Jan 23 2012
AVID B4 aluminum steering bellcranks are machined from billet 6061-T6 aluminum alloy, black anodized, and laser etched for a premium look. Each package includes 1 left and 1 right bellcrank which replace the plastic servo saver and bellcrank o...
Jan 23 2012
2012 REEDY PRE-RACE CLINIC What: Reedy Race R/C Clinic taught by Kurt “Coach” Wenger When: 8:45 - 9:45pm (After open practice) Wednesday, January 25th
Jan 22 2012
Jesse Robbers always gets his year started by attending the famous CRCRC Mid-West Offroad Championships Race which was located at the Ohio RC Factory in Jefferson Ohio in 2012. He took with him his Avid equipped Hot Bodies CR8, VE8, and D...
Jan 22 2012
Last weekend Homestead RC Raceway was once again the host of the Novarossi Challenge. With sunny sky and a beautiful Florida weather in the mid 70"s, everything was set to have a great weekend of racing.After a full day of practi...
Jan 12 2012
Newport Beach, CA -After 9 years of dedicated effort at Team Associated in developing world championship products, Kurt Wenger has decided to branch out on his own to create parts and accessories that will change the pace of developmen...
Jan 03 2012
Looks as though our friends at RC Car Action are better at their job of finding then we are of hiding. So yes, it is true, you will be spending more time on our website hunting for fresh and innovative new parts for all your cars in 2012.&nb...
Nov 21 2011
Avid RC's very own, Ty Tessman, was at the Milestone RC Park in Riverside California this past weekend for the HPI West Coast Baja Nationals. Ty was looking to test his driving skills and a new vehicle in a class he hasn't driven in be...
Nov 16 2011
Travis Amezcua has won the 2011 Electric 1/8 Buggy Class at the prestigious JBRL Nitro series. The series visited multiple tracks across southern California over eight months. His Mugen MBX6 Eco powered by LRP equipment proved to be unbeatable....
Nov 14 2011
Last week Mike's Hobbyshop in Houston Texas hosted the 2011 RC Pro Finals with great success. The track and pavilion were extended a few months ago in order to host this event and it definitely paid off. Avid had an awesome se...
Nov 01 2011
Another Great Weekend for Tessman! This past weekend Ty Tessman attended the Sidewinder Nitro Explosion at ARC Raceway in Temecula, CA. Simply put, Ty dominated the expert truggy class. It started with T...
Oct 31 2011
11th annual Castle Classic Norcal Hobbies, Union City, Ca. October 23rd By: Scott Kimbrow Norcal Hobbies is a premier r/c facility run by Kevin Jelich and Eric Vasutin. They hav...
Oct 21 2011
This past weekend was the first round of the WRL (Winter Racing League) held at CRCRC. The race was a one-day event that attracted 120+ entries with drivers from Losi, AE and X-Facotry. I was in attendance running 2wd mod, which was the bigges...
Oct 18 2011
This past weekend Ty Tessmann attended the Battle at the Beach race at Lake Havasu, Arizona. Ty raced in both expert 1/8 buggy and expert 4wd short course taking the TQ in both classes, the mains were done a bit ...
Oct 12 2011
Congrats to Jason Branham (Open Truggy), Jake Dillenger (E-Buggy), and Brian Henn (Pro4) for becoming the RCP Texas State Champs for Avid RC. We didn't take Open Buggy but 2nd-8th were all Avid's, so close! Notable mention goes to Issa...
Oct 12 2011
Race report by Carlos Durães (9.18.2011)The last round of the Portuguese Nats took place in the North of Portugal, at Trofa. I hadalready secured enough points to win the championship, but as we must “throw away&rdqu...
Oct 05 2011
So the highly antipated Serpent 811-Be arrives in stores soon and they have a new bearing package on the car. Luckily we here at Avid got you covered for the new 8x19x6. 8x19x6 Metal Halo bearing by Avid Racing Concepts is a new bear...
Sep 26 2011
Paolo Morganti tq's and wins 8th scale at the ROAR Nationals hosted by Control Freakz using Avid Bearings and Accessories. Visit www.liverc.com for all the lap times....
Sep 26 2011
Ty Tessman wins buggy and truggy 2011 Gas Champs rolling on Avid Bearings! Look at http://www.facebook.com/upgrade.rcvideos for some awesome videos. While Travis Amezcua won electric
Sep 25 2011
Jason Branham wins buggy and truggy at the US Series Round 16 for RC Pro which ties him and Ryan Lutz for most points going into the finals with Kyle Skidmore (Avid) in 3rd. I (David Joor) took electric which puts me in the lead for points going i...
