The Torker Museum at 62 Cycles
The Torker Museum
at 62 Cycles
The first permanent Torker heritage space in Europe — and the centerpiece that started it: a 50th Anniversary Big Bike, #16 of 50, reimagined with the best parts made today and none of its soul left behind.
Fifty years ago the Torker MX gave big riders a frame that actually fit them. At 62 Cycles in Sens, France, Raphaël asked a simple question — what would that Big Bike have been if the best components made today had existed back then? This build is his answer. It's also the first piece of the first Torker museum in Europe.
A Big Bike, Reimagined
The brief was the hard part, not the parts. Raphaël didn't set out to turn a heritage frame into a modern BMX. He set out to honor it — to keep the identity and the soul of a Big Bike, and imagine what it could have been if today's best hardware had been on the shelf in 1976.
The bones are the real thing: the chrome Torker Big Bike 50th Anniversary frame, number 16 of 50, with its numbered certificate of authenticity. Everything hung on it is modern, light, and chosen on purpose.
The Build — #16/50
- Frame: Torker Big Bike 50th Anniversary, chrome — #16/50
- Numbered Certificate of Authenticity
- Cranks: titanium
- Spokes: titanium
- Rims: carbon
- Hubs: Profile Racing
- Saddle: Uni-MAX
- Finish: full chrome over heritage geometry
- Final weight on the scale: 11 kg · 24.3 lb
The Big Bike traces straight back to the 1976 Torker MX — the first frame the Fullerton family ever built, a pro-size machine BMX Action magazine called a "fiendishly seductive racing bike," ridden by California State Champion Kevin McNeal because it was the only frame that fit a big, hard-charging rider. The MX26 and MX29 still carry that DNA. The 50th Anniversary Big Bike is the tribute, numbered to 50.
The First Torker Museum in Europe
62 Cycles sits in Sens, France, under three words on the storefront — Ride for the Joy. Inside, Raphaël is building something no one else in Europe has: a permanent Torker exhibition space. Heritage frames, the archive, the numbered certificate framed on the wall next to the old BMX Action pages, and this #16/50 build standing as the centerpiece.
It's a real shop, run by people who ride — the kind of place where the history is on the wall and the bikes are on the floor.
Eleven Kilos
A Big Bike you can actually throw around. Titanium where it counts, carbon where it helps — and 11 kilos on the hook when it was done. That's the whole idea: heritage you can ride hard, not a museum piece behind glass. Except this one happens to be both.
Photos and build by 62 Cycles · 62cycles.fr · Sens, France.
FAQ
What is the Torker Museum at 62 Cycles?
A permanent Torker heritage space being built inside 62 Cycles in Sens, France — the first of its kind in Europe. It brings together heritage frames, archive material, a numbered certificate of authenticity, and the reimagined 50th Anniversary Big Bike #16/50 as its centerpiece.
What is the 50th Anniversary Big Bike #16/50?
Number 16 of a 50-unit numbered run of the Torker Big Bike 50th Anniversary chrome frame, each with its own certificate of authenticity. This one was built up by 62 Cycles with titanium cranks and spokes, carbon rims, Profile Racing hubs, and a Uni-MAX saddle — finished at 11 kg.
What historical frame does the Big Bike honor?
The 1976 Torker MX — the first frame the Fullerton family built, and the pro-size Big Bike ridden by Kevin McNeal. The modern MX26 and MX29 carry the same DNA. Source: BMXmuseum.com.
Where is 62 Cycles?
Sens, France — storefront tagline "Ride for the Joy." Online at 62cycles.fr.
Can I get a Torker Big Bike?
Yes. The 50 Year Anniversary Big Bike and the rest of the Big Bike line ship from Apple Valley, California. See the links below.
Ride the Big Bike
The 50 Year Anniversary Big Bike is a numbered run of 50, hand-built and shipping from Apple Valley, California. Heritage you can ride hard.
Ride the 50th Anniversary Big Bike Shop All Big Bikes