The wethepeople "Utopia" BMX Frame is a modern technical BMX flatland frame and thanks to its curved top tube offers more space for tricks like PinkySqueaks and other BMX Flatland tricks.

• Wheel Size: 20"
• Material: 100% Japanese Seamless 4130 CrMo, butted
• Geometry:
  Top Tube Length (TT): 19.0" or 20.0"
  Chainstay Length (CS): 12.4" (31.5cm) - 13.2" (33.53cm)
  Head Tube Length: 4.6" (11.68cm)
  Head Tube Angle (HA): 75°
  Seat Tube Angle (SA): 71°
  Bottom Bracket Height: 12.0" (30.48cm)
  Standover Height (SO): 6.2" (15.5cm)
• Seat Clamp: integrated
• Seat Post Diameter: 25.4mm
• Bottom Bracket: Spanish BB
• Dropouts: Investment cast, 6.5mm thick, 14mm slots
• Chain Tensioners: integrated
• Brake Type: without (brakeless)
• Brakemounts: without
• Brakemounts included with delivery: not included with delivery
• Gyro compatible: No
• Features:
  - technical street/flatland frame, shorter top tube and lower seat tube for younger riders
  - hydroformed top and down tube for superior strength and stiffness
  - kinked toptube for increased foot clearance
  - frame comes with 14mm slot dropouts
  - extruded top tube with integrated threads for cable guides
  - tapered seat stays and chain stays with bullet tipped ends
  - curved seat stay bridge and chain stay bridge
  - wider rear triangle allows clearance for a 2.3" tire
  - WTP top tube and down tube gusset
  - 6mm seat clamp bolt

from 319.29 EUR

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The perfect blend between Flatland, Street & Park, the wethepeople "Utopia Hybrid" BMX Frame takes DNA from many of wtp's current frames and blends it into a super tough, responsive and incredibly lightweight do-it-all frame. Just as capable in the streets as it is in the parking lot, the wethepeople "Utopia Hybrid" BMX Frame is also the chance for smaller and younger riders to ride one of the most advanced frames wethepeople have ever produced. Utilizing new super-lightweight hydroformed tubing and a crazy short chainstay, the wethepeople "Utopia Hybrid" BMX Frame is a frame in a league of its own.

• Wheel Size: 20"
• Material: 100% Japanese Seamless 4130 CrMo, butted
• Geometry:
  Top Tube Length (TT): 20.5"
  Chainstay Length (CS): 12.4" (31.5cm) - 13.2" (33.53cm)
  Head Tube Length: 4.6" (11.68cm)
  Head Tube Angle (HA): 75°
  Seat Tube Angle (SA): 71.5°
  Bottom Bracket Height: 11.8" (29.97cm)
  Standover Height (SO): 7.7" (19.56cm)
• Seat Clamp: integrated
• Seat Post Diameter: 25.4mm
• Bottom Bracket: Spanish BB
• Dropouts: Investment cast, 6.5mm thick, 14mm slots
• Chain Tensioners: integrated
• Brake Type: U-Brake
• Brakemounts: with (screwable, M6)
• Brakemounts included with delivery: not included with delivery
• Gyro compatible: Yes
• Features:
  - technical street/flatland frame, shorter top tube and lower seat tube for younger
• riders
  - hydroformed top and down tube for superior strength and stiffness
  - frame comes with 14mm slot dropouts
  - extruded top tube with integrated threads for cable guides
  - tapered seat stays and chain stays with bullet tipped ends
  - curved seat stay bridge and chain stay bridge
  - wider rear triangle allows clearance for a 2.3" tire
  - WTP top tube and down tube gusset
  - 6mm seat clamp bolt

from 319.29 EUR

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The "Patrol" Range is a whole sub-brand of wethepeople which is heavily influenced from the trails and concrete park riding. The full line features a frame, fork and handlebar as well as stem, sprocket and barends. The wethepeople "Patrol" BMX Frame is designed to be run with a larger 28-9 gearing and with chainstay located brakemounts. The wethepeople "Patrol" BMX Frame pairs up a classic and satble geometry which is optimzed for trails and concret bowl riding.

