Brian Wizmerski Bike Check

Jeff Z.

May 11 2009
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Name: Brian Wizmerski
Age: 27
Location: Center City, Philadelphia
Sponsors: Eastern Bikes, Animal Bikes, Orchid Footwear, Dead Memory, Happy Hour

Frame: Eastern Reeper
Fork: Eastern
Bars: Eastern
Stem: Animal
Grips: The end of the Wiz Grip.
Barends: Plastic
Headset: Eastern
Seatpost: Animal
Seat: Animal Cush Stripe
Cranks: Eastern Pro
Sprocket: Animal Sprocky Balboa
Chain: Eastern Z510H
Brakes: Dia-Tech Hombres
Cable: Animal
Brake Lever: Dia-Compe Tech 77 for life
Front Tire: Dirt Monster 2.125”
Front Wheel: Old Primo joint
Rear Tire: Animal GLH 1.95”
Rear Wheel: Eastern 9′er
Hub Guard: FBM
Pegs: Animal Lite
Pedals: Eastern Magnesium

Modifications/Other/Extras:
Cut the ball off the brake lever.

You said you came really close to not putting your brakes on when building this bike. So what happened?
I got the rest of the bike done so quick because of how easy bikes are to build now. All I had left to do was the brakes, and I thought for a second about trying it out, then I put them on—it’s just not me.

I saw you truing your back wheel the other day while we were at a spot, do you work on your bike often? Do you keep it dialed, or just get used to it?
Nah, the rest of my bike is dialed right now and every once in a while I’ll true the back wheel so the brakes feel nice. But then I slowly let them fall apart until it’s time for a new one.

So how are thing going with Eastern? Didn’t you guys go on a trip to Arizona to film?
The Eastern thing is awesome. I am psyched on the bike and psyched with the people involved. Yeah, that was the first trip for the video I was on and I kinda slacked, but the video is coming along.

You’re back on the Animal squad, too. So you pretty much got a while new ride. How does the overhauled bike feel?
The bike feels amazing right now, smoothest it’s been in years.

How’s filming going with Animal, are we going to see a full Wiz section in the next Animal vid?
I’m filming the Animal part while I’m working on the Eastern part, so it’s been tough. [I’m] supposed to have a full section in both.

18 Comments For This Post

street Says:
May 11th, 2009 at 4:23 pm

I want to see a full Wiz section in the new animal video, you should probably get on that haha

bmx Says:
May 11th, 2009 at 6:33 pm

that bike is gay and its a eastern witch makes it suck

john newman Says:
May 11th, 2009 at 9:38 pm

eastern doesnt suck

freeCoastin Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 12:16 am

Man…. What happened to the Wiz? He used to be this Bohemian/Rasta looking dude with cool ass dreads and some of the biggest/coolest beanies around! Taht “Rock and Roll lifestlye” must have really got a hold of him. Hey, to each his own i guess.

Sure Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 12:31 am

Anybody can dress like they’re in a rock n roll band nowadays, even if all they can play is the skin flute.

Brad Hutchcraft Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 8:57 am

Seriously, I really liked this dudes riding a few years back. He was one of the first doing legit smiths to nose manuals, and it was so fresh when it hit. But now, I think people know him more for dressing like a broke, trendy Bob Dylan, than for his riding. I wish he would get back to the wheel and start making some shit happen again. What happened to the hungry Wiz that Homan was stressing all of those years ago? Just don’t bring back the peg chinks…lol!

hippopotamoose Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 8:57 am

you should probably go to english class. “witch” is what little girls dress up as on halloween, and “which” is the word you should have used in that sentence.
also, how about we don’t talk shit about eastern too, i bet you haven’t even had any of their parts.

DeLorean Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 10:35 am

Was gonna say the same thing but you beat me to it.

Street Ramper Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 4:42 pm

Wiz rules. How about an Edwin bike check?

alex Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 11:43 pm

http://www.Marie-gets-Deflowered.com/?id=44fdb088

shawn Says:
May 14th, 2009 at 2:03 pm

this bike is sick eastern bikes are kick ass

lurch Says:
May 15th, 2009 at 6:48 am

bikes looking sweet man sweet man

adam Says:
May 18th, 2009 at 12:18 am

i got an eastern dragon 3 frame and its probably the best feeling frame ive had so far, i jumped down some burly stair sets, no problems nice and strong. got a rad cut out in the seat tube for saving weight but i dont give a shit bout that, what really brought my eye to it was how cheap it was and the wicked cut out logo in the head tube instead of a sticker

matt smith Says:
May 28th, 2009 at 7:06 pm

no body beats the wiz! looking forward to more wiz coverage!

Jhonny Cocks Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 11:14 pm

i have. cranks that broke at the weld. that in-turn broke my sproket that was also theres. the one thing i have to say is the do stick by there products.