Growing up, I had a special bond with my BMX. It was my ticket to autonomy, freedom, and independence, and my 20-inch represented a distilled version of everything I later came to love about motorbikes as an ?adult.?
But no matter how old I get or what I have in my garage, there?s a part of me that always harkens back to that desire for bar-spins and bunny-hops. And apparently I?m not alone in this. This new build from Hide Work Custom of Taiwan is a BMX-inspired custom, and aims to recapture the pedal-powered magic from a client?s childhood.

HWC was founded in 2016 by Huang Wen Chi, better known simply by ?Achi.? After a 15-year career as a lathe and mill operator and a lifelong idée fixe for two-wheelers, Achi set up shop in Taoyuan City in Northwestern Taiwan, and started constructing one-off bikes. ?This project was commissioned by a client that?s a street wear and skateboarding enthusiast who had an idea for a BMX-themed build that was as stripped down and simple as possible,? we?re told.

With a limited budget, HWC wanted to find an inexpensive donor with cheap and readily available parts, so they opted for a used Chin Wang 100; a popular 100cc moped made by local manufacturer Sanyang Motor Co. Ltd, better known simply by ‘SYM.’
The Chin Wang?s lineage can be traced back to Honda?s legendary Super Cub. In 1962 Sanyang entered into a partnership with Honda to assemble the Japanese marque?s two-wheelers at SYM?s plant in Taiwan. After Honda terminat...