SETUPS: KEVIN PORTER'S FLY TIERRA V3

Name: Kevin Porter
Sponsors: Fly bikes, Duffs Footwear, Empirebmx, Vinylbmx.com, Intelligentsia Coffee, Shakespeare’s Pub: Austin, TX and Del•li•cious Cafe
Age: 27
Height: 5’11”

Frame: Flybikes Tierra 20.6 V3
Fork: Flybikes Agua forks
Bars: Flybikes Tierra bars
Grips: Flybikes Fino grips
Bar ends: Flybikes plastic push-ins
Stem: Flybikes new top load stem
Brake Lever: No lever on my bike (but I have a Flybikes lever in my travel bag)
Brake: Flybikes brakes (same here but not on my bike)
Seat: Flybikes Fino Seat
Seat Post: Flybikes post
Clamp: built in
Cranks: Flybikes 175mm cranks
Sprocket: Flybikes 29t sprocket
Pedals: Flybikes new graphite pedals
Chain: A number of different chains pieced together
Rear Wheel: Flybikes front rim with a custom Profile hub
Front Wheel: Flybikes front hub and Flybikes rim
Pegs: No pegs!!!
Rear Tire: Flybikes 1.95 Ruben Ligeras
Front Tire: Flybikes 2.25 Ruben Ligeras
Weight of bike: Unknown… maybe like 23 or 24 pounds.

Modifications: My rear hub has a little more machining on it than a normal Profile hub. I am getting a new Flybikes rear hub soon though, so my hub is on its last trip now…

Describe your personal bike setup:
Sick! Ha ha! Low frame, with tall bars and a low cut down steerer tube. This gives me more room… I feel like the stem should be slammed but the reach on the front of the stem gives me the prefect height for my bars. I ride a tight rear-end: 13.25. I like my seat to be low for more clearance as well. If you’re not familiar with the Tierra frame, it is designed to give maximum room on the top. We did that by lowering the top tube and making a smaller stack height.

Describe the contents of your personal bike tool bag:
I am now riding the new SBS system on my frame. So I have my brakes completely intact in my bike tool bag; along with a spoke wrench, chain tool and a few small allen keys. One Ruben Ligeras tire and one Cobra tube.

What part do you wear through the quickest?
Nothing on my bike wears through. My Duffs go first but even those hold up for over a month of no brakes. 20 years of riding bikes—my set up is Dialed!

What part do you break most often?
Don’t!

Do you patch flat tires or get new tubes?
Cobra tubes bro— wave of the future. I ride those and patch them as well.

Which parts are you paranoid about breaking?
Bars, stems and head tubes.

Where do your parts go when you’re done with them?
Friends and family!

Who builds your wheels? Anything special about them?
Hanson Little, Tom Williams and myself.

Cassette or freecoaster?
Cassette.

What revisions have been made to the Tierra v3?
This model has a few new features; It now has integrated dropouts with integrated chain tensioners. The integrated dropouts are a process called invest casting. It has a horizontally cut seat clamp system; this system helps keep the seat in place with not very much torque on the seat clamp bolt. Tapered top tube, down tube, seat tube and stays. Plus it comes in a super cool mint color!!!

Left side drive or right side drive?
Right side drive

Kevlar bead or regular bead?
I ride the kevlar Ruben Ligeras tires—they are awesome because they fold up. So you can carry an extra one in your bag.

Plastic pedals or metal?
I ride the new Ruben graphite pedals. They are a special compound made of nylon and glass.