!

Pro Riders confirmed for this year! Allan Cooke, Dave Rytell (2006 Champion), Rob Wise, Ryan “Biz” Jordan, Heath Pinter, Cory Bohan, Chase Hawk, Dominic Travado, Josh Harrington, Dave Dillewaard, Alistair Whitton, Colin Mackay, Adam Banton, Mike Aitken, Ryan Nyquist and special guest Laif Valin!

Also on tour is our resident tattoo artist Brian Lee and musician Jayk Announcing at each stop is Catfish and Micah Kranz We have recruited the dynamic duo of Chad Shackelford and Will Stroud to shoot all the action for the DVD and added Brian Purdy of Strict Nine Films to bring his flavor to the DVD which will be shot on all HD equipment!

Tour Stops:

4/20 Albuquerque, NM - Los Altos Skate Park

4/21 Mesa, AZ - Reed Park Wheels Court

4/22 Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation - The Fort Bike Park

4/23 - 4/26 Days off for pros

4/27 Escondido, CA - Escondido Sports Center

4/28 Perris, CA - The Compound

4/29 San Diego, CA Mission Valley Skate Park

Make sure and visit as many of the stops as possible even if you come out just to watch. You won’t be able to miss us as we are rolling three RV’s deep this year! Allan’s DC bus, Fox bus and Boost Mobile’s bus. The prizes for the amateurs are bigger and better than ever.
Never before has this much been offered for an amateur tour! There are also individual prize packages that will be rewarded at each stop. Keep an eye on localexposuretour.com as we are getting ready to update in the next week. You can check out what last year looked like and see what’s coming your way.

Agoride is a French website that covers a lot of sports. One of these sports is BMX. They have recently uploaded a short clip of Dave Mirra. If you want to watch it you have to click the following link:

Dave Mirra on Agoride

Filmed/edited by Twenty

Model UNDERBOSS (Signature series)
-Colors Metallic Red, Deep Blue

-Frame 19” Crmo formed downtube frame

-Fork Mirraco BMX Crmo legs

-Headset VP A-71 Aheadset 1-1/8”

-Crankset 1-Pc 152mm BB Set American BB, sealed mech.

-Sprocket Mirraco 38t

-Freewheel 16t cog

-Chain KMC 410

-Pedals Wellgo resin 1/2” loose ball

-Handlebar Mirraco 2-Pc 6.5” 2.0T

-Stem Mirraco

-Grips Velo kraton

-Saddle Mirraco 8mm rails

-Seat Post steel 25.4×250mm

-Seat Clamp Mirraco alloy 28.6mm

-Front Hub 36h 3/8” SC 45 axle

-Rear Hub 36h 3/8” axle, coaster brake

-Rims alloy single wall black anodized

-Spokes 14g

-Tires CST Dirt 20×2.125” Frt, 20×1.95” Rr

-Brakes Tektro alloy U-brake w/ soft grey pads Rr only

-Brake Lever Tektro 289 alloy Rr

MSRP USA: $ 209,= USD�

*Specifications and geometry subject to change at any time and without notice.

What have the riders been up to? Team manager Gator fills you in:

Rytell: Has been staying busy and has ran into an energy company that is gonna start looking out for him called Bad Boy energy drinks. Congrats.Nigel: Just got back from Mexico and from what he said the riding spots were amazing. After that he was in Cali for a bit and should be on his way to cold N.Y.

Spinner: Is everywhere. The kid doesn’t sit still. He did just place second in the Toronto contest…..Congrats

Guettler: will be getting back from a trip with Allan Cooke. They are filming for Brian Purdy’s new video that should be out by the end of summer. So keep your eyes peeled.

Mirra: Just snuck away for the weekend w/ his wife to Cali.

Rob Wise: Should be starting physical therapy and will hopefully be back on his bike in a couple weeks.

Laird: Is back on his bike and he couldn’t look happier. Glad you’re healing up!

Gator

P.S Spinner still has my Ride mag.

We love to receive pictures of riders on Mirraco bikes just like these shots of Al D on his Blend. Al in an enthusiast and puts on BMX Invasion contests but when the time is right he rips the ramps apart himself.

Check these photos for instance. Not all contest promoters can do these sort of tricks.

If you have a photo of you and your Mirraco bike and you would like to see it posted here on www.mirrabikco.com, send it to bart@mirrabikeco.com and we’ll take it from there.

Keep shredding.