• Wheel Size: 20"
• Material: 100% 4130 CrMo, top tube and down tube gussets, integrated headset
• Geometry:
  Top Tube (TT): 21.5"
  Chain Stay (CS): 13.6" – 14"
  Head Tube Angle (HA): 74.25°
  Seat Tube Angle (SA): 71°
  BB Height: 11.5"
  Standover Height (SO): 8.9"
• Seat Clamp: integrated
• Seat Post Diameter: 25.4mm
• Bottom Bracket: Mid BB, heat treated, CNC machined
• Dropouts: 6mm thick, 14mm slots, minimal size, not suitable for pegs, heat-treated
• Chain Tensioners: integrated
• Brakemounts: removable, pivot-3 (M6), not included with delivery
• Extras: extended 125mm headtube, wide rear end for fat 2.4" tires
• Model Year: 2021

from 378.11 EUR

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The wethepeople "Reason FC" BMX Bike - Freecoaster | Matt Translucent Teal Raw Fade has a freecoaster hub which will allow you to ride fakie without pedaling. The wethepeople "Reason FC" BMX Bike - Freecoaster | Matt Translucent Teal Raw Fade is a really great equipped mid-class BMX complete bike with a 20.75" long frame including 100% 4130 CrMo quality with integrated headset and seat clamp, a Mid BB and full removable brake hardware. A high rised 4-piece street style handlebar, fork and the 3-piece crank set are made from 100% 4130 CrMo and build up a stable quality basic. The wheel set includes fully sealed front hub and a SaltPlus "PRO" freecoaster incl. hubguards laced into a double walled rim at the rear. A fat pivotal seat and great quality components like wethepeople "Logic" Pedale, eclat "Talon" U-Brake or wethepeople "Paragon Guard" sprocket made from alloy and nylon guard let the wethepeople "Reason FC" BMX Bike - Freecoaster | Matt Translucent Teal Raw Fade become one of the best mid-class BMX bikes you can get.

Note: The BMX bike comes with preassembled rear brake (U-Brake)

• Wheel Size: 20"
• BMX Frame: 100% 4130 CrMo, tappered top tube and chainstays, removable brakehardware, integrated seatclamp, Mid BB
  Top Tube (TT): 20.75"
  Chain Stay (CS): 12.75"
  Head Tube (HA): 76°
  Seattube (SA): 71°
  BB-High (BB): 11.75"
  Standover (SO): 9"
• BMX Fork: SaltPlus "Reason", 100% 4130 CrMo, 1-piece steerer tube, 15mm offset
• BMX Bar: SaltPlus "HQ", 100% 4130 CrMo, 4-piece
  Height: 9"
  Width: 29.5"
  Backsweep: 11°
  Upsweep: 3°
  Clamping Diameter: 22.2mm
• Grips: wethepeople "Perfect" Grips, flangeless
• Stem: Salt "Zion", topload, 50mm Offset
• Headset: Salt "PRO", integrated headset, sealed bearing
• Gyro: -
• Gyro compatible: Yes
• Brake Lever: Salt "AM", aluminum
• Brake (rear): eclat "Talon" U-brake, aluminum
• Seat: wethepeople "Reason" Pivotal, fat-padded
• Seat Post: Pivotal, aluminum, 200mm, 25.4mm
• Seat Clamp: Integrated
• Pedals: wethepeople "Logic", plastic
• Chain: Salt "AM" Z1 type, standard
• Sprocket: wethepeople "Paragon Guard", 6061-T6 aluminum with nylon guard, CNC, 25T
• Crank: Salt "Revo", 4130 CrMo, 3-piece, square profile, 160mm, 8 Spline 19mm Spindle
• Bottom Bracket: Salt, Mid BB, sealed bearing, 19mm
• Hub (front): Salt "PRO", aluminum, sealed bearing, 10mm (3/8") axle, including 2x SaltPlus "PRO" plastic hubguard, 36H
• Hub (rear): SaltPlus "PRO", Freecoaster, sealed bearing, 14mm axle, including 2x SaltPlus "PRO" plastic hubguard, 36H
  Driver: 9T RHD, sealed bearings
• Rim (front): Salt "Valon", aluminum, single wall, 36H
• Rim (rear): SaltPlus "Summit", aluminum, double wall, 36H
• Tire (front): wethepeople "Activate" BMX tire
  Width: 20" x 2.35"
• Tire (rear): wethepeople "Activate" BMX tire
  Width: 20" x 2.35"
• Pegs: 1 pair x Salt "AM" Peg