Aug 09 2011
This past weekend I attended the Nitro Stampede II Race in Calgary, AB . After a torrential downpour Friday night, the track crew did a great job of getting the track ready to run on. I ran 1/8 truggy, 1/8 buggy and 4WD shortcourse,...
Jul 29 2011
Last weekend saw over 110 racers converge on the famous Timezone Raceway Park for the 3rd annual Timezone Gran Prix, located in Battle Ground Washington. The track is located on private property and only hosts one large event a year. This year&rsq...
Jul 15 2011
It has been quiet here and this is why! Been in the lab reprogramming new Avid features. A lot of these features are a one of a kind such as the Flexkit software and SMS messages. So if you see anything odd on the site please ema...
Jun 21 2011
It came to my attention after some error logs came through that sometime last night Canada was getting shipping errors here at Avid through USPS and Fedex. There is a strike going on in Canada with the Union Postal workers and their needs ha...
Jun 06 2011
2011 ROAR NATIONALS are finally over and what an amazing race it was. Avid did so well and congratulations to Team Associated for being so fast and consistant taking home both National Titles. A Main - 1/8th Buggy 1 Cavalie...
Apr 14 2011
In This Issue - April 14, 2011 Avid is growing FTW bodies have arrived and more to come Some new website features Follow Us ...
Apr 11 2011
Another great weekend at the Louisiana State Champs hosted by Action RC in Denham Springs. I (David Joor) TQ'd electric and nitro pro buggy and Derek Guidry TQ'd nitro pro truggy and 2wd CORR. We ended up winning Electric Buggy (Joor), Nitro Pro T...
Apr 04 2011
I (David Joor) attended the 2011 RC Pro US Series Round 2 at Indy RC this past weekend and after coming from my wins from the Icebreaker and 2011 RC Pro Texas State Series Round 1, I was hoping to keep the trend alive. This weekend it was al...
Mar 30 2011
Avid RC is proud to announce that it will be the premiere online source for a new RC company called FTW (For The Win). The body designs are very forward thinking and mainly designed for the 1:10 scale market. However they are not plann...
Nov 02 2010
What an amazing weekend for Avid at this years RC Pro International Finals in Alvarado Texas. We got 3 National Championships this year. Jason Branham taking Pro Nitro Buggy, Denver Houghton taking Open Arena Truck, and David Joor ta...
Oct 25 2010
Avid will not be shipping orders because we are attending the RC Pro Finals in Alvarado Texas. You will still be able to order during this time though. Your order will ship November 1st. Have a Happy Halloween!...
Oct 06 2010
In This Issue - October 6, 2010 New Products and Bearings Back in Stock Get Notified On Stock Levels Avid Wins Ifmar World Championships
Aug 19 2010
This weekend was the final round for RC Pro Series South in Louisana and Avid takes home the 3 most prestigious award in Pro Buggy, Pro Arena, and Electric Buggy. Kyle Skidmore takes the win in Buggy after an amazing second place win behind ...
Aug 04 2010
Avid Bearings win The 2010 IFMAR 200mm ICC Worlds held in Porter Texas at Mike's Hobbyshop. This brought the best drivers from all around the world to compete in the intense weather conditions that the Houston area had to offer. There ...
Jul 25 2010
July 23rd - 25th, Ty attended the Hotbodies Challenge in Canby, Oregon. Amongst a small but strong field of drivers, on ever changing track conditions, Ty's hotbodies D8T and D8 performed flawlessly powered by Avid Bearings, OS engines, Prol...
Jul 01 2010
Avid RC is proud to announce that our Slip and Slide lubricants are now available after scrutinizing development. Avid Slip Bearing Oil will amaze you at the performance gains you will recieve. This Teflon based oil is designed ...
Jun 29 2010
Avid had an amazing showing at the ROAR Fuel Offroad Nationals this weekend. In buggy Avid had Jesse Robbers (2nd), Ty Tessmann (9th), and Josh Wheeler (11th) and in truggy Ty Tessmann (3rd), Travis Amaezcua (9th), Josh Wheeler (14th), and Jesse R...
May 05 2010
Jesse Robbers travelled to Cullman Alabama for the first annual Alabama Manufacturer Shootout and took the competition by storm. Edging out Ryan Maifield in truck for the win, taking the win over Kortz and Phend in electric 8th, and get...
Apr 19 2010
The 5th Annual Arizona Championship Series Final was run this weekend. Avid was proud to have sponsored this event and to see some of our Team Drivers on the podium. Billy Fischer took the win both pro buggy and truggy with Casey Peck ...
