Name: Josh Betley
Age: 22
Location: Las Vegas
Sponsors: Felt Bikes, Osiris Shoes, Cerbae Clothing

Frame: Felt sheriff 21″ tt
Fork: Proper Proclaimer
Bars: Felt Scotty Cranmer SR 8.25″ rise
Stem: Odyssey front load classic
Grips: Felt FB Logo
Barends: Animal plastic
Headset: WTP integrated
Clamp: S&M
Seatpost: Thomson Elite
Seat: FB logo
Cranks: Felt Ballpark Cranks prototype
Sprocket: Odyssey Million Dollar, 28 tooth
Chain: KMC 510
Front Tire: Odyssey K-lyte Aitken dirt, 2.125″
Front Wheel: Odyssey Vandero 2
Rear Tire: Odyssey K-lyte Aitken street 20 x 1.9″
Rear Wheel: Odyssey Cassette LHD, 9 tooth driver
Chain Tensioner: Integrated
Hub Guard: FBM
Pegs: One Animal one Odyssey
Pedals: Odyssey Twisted PC

Which parts do you go through the most?
Grips and pedals.

Describe your bike setup and how you like your bike to feel…
Tall bars, pumped up tires, dialed seat height, and the bars have to be perfectly lined up with the forks.

Do you remember your first “real” BMX bike?
Haro backtrail X2, blue. That thing was a tank, but I loved it.

Looks like your barend broke off in your handlebar…what’s going on there? Trying to cookie cutter your stomach?
It broke on a trip and now my bike is lighter.

Tell us about the cranks your are helping Felt design. What else have you been helping out with over there?
The cranks on my bike now are something Alan Foster and I came up with this year at Interbike. the arms have a diamond shape to them. We went with the 48-spline spindle, that way you can run a titanium spindle or get a replacement one easily. They’re basic, clean and, a little different. The name is the best part—we’re going with Ballpark Cranks. The cranks are the first things we worked on. We’re sampling pedals and working on a frame at the moment too. I’m really stoked on how everything is coming out.

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