 You better act like you don't hear what I'm saying and everything's all right. I'm telling you, this black excellence, just finding all these excellent black people that got phenomenal things going on amongst the black community, so we've been getting bombarded with people hitting us like, bruh, I'm excellent, I know, because you're black, and that's excellent enough right there, but today, I got my dog in here with me, man, this is a cold dude, man, for what he does, I'm gonna jump into the paperwork, because y'all ain't gonna believe it if I see it, bruh. This guy sitting right here, it's John Sanders. John Sanders, first of all, how you gonna not trust a nigga named John Sanders? His name's John Sanders, he's trustworthy, but this dude hit me on social media, showed me some dope ass bikes that he built, man, he got these bikes that he built, he got these mobile art pieces, right, it's not just bikes, bruh, so he got his own custom bikes, man, so y'all show some love for that, that's big, you ain't seen, it's not a lot of black owned, I don't even know what you call people who build bikes, are you a bicyclist? No, that's not what we're riding, but he's a custom bike builder, and he's gonna hit with us today, man, all the way out of Miami, Florida, man, let's get some back story, tell me how you guys started in this, man. Okay, back story, bruh, so basically, like I said, playing football at University of Buffalo. Shout out to the University of Buffalo, what position, bruh? I played corner and strong and safe. They just getting away scholarships, bruh, this is not a good position. You gotta have a heart and play strong and safe, bruh. I walked down and got a scholarship. Word, that's natural talent, flex on it, correct me. So, like I said, I need to get to practice, and I don't really wanna wait for like the bus, you know what I mean? Yeah, bus season lame as hell. Yeah, yeah, plus it's cold, buffer. It's fucked. So, I was like, you know, let me get a bicycle, so. I don't know how a bike was better than a bus, but whatever. I didn't see where you was going with that one. You gotta get places, you know, where the bicycle, you can go anywhere you want, man. A bus is only gonna take you. But it snows everywhere in Buffalo. Yeah, but, you know, you gotta make movies, man. You gotta get where you gotta go, so. You was there, I wasn't. You know better than I thought. And I'm like, man, I can't take it to the locker room, cause it's just not right. You know what I mean? So I went home and painted it and whatnot. And then my dog Joe, you know, shout out to Joe. Everybody got a part of the name Joe, man. Shout out to my part of the Joe, he over there. Yo part of the Joe. And all y'all part of his name Joe. Yeah, yeah, Joe. And all the average Joe. And people who smoke Joe. No doubt. Joe off of Kenmore, man, the coupe, check him out, bro. Anyway, he was like, man, you know, you can't paint like that. You gotta paint on the parts, you gotta take all the parts off. Long story short, took me to Go Bikes. It's like a little Buffalo, like community bike shop. Long story short, you know, I wear it every like Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. And it was just like a sponge, man. Just learning from everybody. Just take bicycles and like ring a man and like fix him or whatnot. You know what I'm saying? So long story short, you know what I'm saying? I get back to the house. Start over. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I get back home really as my wife, you know, face. She was just like, stop just painting bikes and just like painting for other people. See, that's the difference. Stop right there and just talk about the importance of having a woman that believe you could have just really been out here just paying shit. And she not said that. What you mean? I'm better in college. How did you know she was the one? Man, it was just that feeling, you know, just seeing her, you know, around. And like she was very trustworthy from jump. So I think that's how it helps. Hell yeah. Everybody needs somebody they can trust. Especially motherfuckers who don't steal. Like if your girl, if you see your girl to the store, she bring your change back. Whether you keep it or not, let's just show you you're dealing with something. She held it down forever, man. So. Forever. So she's like, you know, go ahead and make bikes. So long story short, real flame. My grandma hit me up and was like, hey, check this wrestler out. He had wrestling. That was the one who was random. No, but I'm going somewhere. I'm going to watch. But you're just a random girl from