Tune into the Dew Tour or Fuel TV and chances are good you’ll peep Ryan Guettler lurking on the dirt roll-in or eyeing the box on ramps. The man’s a double threat at comps. The Black Pearl LTD is his signature whip.


-Frame: 20.8” T/T full heat-treated thin-wall chromoly tubing, with integrated head tube, MID bottom bracket and 4mm thick dropouts
-Fork: Colony Official full heat-treated chromoly, butted legs, CNC steerer, 3/8” dropouts
-Headset: FPD 1-1/8” integrated sealed
-Crankset: Colony 2.5pc chromoly 175mm with 19mm x 48-spline chromoly axle
-BB Set: M3 MID BB with R12 sealed bearings
-Sprocket: Colony Official alloy 25t
-Freewheel: Colony 9t 1-piece chromoly driver
-Chain: KMC 710 SL nickel plated
-Pedals: M3 magnesium 9/16” sealed bearings, with Allen head pins
-Handlebar: Colony Official 2-piece, 7.9” 13-butted heat-treated chromoly
-Stem: Colony Official CNC 7075 alloy 1-1/8”
-Grips: Duo Scotty Cranmer
-Saddle: M3 Black Pearl Pivotal
-Seat Post: Pivotal Stump alloy 25.4 x 135mm single bolt
-Seat Clamp: M3 “Barrel” 28.6mm alloy
-Front Hub: Colony Clone 36-hole, 3/8” 7075 aluminum axle with bolts, sealed bearings
-Rear Hub: Colony Clone 36-hole cassette, 14mm hollow h-t chromoly axle, sealed bearings, 1-piece driver with ceramic bushing
-Rims: Odyssey Seven K-A front and rear, double-wall, 36-hole, neon front, black hard anodized rear
-Spokes: 14/15g stainless D.B. with alloy nipples
-Tires: KHE Premium Mac Dirt 2.1” front, Premium Mac 1.5 Street 1.90” rear, 120 PSI
-Pegs: Colony One-Way chromoly butted pegs (1 pair)
-Rotor: Snafu Mobeus with Astroglide upper and lower dual cables
-Brakes: Fly Bike rear U-brake for seatstays
-Brake Lever: Odyssey Mono medium with hinge

Weight: 22 lb./10 kg

Colors: Flo Yellow to Black fade

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This Gatorade advertisement showed up in the August issue of BMX Plus! Nigel hooked it up with Mark Losey to get the shot they needed. This is the result.

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The July issue of Transworld's RIDE BMX magazine features Harry Main in the Mirraco ad on the inside cover spread. The photos were taken in Greenville, NC a city that Harry is about to visit again. The Brit is in the USA at the moment and will try to qualify for the Dew Tour this weekend. We wish him all the luck he needs to pull it off.

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Pros from the Vans BMX Team a.o. Ryan Guettler will be stopping by the Vans Store at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, IL on Wednesday, June 24 @ 6:30PM. First 100 people to show up will receive a limited edition Vans T-shirt! There will be autographs, prizes and more while supplies last.

Vans
Woodfield Mall
F324 Woodfield Mall
Schaumburg, IL 60173
847-995-8642

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The new issue of 2020 magazine over in Australia has a bike check on the Black Pearl 2. Read all about the Black Pearl 2 spec HERE.

Andrew Buckworth gets the Mirraco advertisement. The photo was mailed over from France while he was there ripping it up.



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Maxime Charveron and Nigel Sylvester made it to Paris a little while ago with the NIKE 6.0 crew. The video clip of this trip has been released and you can view it right here:

This Harry Main 6.0 advertisement showed up in the latest issue of RIDE UK (#129). The photo was taken right in time before Harry took off for the USA to participate in a RIDEBMX tour and then straight to the Dew Tour qualifier in Chicago, his only chance to qualify for the rest of the Dew Tour.

After the comp it's off to Greenville, NC then to the IBMXFF World's in Cologne, Germany and back to the USA again. Staying busy, you know.

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Check out the new ride. Translucent teal with Monster green Mirraco pedals. Dew Tour coming up for Dave Mirra in 2 weeks.

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Ryan Navazio filmed the Gatorade clip with Mirraco rider Nigel Sylvester. Now Gatorade released a little video about Navaz filming Nigel. It gives you some background info on filming with Nigel Sylvester.

Watch it:



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Seeing Dave Mirra ride his own park is something else. Hard to grasp, hard to capture. DC just released a web video of Dave riding the animal warehouse, brakeless.

Check it out by going to the DC site.

New Paris trip pics have been added to the rider profiles of:

-Ryan Guettler
-Andy Buckworth
-Maxime Charveron

Photos can be found by going:

www.mirrabikeco.com

Stop four of the FISE Experience tour in France was held last weekend. Again Alessandro Barbero made the trip to France and again he picked up the first place trophy, check and points.