655.42 EUR

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wethepeople Autumn Session 2015 - Zuppermarkt - Trier

3rd / 4th of october nearly the whole kunstform BMX Shop team went to the wethepeople autumn Session at the "Zuppermarkt" Skatehall in Trier! Our buddy Nitsche did a little edit about the trip and it was a lot of fun to hang out with all the buddies! Looking forward to come back next near! Much respect to Axle Reichertz for runnin the Zuppermarket and for the good accommodation!

Riders of the Videos are:

Kevin Nikulski
Robin Kachfi
Miguel Smajlji
John Krämer
Miguel Franzem
Sebastian Pospischil
Moritz Kuhn
Daniel Tünte
Daniel Fuhrmann
Dima Prykhodko


Musik: Danny Seth - I Arise Because
Video: Sebi Nitsche


Cheers Daniel!

WETHEPEOPLE X kunstform BMX Shop - Get in the Van Tour 2015

The WETHEPEOPLE crew which consisted of Ed Zunda, Dillon Llody, Pete Sawyer, Moritz Nussbaumer and Dima Pyrkhodko did a huge roadtrip trough Germany and visited every day a BMX Shop. At 9th of July the team stopped at kunstform BMX Shop in Stuttgart. First we did a little session in our warehouse. After that we all went to BOOST Skatehalle and spend some great ridin till deep in the night! It was a very awesome time to hang up with Pros of WETHEPEOPLE and we're very happy about that good session. Our friend Sebi Nitsche did a little videoclip just to share some impression. Thanks for WETHEPEOPLE, SPORT IMPORT to make this stop in our BMX Shop possibil and of course a very special thanks to all local riders and customers!

Cheers Daniel !!

wethepeople Foundation BMX Video Premiere - Stuttgart

Felix Prangenberg Wethepeople Endstate Part

Felix Prangenberg has produced a lot for his WTP "Endstate" part during his Cali trip, in which each clip is just sick! enjoy the video! Best regards, your kunstform BMX Shop

Video: Grant C.

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Felix Prangenberg got his first signature prototype from Wethepeople which has some unrivaled highlights to offer like the extruded chainstays and offset thickness bottom bracket shell. We will get the "Pathfinder" frame early in september and you can read some words of Felix and more details at the bike check of wethepeople (goto pathfinder bikecheck)! Best regards, Your kunstform BMX Shop

Are We There Yet? – wethepeople in Australien

Our bro Felix Prangenberg was visiting Australia with his Wethepeople team mates Jordan Godwin and Ed Zunda. Unfortunately, the weather was not quite on their side, despite all the guys had a good time in Down Under! Enjoy the video, your kunstform BMX Shop.

Video: Callum Earnshaw

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Wethepeople Autumn Session 2017

On 1st of October, the Wethepeople Autumn Session will take place again at the Zuppermarkt in Trier. This year, there is a new format which's a Jam-format with "Cash for Tricks". Tip: It is recommended to start on Saturday, because the skatepark will stay open longer, for a Nightsession.