grandma. Baby, look at this wrestler here. She was like, she's like, chuck him out. You know, y'all kind of look alike. And I was like, you know, it's kind of all right. So I'll look him up and I'm like, all right. You know, we kind of look alike. You know, so. Jordan Burrows. I'm out the wrestling. No, he's an Olympian, man. Oh, he's okay. Yeah. Let's check him out, man. So he was like, you know, so anyway, check him out. Then his fiance hit me up. And she's like, hey, I see you painting bikes. Like I want to get something for Jordan kind of special. Would you do something? I'm like, yeah, cool, cool. So I'm just like, wait a minute. Jordan like burrows. She's like, yeah, yeah. I'm like, I'm just telling him about this dude last week. You know what I mean? That's more than a coincidence. That's the universe moving. Grandma was on it. Always on it. She been on it from day one telling me to go ahead and go after it. So I appreciate that too. You know what I mean? So you do look like that. For real. So that's what pretty much birthed it, man. Yeah. Had you not looked like that. What did you end up doing for him? Like what piece did you put on? Well, she said, you know, he likes gold. Like I said, he wanted to go to the Olympics thing in 2013 and what not. And like American flag. So I kind of American flagged it for him. Put some gold rims. This is like my very first, first custom. You know what I mean? So I did that for him. And like I said, I moved back down south to Florida. And just wanted to, you know, go out a little bit more. Try to do that. I'm just putting this blunt in there. What pieces that you didn't put together so far? So far. It's kind of, I'm like the Michelin man, right? So you make a tire, what? Now you hug it. And he's like, you don't want to see it go. But I feel like everyone I do, I really like. Like, you know, I tap in with the people. Can also, yeah, yeah, what they want. So I know like I did like a frog, dark frog one. That was pretty funny. But the lady was out in Texas. So I was paying her to listen to Texas. You know what I mean? Man, probably had to be Sean Taylor piece. Oh, okay. I did a piece for Sean Taylor, man. I know his peoples. So there was like, everyone was making shoes or, you know, hats. T-shirts. Right. That's why it was so crazy when you sent me this. I was like, bro, this shit is dope as hell. You definitely need to be on a platform where people can see it. So do you do just like custom bikes or do you do trikes or just are you in the whole, are you getting into the whole thing? Yeah. I want to tap into like electric as well. For real? That's the way. Right. Electric bikes are pretty dope. But pretty much fixies, you know what I mean? Whatever you ride, like road, you know what I mean? Fixies. You were dropping the lingo in there like we know this. Fixies is like a fixed bike. So basically it's consistently moving. I'm going to start calling chicks who had the body surgery. Oh, she a fixie. She had to go get fixed. No doubt. So yeah, just pretty much stuff like that. But as far as future for it manages, keep on creating, probably move on to other avenues of painting. I mean, I've also like painted airplanes too. You're an artist? Yeah. That's what's up. Yeah, yeah. So everything's hand custom, hand designed. So I come up with the idea and just slow it out. But what's the price range running? You know black people want to know how much it costs, man. You got where you starting off at. I got reasonable prices for what I put out. Because they're true one-on-one pieces. Would it be cheaper to bring a fixie? Like I bring you a fixie and like bruh, bring it back. I got you. Yeah, I could do that. So you do kind of restoration too, huh? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I refurbish it. So you got something that's kind of like messed up where you weren't painting. I send everything down and get it back right for you. Cool, man. Well, you ever find yourself like on something? Like you have to revert back to your real nigga? Like you at the bike shop just going on a whole geek mode like, wait a minute, I'm a real ass nigga. Nah, actually, I don't really, you know, I don't really rock with bicycle shops. You know what I mean? Because I can get parts that they can't get. You know what I mean? I create what they can't do. You know what I mean? So I don't really worry about them. If anything, I go in there and let them like fix on one. Yeah. And I take it and get it shipped out. That's what's up, man. I just hope you keep doing your motherfucking thing, man. Because it's dope to see black men getting into other