Codec Projects - S1E5 - Steve Crandall - FBM Bike Co-Drop In Coffee-Rad Share

I’ve know Steve @crandallfbm the longest out of any of the group. I can’t say I’ve spent a ton of time with him in person, but we met way back in ’93(I think) when I drove out to Newburgh, NY for a BMX contest. 

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We were both there to ride and hawk t-shirts. I traded him an Arm & Hammer rip off graphic T from my ingeniously named brand “4130” for a “Fat Bald Man” FBM T. 

I think we both rode in the beginner class since the big boy class consisted of Joe Rich, Luc-e ect.. Steve rode well, bringing his trails style to the plywood and I tried to huck a bunch of shit that I still probably can’t land to this day. I believe I have video footage of this contest somewhere. 

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About half way through one of my runs, I snapped my chain and was about to walk my bike off the course when Steve ran out with a chain breaker. I honestly had never even used one before.  I had always just used a hammer and a flathead screwdriver like a barbarian. Steve fixed it in no time flat and I was able to finish up my run. 

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After the comp we exchanged info and he invited me to come and hang out in Ithica. We talked on the phone, but I never did make that journey. 

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We ran into each other randomly at different events of the next few decades and it was always a good time. When I had the opportunity to do @411vm BMX I asked him to do a “Day In The Life” article and he couldn’t have been cooler about it. 

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I’m pretty sure he got the first and last run of my t-shirts, but Steve stuck with his vision and grew FBM into a full blown bike manufacturing company. It was an easy decision to ask Steve to be a part of DSIL and I’m eternally grateful for his participation. 

You can follow Steve at dropincoffee.com, @dropincoffee, radshare.com, @radshare