Can you help? Murat Özdemir stolen.

Mark Locke reached out with some sad news following the King of Rollers event in Birmingham at the weekend. One for the flatland community to help if they can.

Hi there, our flat brother Murat Özdemir from Manchester here in the UK has recently had his bike stolen and is struggling to source all the parts to get something close to what he had.

It’s meant he’s been out of action for a while so if anyone from the flat community has anything for a good price or even for free they could donate that would be amazing.

NB he’s not asked for help and is a proud fella, this is our idea cos he’s a good guy and a great rider and deserves some help to get him back rolling.

He’s looking for a frame between 18 and 18.6 TT (and may get a frame from Flatlandfuel), but any help on helping get close to the rest of the spec would be so appreciated!

Frame : Ares Bikes Garuda 2008 17.7”
Fork : Ares Bikes Garuda Black
Handlebar : Khe Bikes Chris Böhm Sig. 8”Black
Stem : S&M Bikes Redneck FLT silver
Grips : Odi Soft X- Longneck Black
Barends : Ares Bikes Eighty-Eight Ti
Headset : Odyssey Conical Silver
BB Set : Odyssey Euro 19mm
Crank Set : RNC 2 Pieces Ti 19mm Ti Color
Sprocket : Profile Spline 19mm 23T Black
Pedal : Moto Reflex Flat
Chain : Odyssey Bluebird Regular Silver
Tensioner : Gusset Black
Seat : Odyssey Pivotal Aitken Black
Seatpost : Flat Society Ti Pivotal
Seat Clamp : RNC Ti
Rims : Sun Envy Rear 36H Black
Spokes : Odyssey (Front) Dt Swiss (Back) Black
Front Hub : Madera Pilot V2 36H Black
Freecoaster : FEC 36H Famale Ti Black
Tires : Radio Oxygen Folding 1,95 (Front) 1,75 (Back)
Tubes : Schwalbe 20”
Rim Tape : Velox
Front Pegs : Autum Mo-Rich Silver
Rear Pegs : Armour Bikes Mad Ti Silver
Brake Lever : Dia-Comp Tech 99 Left Black Silver
Brakes : Odyssey Evo 2.5 Black
Brake Cable : Odyssey Linear K-Shield Black

Murats IG: Muratozdemirbmx.

Email: azartwork.uk@gmail.com

Must Watch: Osaka Tour / Yu Katagiri & Friends

Great to see some fresh Yu Katagiri and Takato Moriya footage out of Japan, throw in a TEP posse edit and you know your onto a winner. Great mix in styles between Yu Katagiri, Yuta Watanabe, Sota Watanabe, Kota Ikeda, and Takato Moriya.
Yu’s banger at 1:10 had me hitting the rewind numerous times to work what he did, good mixes in styles between all the riders, short and sweet with Takato finishing their visit to Osaka at 2:53 with more back wheel craziness.
I love to see this out of the Japanese riders, we don’t see enough of these guys on the site!

Dan Margetts & Mario Carelse win King of the Rollers at Birmingham NEC

It’s been a good day at the Birmingham NEC, lot of memories competing for years at this venue. Today it was the annual King of the Rollers contest at the National Cycling Show.

Congratulations to the winners in Pro, Dan Margetts had an amazing first run lacing everything with speed and authority, followed by Matti Hemmings and James White in third.

PRO.

Dan Margetts 

Matti Hemmings 

James White

Aran Gillan

Remus Simion

Steve Green

Yinka Thomas 

Misael Mizo 

Dino Jeffers 

Amos Burke 

In Am, TGM Maz was on a mission and stomped a flawless run to take the win, followed Mr Roll-on Flatland himself, Mike O’Connell who had a great second run linking together all his g-turn multiple fire hydrant combos and Steve Rooke nailed his nemesis, the cyclone to rope-a-roni.

AM.

Mario Carelse

Mike O’Connell

Steve Rooke 

Matt Dyer

Ellis Morgans

James Ovens

Next event up in the UK, the Easter jam at Southsea Skatepark, on Saturday 19th April.