" Way back in the year nineteen hundred and eighty three, April 18, 1983 to be exact, BMX Freestyle riders, RICH AVELLA and RON WILKERSON(AKA ronw.), started the 2-HIp Trick Team, performing shows in fairs and public gatherings all around NORCAL.

Both ronw. and Rich were still in High School and always getting made fun of for riding those "little bikes"— but they didn't care, they rode BMX, everyone else just didn't know how cool it was (yet.)

Rich and ronw. stuck with it, hustling more and more shows until they were riding in enough shows to quit working @ a local Novato pizza joint to have more time to ride...

ronw. was hustlin' and sending out 2hip TRICK TEAM resumes, and quickly picked up co-sponsors like SKYWAY RECREATION (Tuff wheels) and OAKLEY GRIPS(Now sunglasses---thanx for the new shades, SCURTO!)

Then after a year of TEAM 2HIP shows, this BMX racing company named GT BIKES, was starting to make Freestyle bikes and picked up TEAM 2HIP.

With GT, the 2-HIp team did their first Summer tour in 1984, blowing people's minds all around USA with this new thing called BMX Freestyle. The tour was an amazing experience for the Team, amongst other things meeting all the ROCKVILLE BMX crew- Slim, Spike, Hadji, Scooby, Root Girl, Root Mom, Nubbie, Shirt, others...and then later on tour experiencing NYC for the 1st time with Mark from WESTWOOD CYCLES, and then while in Moline, IL meeting BMX racer RICK MOLITERNO at the shop he worked at and bringing him on tour to hang out for a few days, getting him psyched to ride more Freestyle. Mark is still chief Bonehead at Westwood Cycles (where's the 2hip's?!), and Rick went on to be a pro rider and form the company STANDARD BYKES.

After the 1984 tour, Rich stopped riding to pursue music(ontour in Australia RIGHTNOW with his band 'Nothing People' as this is being written!) andto attend college, and ronw. quit GT to ride for HARO BIKES...

ronw. had many new tricks he invented up his sleeve, and soon ronw. became a top pro rider traveling the world doing demo's with BRIAN BLYTHER and DAVE NOURIE.

"After ronw.'s 6 year tenure w/HARO, he followed his dream and started producing bikes and continuing TEAM 2HIP...!....

Initially keeping the contests under the 2HIP name and producing bikes under WILKERSON AIRLINES, after 3-4 years all was consolidated under 2hip BIKES and TEAM 2hip.

2-HIp has always been a premier sponsoring company of up-and-coming pro riders, as being a rider-owned company, 2hip had the keenest eyes for new talent... And for most of the TEAM 2hip riders, 2hip was their first sponsor.

2-HIp has roots, and we're not going anywhere. Thanx to all the riders for their support –Peaceout- and keep it real ALLWAYS."

+ the current 2-HIp riders

After ronw.'s 6 year tenure w/HARO, he followed his dream and started producing bikes and continuing TEAM 2HIP...!....

Initially keeping the contests under the 2HIP name and producing bikes under WILKERSON AIRLINES, after 3-4 years all was consolidated under 2hip BIKES and TEAM 2hip.

2-HIp has always been a premier sponsoring company of up-and-coming pro riders, as being a rider-owned company, 2hip had the keenest eyes for new talent... And for most of the TEAM 2hip riders, 2hip was their first sponsor.

2-HIp has roots, and we're not going anywhere. Thanx to all the riders for their support –Peaceout- and keep it real ALLWAYS.

2011 2hip Bikes USA