avenues, you know. Do you run into a lot of black people like on that side of the world, you know, in the bike world? Nah. Nah at all, man. I think I've probably met one of the brothers before. Let's start a bike team. Let's do it. I mean, there's one down south with some catchy part of the language, but JRS, yeah. Nah, we start our own shit. Yeah, yeah, nah, yeah. It should be hard, too, though. All the kind of bikes we're riding through, like it says mobile art, man. There's things that are true, like I said, one-on-ones that never been seen before. And I feel like this is one of those industries where you are seeing people do more shit like they're, like, getting outside and riding bikes and stuff like that. Especially with the whole pandemic. People, you know, start riding bikes. And so that's hard seeing things move a little bit more that way, you know, with that. But I feel like people always need bikes, man. Man, while we're sitting here chopping it up, just, right quick, let them know where they can find you, check out some of your work and stuff like that. You can find my Instagram, JRSCustomBicycles, my website, JRSCustomBicycles.com. Yeah, yeah, as best as just hitting me up, call me, because like I said, it's detail, right? So I gotta know what you want. So just give me a call, you know, work everything out. So it's not just the bikes that you do. It's like, you do art pieces also for like exhibits and just people who want, you know, art at the house and shit like that. Yeah, yeah, it's, like I said, it's versatile. So like I said, if you want a piece at the house, I can paint it for you, you can hang it up on the wall. It's an art piece, you know what I mean. Or you can take it down and you can ride it around, you know, like guarantee people are gonna stop you and talk to you and actually where you got that from. So when people order you bikes and you ship it to them, is it like, is it fully assembled or some assembly? It's probably about 80%, you know what I mean. So just because package size and whatnot, but all you gotta do is put... That's one of the problems I've been running into out here, the package size. Nah, that was too good to pass up. I don't even know who you are. But no, so it's like, you know, I build it up for them, but all you gotta do is put the front tire on just to handle the bar. It's pretty easy. Yeah, so even a novice can finish up the shit that you're doing. I can't believe you didn't bring me shit, bro. I've been told you I was gonna order some. You must have thought my money ain't no good. Nah, I got you, man. Don't get it fucked up. This is not my only job. I got a piece for you. What you bringing? So it's an 85 South type of concept, you know what I mean. Hold up, man, where my knife? Anybody want my knife? You know what the sensitive areas are. Oh, shit. Come on, bro. J-R-S Customs. What you bring us, man? J-O-N, you see this? You got your hand held out. I didn't even know this thing had a camera. Bro, we might sue you. You can't put this footage out. We own this footage, bro. Can't bootleg this shit. There you have it, folks. We're gonna be looking for a new music director. Find out this thing has been bootlegged in the show. The whole time. It's behind the scenes, on the scenes. Oh, shit. So, bro. It's kinda like, let me see. No, we, man, this is crazy. There we go. How the hell we gonna hang this up in the trap? We might just have to lean that bitch up on the table or something. That shit is hard. Nah, you don't want to do that. So, here we go. Nigga. Will you see this? There you go. Bro, I want the rest of that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So, it could be whatever you want, bro. It's gonna be an art piece for now, bro. Yeah, no doubt. How long you in town? Uh, until like Thursday. We want to send you to the bike show. I know you got your custom shit here with you, bro. If I can get whatever you need, man. Bro, you know what I need. I need some wheels. I need a motor. Nigga, y'all have a seat. I'm gonna count to three years. Nigga, I might even put a basket on that bitch. I like carrot. Can I put a basket on my shoes? You can do that, bro. I wanna cuss the basket on that bitch with some baskets on three baskets. Two on the side, in the front. I got you, dawg. You think I'm bullshitting. I'm dead to fuck serious. Let's do it, man. I'm dead to fuck serious. I appreciate it. I'm gonna make sure that 85% is hit you up. We got a black-owned bike builder right here in the trail with us. My man John Sanders, 85% show. Black excellence. Check that bitch out again. It looks like a bar. Appreciate it.