It's best to go with the Spline Drive sprockets or spiders versus a bolt on sprocket or spider, because the back and forth pressure of accelerating and braking loosens the sprocket bolt and wears out the sprocket or spider prematurely.

For the narrowest Q-Factor (width between pedals)

• Profile Internal Bearing BB (Most fixed gear frames are 68mm BB’s).
• 5 1/4 Gun Drilled Hollow BB Spindle
• Profile Spline Drive Sprocket or Profile Fixed

  Spline Drive Spider (130 or 144 BCD)

• Profile NoBoss Crank Arms.

For the strongest/most durable bearings:

• Profile Outboard Bearing BB (Most fixed gear frames are 68mm BB’s).
• 5 5/8 Gun Drilled Hollow BB Spindle
• Profile BMX Spline Drive Spider (4 arm 104 or 5 arm 110 BCD)
• Profile NoBoss Crank Arms.

Chad DeGroot threw a peg on his commuter bike and then "popped right up into a hang five." James Covington was inside Mr. Bike and Board, came out and shot this photo...

Bootleg Sessions 4 is out now.

Bootleg Sessions v.4 HD Fixed Gear DVD teaser from Ride/Relax Productions on Vimeo.

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Andrew Voegeli won the trick comp at Fixed Fight 4 this weekend. I believe that's 2 St. Pete trick comps in a row. Kid is dialed. Pic stolen from 66Fixed's Flickr, thanks Carol.

I wasn't there, so I don't know if Pete Young raced, but I've heard that not only did Pete race, but he won it, so he was defintely representing Profile, because he's on it. How he managed to marry that girl with his scary facial hair is beyond me, but more power to him...

I think Profile has managed to corner the market on Alley Cat talent in Florida. Great work, guys...

Burd Phillips just hipped me to the trailer for the new Bootleg Sessions DVD.

Bootleg Sessions v.4 HD Fixed Gear DVD full trailer from Ride/Relax Productions on Vimeo.

The race is only 12 days away. A few things worth repeating...

• - $5 (race entry and/or trick contest entry)
• - All bikes welcome.
• - No bag is needed to race.
• - Registration starts at 1PM and the race starts at 3PM.
• - Wear a helmet. Even better, if you wear a helmet on race day you'll get a ten second head start!
• - There will be six checkpoints and two volunteers at each checkpoint. This will keep things moving quickly.
• - The only task required at a checkpoint is that you stop to get credit for being there.

After-party Info...
I just confirmed yesterday that an after-AFTER-party has been set as well. This will take place at Fubar Downtown. 658 Central Avenue St. Petersburg (minutes away from Cafe Bohemia). Huge list of bands and drink specials all night. If you pay for Fixed Fight you'll get in for free. Just keep your wristbands on from the race. Doors will open there at 7PM.

There you go. You have a full day on the 24th. See you ALL there.

"Twenty six inch fixed gear" doesn't have quite the same ring to it that "700CMX" does, but the smaller wheels offer some options that you just can't get otherwise. For one thing, a world of super-stiff downhill and all mountain style rims, such as the Sun MTX series, as well as a lower center of gravity, more toe clearance, shorter spokes, and a wider selection of wide tires.

Tony Fast was interested in trying out 26, so I sent him a couple of Sun rims and some purple prototype "Smooth Bore" Fixed hubs I had lying around waiting for a project. He's pretty stoked on it. You can read all about it, and see a lot more pics over at the Bicycle Revolution (Philadelphia) blog.

Pic stolen from Bicycle Revolution. Thanks!

The "Smooth Bore" (I just made the name up a few minutes ago, it's by no means the final production name) Hubs are prototypes that we made up, and are a hint at what the 2011 Fixed hubs will look like. More changes are being looked at, including drilled flanges and revised or laser etched logos. I would like to look into an ultra light track racing hub, as well as 14mm rear axles. Pegs?

The new hubs will not be available until Interbike in September at the soonest- we have too much other product in the pipeline at the moment.

This has been all over the internets already, but in the off chance that you missed it, here's a vid of Tom and Tony's recent trip to the UK. Really good stuff.

Fixed 4 from Charge Bikes on Vimeo.

The banger is big. From Prolly.

Philly Mix Tape 2 from Drew Leshko on Vimeo.

I will be heading up to Richmond, VA this weekend to attend the North American Hand Made Bike Show this weekend. Every year, this show displays the finest work of small frame builders and component manufacturers. I'm not sure the orgainizers really "get" the whole BMX thing, however, so FBM, Profile Racing, and Brooklyn Machine Works are having a little after-show gathering with pizza and beers at Re-Cycles in Richmond. Info on the poster below:

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I'll be wandering around the show on Saturday, if you see me, stop and say hello. Afterwards, come check out the goodness at Re Cycles. Word from the machine shop is that I'll have one of the first few Elite BMX Hubs with me. Come hear all the clicks!

There's still some confusion out there about Profile NoBoss Cranks and our Bottom Brackets, so allow me to shed some light.

If you want to run 144 or 130 chainrings, or traditional BMX sprockets with Profile Race arms with a sprocket bolt, get the Internal BB and the 5.25" GDH Spindle.

If you want to run the Outboard Bearing BB, you should get the 5.625" GDH spindle, and use one of our Spline Drive Spiders for Outboard BBs". This is all done in the name of giving the straightest chainline possible.

The soon to be released 36 tooth and larger Spline Drive Sprockets will probably work best, from a chainline standpoint, on the Internal Bearing BB. The first sprockets have come off the production line, and are going out to team riders first, and then to anodizing. They will be available to the general public in a few weeks.

I've updated the NoBoss Cranks page in our online store to give you the option of the Outboard Bearing BB. If you order the Outboard BB, it will automatically be shipped with the 5.625" spindle. I've added the BMX Spiders here: http://profileracing.com/estore2/index.php?productid=365 We only have the 4 arm spiders in stock as of today, but the 5 arm 110 spiders should be back from anodizing any day now.