Apr 12 2010
The Avid Ceramic & Steel Engine Bearings offer the maximum performance and reliability to your racing engine at an unbeatable price ($20 for Ceramic, $10 for Steel). The bearing specs are Abec5, G3 Si3N4 Ceramic Balls, PA66 with 30 Glass Fiber...
Apr 12 2010
Avid just absolutely dominated the first RC Pro Series South Rd 1 at N-Control Raceway in Austin Texas. Not only did Avid Bearings win every single class at the event (Intermediate class excluded, sponsored drivers should be in Open), it a...
Apr 02 2010
In This Issue - April 2, 2010 Bearings Back In Stock & New Sizes Get Notified On Stock Levels Less Expensive International Shipping
Mar 16 2010
One of the largest races of the year took place in Las Vegas this past weekend with great success from the Avid team. Cavalieri ran an amazing race with Tebo right there with him the whole race. The two of them almost lapped 3rd twice ...
Mar 15 2010
This was a great weekend for Avid at first RC Pro Series Texas Round 1 being hosted at Mike's Hobbyshop in Porter Texas, not to be confused with Mike's Hobbyshop in Dallas. This one day event had 247 paid entries and things got underway at 1...
Mar 11 2010
Customers are always asking us to email them when a product gets back in stock. To simplify this task I have added a new feature called "Email Notify". This button is located on each product page underneath the "Add To Cart" button.&nb...
Mar 01 2010
The Icebreaker is a popular event in Texas that has been attracting the pros such as Pavidis, Lutz, Branham, Skidmore, and several others. This year Lutz made the trek to enjoy the indoor track at Indy RC. Lutz took TQ in both cl...
Feb 23 2010
Avid had great results from the muddy sunday main events at The Dirt Nitro Challenge hosted by the NitroPit in Arizona. Cavalieri took the win in 8th Pro Nitro Buggy with Robbers in 3rd and Amezcua in 5th 8th Pro Nitro Buggy Results...
Feb 19 2010
Cavalieri has taken the TQ spot in Arizona at the 2010 Nitro Challenge. Followed by his other Avid RC teammates Travis Amecua (8th), Dylan Rodriguez (10th), and Jesse Robbers (11th). Today is buggy qualifying so more to come. Mak...
Feb 15 2010
We always have a lot of customers ask us when a particular bearing will get back in stock. So we made a feature on each product page right under the ADD TO CART button. The new button is titled EMAIL NOTIFY. If you are logged int...
Feb 03 2010
In This Issue - February 3, 2010 13x20x4 & More in Stock All New Website & Features New Product Lines Follow Us On F...
Feb 01 2010
This weekend Revelation Raceway was the host to the 2010 Airtronics Winter Nationals. Travis Amezua qualified 2nd behind Adam Drake with his Avid equipped Mugen MBX-6. As most of you probably know, Travis just joined Mugen after retiri...
Jan 27 2010
We would like to welcome Alan Burton to the Avid RC team. Alan comes on board with a long history within the RC industry as well as being a great racer. He is very approachable at the races and very easy to spot, just look for the 7 fo...
Jan 25 2010
CRCRC is always a great event because it is the first national level race of the year. Everyone is done with holidays and getting back into the swing of things despite the chilly weather. For 2010 this was no different and what is ex...
Jan 05 2010
USPS changed all their rates on Monday and it has caused a huge issue with quotes from our realtime shipping prices. I spent several hour figuring out the issue and turns out USPS changed the names to their services and pricing as well....
Dec 22 2009
Dear Customer - I am writing this today because we have become aware that 5x11's were sent out to a few customers instead of the 5x10's that a few customers ordered. This was due to the label from our manufacturer looking mo...
Dec 16 2009
Article from http://www.neobuggy.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=7407, click to see photos. Round one of the A...
Dec 14 2009
The Hurricane R/C Club in Lake Park, Tampa FL hosted the 2009 JConcepts Clash. The podium for Truggy went Cavalieri (Avid), JR Mitch (Avid), and Ryan Maifield. In buggy the podium went as so, Tebo, Cavalieri (Avid), and JR Mitch (Avid)...
Dec 08 2009
Dylan Rodriguez puts in a great performance at this weekends annual Toys for Tots race at Thunder Alley raceway. The race started out great, with a double TQ in both truggy & buggy classes as well as fastest lap times in both. In truggy he end...
Dec 01 2009
Congratulations to Travis Amezcua for TQ'ing the ROAR approved triple a-main class at the 1st Annual Roar Electric Nationals. There is a little confusion on there being two winners. The reason for this is due to the fact that not every...
