The Animal History
Animal
Bikes was founded in
2002 by Ralph Sinisi after an
incisive road trip experience
in Georgia. Ralph never
planned to found a BMX company
in the first place. Back then
Ralph, Mike Tag, Steve
Crandall, Bob Scerbo and
George Dossantos rode a
session at a university, which
apparently pissed of a local
professor. This nice gentleman
called the cops and also sued
all attendees for damages of
property. As a result of that,
the guys had to endure an
unexpected stopover in jail
for almost one month. Back in
freedom the guys decided to
leave Georgia as fast as
possible and headed to South
Carolina for camping. In a
sleepless night Ralph had a
flash of inspiration and so
Animal Bikes
was born.
Animal what?
For a long time Animal has
been the standard expression
for Ralph and his friends
whenever they talked about
something sick. Animal rails,
Animal tricks, or just
Animals, sick dudes doing sick
tricks. So what would be more
logical than calling your
company Animal
Bikes! Especially
when you start a company to
represent your scene and
support your friends.
New York City - Animal
City
As soon as you see a video
of this company it's easy to
see that Animal
Bikes are straight
out of New York; besides the
unique atmosphere it shows
countless street spots from
the Big Apple, the most famous
ones are probably the Brooklyn
Banks that get shredded by
local rides like Edwin
Delarosa and Bob Scerbo. The
first parts of the company -
Animal Pegs - were produced in
a small garage shop in New
York and were distributed to
the world from there.
"I just wanted to do
something all about the riding
with no bullshit or image to
sell stuff. Just good riding
and good parts." - Ralph
Sinisi. What more can you say?
If you need high quality
street parts and prefer to
spend your money on a
rider-owned company than on a
multy million corporal group,
than
Animal!
is the perfect choice for you.
