BTS - Rick Moliterno & Standard Byke Co (Parts 1-4)
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
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We originally produced this as a 4 part series for the ESPN website in the summer of 2015 but we're re-up'ing here with all parts together in case anyone missed it. Happy 51st birthday Rick!
Last year we visited Davenport, IA and shot an extensive interview with BMX legend and Standard co-founder Rick Moliterno. This 4 part mini-documentary series tells the story of Rick’s early beginnings, the founding of Standard Byke Company, a subsequent move to an in-house machine shop, a look at Rick’s current riding, thoughts on past and current team riders, what the future holds for Standard and much more.
Part 1: Moliterno discusses his rise through the pro ranks and the decision to start Standard Byke Co.
Part 2: Moliterno discusses the early innovations in BMX technology made through Standard Byke Co.
Part 3: Moliterno discusses his current relationship with riding, and enjoys a mini ramp session on his indoor ramp setup.
Part 4: Moliterno discusses what it takes to keep the Standard team going, and plans for the future with SBC.
Produced and edited by Chris Rye for ESPN/Props.
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RICK MOLITERNO FOR LIFE. I'm down with SBC forever.
great quote "when BMX is in your blood, it really never goes away"!
- Rick Moliterno
❤
Best BMX’ER EVER
It is SO TRUE!!! I have been itching to get back on a BMX for some time now, but it has been a pain to get a bike. I stumbled across a beautiful TAO, and was able to close the deal. It is on the way to me now, and this video made me feel so good about my decision. I remember Molinterno when I was a kid. Now I can ride a bike built by a great guy. Thanks Rick!! 👊❤️
I've riden standard since 2000 with my blood red standard trails 250 i was in love with that bike and in 2005 i had it stolen from me and if anyone really owned a standard bike you remember the tag for warranty you filled out and sent back well i contacted standard bike co and i got a personal response from rick himself!! he researched my frame and helped me and wrote a letter to prove to my families home owners insurance what i owned so i could once again purchase a standard and ride again. ill never forget that ….rick you kick ass bud thanks for being a stand up business man and a true bmx legend
Man I had almost the same experience. Except I had a black sta500.
That's awesome. He put a new back end on my STA with a fresh paint job. He really went above all when it came to the warranty.
I've always considered Rick and Chris (S&M) heroes. They had a dream and followed it successfully. They should be an inspiration to any BMX rider.
Steve Crandall, too. Those FBM A.O.D frames were like the S.T.A. 4130 Chromoly and indestructible bikes for the crazy mid school era.
@@robertcooney1938 Agree.
Respect to rick and for holding it down all these years. Always wanted one of their frames back when In the day, glad they're still in business!
This is so awesome in sooo many ways! Rick seems like a good solid respectful man with tons of wisdom. A true craftsman with integrity. Still have my Standard Lengthy frame and whoa is it beefy!!
The best bike company ever. Thanks Rick for keeping it real.
So much respect for standard byke Co. And for Rick, I started riding in 96 and they were the best of the best then and they always put integrity first and continue that same mindset and quality today, awesome stuff! Keep riding Rick you are still inspiring me to this day!
I live in davenport, always like seeing Rick ride...his park rampage was the best since 89... bought my first skateboard vision gonz deck from him at bike&hike in 85'...
☆SBC country♧
Remembering getting my first Standard Lengthy in the early 90s - all their products were strong as f***- a real game changer at that time....
Rick M. is a true freestlyer having so much Talent : Overall Riding, Business and Relations.....amazing.
Thanks for everything man
Always love standard bikes 👍👍👍
This is awesome. You all are awesome.
I rode my sta 500 hard for 8 years until it was stolen. Standard is what inspired to learn to weld. Been a top of the line tig welder for 15 years now, just wish I kept up with the riding. I've always loved what this company stands for. Much love from the south of Boston.
Loved my STA back in the day. I bent the back end and they put a new back end and a fresh paint job on it. I still have that frame. It really was pretty much indestructible.
I still got my 2003 Standard SAT ox!!! just a piece of art!!!
GREAT COMPANY AND AMAZING RIDER !! MOLITERNOS RULES!! BMX LEGEND
Thank you Rick!!!! Alabama Boy
Rick "GURU" Moliterno before i saw this vid I said I would never give up my Standard 125R Now that I seen this, it will be mine till my last breath! Thanks Rick for being one of my Heros as a kid!
I discovered Standard in may 1999 at Cycology bmx shop, in Sydney Australia. The owner Terry Bourke introduced me to the whole range of Standard frames, 125's, 250's etc. The colours were mesmerising, the geometry was amazing and they just looked totally sick. I rode most of those frames over the next couple of years. Terry told me all about Rick and Standard, rider owned and made in the U.S.A in of all places Iowa. I had returned to bmx just 3 months before after being away from it since 85. Because of that day, meeting Terry and learning about Standard i never stopped riding again. I had been skateboarding since 93, from that day in may 99 i never rode a skateboard again. I had returned to my first true love BMX. Later i became friends with Terry who was a good friend of Ricks and was the Australian distributor for Standard and still is to this day. He would tell me crazy stories about the standard compound when he went to stay at Ricks, the barn with the ramps and Rick and the standard crew getting loose with some crazy sessions. 18 years have passed since that first time at Cycology i still talk to Terry occasionally but we text regularly. To this day Terry still rides his black 125 from like 1999. He rode today actually.