Nov 23 2009
This weekend at Revelation in CA, Avid took two wins out of three. Cavalieri TQ'd the electric class and took the win over Brent Thielke in 2nd and Cody King in third. This is great news because next week the same track will be hosting...
Nov 10 2009
It was once again time for the RC Pro Series Finals in Alvarado Texas which never ceases to amaze. This year the track was run moist with routine maintenance every night but it still didn't prevent the track from becoming blown out. It...
Nov 02 2009
We are closed for shipping until November 9th while we attend the RC Pro International Finals. You may still place your order at this time though. Thank you for your business....
Oct 29 2009
1/2 x 3/4 Revolutions are back in stock finally and 5x12's are on the way. Unfortunately it looks like the 5x12's will be arriving while we are closed for RC Pro International Finals. So keep posted here for that, Avid will close Nov. ...
Oct 21 2009
I would like to introduce a few new drivers to the Avid team. Casey Peck joined us about 2 months ago and boy the timing couldn't be better. He just smashed it TQ'ing and winning the Open buggy at the Nitrocross. Chris ...
Oct 19 2009
The Nitrocross at The Nitro Pit just wrapped up this weekend and Avid had a stellar performance by all the team guys that attended. The name to mention first and foremost is Casey Peck. Casey TQ'd and won the expert buggy class which...
Oct 18 2009
Texas RC Pro State Finals took place this weekend in Austin Texas and Avid had some great results. Avid TQ'd every Expert class, Kyle Skidmore taking the honors in Buggy by running a blistering last round to take it, Jimmy Matsler taking t...
Oct 06 2009
Team Avid driver Derek Guidry was in attendance at this past week/weekend (Oct 1-3) to battle out for the title. The track was very brutal on every car that touched the track, with an insane whoop section. Derek Guidry's AE RC8T/Reed...
Sep 28 2009
Lots of restocking and we have added the 1/8 x 3/8 Ceramic for your 540 10th scale motors. Due to an inventory error the 5x10 Revo's ran out and we have some coming in by next week with a blue seal. Nothing else is different other than...
Sep 23 2009
We got almost all of the bearings reloaded (5x11 Revo, 3/16 x 3/8 Revo, 13x19 Revo, and several others), the only main bearing we are still out of at this time is the 5x13 Revo but we do have them in metal. They should be in early next week....
Sep 21 2009
The 13x19's are back in stock and we have several more orders on the way to us now. They should be here by the end of the week if all goes right though customs....
Sep 05 2009
We are currently doing a soft release of our new website which already has some new features and others that are not being released until we get some more testing on the new code. Please let us know if you have trouble with certain areas.&nb...
Aug 31 2009
Avid Bearings dominates RCProSeries Rd.3 South. Avid took TQ in 8th Nitro Buggy and Arena Truck under the piloting of Kyle Skidmore and 8th Electric Buggy by myself (David Joor). Jason Branham pulled the wins in both Buggy and Arena Tr...
May 14 2009
We will be closed May 20th - 28th. We will not be shipping orders at this time but we will be taking them and shipping will begin again on the 29th. Domestic first class shipping will be free for any order size and international will receive an ...
Mar 24 2009
Dear Avid Racer -1. Bearings in stock2. Ryan Cavalieri joins Avid RC------------------------------------------------1. Avid has the 8x14 and 15x21 Revolutions back in stock. We also added 15x21Ceramic ...
Mar 11 2009
Avid has been restocked for the most part. Our most popular bearings are here except for the 15x21 Revolutions and Rubber (next week). We are also glad to say we have added two new items, 1/2 x 3/4 Ceramic Revolution for all the Losi applications (...
Oct 29 2008
We will be closed for shipping between 11/4 - 11/9 due to attending the RC Pro Series Finals in Texas. You will still be able to place your orders at that time however. ...
Sep 20 2008
We would like to congratulate Team Avid in an amazing performance at the 2008 IFMAR 8th Scale World Championships in Charlotte, North Carolina. We had three drivers make it to the Final, Taylor James, Travis Amezcua, and Jesse Robbers. Josh Whee...
Jun 05 2008
Avid will not be shipping orders between June 14-18. We will do a special on shipping but not 100% sure what we will do quite yet. (Will update info here)...
May 01 2008
We have a large order coming in 15 days that will fill the little voids we have at the moment. The biggest news is the 13x19x4 for the 808 is being made now and should be available in rubber shields by the end of May and in Revolutions by ...
Apr 20 2008
We are proud to announce the release of the Avid 5x12x4 Revolution bearing for the Xray 808 8th scale buggy clutch. Xray choose a larger bearing for this new buggy to withstand the load, in doing so they actually made this bearing specific for RC....
