EMMA FINNEGAN KINK & DEMOLITION BMX BIKE CHECK

We love us some Emma Finnegan! From Liverpool, UK, Emma joined us in Montpellier, France for an updated look at her Kink & Demolition BMX build. This is her bike check, enjoy!

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good hey i’m emma figan and this is my bike check what am i doing with my hand here we have the frame so this is the kink nate williams frame in a 20.5 uh it’s the smallest one cuz i’m only 5’2 um but it fits nice it’s got a short back end so it’s good for hops in my favorite color orange it’s like a copper and i also love this kink badge that i’ve put on the front it’s like a cool metal effect and it’s got like the kink k on the front nate williams signature king frame is the help frame so we’ve got this cool help decal on um i also added my own uh kink bmx sticker down here too and then obviously got to represent cliche crew shout out to all the girls got the demolition bars i think they’re nine yeah okay we’re going to go with that cuz i’m pretty sure they’re nine it’s 9 in isn’t it uh they’re 9 in high with the demolition grips as well these are super soft favorite grips i’ve ever ridden and i’m not just saying that i’ve got them in the white and black marble which i think looks cool with the orange just it pops a little bit so i’ve got them sitting on the kink high-rise bars in 48 mm top loads which feels really nice for hops and bar spins i noticed that your bars are like just slightly forward was that done purposely good i yeah it is it is on purpose i have them like just slightly forward from the forks um i just like to feel like i’m on top of them and they’re not like on me too much um so i feel like this feels like quite comfy for me personally so i’m riding the kink vogue forks in black 25 mm i’ve got the demolition zero rims with the demolition whistlerite hubs feel nice sound good so the rear hub i’m riding a cassette i like the cassette cuz i like the engagement when i’m doing half cabs i like that pedal pressure so it feels good on top of the rims i’ve got the demolition momentum tires and these are my favorite tires that i’ve ever ridden they’re super soft super sticky not slippy at all and i’ve got these in the 2.2 shout out hubs and cycles that recently closed down i know rip 15 years strong i’m also riding tai spokes in a raw i thought they were worth the investment cuz they’re lighter and i’m only small so i don’t break too many of them so i’ve got three king drift pegs 4.8 in two on the front one on the back so you tried two but then i put one extra one in the front so that i could learn crook grinds i went with the plastics instead of the metal because it’s lighter and when you grind it on the stone it just feels so much butterier butterier is that a word it is feels like butter [Music] basically good [Applause] [Music] morning so i’ve got the kink brace cranks in 160 mm again i have the short ones just because i’ve got little legs and they just feel better to pedal so i’m riding on the kink imprint sprocket i’ve got this one in silver and i can’t tell you how many compliments i get from this cuz everyone says it looks like it’s diamonds so it’s got like a a cool texture to it and it catches the light it looks like it’s covered in diamonds which is cool i’ve got the demolition tuber alloy pedals in black and i took the pins out on this side um so that i could learn pedal slides and contradictory to the pegs i’ve got the metal ones just because i like the metal pins because they grip um onto my shoes so we’ve got the kink the williams seat and it’s in this really cool like corduroy material it’s super comfortable nice and padded and that’s sitting on top of a kink seat post as well which has a good height to it so you can have it super high pinch the seat make it a cruiser or you could put it low as well i think with the height i just stood on the pedals and like pinched my legs together and just put it at a height that felt like i had a good pinch for when i throw bars and then sometimes i’ll put it low um but mostly mostly i ride it like this like a bit of height yeah it looks good it feels good and it’s just perfect for my style of riding a nice street setup uh good for pedaling grinding and then even when you want to hit the box jumps it’s ready to go as well well that’s my bike check find some clips of me riding it on my instagram emma finno and yeah over and out that actually worked on the last one so good shing it out why did i do it first try just then no