MAY 10 , 2008.... HERES VIDEO FROM FUEL'S "THE DAILY HABIT" FEATURING CHAD DEGROOT AND INTRODUCING VERSA:

Fuel's Daily Habit with the UGP team from chad degroot on Vimeo. 

MAY 5, 2008 ....PROFILE DEGROOT SIG PRODUCTS....LOOKS LIKE CHAD HAS A COUPLE NEW SIGNATURE SEATS OUT WITH PROFILE. HE'S VERY STOKED TO BE PUMPED.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

APRIL 28, 2008.... MORE FROM JOHN LUDWICK...."thursday i fell on a footjam whip and split both shins open pretty bad, one leg may be stitches worthy, but i've been keeping them as clean as possible haha.

friday, saturday, and sunday, my band stayed in greenfield mass to record our new album, we put in some serious hours over the weekend and slept in our cars in a home depot parking lot every night haha. everything is coming out amazing and hopefully in the next few weeks we"ll have some extra money to go back and finish everything up and get the cd ready.

i am also currently looking for a full time job so i can live comfortably and be able to support the band as well as myself. the bike shop ive worked at for almost 4 years now cant give me the hours i really need. so hopefully i can find a job that will allow me to continue to travel as much as i can.

-john"

APRIL 24, 2008 ..THIS IS WHY TM'S SHOULDNT RIDE ...Versa TM Brett Rohlfing recently took a peg to the foot, instead of landing a tailwhip he ended up landing himself on crutches . By the looks of it, luckily he still was able to make the most of one his few weekends off work. Looks like he got a nice, kind nurse to check him out. Hey that's not his foot! The extent of his injury is unknown at this point but he doesn’t think anything is broken.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

APRIL 23, 2008 .... DANE WILD ON ALBES ROAD TRIP...."Florida was awesome, good guys, good times, great fun. We went to freakin' wrestle mania! Hahahahaha, sooo good! thanks chad! Lots of riding and and lots of partying. To see videos of the trip, goto go211. com and check it out. For now, im working hard labor and getting sweet tans and checking out milfs."

APRIL 21, 2008 .... DANE WILD....IN CASE YOU DIDN'T NOTICE, DANE HAS A NEW VIDEO EDIT PLAYING ABOVE, SHOT BY VERSA HEAD GUY BRETT ROHLFING. IT'S ALSO ON VIMEO, CLICK HERE IF YOU WANT TO CHECK IT OUT OR EMBED THE VIDEO,

APRIL 2008 .... DEGROOT SAYS....NEW VIDEO EDIT!!! CLICK HERE

APRIL 2008 .... DEGROOT SAYS....CHECK MY INTERVIEW!!! CLICK HERE

APRIL 2008 .... DEGROOT SAYS...."Went to Tampa to ride a pool a few weeks ago, but as Florida weather would have it, rain decided to fill the pool enough where it would be a days work to ride it. Tampa isn't without options for spots. Never been to this spot with how many times I have been to Tampa area.
My lady and me drove down to an exhibit called Bodies, sure you have heard of it or been to it. It caught on really big and is all over the country. If you haven't seen it, please go. It will open your eyes and even scare you. But at least you will learn how and why our bodies work. Anyways, this shovel is right there in the parking lot. Very weird, but worth the session..."

 

MARCH 2008 .... MORE FROM JOHN LUDWICK...."I went on a weekend trip to long island new york last weekend to ride and shoot photos with keith romanowski. after getting a bunch of good photos (including a bike check which ill have soon) I sprained (or possibly broke) my wrist really bad saturday night. as of now I have it wrapped up and am taking best care possible with it. my band has a big show this thursday the 20th, so I'm not getting it xrayed until after the show and just toughing it out. hopefully its just a sprain and I don't need a cast, the band also has two big shows next weekend so I have high hopes everything will be ok. the bike is riding amazing and I am real happy with it. I will have all the photos in the next couple of days so I'll send them over soon!
-john"
Thanks to Josh Kirtland for the pic.

