Quote from: Topsey on January 15, 2013, 02:32:56 AMSorry to dig up an old thread, only just seen this! I think its awesome for Matthias to pick up such a big sponsor. I would imagine he will have some sort of signature frame even if its as mentioned just a modified version of something Haro is already making. I cant see it being 75, 20"/20.5", 71, 11.5, 13" I know thats pretty bog standard flatland geometry at the moment it seems most companies are heading this way, but with the money Haro has i can see them knocking out a great frame with great attention to detail at a competitive price.Matthias rides street specs fyi. His frame would be exactly that.
Sorry to dig up an old thread, only just seen this! I think its awesome for Matthias to pick up such a big sponsor. I would imagine he will have some sort of signature frame even if its as mentioned just a modified version of something Haro is already making. I cant see it being 75, 20"/20.5", 71, 11.5, 13" I know thats pretty bog standard flatland geometry at the moment it seems most companies are heading this way, but with the money Haro has i can see them knocking out a great frame with great attention to detail at a competitive price.
Flatland started being shoved out of mainstream BMX when the bikes started evolving into separate disciplines, which led to ramps and street skyrocketing in popularity and flatland falling into a crater we've never gotten out of. No Hopefully this will be a beginning of even a slight reversal.
Nothing stops you from getting a flat specific bike.How many newcomers have been told to get some expensive, short, easy to break bike when they aren't even sure what they want to do?We should be telling them to get two more pegs and go ride.If the bike doesn't fit, they'll eventually figure it out for themselves but limiting yourself to a flat only bike isn't appealing for a vast majority of people, myself included.I didn't start out on flat, I started out doing stupid sh*t on a BMX bike. Freestyle meant whatever we wanted it to mean and it was a lot of fun, but we had one bike.Now it almost feels like people are training for the Olympics. Start out young and sacrifice your life for this one narrow minded pursuit. Screw that, ride whatever you feel like because it's a blast and if you become specialized because that's what you love, good for you.But let's don't push people into specialized bikes that don't need them, that just pushes people away.