Killswitch Bears Singapore’s Youth Olympic Flame

Setting Singapore’s East Coast Ablaze

08 Aug 2010
By Theodon Teo and Wong Yan Ting

Blazing strongly under the burning sun at East Coast Park Xtreme Skate Park today was the Youth Olympic Flame. The second day of the Journey of the Youth Olympic Flame brought the torch to the South East district of the island.

Turning up the heat a notch were torch bearers Ian Krempl, 22, champion BMX and mountain bike rider, and Muhammad Firdaus, 23, Singapore’s number one skateboarder.

The two biggest names in the local extreme sports scene Ian Krempl and Muhammad Firdus bear Singapore’s Youth Olympic Torch.

Guardians of the Youth Olympic torch getting the flame back into the safety lantern.

Ian’s supportive and bubbly mother, Rosalyn Chua (right), 62, beams as she witnesses her son’s glorious moment with the torch. She said, “It’s just wow! He’s my one and only son.”

For brothers, Naylin Al, 10 and Dinesh Al, 12, seeing the Olympic Flame was a thrilling and unique experience for them. Naylin told WhyOhGee, “It is very exciting for me as it is my first time seeing the Olympic torch. I think it’s cool!”

Ummm… Don’t even ask for a custom torch carrying bracket for your Killswitch… not gonna happen.

O.C. to B.C.

Pics from the Road.

Canada or Bust #2…
Thanks to my trusty iphone I have been able to photo document this year’s Canada excursion from OC to BC… and thanks to Twitter and them Facebooks… I can update for the road with photos and silly stories like…
Trading lunch from this gourmet lunch wagon for mentioning how damn good the Korean BBQ tacos are from Kogi BBQ on the site… slick huh?
One whiff of the food on this plate was enough to drive Zeus nuts…
BUT!!! Thanks to ridiculous overage charges for using my fully connected and integrated iphone to upload pics beyond US borders… I have to wait and do it all as if I was using my regular camera… So, here’s some pics from the drive and first day of 2010 Crankworx.
Zeus gets settled in…



Mt. Shasta looms.
5 hours of this BS in Washington and then…. nothing, just clears up like nothing was ever an issue.
Vancouver from a distance and…
up close.
Leaving Van via the Lions Gate Bridge.
Some Japenese hoodlums hanging out at the jumps in Whistler… apparently, the guy in the Famous shirt rides for our Japanese Distributor… TKC and is here on shredding on his 2010 Malice. Small world…
More Whistler and Canada to come.

Martin Kiesewetter

Black Market Bikes, would like to proudly introduce it’s newest team member…
Martin Kiesewetter

The 23 year old rider hails from Wuppertal, Germany. Martin splits his time between riding his bike, shredding the European invite contests circuits and working as the store manager at “The Local Face” BMX and MTB shop in Germany. Martin also rides for Spank, Kali Protectives, SR Suntour, KHE Tires, Odessa Footwear.
Martins new Black Market set up’s



Malice:
Frame: Black Market Malice large
Fork: SR Suntour Duro-DJ E 20 QLC Teamfork 80mm
Bar: Spank Tweet Tweet Bar 30mm
Stem: Spank Tweet Tweet
Headset: Odyssey Internal Headset Limited
Grips: Black Market Adam Hauck
Brake: Avid Elixir CR Magnesium 160mm
Tires: KHE MAC 2 Dirt
Rims: Spank Subrosa 32H
Front Hub: Atomlab Pimplite DJ
Rear Hub: DT SWISS 240s Singlespeed / Bolt Edition
Chain: Spank Tweet Tweet Halflink Chain
Seat: KHE Pluma
Bottom Bracket: KHE Euro BB 19mm 
Crank: KHE Hindenburg 2-piece
Sprocket: Proper Team 28t
Pedals: Odyssey Twisted PC Limited 