Mar 04 2008
Avid RC will not be shipping orders placed from March 7-11 until March 12th. Going to take the time for a rebuild and improvement of our stock as well as a short vacation. However you may still place your orders while we are out....
Mar 04 2008
We have now got 90% of our order in and waiting on some of the ceramics to arrive. Avid RC will not be shipping orders placed from March 7-11 until March 12th. Going to take the time for a rebuild and improvement of our stock as well as a ...
Jan 28 2008
Our SSL Certificate expired the other day and we were waiting for them to get us the information to update it. For some reason it was taking longer than usual. The cert has been updated and all is well....
Jan 27 2008
We got our shipment of the ever popular Avid Indo Brake Disks. The Avid Indos are brake discs made from a high tech phenolic material that was designed to withstand the heat that 8th scale buggies place on them. ...
Jan 24 2008
Sections 1. Restock of bearings, HPI Baja 5B 2. Improved 8x16 Revolution Seal 3. International Shipping Improved 4. Avid Indo Brakes are on their way ================================================
Aug 14 2007
The rest of our stock has arrived including the ever missed 8x14 Flanged Revolutions. Good luck to everyone going to the ROAR Truck Nats!!!...
Aug 01 2007
We just got word that our new stock is leaving Monday, so it should be here next Thursday. Sorry for the delay, there was a mistake in making our 5x10 Revolutions so we are waiting on them to make them. Everything will be here on time for ROAR Truc...
Jul 17 2007
There was a error in our stock levels. Yesterday we were showing none in stock but we have a ton of them. So come and get them. We have an order in, should be about 2 weeks we hope....
Jul 04 2007
As you can tell some things look a little different here at Avid. We are moving things around so that we can deliver news and other future features quicker. In the past there was some limitations on the things we could do. So one of the things that h...
Jul 01 2007
Adam Drake has been on a strong run in 8th scale once he decided to become the front runner late last year. All his hard work has paid off by winning this years ROAR Nationals, the most coveted championship of the year in the United States. Adam Drak...
Apr 26 2007
Scott Kimbrow sent us this little race report after his win from the Mugen Grand Prix. Last weekend at The Mugen Gran Prix in Las Vegas I was able to win the 1/8 Open A-main. After struggling a little bit to get everything right in qualifying...
Sep 19 2006
Our Losi 8ight bearings are in and we have all the crucial bearings in our Revolution style (rubber on one side and metal on the other) except for the 5x13 and 6x10. If you visit either the 8x14 or 5x13 bearing product info page it will provide yo...
Sep 04 2006
Scott Hughes gets second at the worlds with his Avid (Revolutions and Indos) equipped vehicle, only 8 seconds behind the winner and lead the main for sometime. Bobby Tillman also made the show placing 8th. Congratulations guys, amazing performance...
May 09 2006
Just got word that Scott Hughes won the $500 Super-Cross race at the RCX show this weekend. The track was designed by Joey of The Dirt. So who was present? Jared Tebo, Chad Bradley, Ryan Cavalieri, Jeremy Kortz, Mark Pavidis, Travis Amezcua, Marty...
Mar 10 2006
My (David Joor) third race out with the Kyosho SP2 and at one of my favorite tracks as well (RC Raceway and Hobbies in Waco Texas). I took the TQ honors with Tommy Tang taking 2nd qualifier. In the main Jared Bockholt and I ran together switching the...
Nov 28 2005
All current stock is back in full supply but we also added 13 new sizes to the arsenal. 1/2 x 3/4 Black Revolution (Losi outdrive bearing)1/8 x 3/8 x 5/16 Metal (Electric engine bearing)3/8 x 5/8 Black Revolutions (AE outdrive...
Nov 26 2005
Taylor James is just unstoppable right now. Coming towards the end of the year with two wins was just not good enough for him. He took the win and national championship at the this years RC Pro Series in the 8th Pro buggy class and Expert Gas Truck u...
Oct 30 2005
Taylor James once agains wins another top national race using Avid Revolution bearings all around in his TTR 8th scale buggy in the Pro class. Chris Crews comes in with his second large national race win by taking the top spot in Unlimited Monster Tr...
Jul 03 2005
We will not be shipping any order from July 4th to the 11th because we will be attending the Kyosho Challenge. Wish us luck.All items are on order and are to be expected in less than two weeks. ...
Jun 22 2005
We have added a bunch of new bearing sizes to our collection as well5x9x3 Metal6x13x4 Metal6x16x5 Rubber10x16x5 Rubber12x18x5 Metal12x18x5 Rubber12x21x5 Metal...