Catfish's Bike Checks
The average BMX rider has one bike. Occasionally, you'll come across a BMXer with two bikes - most likely a park/street bike and a flatland bike, a park/street bike and a race bike, etc. Catfish has three bikes and justifies having each one of them! Read below to find out why he has three bikes and then take an in depth look at each set up.
"So, a lot of people e-mail me about my bike setups. It's pretty simple. Four pegs and freecoaster for life! If you have a twenty inch bicycle without pegs, it's a race bike. Plain and simple. Sorry for your luck. If you don't have any pegs on your bike at the skatepark, you are a dork. That being said, these are my three horses! Flatland specific, brakes, and brakeless. I ride the brakeless BK the most - I take it on all of my trips. The flatland bike has never seen anything except the inside of the DK warehouse and the local tennis courts. I don't let anyone ride that one - if you have a freecoaster, don't let people ride your bike! They will break it. The brakes bike is super fun, too. Sometimes there is nothing better in life than a five second endo. I've got new parts, old parts, and one of a kind parts on these things. Oh, and custom paint jobs on the BK frames! The brakeless one took a LONG time and a lot of shoe strings. Hope you likey!"
- Catfish
Bike 1: Daily Driver"So, a lot of people e-mail me about my bike setups. It's pretty simple. Four pegs and freecoaster for life! If you have a twenty inch bicycle without pegs, it's a race bike. Plain and simple. Sorry for your luck. If you don't have any pegs on your bike at the skatepark, you are a dork. That being said, these are my three horses! Flatland specific, brakes, and brakeless. I ride the brakeless BK the most - I take it on all of my trips. The flatland bike has never seen anything except the inside of the DK warehouse and the local tennis courts. I don't let anyone ride that one - if you have a freecoaster, don't let people ride your bike! They will break it. The brakes bike is super fun, too. Sometimes there is nothing better in life than a five second endo. I've got new parts, old parts, and one of a kind parts on these things. Oh, and custom paint jobs on the BK frames! The brakeless one took a LONG time and a lot of shoe strings. Hope you likey!" - Catfish
"I ride this one the most and it's my baby. So light and dialed. I can hop barspin Dakota Roche on this."Frame: DK Brian Kachinsky Prototype V.2 20.1tt
Fork: DK R/T forks
Stem: DK Alpha top load
Cranks: DK Social cranks 170mm/Ti spindle
Pedals: DK Prototype plastic
Seat: UGP
Rims: Proper
Spokes: DK DB
Pegs: DK park pegs
Hubs: Front DK Alpha/ Rear KHE Geisha light Freecoaster 9t
Seat post: Shadow Ti
Bars: Eastern Ti bars
Chain: Prototype DK
Sprocket: DK OE 25 tooth
Grips: DK Tsuka
Tires: Maxxis Grifters
Weight: 21.3lbs
Bike 2: Tennis Court Flatland Machine
"Nothing but flatland on this one."Frame: Mankind Alive 18.5tt
Fork: DK RT
Cranks: DK social 170mm
Sprocket: DK Alpha 25t
Pedals: Eclat plastic
Chain: KMC
Rims: Aliennation
Tires: Maxxis grifter back/ DTH front
Pegs: Infinity KA
Hubs: DK Alpha front/Nankai 9t rear
Spokes: DK DB
Seat: Mankind
Seat post: DK Goal post
Bars: WTP Frank Lukas Lowcash bars
Stem: DK Alpha
Grips: DK Tsuka
Weight: 20.3lbs
Bike 3: Nosepicks, Fufanus, and Decades
"This bike usually stays at work to shred the warehouse ramps. After being brakeless for almost two years, my left hand was really missing the lever so I built this up."Frame: DK BK V.1 20.1tt
Fork: Mankind Archangel 990s
Bars: DK 7/11
Seat: WTP
Seatpost: DK Goalpost
Brakes: Proper
Cranks: DK Social 170mm
Pedals: DK Distortion
Sprocket: DK Alpha
Levers: Diacomp Tech 77s
Chain: KMC rainbow chain
Stem: DK Alpha 43
Hubs: Eclat front/ KHE Geisha lite rear.
Rims:Shadow
Spokes: DK back/ Shadow front
Grips: DK Tsuka
Tires: Maxxis DTH in front- grifter in rear
Mods: Matt Berringer spraypainted my front rim red, Gyro
Weight: 23.5lbs
"You may ask yourself, "Why does Catfish need three bikes?"
Let me answer that for you. Because I'm Catfish."
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kylecarlson
11/30/2009 3:02 PM
fredrick hines
2/7/2012 5:07 PM
Three gay bikes for a fag ride feal flatland you fag n get off catfishes nuts n get ur own
bradfordhuckerpa
12/11/2009 11:52 AM
So because ur "the shit" u get to decide these things right. I think a bike is a bike and what about the kids just getting into bmx and don't know all the different styles, or someone without the money to buy pegs or other queers with gay paintjobs that don't have pegs because they're hiding under the bed with the vaseline.
motomonkey
12/5/2009 6:49 AM
I thought BMX was for individuals, who cares if you dont run pegs at a skatepark? "Dork"? I dont think Chase Hawk is a dork and he doesnt run pegs. how can you judge when you run those colors?
tothemax
12/2/2009 5:44 PM
man cat fish has some light bikes
jimonbike
12/2/2009 5:15 PM
lol damn catfish these kids are retarded lol probably all thirteen year olds with no pegs no brakes and no clue of how to think for themselvs lol
kimbmxgirl15
12/1/2009 3:31 PM
wow i have one of those chains in my closet
BTW Closet : For Bikes
get a life
12/1/2009 3:29 PM
pretty sick what with the waird paint jobs
jamie cole
12/1/2009 1:34 PM
man i wish i had three bikes
freecoaster bmx
12/1/2009 12:04 PM
wow. some funknasty colors there, but nonetheless cool
Terremoto
12/1/2009 11:10 AM
Some people is forgeting that is BMX "Freestyle" stop bitching and go ride ur bike or any bike.
keep it up catfish
luisuil
12/1/2009 10:30 AM
they might look funky and cheap but all of u know one of them bikes are way more expensive than yalls shit!
PAparkRAT
12/1/2009 10:03 AM
Why Catfish, who cares? Sorry, just cant stand people that need to be the center of attention, ALL THE TIME.
small town bmx
12/1/2009 7:02 AM
i would rather see Rick Thorne's bike check.
julien
12/1/2009 4:55 AM
nothing special ugliest bike for the biggest redneck ever
imchrisperez
11/30/2009 11:28 PM
That's fucking rad.
Zach Newman
11/30/2009 10:40 PM
my dad said catfish's bikes look like a bag of skittles threw up
ridebmxnc
11/30/2009 10:17 PM
man... you like having some ugly ass bikes catfish
hawkinsontheclicker
11/30/2009 9:59 PM
diggin the colors
rgradyr
11/30/2009 9:16 PM
what the hell is wrong with you people you just bitch about peoples bikes and act like your all big on this website you should be thankful that he took the time to post this and show us a part of his life I personally have a cleann black bike but its intresting to see what other people have in mind it makes life intresting.
lobbster697
11/30/2009 8:19 PM
thoughs are three of the ugliest bikes i've ever seen.