Matt Sparks bike check

Sparks has always been known for having a pretty custom bike.  His newest one may be the most custom one yet.  I bet you did a double take when you saw the photo above.

Grim reaper style cut outs in the headtube and bottom bracket.

New Snafu forks 08' Lite forks

Removed the seat tube...who needs it?

Fly Brake, new Snafu lite cranks and 08' sprocket

Custom CNC'ed smooth Profile hubs front and rear

Solid Bikes Custom - 20" TT, Spanish BB, 5 1/2 lbs the way it looks now.
Snafu 08 Lite forks
Snafu 08 Morgan Stem (not shown)
Snafu 08 Sissy Lite bars w/ thread in bar ends
DUO Doyle grips
Snafu Mobeous Gyro Spinner
ODY m2 Lever
Snafu Stump post with a wedge system
Premium Fat Pivotal Seat
Snafu 08 Sprocket - 25T and 7075
Snafu Prototype cranks (5 months in still on my first set)
Primo Stricker Pedals
Fly Bikes Brakes
Snafu Kevlar folding tire on front 2.20
KHE Kevlar folding tire on back 1.85
Custom profile mini front hub laced to a Sun Rhyno Lite 36
Custom profile mini rear laced to a 7KA - Drilled with 14mm holes
8T Profile driver
Shadow half link chain - accept no imitations.
DK Double butted spokes on both wheels.
Ti studs, front n back.

Sponsors - Albe's and Snafu

CHECK THE UPDATE ON THE SPARKS BIKE HERE (11/14/07)

Comments

[dan]

i hope he dies from this, it is retarded.

[alex]

wow thats the dumbest thing i ever seen, im with dan.

[Turnbuckle]

good way to fuck up a legendary frame!

[Sparks]

Thanks to Todd n Flip @ Albes, Mike Collins @ Snafu, Tony D @ Haro, Scot Towne, and Sean Miksys. You guys make this shit possible.

ps. No, your retarted.

[wethefeeble]

my frame weighs 5lbs and I havent chopped it up and never will!

[flip @ albe's]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!

[gob]

Speaking as a Profile Racing representative, DO NOT DO THIS TO YOUR PROFILE HUBS. YOU WILL DAMAGE THEM. Sparks is clearly a special induvidual with special skills. You, on the other hand, are not. The cnc work on the rear hub in particular is dangerously close to the drive side bearing seat, so it wouldn't surprise me if the drive side hub flange tears off it eventually. Obviously, any warranty on any part is null and void as soon as you take any cutting tool to it. Save yourself a lot of headaches and potentially serious bodily damage and do not modify any bicycle part unless you're an engineer or a machinist yourself.

[james]

and there was me thinking profiles warranty was null and void as soon as you took the part out the box...

[pip]

ur tying two granny knots in a loop and it aint happening

[Dan]

Actually you are retarded.

Maybe you should go to school, learn some things, then come back.

[mb]

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/4111/pict1sg6gc7.jpg

that's my S3,i've cut the toptube (who needs it?),now i have a lot of room for whips etc..

[sparks]

gob- we actually split the first rear hub in half on the lathe, got too close to that driver ring, gotta new hub and completely avoided that part, you can still see the profile style machining in the picture, as far as on the driver side.

if your reading this, EVERYONE agrees that this is how a profile hub should look. get on it.

ps. no, your retarted.

[todd...]

i remember just a few years ago when everyone was chopping their seven inch high bars down to twenty inches wide because it helped with bar spin tricks, now all those same people are running eight and a quarter rise bars. before any of you start with the shit talking stop and think about what your own set up may be like six months from now. nutty things like this can either be the start of a trend or a dumb mistake, only time will tell. and i'll bet if de-tubing your frame starts showing up more often each and every one of you will have the ol' hack saw out faster than Dave Mirra can cash an Oxy check.

[wafnsklf]

^^^^ NO

[Luke]

What is the Weight?

[cornfed]

You should put one of those spring loaded toilet paper thingies from the bathroom in the open seat tube space and mount up a roll of T.P.

That would look sweet.

[Kieran]

fuck everyone else that is sick

[Dan]

YOU'RE RETARDED.

MOTHERFUCKING GRAMMAR.

[pee sha]

It's great to see function and common sense thrown to the curb just to save a couple grams. Next you should get out the power drill and put holes in everything, save ya a gram or so.

What a joke...

[JASPER]

WHAT A BUNCH OF HATERS. I'VE RODE TWICE AT TRP WITH HIM ONE OF THE TIMES WE PULLED OUT A CINDER BLOCK AND A X-GAMES RAMP AND HAD A JUMP CONTEST WHICH HE ENTERED EVERYTHING SEEMS TO HOLD UP FINE PEOPLE SAID EASTERN WAS STUPID AT FIRST WHEN THEY WANTED TO PUT CUT OUTS IN A FRAME LOOK AT THEM NOW EVERY ONE RIDES THOSE REAPERS. WAY TO KEEP IT FRESH SPARKS! DON'T LISTEN TO THE HATE.KEEP SHREDIN! ALSO ARE YOU HAVING A HALLOWEEN PARTY KEEP US POSTED

[lame]

your bikes not too heavy, your just too weak... eat your Wheaties lil' punks

[jc]

sparks=vampier

[creeden]

frames are geometrically designed to support and transfer engery through the frame. that shits going to fold.

[conniewest]

i dont even know what to say about this thing all i know is that frame doesnt look safe at all but if it works out after a couple months its gunna be the new thing for everyone out there trying to save a couple ounces i shouldnt be talking though with a 21 pound bike haha

[conniewest]

i dont even know what to say about this thing all i know is that frame doesnt look safe at all but if it works out after a couple months its gunna be the new thing for everyone out there trying to save a couple ounces i shouldnt be talking though with a 21 pound bike haha