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Good question! This particular Torker frame and fork is a pre-production model and is the only 26” Torker Freestylist in existence. The ones they eventually sold are 29”. We were given this frame and fork by Bill Ryan, the owner of Supercross BMX, the company that brought back the Torkers. Thanks for the comment and for watching!! 🤙🏼

This one is too big but they do make a smaller one that could I think! Thanks for watching another one my friend! 🤙🏼

Welcome to the channel! Check out our new Torker build as we’re building a rare 26” Torker Freestylist! Thanks for the comment and for watching!! 🤙🏼

Thanks man! We are very blessed with being able to live here! Thanks for the comment and for watching! 🤙🏼

You’ll need to come out here one of these days!! 🤙🏼

I agree that it sucks that they only offer portrait mode video files. I would love to see widescreen, landscape mode instead or have the ability to swap them. They did increase video length to 3 min now but yeah, only having video in portrait is a hard no for some people. I hope they can add landscape video to this in the future! Thanks for the comment and for watching! 🤙🏼

Are you thinking it should be smaller? I’m curious to know your thoughts on the geometry. Appreciate your comment and watching the video! 🤙🏼

@@cruisinginthe808 what I’m saying is the top bar on the frame has no lean it looks more mountain bikeish there’s no lean angle so wheelies wouldn’t be great I bet it’s a great cruiser I think gt haro se are your wheelies bikes

It does have mountain bike feels and I think it’s because of the larger frame size. We each have our own likes and dislikes and not every bike will fit our needs. Appreciate you watching and sharing your comments! 🤙🏼

@@cruisinginthe808 cheers buddy Australia here I got a Maui blue gt world tour 29 when I come to hawaii someday we will hang out

All great bikes!! 🤙🏼

Yeah it was a shock to everyone in the BMX community. He was a true BMX legend for sure and will be missed by many. Thanks for the comment and for watching! 🤙🏼

It kinda has that brushed look to it. It’s not like the frame but I’m not sure if it will be better in the production model. Thanks for the comment and for watching! 🤙🏼

What size bike do you think you’d want? Have you had a chance to ride any yet? The 24 is the closest to what we knew back as a kid. It’s smaller and much easier to handle. The bigger you go up from there adds stability but you then have a harder time to rip it up on a track or jumps. Not sure what you want to ride this for. If you’re just looking to cruise around any of the SE bikes are good. Same with the Monzas that just came out with a 27.5 they have as a pre-order right now. My best advice is to see if you can get to a local bike shop to jump on a few to see what you like the best. Good luck man and keep us posted on what you decide to get! 🤙🏼

@@cruisinginthe808 thanks bro will let you know what I go for.

You make a great point here about the value and so thank you for bringing this up. To make a bike like this while also trying to keep the price point down is tough. You see it with other companies like SE and Throne. You can easily rock the bikes from any of these companies as is and you'd be fine. But each one, including Monza, has to use cheaper parts for the mass production of several hundred bikes. This model we have right now is a pre-production one and so not all of the parts, like the pedals, are what will come on the bike. I can't speak for them on what other parts might look like but in talking to them, the pedals might be really the only part, aside from the bottom bracket moving to a mid, that will change. What's important to consider is the bigger size of the frame and fork, the rims, and tires. All of those bigger pieces will cost more so it's expected that the price has to go up. Now back when the Monza 24 first came out, I want to say it was like $899? Then as the bike high everyone was one after the pandemic was over, you saw a lot of prices come down because everyone had so much stock left over. Same held true with Monza as they dropped their prices on the 24 and the 26. In talking with them, they are a small company run by a handful of guys like you and me who have a passion for BMX. They said that the cost of everything has gone up since their last run of bikes. Just about every facet of the bike industry has seen price increases. Take shipping for example. It used to cost us maybe $100-$150 to ship a bike to Hawaii. Now it costs 2-3 times that. If Monza includes "free" shipping, they are still having to pay for that and so margins are going to be affected. Getting back to the 26 model for $900, this new 27.5 has all sealed bearings now, has better chromoly cranks, and is bigger for a price point of $1095. That's just $200 over the original cost of the 24. They even provided our viewers with a code, 808FRIENDS, for $100 off which brings it down to $995. For what you are getting for a grand in the improvements and bigger size, with the rising costs all around, to me, you are at a common price point for a bike like this with these kinds of parts. Using our code actually makes this a very good price point, at least in my opinion. One more thing, if you look at their new pre-orders for the next batch of their 24s, you can see just how much more it's costing them to produce this bike. The 24 now only comes with Skyways and it's up to $1,195 for chrome and white and $1,395 for their gold version. I can assure you, in my talks with Thomas over at Monza, they are not making a ton of money off of these new prices. The higher costs are going into the higher costs of running a business in 2025. I hope this helps to shed more light on the higher costs. I feel you man, prices are higher everywhere and I really appreciate you bringing up this point about the overall value. I hope that I helped to bring more of an understanding to these new prices but in the end, it's totally your decision as the consumer on whether or not you feel the bike has a value for that price. My apologies for the lengthy response but I didn't want you to think they were just trying to rip people off. I've been working with them for a few years now and they have been just solid people and want to do right by the BMX community. Thanks again for your comment and for watching the video! Much appreciated! 🤙🏻

@@cruisinginthe808 thanks man for taking the time to respond!

