http://www.chopcult.com/news/categories/people.html en-us http://www.chopcult.com/news/categories/people.html Interspire Website Publisher Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:01:10 CDT 20 http://www.chopcult.com/news/articles/lee-bender-and-the-ride-for-lightning.html Lee Bender is a skateboarder and professional vagabond. Raised in Indiana, Lee split his time between Arizona, Oregon and the road for years, and eventually settled in the San Francisco Bay area. An Evo Sporty is Lee's bike of choice. A run-in with a distracted broad in an SUV left him with fewer injuries than a good skate session, but the insurance wasn't enough to fund the construction of his new bike. In 2007 Lee was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. The SUV didn't slow Lee down, and neither will MS.

]]> no@spam.com (Bill Bryant) Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:00:46 CDT http://www.chopcult.com/news/articles/lee-bender-and-the-ride-for-lightning.html http://www.chopcult.com/news/articles/the-leland-thurman-interview.html Every scene has its characters. Men who go against the grain for whatever reason, be it for spite, or for sport. Leland Thurman is that kind of guy. In a series of popular BMX videos from the mid '90s, Leland’s alter ego exposed pedal pushers to the sticky seats in the back of his tour bus in a shameless display that lowered standards and raised eyebrows. Not everything Leland does for his own entertainment sits well with his audience, and that's just the way he likes it.

]]> no@spam.com (Harold McGruther) Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:00:30 CDT http://www.chopcult.com/news/articles/the-leland-thurman-interview.html http://www.chopcult.com/news/articles/jenny-ketchums-super-bee-triumph.html There are nearly as many definitions for "dream girl" as there are greasy loners chatting about motorcycles on their computers on ChopCult every Saturday night. Jenny is Davey Ketchum's dream girl, which means this pleasant and friendly chopper chick is already taken. If she weren't, most dudes around here couldn't match her pace.

]]> no@spam.com (Harold McGruther) Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:00:09 CDT http://www.chopcult.com/news/articles/jenny-ketchums-super-bee-triumph.html http://www.chopcult.com/news/articles/thy-will-be-done-art-show.html The second annual "Thy Will Be Done" art show hosted by Joe the Blacksmith and Tay Herrera brought talented painters, sculptors and leathercrafters from chopperdom's creative underbelly to a sizzling studio in Orange County for nine hours of sweat and tears. Was it art? Perhaps. Was it beautiful? Well that, as they say, is in the eye of the beholder.

]]> no@spam.com (Harold McGruther) Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:00:57 CDT http://www.chopcult.com/news/articles/thy-will-be-done-art-show.html http://www.chopcult.com/news/articles/todd--aj-at-licks-cycles.html "Anything but ordinary" is a slogan customers of Lick's Cycle might recognize, but the words are equally appropriate for describing the men behind the business. The story of how a cop and a dental tech joined forces to launch a chopper parts company is interesting, and comes with a gut check that puts everything into perspective.

]]> no@spam.com (Harold McGruther) Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:00:53 CDT http://www.chopcult.com/news/articles/todd--aj-at-licks-cycles.html http://www.chopcult.com/news/articles/chopcult-photo-contest-winners.html Your votes have been cast and the ballots are closed. If you missed the original call for entries to this contest, better luck next time. If you submitted an original photo for consideration, thanks for participating. And if you're one of the talented shooters that ChopCult members voted in the top-3, please claim your prize!

]]> no@spam.com (Harold McGruther) Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:00:38 CDT http://www.chopcult.com/news/articles/chopcult-photo-contest-winners.html http://www.chopcult.com/news/articles/wizard-of-odds.html Naval airman. Father. Fireman. Writer. Photographer. Media mogul. Mentor. Motorcycle racer. Friend. If there is a man who has left bigger footprints or worn more hats, I have not met him. Cultural shift shapers like Bob Osborn weigh heavy on sponge people like me. The man a generation of BMXers, aspiring writers and fledgling photographers called Oz has never been afraid of rolling the dice. This is his story.

]]> no@spam.com (Harold McGruther) Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:00:22 CDT http://www.chopcult.com/news/articles/wizard-of-odds.html http://www.chopcult.com/news/articles/inside-vanson-leathers.html Remember "The Salt Ghost?" In that ChopCult feature Four Aces Cycle and Lowbrow Customs combined forces to return their machine to its full race glory. Well, Vanson Leathers took notice and has volunteered their support. The Malinky brothers recently visited Vanson for a custom fitting, and while they were there Kyle filed this report.

]]> no@spam.com (Lowbrow Customs) Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:00:09 CDT http://www.chopcult.com/news/articles/inside-vanson-leathers.html http://www.chopcult.com/news/articles/sacred-steels-history-channel-chop-off-winner.html Big Apple bon vivant and savvy self-promotor Andy Warhol once said, "In the age of television, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes." After a dozen years of building Spider-Man gas tanks for other shops, Jason Wilson at Sacred Steel in East LA finally got his day in the kleig lights.

]]> no@spam.com (Harold McGruther) Wed, 12 May 2010 06:00:53 CDT http://www.chopcult.com/news/articles/sacred-steels-history-channel-chop-off-winner.html http://www.chopcult.com/news/articles/inside-the-dtmc.html DTMC's motto sums it up, "Die To Ride, Ride To Die". Their motivation is to jump on their bikes, loaded down with nothing more than the clothes on their back, a bedroll, tools and some whiskey. The club is about building and rebuilding their bikes in the shop, pushing their bikes to their limits and then repairing them. Sometimes the repair is in the shop, but often it is on the side of the road, be it welding a footpeg on the freeway or truing a wheel in a Carl's Jr parking lot...

]]> no@spam.com (Bill Bryant) Mon, 10 May 2010 06:00:53 CDT http://www.chopcult.com/news/articles/inside-the-dtmc.html