On August 23, 2009 the seventh annual Walt Gray Ride For Kids took place with a roar.  Thousands of motorcycles lined up at the Sierra College parking lot in Rocklin, CA while on-site registration was completed with free donuts, coffee and bottled water.  The charitable donation fee per rider was $25.00 with proceeds benefiting the children’s charities Make-A- Wish, Mustard Seed School, Hope Productions Foundation, and Sacramento Children’s Foundation. Over the past six years the Walt Gray Run has cleared over $259,000 to donate. Legendary Buffalo Chip Provides Ultimate Sturgis Experience during Sturgis Rally Week 2009 Sturgis, S.D. (August 24, 2009) Sturgis Bike Week 2009 has come...

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In some cases, a US-made frame such as an S&M might even be cheaper than a Taiwan-produced frame such as a Sunday, and because of that, I decided to take a look at the current batch of US BMX frame manufacturers, where they stand in a slow moving... With the rising costs of overseas shipping and production in Taiwan (where the majority of BMX frames are produced), many dealers seem more open to offering both comparatively priced overseas and US-made BMX frames. , with an in-house manufacturing facility, S&M Bikes currently offers an extensive range of US-made frames for race, trails, street, ramps and even flatland. S&M Bicycles/Fit Bike Co. Located in Santa Ana, Calif. S&M's products are made in the USA, and the brand even offers a custom frame program , where buyers can have a frame constructed exactly to their liking. As it turns out, between the rising costs of steel on top of stricter overseas regulations and increased shipping costs, the price gap between a US-made frame and an overseas frame is shrinking. Yesterday, I posed a question on Twitter about the manufacturing of US-made BMX frames, and if riders thought that we were experiencing a resurgence in US-made products.

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