{"id":432828,"date":"2026-01-23T19:19:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T19:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/432828\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T19:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T19:19:11","slug":"colossal-ripper-becomes-first-production-32-inch-bmx-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/432828\/","title":{"rendered":"Colossal Ripper becomes first production 32-inch BMX bike"},"content":{"rendered":"

SE Racing has officially entered the 32-inch wheel conversation, releasing what it says are the first production 32-inch BMX bikes: the Colossal Ripper<\/a> and the 32-inch Quadangle.<\/p>\n

The bikes debut at a moment when oversized wheels are bubbling across cycling. Mountain bike brands are experimenting. The UCI has opened the door to 32-inch wheels at World Cups<\/a> next season. But in BMX, SE is first to market with complete production bikes you can actually buy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were definitely the first BMX company to have a 32,\u201d says SE Racing brand manager Todd Lyons.<\/p>\n

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Two bikes, two lineages<\/p>\n

The Colossal Ripper follows directly from SE\u2019s most recognizable platform. It is, quite literally, the biggest Ripper the brand has ever made. Alongside it sits the 32-inch Quadangle, a chromoly-framed bike that pulls directly from SE\u2019s early freestyle and race DNA.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a 32-inch chromoly Quadangle, and we have a 32-inch Big Ripper, uh, Colossal Ripper in two different colors,\u201d Lyons says.<\/p>\n

Both bikes are designed as cruisers, not race machines. But they are not novelty items either. Lyons stresses that ride quality, proportions and geometry were all carefully considered.<\/p>\n

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Not just bigger for the sake of it<\/p>\n

One of the key challenges with 32-inch wheels has always been tires. Without proper rubber, the category stalls. SE addressed that problem directly.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe opened a mold for the tires,\u201d Lyons says. \u201cAnd it\u2019s not just generic, it\u2019s our SE tire.\u201d<\/p>\n

That move alone signals long-term intent. This is not a one-off experiment.<\/p>\n

Lyons says the bike surprised even him once it was rideable.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m only 5\u20196\u2033, and this bike is comfortable,\u201d he says. \u201cTo me it\u2019s more comfortable than the Big Ripper, which was our previous biggest bike.\u201d<\/p>\n

A bike people actually choose to ride<\/p>\n

Perhaps the most telling detail is that Lyons kept riding the bike when no one was watching.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the prototype was just in my garage when it was blacked out, I didn\u2019t want anyone to know about it or see it,\u201d he says. \u201cWhen I\u2019d just ride with my local buddies, I grabbed that every time. And it wasn\u2019t because I grabbed it like, \u2018Oh, let me go promote this bike.\u2019 It\u2019s like, no, it was just a nice bike to ride.\u201d<\/p>\n

Short rear ends and familiar BMX feel<\/p>\n

Despite the wheel size, SE worked to keep the ride feeling playful.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe rear end\u2019s not super short, but as short as we can make it,\u201d Lyons says. \u201cThe tire\u2019s about a half-an-inch from the seat tube.\u201d<\/p>\n

That compactness helps the bike lift and in ways that feel familiar to the bikelife rideout types. Wondering how it wheelies?<\/p>\n

\u201cYou pop it up and it\u2019s easier to keep up than a Big Ripper,\u201d Lyons says.<\/p>\n

Oversized, but not out of place<\/p>\n

SE first showed the bikes quietly at rideouts, including Houston, before rolling them into a full debut. While 32-inch wheels are still a curiosity in many corners of cycling, SE Racing has done something simple and significant: it made them real.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SE Racing has officially entered the 32-inch wheel conversation, releasing what it says are the first production 32-inch…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,43062,85],"class_list":["post-432828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-mtb-features","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}