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FBM coming through with a promo video for their CB4K Fork featuring Curtis Cantwell!
FBM have been making their CB4KS Fork for some time now, and they’ve definitely stood the test of time while holding up to plenty of abuse. Here’s a short but sweet promo video featuring Curtis Cantwell putting the fork to good use while out cruising the streets!
“Hand built in the FBM Machine Shop in Ithaca NY, and tested on the Road, outta the van and in the streets with Curtis Cantwell!”
If you’re feeling like you need some gold in your life, Kink have you covered!
Kink have released their Foundation 2 Fork, Pillar Cranks and Solace 2 Bars in this new metallic gold colorway that looks real shiny and nice. If you’re digging the color and want to add some shine to your bike, this might just be what you need. The fork, cranks and bars are available through BMX shops and mail-orders that carry Kink BMX worldwide now.
The Pillar Cranks in this new gold colorway.
The Tony Hamlin signature Solace 2 Bars also come in this new gold color!
What do you think? Do you have any questions? Let us know what you’re thinking in the comments below!
The crew over at Dan’s Comp coming through with an awesome video explaining all about BMX forks from freestyle to race, materials, geometry and more! There is a TON of great information in this video, so hit that play button and take it all in. Even if you know everything about BMX forks, there’s a chance you might just learn something!
“Your fork choice can affect how your bike functions and feels. Dan’s Comp gives you the low down in this weeks Get Tech Series.
While often overlooked, fork geometry plays a major role in overall bike feel. Measurements like fork height, offset and steerer tube length can affect wheel base length, steering feel and headtube angle. So the next time you’re in the market for a new BMX fork, take some time to think about what might work best for you.”
Let’s take a closer look at the Simone Barraco signature Noster Fork from Subrosa Brand…
Is it time for a new BMX Fork? Well you’re in luck because Subrosa Brand have the new Simone Barraco signature Noster Fork ready for you! This fork is made from fully heat-treated 4130 chromoly with a 165mm long steerer tube with an integrated crown race and welded in washer for the compression cap. The legs of the fork are tapered and give you plenty of clearance for 2.40″ tires. The 27mm offset, 3/8″ Investment Cast dropouts are 5mm thick with the Subrosa logo on each side and clearance for hub guards and pegs. This fork is built to hold up to everything you can throw at it.
The Simone Barraco Signature Noster Fork weighs in at 31.8 oz., comes in black and chrome and a price tag of $145.99 through BMX shops and mail-orders starting in July. The Noster Fork comes with a LIFETIME WARRANTY, which is a nice perk, too!
Plenty of clearance for 2.40″ tires and clean welds.
The 27mm offset Investment Cast Dropouts are 5mm thick with plenty of clearance for pegs and hub guards. You can also find the Subrosa logo on there for a nice aesthetic touch. You can also get a look at the graphics that are meant to match Simone’s signature Noster S frame.
The details on the Noster Fork in a easy to read drawing.
So, that’s the full details on the new Simone Barraco signature Noster Fork from Subrosa! You can learn more on the Subrosa Website.
What do you think about the fork? Do you have any questions? We want to hear from you! Let us know what you think in the comments below!
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Let’s take a look at the new Royal fork!
Demolition Parts have released their new Royal Fork for you to dial your bike in with. This fork is based off their Elite Fork with a few upgrades to increase strength and more. The Royal fork is made from fully heat-treated 4130 chromoly with a butted and heat-treated, 163mm long, one-piece steerer tube with a built-in headset race, tapered legs, plenty of clearance for 2.4″ tires, clearance for pegs and 4mm thick, welded dropouts with a 26mm offset. The Royal fork also comes with an aluminum compression cap.
The Royal Fork from Demolition Parts is available in flat black and black jacket (black with yellow splatter) with a weight of 29.8 oz and a price tag of $129.99 – $149.99
Black Jacket Royal Fork
Flat Black Royal Fork
Plenty of clearance for 2.40″ tires.
4mm thick welded dropouts with a 26mm offset.
This fork is available through BMX shops and mail-orders that carry Demolition Parts worldwide now!
If you were digging the Northwest Green color on Josh Clemens signature Voyager frame from Volume Bikes, you’ll be stoked on this. The Northwest Green color is also available on the Captain Bars, Anchor V2 Fork, VLM Stem and VLM grips now! Below you can find photos of the parts in this new color option that is hitting BMX shops and mail-orders now! Who is digging that color option?
Captain Bars
VLM Grips
VLM Stem
Learn more about the Voyager frame right here!
