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BSD – White Donnasqueak and Donnastreet Tires

Looking to freshen your bike up with some white tires? BSD have you covered with their Donnasqueak and Donnastreet tires.

The crew at BSD decided with the winter ready to hit, they might as well make some white tires for you to get your hands on. We’re sure that’s not the actual reason, but let’s just pretend it is. They have released the Alex Donnachie signature Donnasqueak and Donnastreet tires in this new white with black wall color option to freshen your bike up with.

Above is the Donnastreet tire. Both tires are made from the same great rubber compound that gives you plenty of grip and the right amount of squeak. The difference between the two tires are the tread patterns. The original Donnasqueak tire has a more aggressive tread pattern that is ideal for street, ramps, even a little dirt. The newer Donnastreet has a smoother pattern with a similar look, but is more ideal for street riding.

Both tires are available through BMX shops and mail-orders that carry BSD worldwide starting this week! The Donnastreet comes in 2.30″ and 2.40″ sizes and the original Donnasqueak comes in 2.25″ and 2.40″ sizes.

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BSD – Folding Donnastreet Tires

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Alex Donnachie’s new signature tire just got a little lighter!

Are you on the hunt for some fresh folding BMX Tires? The crew at BSD have just released Alex Donnachie‘s signature Donnastreet Tire in a new Kevlar bead folding version. The tire features the same tread pattern as the existing Donnastreet tire with the extra grippy, low rolling resistance rubber compound and a tear resistant silkworm casing, BSD have just replaced the wire bead with a Kevlar bead. Doing this has made the tire lighter with a weight of 22.50 oz. for the 2.30″ size and 23.63 oz. for the 2.40″ version.

The Donnastreet Folding Tire is available in black only, sizes of 2.30″ and 2.40″ and can be picked up through BMX shops and mail-orders that carry BSD worldwide starting now. If you’re not a fan of the folding Kevlar bead, you can still pick the tire up in the Wire Bead Donnastreet Tire!

What do you think of the BSD Folding Donnastreet tires? Do you have any questions? Let us know in the comments below!

BSD – New Donnastreet Tire Colors

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The Donnastreet tires are now available in a few new color options!

BSD have just released the Alex Donnachie signature Donnastreet Tire in two new colors; Surplus Green and Sand, to go along with the original Black color option.

The Donnastreet tire is based off the original Donnasqueek tire utilizing the same rubber and similar tread pattern, just a smoother center for reduced rolling resistance. The rubber is extra grippy and super squeaky and has a tear resistant Silkworm casing on the inside. The tire is rated for up to 110 PSI and comes in 2.30″ and 2.40″ sizes.

You can pick the Donnastreet tire from BSD up in Black, Surplus Green and Sand colors for $29.99 through BMX shops and mail-orders that carry BSD worldwide now!

Stranger BMX – Eric Lichtenberger Ballast Tire Promo

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Stranger coming through with a short and sweet promo video for their Ballast Tire featuring Eric Lichtenberger. This BMX video starts out with Eric dialing in his bike with a fresh set of blue Ballast tires and then going out for a cruise on a few SoCal spots. Plenty of style and a good look at the tires!

“Eric L. takes the blue Ballast tires out for a spin.

Filmed by: Calvin Kosovich”

BSD – Alex Donnachie Signature Donnastreet Tire

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The new Donnastreet Tire has arrived…

Is it time for a new set of BMX tires? Here’s a look at the new Donnastreet tire from BSD. The Donnastreet Tire is Alex Donnachie‘s second signature tire and it’s based off the original Donnasqueak tire that was originally released in 2014. This tire is made from the same grippy and squeaky rubber compound with a smooth center tread to reduce rolling resistance with Z shaped grooves on the sides to give you additional traction while turning. Inside you can find a tear resistant Silkworm casing to help resist flats.

The Donnastreet has a 110 PSI rating, comes in widths of 2.30″ and 2.40″, black for the only color (for now) and a weight of 25.75 oz. (730g / 2.40″ size). You will be able to pick it up from BMX shops and mail-orders that carry BSD worldwide starting this month.

