Animal Bikes

Spring Street Ride

April 6, 2023 by Purcey

Join us for a jamtastic adventure. We’re celebrating the good weather the only way we know how! Find all the details after the jump.

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Animal Bikes – Spring 2021 Promo

March 31, 2021 by Purcey

Animal Bikes has released their Spring 2021 Promo online this morning. The video features riding from Nick Bonnell, ‘Mad’ Mike Guth, Harrison Acari, Agustin Gutierrez, Latane Coghill, Chris Silva, Nick Seabasty, Steven Hamilton, George Duran, Martin Ochoa, Ryan Howard, and also introduces South Jersey madman Adem Gunaydin to the team. Congrats to Adem on the pickup!

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Animal Bikes: Joby Suender “Take It” Section

May 25, 2019 by Purcey

Our BMX has uploaded Joby Suender‘s section from Animal Bikes 2018 mixtape, Take It. Joby has a real knack for finding some of the grittiest setups the City of Philadelphia has to offer and riding them with trail-like smoothness and style. Joby also runs the BMXlife program, which aims to help at-risk youths develop healthy lifestyles through BMX. You can pre-order a BMXlife X Illumine Collect shirt through 5/27 which benefits the program and helps get more kids on bikes this summer by clicking here.

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BMXlife X Illumine Collect Collaboration Shirt Pre-Order

May 24, 2019 by Purcey

BMXlife has partnered with Illumine Collect to offer a limited edition T-shirt to benefit the program. For those that don’t know, the BMXlife program is aimed at helping at-risk youths develop healthy lifestyles by getting them involved in BMX. The program is based in North Philadelphia and run by Joby Suender (Animal Bikes / Chocolate Truck) and ODAAT (One Day At A Time). The shirt was designed by Casey Smith and pays homage to the old school era Radical Rick cartoons. The pre-order runs until 5/27; you can pre-order yours by clicking here.

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Animal Bikes – Kensington Cutty

January 30, 2019 by Purcey

Animal Bikes has released a new video online titled ‘Kensington Cutty’ to accompany the re-stock of their new and classic products. ‘Kensington Cutty’ was filmed mostly in Philadelphia and features riding from the Animal Bikes crew and some of their affiliates including Ben Lewis, Kevin Vannauker, Damian Cesepedes, John Yoh, Ginner, Brendon Reith, Steve Tassone, Aeds, Chris Carter and George Duran.

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Animal Bikes Philadelphia

December 26, 2018 by Purcey

While we were digging through the archives in search of material for our annual year-end list of the top 12 videos of the year, this one was notably missing so here it is in the name of good archiving. Better late than never right?

Back in August, Animal Bikes dropped a five and a half minute video online titled ‘Animal Bikes Philadelphia’ shot entirely in the City of Brotherly Love. The video was filmed by Justin Benthien and includes riding from Ben Lewis, Augie Simoncini, Chase Dehart, Matt Miller, ‘Mad Mike’ Guth, and more. The video also serves as an introduction to Animal’s latest pro, Johnny Raekes.

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What I Ride – ‘Mad Mike’ Guth

December 24, 2018 by Purcey

Ride BMX has released a new installment in their “What I Ride” series showcasing ‘Mad Mike’ Guth’s GT Globetrotter / Animal Bikes build. Mike gives you a part-by-part breakdown of his ride complete with mismatched colored pedals, a bullet casing valve cap, and missing bar ends. You can also check out a text list of what Mike is running on his bike by clicking here.

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Interview: Joe Niranonta

February 15, 2018 by Purcey

Joe Niranonta is the definition of the term, working-class BMX rider, juggling a full-time job working in boiler rooms in New Jersey while maintaining his status as an AM rider for Animal and Kink Bikes after hours. In those after hours, Joe can usually be found in the streets of Philadelphia pushing his dreams forward one pedal at a time.

Joe is from Levittown, Pennsylvania and is the oldest of three brothers. All of which ride BMX. For the Niranontas, BMX has become a family trait. One that started with their late father, Paitool, and has transcended through four generations of the family name. On the verge of completing filming for the highly anticipated ‘Chocolate Truck Two’ video, we spoke with Joe about the upcoming video, the launch of the Niranonta brand, how it all started and much more. You can read the full interview, after the jump.

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Action Wheels First Annual Halloween Jam

October 3, 2017 by Purcey

Action Wheels Bike Shop will be hosting their first annual Halloween Jam on Saturday, October 28th at the Keck Skatepark. The jam signifies the end of the annual 2Dodgy Halloween Jams as the torch has been passed on. The jam will begin at 4pm and is sponsored by Merritt, Animal Bikes, The Shadow Conspiracy, Daily Grind, S&M, Kink and many more. Peep the flyer for more details, follow Action Wheels on Instagram for updates and don’t forget to wear your costume!

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Stranded In Philadelphia

September 18, 2017 by Purcey

John Yoh – Opposite Pegs to Toothpick to Hop Over
Photo: Gutstains

Last month, word trickled down the grapevine that Gutstains was in the greater Philadelphia area. If you paid attention, a couple of photos taken by Gutstains turned up on Instagram and he could also be spotted in John Yoh’s first Animal Bikes edit that dropped earlier this month. Ride BMX has a gallery of photos that chronicle Gutstains month long impromptu trip to the City of Brotherly Love accompanied by some written word. Check out all the photos from “Stranded in Philadelphia” written and shot by Tristan Afre (Gutstains) by clicking here.

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