Adresse: Projekt X Skatehalle aka ZUPPERMARKET, Trier Aachener Str. 65 54294 Trier-West

Weitere Infos zur Wethepeople Autmn Session findest du auf Facebook.

Felix Prangenberg - Wethepeople Foundation DVD Video Part

Felix Prangenberg's Wethepeople Foundation DVD Part went finally online! The Wethepeople team set out in january 2016 to film for their third full-length BMX video and traveled to over 10 countries, exploring over 20 cities and destroying themselves mentally and phisically in the process. Check Felix Prangenberg's Part right now!

Enjoy the Video, your kunstform BMX Shop Team!

Video: Calum Earnshaw

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We got the new WeThePeople 2019 BMX Bikes in stock. In the following video, our trainee Oli will show you some closer details about the new WeThePeople complete bikes.

Check our online-shop for more new WeThePeople products!

Video: Robin Kachfi

Have fun!



All the best,

Your kunstform BMX Shop Team

The wethepeople 2019 BMX Parts are now in stock, like for example the wethepeople "Pathfinder Guard" Sprocket, which is the signature sprocket with replaceable Guard of BMX Pro Felix Prangenberg and is because of its width and design very solid. The wethepeople "Pathfinder Guard" Sprocket is made of high quality CNC machined 6061-T6 aluminum and can be utilized by the supplied adapter rings with either 19mm, 22mm and 24mm crank spindles. The nine holes for a regular sprocket bolt recording allow you to fix this wethepeople "Pathfinder Guard" Sprocket on your right but also on the left side crank arm.

Also now in stock, the wethepeople "Helix" Front Hub, which is a slim female front hub and comes already with two hubguards. The body of the wethepeople "Helix" Front Hub is made by 6061-T6 aluminum and has 36 holes.

Check our online-shop for more new Wethepeople products!



Have fun!



All the best,

Your kunstform BMX Shop Team

The wethepeople 2019 BMX frames are now in stock, like for example the wethepeople "Buck" 2019 BMX Frame in the colorway Matt Translucent Blue, which is Dillon Lloyd's signature frame and is the toughest BMX street frame of wethepeople. It has a new 7mm thick invest cast droput and used a taller 127mm headtube to elminate the need for headset spacer. The wethepeople "Buck" 2019 BMX Frame - Matt Translucent Blue comes now with a 13.2" short rear end, so it's more maneuverable and a pretty solid frame.

Also now in stock, the wethepeople "Pathfinder" 2019 BMX Frame in the new colorway Sunburst Green, which is the signature frame of Felix Prangenberg and uses "new school street inspired" responsive geometry with a ground breaking new offset thickness chain stay and bottom bracket sheel, to strengthen the frame in areas susceptible to grind damage. Furthermore the wethepeople "Pathfinder" 2019 BMX Frame - Sunburst Green includes a integrated seat clamp, wider rear triangle for for a 2.5" tire and has no brake hardware holes (brakeless) for a very clean and modern look.

Check our online-shop for more new Wethepeople products!



Have fun!



All the best,

Your kunstform BMX Shop Team

We got the new wethepeople "Message" 2019 BMX Frame in the colorway Galactic Purple, which has a great BMX Park geometrie and is euipped with a short stand over height of 8" and head tube angle of 75.5°. The wethepeople "Message" 2019 BMX Frame - Galactic Purple comes with a glitterpaint, is made of 4130 CrMo and comes as well with a strong rearend.


Check our online-shop for more new wethepeople products!



Have fun!



All the best,

Your kunstform BMX Shop Team

The Boys from Wethepeople BMX produced a lot of bangers the last couple years. Watch now their Best of the Best Video, in which our Bro Felix Prangenberg got some heavy clips, as well.

Enjoy the video, your kunstform BMX Shop Team!



