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The Bike Shop / 22 inches

« on: February 11, 2013, 07:22:22 PM »

Got my fedex tracking number today.  I should have the f22 tires by friday!!!

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The Bike Shop / What did you do to your bike today? (v2)

« on: February 02, 2013, 10:08:36 AM »

I finally got around to installing the odyssey female axle on a joytech hub I have had since 2008.  Works perfectly and it is still as smooth rolling as an elite.

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The Bike Shop / 22 inches

« on: January 23, 2013, 07:54:18 PM »

Same place you get tires.

Pretty sure you can fit 20 inch tubes in though. Think of the weight savings!

Yup 20" tube works perfectly fine.

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The Bike Shop / 22 inches

« on: January 23, 2013, 04:52:06 PM »

The 22" welded revenge rims are available to pre-order.  Hit up your LBS!

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The Bike Shop / What did you do to your bike today? (v2)

« on: January 22, 2013, 10:08:15 PM »

Installed a 33t profile chainwheel and swapped to an 11t driver on my dirtbike.  Oh and busted out my Native BMX pads!  

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The Bike Shop / 22 inches

« on: January 20, 2013, 11:46:44 PM »

Hopefully one of my buddies has better/more footage but this is all that survived the gopro... me riding the 22 holmes through the right line at RaysMKE transferland.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY3wMc75Duk

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The Bike Shop / 22 inches

« on: January 17, 2013, 05:37:01 PM »

Ahh man, I need one of these. Someone do a table on one and get a photo please.

Heading to Chicago and Milluakee tomorrow for a weekend of riding so odds are good I'll have some 22" footage.

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The Bike Shop / 22 inches

« on: January 17, 2013, 05:30:29 PM »

I sent an e-amil to Faction regarding estimated delivery date. This is what they answered: "I think tyres will be ready before end of February. We were trying to co-ordinate for half the delivery to go the USA warehouse and half to come here (one consignment at the factory and one courier ) but it didn't work out so we've had to arrange for it to be collected by different shippers on different weeks.The factory has to manage our small order between their huge roadbike orders, unfortunately we have to keep to their timetable not ours because the F22 is a 'rebel' project for two of the factory technicians. We're lucky to have their cutting edge tech but it does mean we sometimes have to put up with delays".

I think we´ve to be patient and keep in mind that Faction is a small player in the game. I personally really appreciate that they push the market for a 22" option.

Just got an email from Kevin essentially stating the same thing.  He offered to give me my money back.  I am going to wait this out though I hope everything works out by March.

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The Bike Shop / What did you do to your bike today? (v2)

« on: January 16, 2013, 05:24:29 PM »

Picked up polished Deluxe pedals - Stoked!  Sorry for the giant pic.

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The Bike Shop / 22 inches

« on: January 05, 2013, 06:35:22 PM »

hahahahhahaha. HA. good luck.
:cheers:

lol I know but I am willing to take the risk.  If I lose the money I will invoke the wrath of paypal :-)

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The Bike Shop / 22 inches

« on: January 05, 2013, 04:45:26 PM »

I really like the standover height on that bike.  The rest of the 22s I have seen look a little Killerado scooterish.

Yes agreed.  My only complaint on the holmes is the standover... cosmetic yes but I would like it to be an inch more.

Very nice Amero!  I can't wait for the faction f22 tires to show up.  They said 28 days shipping to US distro then normal shipping from texas.  It has been 32 days since I placed the order so I should have them soon.

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The Bike Shop / 22 inches

« on: January 01, 2013, 09:50:38 PM »

one from today.[/IMG]

Hell yeah!

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The Bike Shop / 22 inches

« on: December 31, 2012, 08:01:31 PM »

Check out page 20 for a 22" review all the way back in 1983.  I had this magazine, I must have read it a hundred times back then.

http://oldschoolmags.com/mags/BMXPlus_8301.pdf

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The Bike Shop / 22 inches

« on: December 31, 2012, 05:31:45 PM »

Oh and yes you should get one.  I switched back to a 21.25" tt steadfast for the last three rides and while I can still jump, hop and do everything... the sketchyness factor is definitely higher.  On the 22 holmes I never feel out of control like I am going to dead sailor.  The bike fits me like my 1983 supergoose did when I was 14.  Body to bike size ratio feels exactly the same.

I was watching Mullvile blast the jump room at rays last weekend and check out his setup.  He is fairly short... probably 5'7" and he runs really tall bars... he has a very upright stance.  The Holmes lets me run really high bars and be more upright because it has a low bb and with the CS at 14.5" I never loop out.  I can lean back and pull up hard off of jumps and since I am so upright I can tuck the bike up and get a lot higher than I can on a 20" or my Model C.

Get one dude!!!

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The Bike Shop / 22 inches

« on: December 31, 2012, 05:23:54 PM »

I agree with everything CMC has to say ^^

I am running my CS at 14.5" and it looks like it could be as long as 14-7/8" maybe even 15".

Just got home from a ride and after much trial and error I have my holmes setup dialed.  Slammed push stem with Hoder bars with the CS at 14.5"