Travis Barker's Famous Big Ripper!

Travis Barker is an incredible musician and he also loves BMX bikes! We were so stoked to connect with him in 2013 to work on a collab bike for his brand Famous Stars & Straps. Coincidentally, the Famous Stars & Straps Big Ripper was the very first bike we ever gave to Dblocks when we started sponsoring him! Dblocks even got to go to Disneyland with Travis and Todd Lyons! How crazy is that!

 

The Design Process

It's a trip to look back at some of the designs we kicked around with Travis when we were designing the Famous Stars & Straps Big Ripper. Some of the designs were wild and some were understated, and it was cool to narrow it down to exactly what Travis liked.

 

The Launch Party + Disneyland!

When it was time to launch the Famous Stars & Straps Big Ripper we held a really cool launch party at Brooklyn Projects in Los Angeles. Travis was there for an awesome meet and greet with the fans, and it was a huge hit. Just look at the line down the block! We even gave one of the bikes away to a lucky fan at the event!

We've continued to hook Travis up with SE bikes over the years because he's an awesome dude, and every now and then they show up on his social media, too. He even loaned his collection to Machine Gun Kelley who used them in his "BMXXing" music video.

The sticker sheet that came with the Famous Stars & Straps Big Ripper was legendary!

It's fun to see some of the other cool designs we came up with for this bike. Travis was heavily involved in this process.

It's fun to see some of the other cool designs we came up with for this bike. Travis was heavily involved in this process.

The invitation to the Famous Stars & Straps Big Ripper launch party.

The line to get into the launch party was down the block at Brooklyn Projects in Los Angeles!

Todd Lyons, Travis Barker, and Brooklyn Projects' Dom DeLuca along with a fan who won one of the first Famous Stars & Straps Big Rippers at the launch party.

Travis Barker, Todd Lyons, Dblocks, and the Famous Starts & Straps Big Ripper at Disneyland. We bet that's something you never expected to see!

An Instagram Story Travis shared in December 2024

We were so stoked to work on this bike with Travis Barker.

Did you know that the Famous Stars & Straps Big Ripper was the first bike we ever gave to Dblocks as a sponsored rider?

This bike was the start of a long, awesome relationship with Travis Barker.