 

 

 

MARCH 2008 ....LUDWICK CHECKS IN ...."i built my bike up last week and was still waiting on forks but a friend let me borrow his, so i immediately went riding. the frame is unbelievable, seriously the best frame ive ever been on, so happy with everything about it! my forks came in yesterday so i'll take some photos of it soon and send those over. i also shot some photos sunday for a vitalbmx scene report with josh kirkland. the photos came out amazing so hopefully we'll see those up soon. im working on a web edit for the website, im headed to ct and long island this weekend most likely to film and shoot some photos. so hopefully by next week i'll have a web edit and photos for you guys!

again, the bike is amazing and i couldnt be happier!"

MARCH 2008 ....Dane Wild Bike check on Albe's. CLICK HERE

 

 

 

MARCH 2008 ....DEGROOT ON THE ROAD....
CHAD SAYS: "Just got back from a short trip to Tallahassee. Went up there with the Profile team and Brian Kachinsky. There is more than enough street and bike worthy places to make it a sweet trip. Florida is pretty known for sand and no handrails, cept up in the panhandle. The first day we were hassled every spot we went to, threats of jail even. We sessioned two colleges and had access to over 50 schools, if that wasn't enough, the skatepark doesn't turn off their lights. There are signs all over, "no bikes", but if your not a dick and stay out of the way of skaters, there is no need for problems. I actually got respect from a few cause of my chewbacca-like beard. Hair man, I got some serious hair...he said "if I ever am able to grow a beard, I want it to be like that".
Take care, Chad"

CHECK PICS HERE

 

 

FEBRUARY 2008 ....DANE WILD ON VERSA....
DANE WILD HAS JOINED THE VERSA PRO TEAM. SOOOOO RAD. DANE GOT HIS FRAME LAST WEEK AND HAS BEEN MOBBING ON IT ALL WEEK. HOW DOES HE LIKE IT YOU ASK? STRAIGHT OUT OF DANE'S MOUTH: "I HAVEN'T BEEN THIS STOKED ON A BIKE IN THREE YEARS." COULDNT HAVE SAID IT BETTER OURSELVES DANE. WELCOME TO THE FAMILY.CHECK PICS HERE

 

 

FEBRUARY 2008 ....WHERE THE HELL ARETHEBIKES?....RELAX, KID. WE JUST GOT DONE BUILDING THE LAST PROTOTYPES, AND SENT THEM OUT TO OUR PRO AND FLOW TEAM GUYS. WE WILL HAVE THE FINAL SPECS DONE WITHIN A WEEK OR SO AND HAVE THEM UP ON THE SITE. YES, BY THE WAY, THEY ARE BUILT IN-HOUSE RIGHT HERE IN THE USA. WE WILL KEEP IT THAT WAY UNTIL WE CANT MEET THE DEMAND. GOT TWO MODELS WE ARE TESTING RIGHT NOW. CHAD DEGROOT DESIGNED A PARK FRAME AND WE ARE TESTING DIFFERENT BUTTING PROFILES TO DIAL IN THE WEIGHT, HOPEFULLY RIGHT AT 4 1/2 LBS. WE ALSO HAVE A STREET FRAME. SHOULD COME IN RIGHT AT THE 5 LB. MARK.

 

FEBRUARY 2008....NEW VERSA TEAM RIDER... JOHN LUDWICK IS ON BOARD. WE WILL ANNOUNCE THE FULL PRO TEAM AND FLOW TEAM WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.

JANUARY 2008....CHAD'S NEW PROTOTYPE....
20.5" TOP TUBE
11 5/8" BB HEIGHT
13 1/4" CHAINSTAY LENGTH
75 HEADTUBE ANGLE
71 SEAT TUBE ANGLE
WEIGHT: 4 LBS 11 OZ.
CHECK PICS HERE

JANUARY 2008....VERSA DEBUTS ON FUEL TV....CHAD AND THE UGP CREW SET UP SHOP ON FUEL'S "THE DAILY HABIT" AND CHAD JUST SO HAPPENED TO BRING ALONG HIS VERSA PROTOTYPE, DESIGNED BY CHAD HIMSELF