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The Bike Shop / 22 inches
« on: August 15, 2011, 03:31:07 PM »
saw this on Faction's Facebook

Micke S.'s SE with 22"s


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The Bike Shop / 22 inches
« on: August 12, 2011, 05:44:54 PM »
was cool to see S&M listing the 22" fork in their custom options:


LEGS  True Temper butted CrMo
STEERER  1 PC CNC-Machined CrMo
DROPOUTS  Laser Cut 3/8" or 14mm
AXLE TO CROWN  (18") 289.5mm
 (20") 315mm
(22") 340.5mm (24") 366mm
 (26") 435mm
OFFSET  33mm
WEIGHT  2.1 lbs (20")



http://www.sandmbikes.com/_catalog_133396/Custom_Forks



also cool to see an all white Faction Amero (their new higher-end frame) compared with a newer model Macneil Deuce Deuce.  

Macneil


Faction "Amero"

http://wideopenmag.co.uk/news/3197/faction-bike-co-the-22-bmx-project-video-interview

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The Bike Shop / 22 inches
« on: July 20, 2011, 11:10:53 PM »
Vernon's custom 22" fork, made by S&M !


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The Bike Shop / 22 inches
« on: June 04, 2011, 02:29:39 PM »
Quote from: MPK;3439100
. . . What selection of tires is available? It looks like dirtmonsters in the pics. I can understand that rims can be made no problem, it probably mainly means re-adjusting of bending radius of extrusion that the rim is made of. But for tires you need completely new mold, which apparently can go up to 10s of K usd.


For tires, I think it's pretty much just the ones that FACTION are doing.  Although their website currently says "out of stock" I know they have new batches coming.  http://web58.justhost.com/~faction1/store/home.php?cat=3


If you join their Facebook, you can keep up with things like that..
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Faction-Bike-Co-22-wheel-bikes/100532622340

When I bought my Zeitgeist, I ordered extra tires.....

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The Bike Shop / 22 inches
« on: June 04, 2011, 11:49:03 AM »
Quote from: zane;3411269
The bike sounds like a good idea, but until more companies start making 22" tires and rims the idea will go nowhere.


Tires is more the issue than rims, because Vernon's buddy got an order of a batch of rims from Taiwan--which apparently wasn't that hard to do.

Here's one of Vernon's rims he got built up.  


Vernon riding his custom frame (fabricated by STOUT Bikes. Matt out STOUT is a highly skilled builder of custom BMX and MTB's and he'll make practically any design people want... http://stoutbikes.blogspot.com/ )

photo by James Stevens, LIQUOR BIKES  http://www.liquorbikes.com/

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The Bike Shop / 22 inches
« on: March 13, 2011, 06:55:35 PM »
Presenting the 22"-wheel specific prototype trail frame from Austin local Vernon Sexton's company:  the 1NDUST "2TON"





next to a LIQUID Feedback 24":


http://rideindust.wordpress.com/

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The Bike Shop / 22 inches
« on: March 13, 2011, 12:29:19 PM »
Quote from: Cankles;2834385
well if you have a 20 inch frame with more than an inch of chainstay adjustment (or enough tire clearance anyway) you could run your current frame and keep the specs except bb height will jump an inch

 . . .


yes i tried this! just to see.  but you end up with the cs way too long--15.75" in this pic.  the proto frame Vernon got built has a 14" cs with 22" wheel.

here's a 22" wheel in a '96 Hoffman Taj:


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The Bike Shop / 22 inches
« on: March 13, 2011, 12:11:01 PM »
Quote from: Rear Brigadier;3407827
Do we really need a 650b-type BMX option? I mean, how disadvantaged do people feel without an option between 20" and 24"?


Not trying to argue 22" is "better" than 20.  It's just an option.  So no, not every BMX'er "needs" it.  It's just an option for those of us who are stoked on it.


Quote from: Admiral Ackbar;3407828
that looks sweet

too many wheelsizes in the cycling industry though, in my opinion atleast


BMX wheels already come in every 2" increment size EXCEPT 22".   we've got 10", 12", 14", 16", 18", 20", 24", 26", and maybe even count the SE 29"er.

if you've ever spent time riding trails on 24" or 26" you definitely notice aspects about bigger wheels.  however, riding street or park on 24" is good (esp. on Liquid or Model C) but it still does not feel as snappy as 20"s.  

when i got my 22" from Faction (after years of dreaming about them, and at one point back around 2002 even making calls to tire manufacturers to investigate possibilities), the bike felt instantly comfortable.  it's hard to explain--it's not like i'm trying to say it's better, only that it feels more normal and comfortable to me, being 6'1" with long legs.  only a rider who has gone back and forth a lot between 20 and 24 would get it.  it's not for everyone. just a cool option.

and by the way, i tried a Macneil Deuce Deuce with 9" bars. felt pretty good. but honestly, the 22" wheels on a big bmx look more proportional and make more aesthetic sense.  note how the Faction fork is an inch taller, which means that the bars can be 8" and your grips are at the same height as if you had 9"s on the Deuce Deuce.  if you're happy with 8"s on a 20" then obviously this doesn't matter.  



comparison with a General Lee 24":

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The Bike Shop / 22 inches
« on: March 13, 2011, 11:46:35 AM »
the geo and complete build on the Zeitgeist is decent but not the greatest, but Faction have improved a ton with the new frame, the Amero.  and, we've been testing out some different frame designs for 22"s:


Austin TX local Vernon Sexton, riding his friend's custom built (Solid and S&M) Webbco 22" :



Vernon and I are about to build up another 22" wheel proto (fabricated by Matt and Stout Bikes in Houston TX)  --- 21.8 tt 12.4 bb 14" rear, 5.3 lbs, straight gauge chromoly:


here's the Webbco on the right:




....

and . . . from Faction's facebook:

"David Yezeirski, New York trails riding his Zeitgeist bike, photo by Keith Terra 2010 We used this pic for the December advert in Dirt MTB magazine."


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The Lounge / I'm gonna be a daddy!
« on: October 19, 2010, 11:06:21 PM »
A lot of people think having kids means you have to "settle down."   Some dads give up their 'old life' and settle in. Others don't give up anything and stay on their own mission.

Check out this documentary Surfwise.  It's on Netflix.   Strange and interesting. . . .

"Legendary surfer, Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz, abandoned a successful medical practice to withdraw from the lifestyle of mainstream America. But unlike other American searchers such as Thoreau and Kerouac, Paskowitz took his wife and nine children along for the ride, all eleven of them living in a 24-foot camper. The family spent their days living by Doc's rules on health, fitness, sexuality, and above all surfing. The Paskowitzs' prove that America may be running out of frontiers, but it hasn't run out of frontiersmen. "

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