Like turn this into a 9 speed like the Fast Ripper? That is a good question that unfortunately I cannot answer. Do geared big BMX bikes have a larger space for the rear wheel?

I'm almost certain the rear dropout spacing on this bike is 110mm. Most internally geared hubs are like 135+. There are many big BMX bikes with wider spacing though.

@@cruisinginthe808 Yep! Some are 135mm, some are 142mm, probably others as well. I'm guessing this Monza, like many standard BMX bikes, has 110 rear spacing. With a steel bike, you can bend the frame around 5mm if you are very careful, but I wouldn't try that with an aluminum frame, but I have seen it done. Definitely don't try to fit a 135 hub into a 110 frame though!

Gary is a good dude and I was blessed to meet and talk with him! His bikes are amazing! Thanks for the comment and for watching! 🤙🏻

That's a good point! I never thought about not having a ton of tire choices for that size. Hopefully this brings more to the table! Thanks for the comment and for watching! 🤙🏻

Thank you so much for that kind comment Shawn! We had a blast and can't wait to go back next year! Thanks the comment and for watching! 🤙🏻

Thanks man! Appreciate you! 🤙🏻

I looked into this today and this is so weird.....I can confirm that the files are HEIF and HEVC on my iPhone yet on the Ray Ban Meta website, (www.meta.com/help/smart-glasses/articles/ray-ban-meta/capture-media-ray-ban-meta-smart-glasses/) it says that the photos are captured using JPEG and MP4 format. That's clearly not happening. So I then checked my phone's camera settings to confirm that my photos shoot in JPEG and they do. I just wanted to be sure that this wasn't an iPhone setting because you can use Apple's codec for smaller sizes. I don't know why it now captures in HEIF and HEVC unless that came with some sort of update and they never updated the website? When I exported a photo, this is how mine was named - photo-2004_singular_display_fullPicture.jpeg. I'm using a Mac desktop if that makes any difference. Sorry that I couldn't be of more help! I do appreciate you watching though!

Funny you should ask this because we just did a few videos on the new Monza 27.5 that is coming out soon. Check it out here ---> First Look at the New Monza 27.5 BMX Cruiser! th-cam.com/video/cExiJVIkL7s/w-d-xo.html

And we also compared this to their 26 ----> Comparing the new Monza 27.5 XL Cruiser to the Monza 26! #bmxcruiser th-cam.com/video/GhQ_CAAhdZo/w-d-xo.html Hope this helps and thanks for watching!

The beartraps have that old school look to them for sure but Monza has said that they are going with platforms for the production model. Thanks for watching! 🤙🏻

Thank you and thanks for watching! 🤙🏻

You should give them a call and let them know you miss 'em! Life is too short man.... Appreciate the comment and you watching! 🤙🏻

Thanks man! Yeah, we lucked out with the cruise ship leaving the harbor that day. It would have been rad for Bernie to ride the 24 to compare them all. Maybe if I still have the bike and he's free, we can still do that. I'm not sure how much longer I'll have it. Yeah, side by side you can see the geometry differences. Thanks for the comment and for watching another one! 🤙🏻

It is! That colorway is sick! Thanks for the comment and for watching! 🤙🏻

Aloha Carlos! Thanks for joining us on another ride! 🤙🏻

We wont be making any 26” bikes in this production run scheduled for delivery in March 2025. But keep your eyes open. The planning is still open after that. It may return in an upcoming release. Have a great evening /Team Monza

@@monzabicycleclub9831 Okay thanks for the reply,,i just bought a 27.5 and a 24" off you 5 mins ago since no 26"s are not in the pipeline,,i just seen nostalgic neighborhoods video on the 27.5 as well and im sold its gonna be a fantastic bike,i ordered the 27.5 in black and gold and haven't seen a video on this particular color pattern yet so i hope it looks as beautiful as the 24" chrome and gold 😉

That gold one is🔥!

We need to get that pump track built here on our island! 🤙🏻

Totally agree! If you want to be more aggressive, the smaller 24 or 26 will help you do that. If you want to just cruise (like us old guys), the 27.5 is perfect. Thanks for the comment and for watching! 🤙🏻