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The wethepeople "CRS FC 20" BMX Bike - Trans Berry Blast | Freecoaster comes as FC Version with a freecoaster rear hub, which will give you a freewheel during fakie riding. The wethepeople "CRS FC 20" BMX Bike - Trans Berry Blast | Freecoaster is a very modern and well equipped entry level BMX complete bike which comes for 2021 with fully sealed front and rear hubs! It offers you a very solid and stable equipment with parts like the famous eclat "Bios" pivotal seat, eclat "Surge" pedals or SaltPlus "Geo XL" U-Brake which will have enough spacer for fat tires. Here you already get a frame with a 4130 CrMo downtube that offers more stability and which has a integrated headset (sealed bearing) and a Mid BB (sealed bearing) which is today's standard on modern BMX frames and which makes installation, adjustment and maintance easy. With its 20.25" top tube length the wethepeople "CRS FC 20" BMX Bike - Trans Berry Blast | Freecoaster is the ideal BMX bike for young starters of the BMX sport and offers you the opportunity to let you check skateparks and BMX Street.

• Wheel Size: 20"
• BMX Frame: 1020 HiTen, 4130 CrMo downtube, integrated headset, welded U-brake sockets, Mid-BB
  Top Tube (TT): 20.25"
  Chain Stay (CS): 12.75"
  Head Tube (HA): 75°
  Seattube (SA): 71.5°
  BB-High (BB): 11.75"
  Standover (SO): 8.4"
• BMX Fork: Salt "AM 20", 1020 HiTen, 1-1/8" Ahead with 4130 CrMo steerer tube, 26mm offset
• BMX Bar: Salt "CRS 20", 1020 HiTen, 2-piece
  Height: 8.8"
  Width: 29"
  Backsweep: 11°
  Upsweep: 2°
  Clamping Diameter: 22.2mm
• Grips: Salt "EX", rubber, 154mm, without flange
• Stem: Salt "PRO", topload, 50mm Offset
• Headset: Salt "PRO", integrated headset, sealed bearing
• Gyro: -
• Gyro compatible: Yes
• Brake Lever: Salt "AM", aluminum
• Brake (rear): SaltPlus "Geo XL" U-brake, aluminum
• Seat: wethepeople "CRS" Pivotal, mid-padded
• Seat Post: Salt "AM", Pivotal, aluminum, 25.4mm
• Seat Clamp: eclat "Pure", aluminum
• Pedals: eclat "Surge", plastic
• Chain: Salt "AM" Z1 type, Standard
• Sprocket: Salt "Gateway", steel, 25T
• Crank: Salt "Rookie", 4130 CrMo, 3-piece, 165mm, 8 spline 19mm spindle
• Bottom Bracket: Salt, Mid BB, 19mm, sealed bearing
• Hub (front): Salt "AM", aluminum, sealed bearing, 10mm (3/8") axle, 36H
• Hub (rear): Salt "PRO", freecoaster hub, sealed bearing, 14mm axle, 36H
  Driver: 9T
• Rim (front): Salt "Fraction", aluminum, straight single wall, 36H
• Rim (rear): Salt "Fraction", aluminum, straight single wall, 36H
• Tire (front): Salt "Tracer" BMX tire
  Width: 20" x 2.35"
• Tire (rear): Salt "Tracer" BMX tire
  Width: 20" x 2.35"
• Pegs: -

The wethepeople "Reason FC" BMX Bike - Freecoaster | Matt Translucent Teal Raw Fade has a freecoaster hub which will allow you to ride fakie without pedaling. The wethepeople "Reason FC" BMX Bike - Freecoaster | Matt Translucent Teal Raw Fade is a really great equipped mid-class BMX complete bike with a 20.75" long frame including 100% 4130 CrMo quality with integrated headset and seat clamp, a Mid BB and full removable brake hardware. A high rised 4-piece street style handlebar, fork and the 3-piece crank set are made from 100% 4130 CrMo and build up a stable quality basic. The wheel set includes fully sealed front hub and a SaltPlus "PRO" freecoaster incl. hubguards laced into a double walled rim at the rear. A fat pivotal seat and great quality components like wethepeople "Logic" Pedale, eclat "Talon" U-Brake or wethepeople "Paragon Guard" sprocket made from alloy and nylon guard let the wethepeople "Reason FC" BMX Bike - Freecoaster | Matt Translucent Teal Raw Fade become one of the best mid-class BMX bikes you can get.

Note: The BMX bike comes with preassembled rear brake (U-Brake)

• Wheel Size: 20"
• BMX Frame: 100% 4130 CrMo, tappered top tube and chainstays, removable brakehardware, integrated seatclamp, Mid BB
  Top Tube (TT): 20.75"
  Chain Stay (CS): 12.75"
  Head Tube (HA): 76°
  Seattube (SA): 71°
  BB-High (BB): 11.75"
  Standover (SO): 9"
• BMX Fork: SaltPlus "Reason", 100% 4130 CrMo, 1-piece steerer tube, 15mm offset
• BMX Bar: SaltPlus "HQ", 100% 4130 CrMo, 4-piece
  Height: 9"
  Width: 29.5"
  Backsweep: 11°
  Upsweep: 3°
  Clamping Diameter: 22.2mm
• Grips: wethepeople "Perfect" Grips, flangeless
• Stem: Salt "Zion", topload, 50mm Offset
• Headset: Salt "PRO", integrated headset, sealed bearing
• Gyro: -
• Gyro compatible: Yes
• Brake Lever: Salt "AM", aluminum
• Brake (rear): eclat "Talon" U-brake, aluminum
• Seat: wethepeople "Reason" Pivotal, fat-padded
• Seat Post: Pivotal, aluminum, 200mm, 25.4mm
• Seat Clamp: Integrated
• Pedals: wethepeople "Logic", plastic
• Chain: Salt "AM" Z1 type, standard
• Sprocket: wethepeople "Paragon Guard", 6061-T6 aluminum with nylon guard, CNC, 25T
• Crank: Salt "Revo", 4130 CrMo, 3-piece, square profile, 160mm, 8 Spline 19mm Spindle
• Bottom Bracket: Salt, Mid BB, sealed bearing, 19mm
• Hub (front): Salt "PRO", aluminum, sealed bearing, 10mm (3/8") axle, including 2x SaltPlus "PRO" plastic hubguard, 36H
• Hub (rear): SaltPlus "PRO", Freecoaster, sealed bearing, 14mm axle, including 2x SaltPlus "PRO" plastic hubguard, 36H
  Driver: 9T RHD, sealed bearings
• Rim (front): Salt "Valon", aluminum, single wall, 36H
• Rim (rear): SaltPlus "Summit", aluminum, double wall, 36H
• Tire (front): wethepeople "Activate" BMX tire
  Width: 20" x 2.35"
• Tire (rear): wethepeople "Activate" BMX tire
  Width: 20" x 2.35"
• Pegs: 1 pair x Salt "AM" Peg

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