The points are important too because at the end of the year the overall BMX winner receives a brand new FIAT Qubo car. Alessandro is leading the series with four more stops to go.

MONT DE MARSAN, France PRO RESULTS:
1 Alessandro BARBERO 500 points
2 Jean-Baptiste PEYTAVIT 450 points
3 Georgy DOREMUS 400 points
4 Simone BARRACO 350 points
5 Fabien FRANCOIS 300 points

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Listen to what Harry Main has to say about an event that he has never been to.

Coming up next month;

Harborshred 09.

To be held at the Freedom skatepark in Mexico, NY.



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Nigel Sylvester appears in the following web clip that Nike put together about the recent X-Games in China. It rained a lot during the stay but there is some riding in it. Not only of Nigel but other riders too. If you can handle that, just hit play.




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It's hard to stop Dave Mirra. Even a stop sign doesn't help. Check the following DitchHook video clip to see how close that Rally racing is.



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Soul BMX Magazine is one of the leading BMX mags over in France. French Mirraco distributor Sunex placed a new ad featuring Ryan Guettler and they showed the following bikes in the ad:

-Recruit
-Fivestar Intro
-Icon Option
-Fivestar Park
-Blend One

Also Maxime Charveron gets a few pics from the Team Loc tour they did a little bit ago. That double page photo is awesome.

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A 74.5° head angle, 20.75” top tube combine and extra-short 13.75” chainstays give the Blend Park super-quick handling. Of course, double-butted chromoly tubing and a crazy batch of dope parts don’t hurt.


-Frame: 20.75” T/T full chromoly with D.B. down tube, heat-treated integrated head tube, MID bottom bracket and 5mm thick dropouts
-Fork: full chromoly with 3/8” dropouts with alloy cap
-Headset: FPD 1-1/8” integrated sealed
-Crankset: 48-spline M3 3-piece chromoly 175mm with 19mm chromoly axle
-BB Set: MID BB with R12 sealed bearings
-Sprocket: M3 alloy 28t
-Freewheel: 10t 1-piece driver RHD cassette
-Chain: KMC Z410 nickel plated
-Pedals: M3 alloy 9/16” chromoly axles with molded pins
-Handlebar: M3 2-piece 7.5” chromoly 2.0T
-Stem: M3 Downside alloy Aheadset 1-1/8”
-Grips: Duo Scotty Cranmer
-Saddle: M3 Blend Pivotal
-Seat Post: Pivotal Stump alloy 25.4 x 135mm single bolt
-Seat Clamp: M3 alloy 28.6mm
-Front Hub: M3 alloy 36-hole 3/8” chromoly axle, 2 sealed bearings
-Rear Hub: M3 alloy cassette 36-hole with 14mm chromoly hollow axle, RHD, 4 sealed bearing, 10t 1-piece driver
-Rims: Alienation 440 double wall, black anodized front, chromed rear, 36-hole
-Spokes: 14g stainless
-Tires: Maxxis Grifter 20x2.1” front, 1.85” rear, 110/100 PSI
-Pegs/Acc.: chromoly sleeve/alloy body pegs, 95mm (1 pair)
-Rotor: Snafu Mobeus with SST top and lower cables
-Brakes: Diatech 997 Magic rear U-Brake
-Brake Lever: Snafu C-Lever, alloy with hinge

Weight: 26.0 lb./11.8 kg
Colors: White

For a full list of Mirraco bikes, go HERE.

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Alessandro Barbero has two clips floating around on the internet right now. One is done by his friends over at NoSoccer.com. They filmed a show Ale and a few others did in Rome a few weeks ago. Triple whip during a show? You know it. That's Alessandro in the green shirt by the way.

SHOWTIME!

Over at Mpora you can view Alessandro's third place winning run from the FISE contest in France. More triple whip action in that one.

Here is the link to that.

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The 2009 Dew Tour is about to kick off at the at of this month. You have to earn your spot into the tour. Pre-qualified are the following Mirraco riders:

Dave Mirra (Park), Ryan Guettler (Park and Dirt), and Alessandro Barbero (Park). Harry Main (UK), Andrew Buckworth (AUS) and Maxime Charveron (FRA) will try to qualify for the series at the first stop in Chicago from 26-27 June.

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Thomas Revest followed the Mirraco team for a week. First he spent some time at the FISE contest in Montpellier and then he followed the Mirraco riders through Paris as they took on the local spots. The highlights of the trip can be viewed in the following clip.

Featuring Dave Mirra, Dave Rytell, Maxime Charveron, Andy Buckworth, Alessandro Barbero and Ryan Guettler.



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