Rick Moliterno you truly are a bmx legend. As a rider your skills are unbelievable, they always were, as a team manager your ability to spot and nurture real talent was pure genius, as a company owner/operator your integrity and commitment is above reproach and as a person, like the few who are truly talented or gifted being misunderstood or hated on comes with the territory but for me Rick you were and are still all class !!!
STANDARD 4 LIFE !!!!!!!!!
You're we're always someone I looked up to when I was kid!!
AMAZING!!! Rick is a very cool guy! Has been nothing but good to me. STA will always be one of my fav companies!
brilliant big thanks rick nice to no im not alone @50 on bmx
44 here on a bmx.
I bought a standard STA frame and standard forks after i owned the Haro 540 Air and broke the gusset in the front in a week, glad to see your still at it and glad you make a good product still.
Niice.. Awesome to see Rick still kickin it old styley with front brakes and sliders! That massive feeble though...?!
I have had my Standard Trail boss since 1998 and still ride it, Just had it repainted at a body shop and ordered new stickers from Standard, Thanks Rick for the best bike I have ever owned!!!!!!!
Ricks the real deal. Standard for life!
I’m still on my 2003 aftermarket pro team condor I built up in 2004 , it’s black , I added Alex supra E 48H front hub is xs4x4 v-2, rear hub odyssey v-3 cassette, 94 Ramp room love handles (removable grip tubes small gussets , all black and 43 lbs bomb proof tank 🎉long live life behind bars 😊
Hell Yeah! Rick is legendary.
Been a loyal Standard owner since the beginning with the 1992 Standard Shorty, then a 1996 Standard Tao Paul Osicka (my favorite flatlander of the 90s), then rode a Morales for a grip. Fast forward 20 years I just turned 46 and built up a sick 26" DJ . Went to the park with my kid. 20 minutes into it, I bailed and tore my ACL doing a freaking manual -- a freaking manual that I have done thousands of times before SMH... This is my second ACL injury and it may be time to keep both wheels planted on the ground... Not!
rick is the man, all philisophical now.I'm gettin sentimental.
Nice, 63 was my best racing number... I ended up 2 in the district the next year! I also owned a Standard STA... during my prime in freestyle! me and Rick are bro's i guess! lol
Amazing !
I will always always always ride a Standard. Here's why, I have never found a frame with a better feel.
That's cool to see Ricky riding, and in on the building of Awesome Fucking Bikes.I still have my 1994 Standard Lengthy, and the only way it will leave ever me is when my youngest of 3 sons needs it. ;-)
Amen to that Mr Moliterno !
oh thats it !!! always loved em now i need one !!! im getting a bike built by rick!!! great.
Standards the best
I still have an STA hangin in my garage. Standard t shirts & stickers . 46 and still live bmx with the kids.
Thanks Rick
When my 250l got stolen , that day forever changed me. Now I’m a vigilante
Same when my STA got stolen luckily i came across it in a backyard a few weeks later kinda destroyed but i stole it back and rebuilt it
Still ride my tao today. Bought it for my graduation in 98'
Thank you props!
i’m old school BMX er my favorite cruiser has been a standard 125 before that Robinson and JMC Redline Webco race NBL ABA NATIONALS !!! HATS OFF TOO THE Companies that build in the United States they don’t outsource for profit CANT SAY THAT ABOUT THE PLANE COMPANY THAT I LIVE BYE.......
Had a gen 2 lengthy for quite a while in the mid 90s. Been riding mountain bikes for the last decade and miss my roots. Though I’m much older now and wouldn’t do the crazy shit I used to, I still have the urge to build another one. Might be time to give them a call and have a custom built made up for me..
7:52 best line in bmx
Rick give me props for landing a brakeless back pedaling 540 tap on a 7ft pipe at 4 seasons Madison park years back.
how I miss my Standard shorty :(
Any one remember the camp paint on the sta frames that was sick back in 2001i had a standard lengthy that was a strong ass frame
I bought my 2000 standard sta in murraysville pa off of brandon punjab who worked there I ride those trails in pgh with Chris doyle there called section 22
rode an sta for years!
still riding the same STA frame from 2000!
7:53 the classic Rick Moliterno add \m/
Love my trails 250!!!!!!
standard frames are the best...i remember mid 90s having one was a huge deal....hoffmann was great in the early days but the quality is not what it used to be.
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I had an early Tao frame and regrettably sold it when lost interest in flat. Since then i never found a modern flat bike ridable!
definitely wanting a Standard now. #respect. I weld and Ride but ppl would freak when they hear that im not a pro and am trying to sell a product haha
Might bust a frame out this year.
I'm buying a 250l
I've cracked 2 Haro Master frames.It flipped me out to hear Rick was breaking 4 of them a month.I bet Haro didn't like that at all.
So if you stopped riding, you'd stop and sell it all? I don't get that. I'm just reminded of the legends who wiped their hands with bmx never to be heard of again. R.L., Josh White, Gary Ellis, etc.
Song?
sta 500!
do history research cook brothers bmx out of santa ana did the threadless stem back in 1977
Yes but it was just that bike and it wasn't 1 1/8 thredless like rick made
The thing that holds the tubes in the rights spots I forget the name of it. That thing is pure fucking sex