Sam Jones: BSD Jonesin Frame

Sam's front-wheel control is ridiculous, but the riding is not just technical for the sake of it. He uses speed, strange setups and proper street lines to make those tricks feel part of something bigger. The Jonesin range is built around a style that is unmistakably his. Flatland can look like a completely different language if you have never spent time around it. The bike is moving through tiny balance points, the rider is changing position constantly and a small mistake can end a combination that took ages to build. What makes the best riding stand out is that it does not look like a maths problem once it is rolling. There is speed, rhythm and a real sense of personality in the way the bike is handled. That control carries into street too, especially around the front end. It is a reminder that BMX is much wider than one kind of obstacle and that technical riding does not have to mean slow or robotic. For us, that is what makes Sam Jones worth a proper feature instead of a product caption. The signature gear is part of the story, but the riding comes first. If the clips do not make you want to grab the bike and go for a roll, a long list of specifications is not going to save it.

BSD Jonesin Frame. BSD sent Sam to Texas for three weeks and he came back with a four-and-a-half-minute banger. More of the setup: BSD Jonesin Fork, BSD Jonesin Sprocket, and BSD Jonesin Pedals. A frame is the part that sets the basic mood of the whole bike. A few millimetres at the rear end, a slightly different head angle or a bit more room up front can completely change how it behaves. Short and steep can feel lively. Longer and calmer can feel far better once the speed comes up. Neither direction is automatically right. The point of a signature frame is that the choices should make sense for the rider behind it. That does not mean everybody needs to copy the exact setup. It means the product has a reason to exist beyond a colourway and a name on the sticker. At Blue Groove, we would rather talk through what you ride than tell you to copy a pro bike from the tyres up. Use the linked setup as a starting point. If the geometry and feel suit you, great. If not, there is nothing wrong with keeping the bike you already know. Watch: Sam Jones - Texas Jonesin Hero image: BSD BMX / Texas Jonesin.