Video: Grant Castelluzzo

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• alle products of Wethepeople
• alle signature parts of Felix Prangenberg
• kunstform YouTube Channel


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Felix Prangenberg recently went on a trip to Berlin for wethepeople, where he shot a new video with team-mate Tom Weikert and newcomer to the team Giano Vacca. As the name suggests, this happened especially at night. The dudes filmed all the day in Berlin for other projects and late they did a "Lateshift" at the Nike SB Shelter indoor plaza. You can watch the whole edit right now.

Enjoy the video, your kunstform BMX Shop Team!

Video: Wethepeople (Filmed and edited by David Schaller)

Related links:

• all products of wethepeople
• all signature parts of Felix Prangenberg

Very soon we will get the new wethepeople BMX frames and it is time for us to reduce the previous year's models. So be fast.

Related links:

• all BMX frames of wethepeople
• all products of wethepeople

We still have a few wethepeople Pathfinder Felix Prangenberg Signature 2019 BMX frames in stock, which we are now offering in a greatly reduced amount while stocks last.

Related links:

• all signature parts of Felix Prangenberg
• all products of wethepeople

Unfortunately Felix Prangenberg broke his hand recently and currently has to take a break from riding. Reason enough for Felix to use the BMX-free time to put together a new BMX from his Wethepeople Signature parts and Eclat products. Felix then explains the details and the purpose of each individual part. We have listed - if available - all products from the video including alternatives below.

Felix will soon be giving away his old BMX. All you have to do is follow Felix 'Instagram or wethepeople's Instagram and keep your eyes open. We wish Felix a speedy recovery at this point and hope that he can ride again in autumn.

Have fun with the video, your kunstform BMX Shop Team!

Video: wethepeople

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• all products of wethepeople
• all products of eclat
• all signature parts of Felix Prangenberg

Yeah, the wethepeople 2021 BMX bikes are on the way to us. The 2021 collection sets new standards and the demand is very high. The BMX bikes will reach us at the beginning of November and you can preorder them now, only while stocks last.

It's time to shine for Tom Weikert, Dan Banks and Wiktor Skibinski! The three wethepeople rookie AM riders got sent to the city of Cologne, Germany to meet each other for the first time and hang with our bro & wethepeople pro Felix Prangenberg and Jordan Godwin also wethepeople pro. Together with wethepeople family riders Max Gaertig, Nico Van Loon and Giano Vacca, they stacked enough clips for a banger of a video.

Have fun with the video, your kunstform BMX Shop Team!

Video: David Schaller

Related links:

• all products of wethepeople
• all signature parts of Felix Prangenberg

Yeah, we got a delivery from wethepeople softgoods.

The pre-christmas season is approaching, so we are happy that the 2021 Mankind BMX bikes will reach us at the beginning of December. We have also prepared a few BMX gift tips and the delivery of the wethepeople clothing is also in stock. Especially for Christmas we have increased the our return policy to 90 days .

After the first delivery of the wethepeople 2021 BMX bikes was completely sold out within a few days, we are now happy that we were able to organize a few of the most popular models again.

Our bro Felix Prangenberg filmed this 7 minute long banger part with his teammate Jordan Godwin last summer. You are only one click away from witnessing this madness, check it!

Have fun with the video, your kunstform BMX Shop Team!

Video: Felix Prangenberg

Related links:

• all products of wethepeople
• all signature parts of Felix Prangenberg

The Wethepeople team, featuring Felix Prangenberg, Dan Kruk, Jordan Godwin and Riley Smith, have partnered with Grant Castelluzzo to release a high quality 20 minute clip called "Honey".

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Michael King and Michael Farren continue the discussion on the main focus areas for All About Worship - Power of His Presence, Power of His People, and the Power of a Sound.  King catches up with Farren in the middle of the KINGDOM SONGS BOOT CAMP and there are some amazing takeaways.

“Stop leading songs and start pastoring people” - Michael Farren.

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On today's podcast, we're sitting down with some powerful women in the faith - Krissy Nordhoff and Amanda Blankenship.  We're talking about an important subject for church leaders in general, but especially Worship Leaders, the motivation of ministry.  Enjoy!