Killswitch:
Frame: Black Market Killswitch large
Fork: SR Suntour Duro-DJ E 20 QLC 100mm
Rear Shock: X-Fusion 100mm
Bar: Spank Spike 777 EVO Bar
Stem: Spank Spike 
Headset: Black Market Semi Integrated
Grips: Black Market Lockdown 
Brake: Avid Elixir CR 185mm
Tires: KHE MAC 2 Dirt
Rims: Spank Subrosa EVO 32H
Front Hub: Atomlab Pimplite DJ
Rear Hub:Atomlab 10mm Pimp 9speed
Shifter: SRAM X.0 ESP
Rear Derailleurs: SRAM X.0 ESP
Cassette: SRAM Cassette Powerglide 2 PG-990
Chain: SRAM Power Chain 2 PC 991 Hollow Pin
Crankset: Truvativ Holzfeller OCT 32T
Bottom Bracket: Truvativ Howitzer Team
Pedals: Atomlab Polytech Pedals
Chain Guide: Shaman Racing Drake Carbon
Seatpost: Truvativ Holzfeller
Seat: Black Market Killswitch  
Seatclamp: Black Market
WELCOME TO THE TEAM!
Expect to see big things from Martin and the rest of the Black Market Family. 

Go Pro Edit from Crankworx Colorado…

Jake Kinney was out racing dual slalom at Crankworx Colorado and took part in this edit at then end on his Killswitch riding Super D… Sounds like a rough ride. Next year’s Roam will be more suited for Super D.
Jake is sending over some photos and a story about the trip soon… right Jake???

Toff’s RideStreet.Net Bike Check

BIKE CHECK

Check out Toof’s Bike check from the UK. For those of you who don’t know who Toff is… I met him last summer at the ThrashBike Jam in NYC. Toff is a tech rider from the other side of the pond who throws bars a lot when he’s not 540 a flat bank or sticking a footjam whip into some unlikely terrain. He’s a blogger and a regular contributor to the UK bike mags and really likes Redbull hats…

Source: RideStreet.net

Our team rider Toff has finished building up his brand new Black Market Malice frame, laced with a bunch of Black Market components, along with Severed Alliance cranks, DMR tyres & Atomlab rims. See below for photos of the bike & a couple of shots of him testing out the bike for barspinability.

Frame: Black Market Malice
Forks: Rock Shox Revelation (Tricked out by TFTuned)
Headset: FSA
Stem: Black Market Underboss
Bars: Black Market Badaboom
Grips: Black Market Adam Hauck
Brake: Avid Elixr CR
Seat: Gusset pivotal combo
Cranks: Severed Alliance
Sprocket: Black Market
Pedals: Odyssey PC
Rims: Atomlab Pimplite
Front hub: Halo
Rear hub: KHE Geisha
Tyres: DMR Supermoto folding
Chain: KMC

Weight: 26lbs

180 bar

Looking forward to seeing more from Toff and the RideStreets guys.

Blk Mrkt Twitter up and running…

Twitter…
I tried this awhile ago and never posted and lost my account and had to start a new one…
Our new Twitter is now BlkMrktBikes. You will now be able to follow our riders, get news updates and other random postings from around the globe sent to your phone or whatever device you so choose. Since you don’t have enough other BS to read during your daily grind.
Hopefully we can help keep you entertained and up to date.

Mountain Shot

Nsmb.com had their annual Airprentice contest a few weeks back. Jerry Willows got a super sick shot of my other Nsmb team member and I on the mountain. check it.

Check out the full photo recap of the contest here

Crankworx Colorado Practice

So there is little to show, but a lot to tell. The course that no one thought would work last night works. Every one was getting things diald in… the double wale tale works perfect (almost to perfect) here is a quick little helmet cam of the course.
the course eneded up taking a few people out… first it was Brian Miller who went down hard after casing out of the wale. He ended up with what has been said a compressed vertebrae and a pretty banged up face. second to go down was Logan Pete. Logan went down hard over rotating a flip and got a compressed right tib fib…. both are in good hands in the Denver hospital. (Healing vibes to both) last but not least, Ben Glassen took a dirt sample after he snapped the head tube of his bike little beat up but will ride if he gets a new bike.
now we are just waiting out the weather.