Let’s take a look at the new Jonesin Fork from BSD…
If you’re jonesing for a new BMX Fork, then you’re in luck. The crew over at BSD will be releasing their new Jonesin Fork in May! This fork is made from fully heat-treated 4130 chromoly tubing with a CNC Machined one piece steerer tube, integrated headset race tapered and butted legs with clearance for 2.40″ tires, Investment Cast dropouts with a 22mm offset and a 7075 aluminum compression cap to keep everything tight.
The Jonesin fork will be available in Stainless and Gloss Black with a weight of 2.2 lbs. through BMX shops and mail-orders that carry BSD worldwide starting in May 2017.
“The new Jonesin’ fork design centres around a short 22mm offset invest cast dropout that brings your front wheel in closer to the steerer tube line giving your bikes front end that quick snappy feel for front wheel tricks. The dropouts are designed with clearance for fat plastic pegs in mind too. The rest of the fork benefits from being constructed using fully heat treated 4130 chromoly featuring a one piece CNC machined steerer tube and tapered butted fork legs for ultimate strength while maintaining light weight.” – BSD
There’s a been an increasing number of 22″ Bikes popping up…
Faction Amero 22″ BMX Bike
A few years ago when we personally first started hearing about 22″ Bikes we didn’t quite know what to think or if it would ever actually take off. The guys at Faction BMX were the first to start trying out this unique size that fit right between 20″ and 24″ bikes way back in 2002. It was a very small niche in the BMX industry that was geared toward riders that wanted something a little bigger than a traditional BMX bike, but didn’t want to go for an all out cruiser bike. It wasn’t a huge change, just slightly bigger wheels, fork and frames, really. This story of the rise of 22″ bikes originally started 15 years ago.
If you didn’t already know, there tends to be a bit of resistance to “new” things in BMX. Just like the first set of 8″, 9″ and 10″ rise BMX bars, there were a lot of people that were pretty hard stance. Either you like it and you are down to try it out, or you have zero interest at all and don’t see the point. Why change things if it already works the way it is, right? I still have friends that absolutely refuse to get bigger bars and I cannot for the life of me understand why they’re so against it. But, that’s why frames and parts come in so many different sizes; everyone has their own preference for a size that feels right.
In reality, that’s probably one of the hardest parts about innovation in BMX. You could have an amazing idea that works, but unless you convince enough people to try it, understand it and see the benefits, it will likely fail. I mean, how many times have we seen bash guards on the bottom bracket try and fail? The idea is great and it does work, but not enough people are into it to really see it become a “normal” part of BMX bikes. So, the idea goes back on the shelf and collects dust until somebody else decides to take a crack at it. Another example would be when Odyssey released their Twisted PC pedals. They were available for a few years before they actually started selling a notable amount of these plastic pedals compared to their metal options. Now the Twisted PC pedals are undoubtedly one of Odyssey’s most popular products and plastic pedals are more commonly found on a BMX bike than metal, but there was definitely a period of time where there was a weird rivalry between the two. The same could be said with plastic pegs… That was a weird time, too. Now it’s just a regular option for riders.
A prototype build and the S&M 22″ Holmes kit from 2012
Just like the Twisted PC pedals, the 22″ Bike wasn’t exactly something that gained traction over night. After the Faction guys started working on 22″ designs and ultimately went on to release a frame, fork, tires and rims, it was close to 10 years before S&M Bikes decided to see what all the hype was about. In 2012 S&M designed a frame and fork to test out, which lead to the 22″ Holmes Kit that offered rims and tires being made under their sub-brand Revenge. The options for 22″ frames, forks, rims and tires have have remained a part of their line up ever since. Even after S&M and Revenge also threw their hat in the 22″ ring back in 2012, we didn’t see a big surge in the 22″ BMX bike category. I will admit having a notable brand like S&M getting into it did probably help make it a little more appealing and a little more known. But it still wasn’t something that really got much attention.
Even though S&M and Faction were offering kits to build your own 22″ bike, it didn’t seem like we were seeing a ton of riders rushing to pick up a kit to try out the larger size. A kit from Faction goes for around $750 and a frame from S&M is in the $349.99 – $419.99 range, so it’s hard to spend that kind of money just to see if you’re into the bigger size.
UPDATE: Apparently we have been out of the loop! There’s another company based out of Austin, Texas called Indust that have been making 22″ frames, parts and some custom build bikes since around 2011 that we had never heard about until now. Shout out to Max Krauss for tipping us off. Crazy how we missed that! Technically these guys were doing 22″ before S&M.
