I don’t know about you but now that’s Thursday…I’m looking ahead to some weekend riding.
Not feeling it yet?
No worries…just check out this vid of Bret Parker shredding the streets of Lubbock, TX and you’ll be ready to ride in no time.
So much radness.
The details of Kyle Forte‘s much anticipated new signature United KF22 complete created a bit of buzz on the interwebs when they were released this past Friday.
And no wonder…
It’s a solidly spec’d complete…and on top of that canyoudigbmx.com got the scoop in the form of an interview on what motivated Kyle to make the jump (pun sorta intended) to the 22″ wheel size.
It’s a great read and encapsulates a lot of what people are saying about 22s.
Of particular interest to this site, however, was Kyle’s belief that 22s are a great option for tall riders:
…this bike will appeal to the taller rider as well. The only options until now for taller BMX riders have been to lengthen your top tube, or put on higher bars & perhaps a longer stem. Riding a long low limo isn’t ideal & putting on really tall bars is likely going to either shorten your top tube if you run your bars back like I do, or if you run bars past the forks put your weight forward over the front. The 22”…looks like a bigger, in proportion BMX when you put it alongside a 20” with similar specs.
Solid points for sure.
I’m looking forward to seeing one of these up close.
Even with the momentum of more and more bike brands entering the 22″ market, one of the sticking points in the adoption of this wheel/bike size is the dearth of quality tire options.
Thankfully, this looks like it is starting to change.
Much in the same way that S&M was one of the first big companies to jump into the 22″ scene (after Faction pioneered it) with a 22″ frame kit and tires…S&M is again trying to fill the gap of tire options with some new choices.
Case in point, this week we heard the news that Scott Matual is currently testing some prototype SPEEDBALL 22″ tires for S&M.
The tires sport a broken up center tread from the TRACKMARK tire but in a normal casing with wire bead. Designed for dirt or park, they will come in 2.25″ and 2.4″ sizes.
Nice to see some more 22″ tire choices on the horizon.
big and tall bmx 