Inside the FBM Bike Company Warehouse

Originally from an article hosted on ESPN, Shot by Matty Brown, this shows some behind the scenes of a Friendly Bike Manufacturing company based in Upstate Ny...

[@bmxdestroy]

Man i miss FBM!

[@uber_na_d3r]

Im fucking proud of owning again my FBM Autopilot - This frame used to have 7 owners. Was cracked, welded again, repainted 2 times.. and I'm gonna rebuild it one more time! My thumbnail pic contains this bike. RIP FBM.

[@k-art-L]

S&M, Standard and FBM the best American ever made BMX brands

[@SPROCK3TMONST3R]

Miss ya FBM!🤘

[@yo2stix]

I pinstriped Corts welding helmet years ago when I was still riding a lot. I pulled my BMX out today because Scotty Cranmer rode for the first time since his accident. I'm 39 and my bikes full of FBM parts. Crandall and FBM is the Discord Fugazi and Ian of Bmx.

[@thirdeyesurvivor3886]

Discord Fungazi and Ian???? I have no idea what that means.

[@yo2stix]

Ian was the singer of Fugazi. He also started Discord records. Watch the documentary Instrumental.

[@griffn5135]

Joshua W are you from the north east/Binghamton/Ithaca area? I’m from Syracuse. I used to ride at East Coast Terminal and I’d see all the FBM Guys ripping. I used to ride an FBM outsider. I had so many cool FBM t shirts too

[@yo2stix]

@@griffn5135 I’m from the west coast.

[@griffn5135]

@@yo2stix i live in Santa Barbara!

[@derekbarron4460]

Stoked that Corts is still building handmade American frames in New York even after FBM closed up shop.

[@stephenimsong3462]

Love my sword sq, I think it’s rad you can see all the tig welds and nuances of the manufacturing. I’m a mechanical engineer so this stuff really gets me tingling down there 👇🏽

[@damianbmxboy638]

This would be something really awesome to learn

[@armyofwounds]

I wish I would’ve never sold/traded any of my FBM parts. I really wouldn’t mind adding one to the collection again.

[@Bearadactyle]

love it! FBM exacutioner frame still going strong!

[@darrenchee29]

awesome I have the pow moto frame so you guys are very much respected. thank FBM

[@ArmTheCreative]

I looked at my HARO just now and cried. Im getting an FBM next, man. MUCH MUCH love and respectz to ALL of you guys!

[@firedemon2166]

What’s wrong with haro

[@user-gk5je9wu4u]

@@firedemon2166 idk, ive never even heard of fbm. ima stick with subrosa

[@firedemon2166]

@@user-gk5je9wu4u I like Sunday, I’ve never heard anything bad from them, especially their Soundwave, the strongest new frame I know of, and super light, but I like Haro too, especially the old ones or the Lineage models

[@user-gk5je9wu4u]

@@firedemon2166 yeah same. i had a sunday stem and it lasted forever. i run a stock bikes haro forks and they are still going strong lol. no clue if theyre crmo or hiten

[@armyofwounds]

@@user-gk5je9wu4u Some of the best (if not the best) bikes made in our lifetime. Actually made here in the states instead of the same shite factory where most bmx stuff is made in Taiwan. SubRosa is just a brand. FBM were bikes made by people who actually rode bmx.

[@adampierce7468]

I once got hit head-on by an SUV while riding a Stairmaster. I got a compound fracture, the bike lost a reflector off of one of the pedals

[@raulvitela2836]

FBM is the truth!

[@pauljames4510]

Can't believe you're shutting your doors and closing i've always like FBM and everything about FBM always wanted a FBM frame but never had the dolla to buy one

[@AmazingChinaToday]

Love to see this, hopefully they are still building bikes the same way 👍

[@muffemod]

They went out of business.

[@AmazingChinaToday]

@@muffemod Darn, that sucks 😟

[@OlExtraRegularBass]

I wanna fucking help. Dream job.

[@UBADD2]

Fast ward 6 years later closes doors too bad! Still want a bitchen camaro

[@cjaxielyangson6983]

i wish to have this kinds of frame.. but sadly my country don't sell high qaulity frames like these... mostly they sell standard bmx frames (which don't last longer than integrated frames)

[@ArnieJames666]

Where you from? Why no good frames? Lemme know, i might be able to send you something.

[@cjaxielyangson6983]

@@ArnieJames666 I'm from the Philippines

[@ArmTheCreative]

RESPECTZ!!!

[@stazz4130]

one day hope get mike tag frame ,,miss mine ,,i own few fbm frames fork,, dig hand made frames .i need get few more fbm stuff ,

[@thirdeyesurvivor3886]

Cool

[@frankymcdonald3081]

Bellwitch owner. thanks guys

[@6strung21]

Is there any way we can help keep the machine shop open?

[@javierarroyo7887]

RIP FBM♥️

[@cecilhunnicutt7053]

So did FBM start in Fort Wayne or New York? I’ve had a lot of locals up in Fort Wayne tell me it started there

[@quest4certainty895]

Fuck yeah! Be for the scene and not the green!

[@harorudo0816]

Raw af

[@brunoaquino7194]

tem no Brasil??

[@jakedoyle8934]

High demand 4 fbm still... you should come back steve

[@andrassevigny4035]

God I miss FBM

[@LedZeppelinWolf]

Next frame I get is definitely a fbm

[@cutterclips3223]

I want an FBM frame so bad

[@smallerfreeze]

TCutt7 sad thing is s&m, fbm etc aren't any better than frames made in Taiwan on state of the art machines... Also sad that they cost less than American made

[@lowbornfabrication]

Sad and will miss this real builder, fabricating some of the best frames ever in the industry😞

[@Monahanweldco]

I love bmx and welding it would be a dream job to do this. If anyone knows how I can get my foot in the door plz let me know!

[@monocogenit1]

Merica!

[@williammiller3188]

Real BMX!!!

[@coreyglasgow762]

🇺🇸

[@Cedricus013]

You know guy hahaha

[@pinonXO]

You know?

[@juanojeda7609]

Made in america ahh

[@NTwoFour24]

give me 1

[@thedude1681]

who farted???

[@francissobotka8725]

Sucks fbm is no more.

[@francissobotka8725]

Committed until you quit

[@xpndblhero5170]

I wish I lived close to that shop because I'd be trying to get a job there.... I've been riding bmx for almost 20 years now but what interests me the most is the machine shop and the people w/ all the experience, looks like an awesome place to work. 😁