2017 S&M 22″ ATF Frame
After another few years had passed with a few 22″ options but nothing really new being added, we saw something starting to happen in 2016. We started seeing some serious interest being put into these bigger bikes. The guys at FBM started offering a 22″ Steadfast Frame to give riders another option that could also be customized to your preference. Shortly after that it was announced that United Bike Co. were releasing the first 22″ complete, the 2017 KF22 Complete Bike and Fit Bike Co. were working on the Brian Foster signature 22″ complete. Some of you might be able to connect the dots with S&M, Fit, Revenge and United since all four are pretty closely related. S&M, Fit and Revenge are owned by Chris Moeller and The Building Distribution, which also distributes United Bike Co. in the United States. So now, we now have Faction, S&M, Revenge, Indust, Fit Bike Co., FBM and United offering 22″ products. Still, a fairly small circle of brands when looking at the overall number of brands in BMX.
Sneak peek QBMX posted of a 22″ tire that Wethepeople are working on…
Things have started happening and it would appear that the wheels on the 22″ bikes are really starting to turn (pun intended) and the guys at Faction weren’t so crazy after all. If you have picked up a 22″ bike or you have been interested, it looks like 2017 might just be the year to jump on the train, because your options are about to grow. In the past few months we have seen or heard of a few other brands that are joining this “revolution” of sorts. We have spotted a prototype 22″ tire from Wethepeople, which leads us to believe they will be offering a complete bike or aftermarket frame and parts for 22″ bikes. We haven’t heard exact details yet, but we could see Wethepeople or their sub-brand Salt Plus having 22″ parts options. The guys at Deluxe BMX are working on 22″ frames now that they’re building frames in-house in Pennsylvania, so there’s another American made option.
Update: After we posted this Wethepeople confirmed that they will have a mid-range complete 22″ bike, along with aftermarket frame, fork, rims, tires and complete wheel sets coming soon. Wethepeople will be offering a frame and fork kit as well. Also, Salt will also be offering 22″ wheelsets at a more affordable price point.
FBM’s 22″ Steadfast frame”
2017 Brian Foster Signature 22″ Complete Bike
United’s KF22 Complete Bike
We also have 100% confirmation from Stolen Bikes that they are going to be offering a full line up of parts between Stolen and Fiction. Both brands will be offering a Stolen “Spade Pro” 22″ Frame, along with a Spade Complete Bike and the Fiction Troop Tire will come in a 22 x 2.30″ size. Those will all be dropping in June. Stolen also have 22″ wheelsets and rims that are already shipping to distributors worldwide as we write this. You can expect to see those popping up soon.
Stolen Rampage 22″ Wheels
Let’s go over this one more time. Faction, S&M Bikes, Fit Bike Co., Revenge, United Bike Co., Indust, FBM, Deluxe, Wethepeople, Stolen and Fiction are all either offering or will be offering 22″ bikes, frames or parts. That’s just what we’re aware of. If there’s one thing we know, it’s once something starts getting popular, it won’t take look for the rest of the industry to get in on the mix. That’s not a bad thing, though. It doesn’t hurt to have options, right? Competition leads to innovation and had S&M not decided to give Faction a little competition back in 2012, we might not be seeing the growth we are seeing in 2017 for 22″ bikes. We would imagine that list will grow in the coming year.
Update: Thanks to the guys at 22-Inch BMX, we were filled in on a few other options for 22″ bikes that we were unaware one. DK Bicycles have their 22″ Vega complete and Canadian brand Encore Bikes have their 22″ Anthem complete as well. Two bikes we were unaware of. Also, Laird Frames, Dave Harrison, Standard Bykes and Stout Bikes all offer 22″ custom frames. It turns out that there is A LOT more 22″ bikes popping up than we actually thought. We have also been tipped off that it sounds like Subrosa will be offering a 22″ complete bike in their 2018 range of bikes later this year. That means there are at least 17 potential options for 22″ bikes, frames or parts in 2017? Talk about an explosion of these bikes becoming available. Once again, big thanks to 22-Inch BMX for the heads up!
It’s kind of crazy to think that it took 15 years before these bikes really became a force in BMX. We give Faction big props for sticking it out and proving to all of us that there is a place for the 22″ bikes in this sport.
What do you think? Have you tried out a 22″ bike? How do you like it? Haven’t tried one? What do you think about this? Could you see yourself trying one? Let us know in the comments below!