The Worship Podcast is powered by All About Worship (Dustin Smith & James Galbraith) and WeAreWorship (Wisdom Moon & Morgan Shirey).

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I don't know if you have ever been on a 15-hour flight with 8 and 13-year-old boys, but that is where I found myself a couple weeks ago.  I had been invited to minister at a conference in Australia and my wife and I decided it was finally time to take the whole family to the land down under.  This meant we would be taking 3 different flights that would total about 24 hours of flying. Lucky for me, my kids are pro travelers. I even remember one trip when my youngest was just 6 years old, he asked how long one of the trips was going to be and I said 8 hours.  His reply was, "oh, that's not too bad." I knew at that time that my kids were going to be able to handle almost any trip I threw at them.

So here we are on the 15-hour flight and the first thing everyone does is start choosing their movies.  My first thought is, no phone, no email, no communication...sleep. This is a rare opportunity for me. But instead I start filtering mindlessly through the movies and it only takes one swipe of the page before my 13-year-old elbows me and points to a movie that I have been telling him about since he was a little boy, Braveheart.   He was always too young to watch it before and it had been so long since I had seen it that I told him I would watch it and then decide if I thought he was ready. So instead of sleeping, I embarked on the three hour Braveheart adventure.  

If you have ever seen this movie then you know it is not for the weak of heart. I love how Robert Ebert describes it in his 1995 movie review . . .

Mel Gibson's "Braveheart" is a full-throated, red-blooded battle epic about William Wallace, the legendary Scots warrior who led his nation into battle against the English in the years around 1300. It's an ambitious film, big on simple emotions like love, patriotism, and treachery, and avoids the travelogue style of so many historical swashbucklers: Its locations look green, wet, vast, muddy and rugged. Not much is known about Wallace, known as Braveheart, except that according to an old epic poem, he unified the clans of Scotland and won famous battles against the English before being captured, tortured and executed as a traitor.

From that review does this sound like the type of movie I should be watching on a plane?  Yet here I am, three hours into the flight completely locked in. All the lights are off in the plane.  Both boys are asleep and William Wallace is getting tortured. My testosterone is through the roof. I forget I'm on a plane. I want to stand up and yell, mercy! I am a mess. Tears are pouring down my face.  I don't care who you are. If you don't feel something when Mel Gibson yells, "FREEDOM", while being tortured, then you need a pulse check. NOTE TO SELF . . . DON’T WATCH BRAVEHEART ON A PLANE!

As I watched this movie, God was doing a work in me that I was not expecting.  He was reminding me of the fight that he has called me to and the leanings of human nature to take over and fight for itself.  The story of Braveheart, like so many stories in the Bible, is centered around men who fought for power instead of people.  As I was sitting in the plane watching the soldiers mock the townspeople and abuse their position, I felt myself shrinking in my seat.  As I watched the King and those that he had placed in leadership abuse their power, I felt like it is much of what Jesus encountered when he walked the earth and a lot of what we encounter in church leadership today.  

As I travel around the world I see men and women who are fighting for position, but they have stopped fighting for people.  When Jesus stepped on the scene he was not concerned about a position, he was fighting always for people.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released, that the blind will see, that the oppressed will be set free,and that the time of the Lord’s favor has come. - Luke 4:18-19

One of my favorite lines in the movie Braveheart is when William Wallace says to Robert the Bruce . . .

There's a difference between us.  You think the people of this country exist to provide you with position. I think your position exists to provide those people with freedom.  And I go to make sure they have it.

I feel like this is what Jesus would say to a lot of ministers today. I know it is what he said to a lot of leaders in the Bible who abused their positions.  Is it what he is saying to you today?

Today's podcast is a sit down with the hosts of All About Worship, Dustin Smith & James Galbraith, talking about the important of valuing people, over the titles or positions we hold.  God has asked us to be responsible - able to gauge a response - for the people we lead.  Enjoy!

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