I’m not really sure where, or if, I ever fully had the chance to get to know Matt Desson. I think the first time I saw him was in Edmonton for Street Justice in 2006 and I think we only said like two words to eachother. The next time I met him was for Not So Metro in 2007. He flew in to ride the contest, and I only vaguely remember saying hello, and seeing him yell across the street to talk shit on some mountain bikers. He came to Winnipeg in the spring to shoot some photos with David for an interview in RED Magazine and I spent three hours putting all the questions together and getting him to answer them, except the whole thing got cancelled when David decided to stop doing RED. We’ve been sitting on it for a while, and with the launch of our new website, we decided there’s really no better time to put it out then now.
I hate reading interviews with inside jokes, and stories that are only funny if you were there. These questions were about finding out how Matt Desson really feels about riding bikes, and his attitude towards it all. He’s a well rounded dude, and he certainly knows what’s up. So, finally, we can present the Matt Desson Interview.
Welcome back. Repset is now fully operational, and ready to go. We’re moving back to purely original content, finally. This switch will bring along less frequent updates, but we’ve compensated for that with new features. We’re still going to behave like every other bmx blog and recycle content, but you’ll be able to find it simply by peeking upwards into the linkfeed. This is a constantly (and easily, thus consistently) updated list of links to anything and everything we might find interesting. You’ll also notice we have a photo-of-the day widget alongside the linkfeed as well, which is also constantly updated. So, once again, without further ado, you may now set Repset back to your homepage and be greeted with something new every time you visit.
To go along with our site launch, we’ve printed two t-shirts. We have a new design for the Winnipeg cats, and a reprint of the classic Mo Repset Mo Bitches tee in four new colours. The tees haven’t come back from the printer yet, but for those of you who want to reserve a size and colour (which seems to always be a huge problem), we’ve opened up pre-orders for the time being.
Pure self hype, haha. In the spirit of making our front page look nice for the revamp, a content scrape is in effect. In case you missed them, the three Summer Jumpoffs that have been scattered through these pages in between lame and incosistent updates. From newest to oldest.
After much thought and deliberation, this review has finally come together. Introducing the official review of the Seshin Chilko Bars ($56 shipped!)
After originally riding them on my bike for a week or so, and thinking really hard about what I’d want to say about them, I realized a couple things that I figure I should mention before I start. Bars are bars, and after switching my front end set up a whole ton between these, Sunday Triumphs, Mutiny Glams, Fit Sky Highs, Fit Northwests, and my current big ass Subrosas, I realized it really is just down to a few basic fundamentals of bar picking.
To tie-in with Monday a little bit, here’s a photo of The Donn and myself, respectively. Hopefully the U.K. life updates keep coming in. Crazy euros know how to do it. Peep them full size after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Straight outta the U.K., The Donn sent me this mini-edit to promote the Hull scene edit. Winnipeg cats should be stoked on this because it’ll feature some of the dope U.K. dudes who stopped by our lovely city this summer. Get excited.
Nick Busato always has a spot on Repset for a bike check. Besides having the most dialed bike ever, he takes really nice pictures of it. Kind of weird in a way, and I’m wondering what his neighbors think, but nonetheless his bike is rad as fuck and Repset approved.
No idea where Dan Cook (pictured) or Carl are right now, but we can assume they’ve been keeping busy. Rad photo from a famous spot. Check out the full photo after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