Don’t worry! If you’re a fan of the original Donnasqueak tire, those will still be available and continue to be produced!

Available in black only with 2.30″ and 2.40″ sizes available! These tires are Alex Donnachie’s signature tire, so you know they’re going to be perfect for getting down on street spots and even skateparks. We can’t guarantee they will make you ride like him though!

The tire is made from the same grippy and squeaky rubber material as the original Donnsqueak tire, with a smooth center tread and Z shaped grooves on the sides. You can also find all over micro-knurling to help with the traction.

What do you think of these tires? Have questions? Let us know what you think in the comments below. We’ll be glad to get your questions answered.

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Bridgestone Air-Free Bicycle Tire? Is This The Future?

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No, this doesn’t specifically have to do with BMX… But an Air-Free Bicycle Tire? If this doesn’t peak your interest you have never had a bad day with multiple flats.

Here’s one we spotted on Hypebeast that caught our attention. Apparently Bridgestone have developed an Air-Free Bicycle Tire that is made from a Thermoplastic Resin that is basically hard enough to hold up to the weight of a rider, but still has some give for comfort. It stretches to support the riders weight and, what we would assume, impacts encountered along the ride to keep it from feeling like you’re rolling on a rock. These tires are clearly geared toward the person out for a casual stroll or on a road ride that aren’t planning on hopping, spinning and putting the wheel through serious abuse like BMX wheels and tires are designed for, but it’s an interesting concept to think about.

Could this be applied to BMX bikes? From our best guess, probably not. We would imagine between the side to side and vertical stress being put on BMX wheels and tires, these would probably break pretty quickly, which would be a bigger pain than replacing a tube. These tires will undoubtedly be far more expensive than a new tube would ever be, so it wouldn’t make it worthwhile from an economical standpoint, either.

For any BMX rider that has caught a flat during a session, we’re sure the thought of a tire or tube that couldn’t go flat has crossed your mind. I mean who wants to take their wheel off their bike, pull the tire off, replace the $3+ tube, get the tire back on, pump it up and then get back into the session?

It will be interesting to see where things go in the future as new technologies or ways of doing things are developed. Maybe someday we will see something like this progress enough to make it worth trying! You never know.

It sounds like the Air-Free Bicycle Tire from Bridgestone won’t be available until at least 2019, so don’t expect to see these as an option any time soon, at least not from Bridgestone. Some of you might recall in 2011 Bridgestone also patented a design for airless car tires that had a similar design as these tires that have been used / tested on some cars, ATV’s and even skid loaders. It will be interesting to see if they ever actually become a thing, even on cars.

As you can tell by the photo above, these tires are currently being designed for casual riding and maybe even road or mountain bikes? We could see these tires being use in other styles of bikes, but we don’t expect to see these anywhere near a BMX bike any time soon. Below is a video we found of a similar style of tire being tested on a Mountain Bike, but they aren’t really beating on it, too hard…

Here’s a video explaining how the air-free car tires work, which is similar to what the Air-Free Bicycle tire does.

What do you think? Let us know in the comments below!

The Rise Of 22″ Bikes

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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

Pair of 22s got together this week! @michaelpotoczny battleship grey and @urrydayimshovelin custom. #whitegirlcoffee #cantlooseon22s #deluxebmx
A post shared by Deluxe BMX (@deluxebmx) on Apr 7, 2017 at 12:01pm PDT

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!

Sneak Peek: Tall Order – Wallride Tire

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A little sneak preview of the new Tall Order Wallride Tire…

It looks like Sebastian Keep and the Tall Order crew are working on expanding their offerings later this year. Here’s a sneak peek look at their new Wallride Tire that they’re currently working on that will be hitting BMX shops and mail-orders in July! There isn’t much for information on the BMX tire just yet, but based off what we can see here, the tire has a smoother center tread pattern and more aggressive sides. The sides are in the shape of the Tall Order logo and have additional knurling for more grip. We would assume this tire will come in a 2.30″ or 2.40″ size, but we’ll have to wait and see just what they are cooking up closer to the release. We’ll keep you posted once we get full specs and details on the Tall Order Wallride Tire!