Is the 22 inch wheel size going to be a new standard in the BMX industry? The people behind Faction Bike Co think it will, here's what they got to say about it.

The new 22" wheel bikes are continuing to stir up the BMX world - already popular with experienced riders and owned by some of the best known BMX legends, the new size bikes are now winning races and helping riders do some of the biggest airs they've ever done. If this sounds to good to be true, check out the footage on www.factionbikeco.com where you'll also find some of the physics info behind why the mid-size wheels have such an influence on a BMX's performance. Just when you thought you needed less weight to go higher and faster, along comes a new concept and rips up the rule book, by showing bigger is actually better.

FactionBikeCo is a small, UK rider-owned company making limited numbers of the new bikes, there's no marketing department and rely on riders to send in the clips and photos. The site has only just gone online, more clips showing the bikes performance will be added as soon as they get the footage back from the USA riders.

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Fly Bikes came up with a new brake mounts system called SBS (spanish brake system). They wanted to design a system where you can put and remove your brakes quicky and easy. For brakeless riders, you might get to a spot like the trails or a street spot where you need brakes so you can put them on without the hassle. If you ride with brakes and feel like riding without them, you can also remove them easy and quicky. Putting on and removing them takes even less than 1 minute. The system will be on some of their new frames at the end of this year.

Mystic BMX has opened a brand new BMX shop located in Harju 3 (Oldtown), Tallinn, Estonia.

Mystic is also a BMX mailorder shop that was started in May 2005. They started with selling WeThePeople bikes and parts, but now they sell (and distribute) almost all of the best BMX brands and there products. Mainly Mystic sends order out to Estonia, Finland, Lithuania and Latvia! But orders can be sent to any part of the world! They have shipped out orders even to Australia, England, Germany, USA etc.

Mystic manly works as a retail shop and a mailorder shop, but they also do wholesale for most of the brands in the Baltic's and for some of the brands to Finland also!

Brands they carry: Animal, Eclat, FitBikes, FlyBikes, FoxClothing, Fremont, Fuse Protection, G-Sport, Lotek, MacNeil, Metal Bikes, Mutiny, Odyssey, Primo, Pro-Tec, Revenge, S&M, Shadow Conspiracy, Simple Bikes, Skavenger, Sputnic, Subrosa, Suelo, Sunday and WeThePeople.

Check their webpage for more info: www.mysticbmx.com

The Powerblock continues Tioga's winning tradition. After capturing a combined three Gold and one Silver at the UCI Supercross in Copenhagen and the BMX World Championship in Adelaide, Tioga riders get a clean sweep by taking the Elite Men’s Gold, Silver and Bronze at the UCI BMX Supercross in South Africa.

The winning for Tioga on the World stage started with the first UCI Supercross in Copenhagen, Denmark, where Tioga riders and National Dutch Team members Ivo van der Putten and Martijn Scherpen won the Elite Men’s Gold and Silver. The streak continued with Gold for Donny Robinson in Elite Men’s and Sam Willoughby in Junior Elite Men’s at the UCI BMX World Championship in Adelaide, Australia.

Akademiks Clothing Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary With the Sponsorship of Bulldog Bikes. Akademiks, an iconic clothing brand in the street and lifestyle arenas, is celebrating its 10 year anniversary with the recent sponsorship of Bulldog Bikes. The two brands form an innate connection through a strong focus on positive youth originality and individualism with a street edge. With the reshaping of the Akademiks brand, styles such as slim denim fits and aggressive washes lead to a genuine match with the Bulldog riding team.

Founded in 1999 on the principles, "in the pursuit of truth", Akademiks mission is to inspire and lead the youth fashion revolution. This movement challenges authority and social standards with a loud voice, creativity and energy that is translated into a fashionable aesthetic. From its inception, Akademiks has carefully crafted clothing for the denim enthusiast who craves quality and detail.

Action sports street-wear company March Forth steps up to the plate to help raise money for the Stay Strong Stephen Murray foundation and remind everyone to Stay Strong and March Forth!

Los Angeles, California-- The March Forth Supply Company has collaborated with the Stay Strong for Stephen Murray foundation this month to help raise money for paralyzed BMX super star Stephen Murray. The Limited Edition “March Forth, Stay Strong” for Stephen Murray graphic tee will be issued this week to promote a positive way of life and serve as a reminder to March Forth and Stay Strong! A portion of the proceeds will go to the Stephen Murray foundation.

March Forth Supply Co. started in 2003 as an apparel-driven reminder to focus on your dreams, and move forward with what you are most passionate about in life. “This is a perfect opportunity to help out in the community and industry with our positive message” says owner and founder Wes DeSoto. With offices in Los Angeles, San Diego, and Baltimore, March Forth sponsors athletes in Bmx, Surf, Skate, as well as bands and local artists. Serving as inspiration and a solid cornerstone in the action sports lifestyle.

ASA Entertainment reaches one million kids with the 10th anniversary of the ASA Action Sports High School Tour in support of the campaign for tobacco-free kids.

Los Angeles (March 17, 2009) – ASA Entertainment, the leader in action sports event production, is excited to announce that with the launch of their 2009 ASA High School Tour it will celebrate 10 years of support for the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Since 2000, ASA has traveled the country visiting high schools with a mobile action sports tour, featuring top skateboarding, BMX and inline skating pros performing unimaginable tricks on a portable half-pipe during on campus assemblies, while disseminating an important anti-tobacco cause message through announcements, trivia questions, brochures and attention grabbing performances. The riders and Tour staff educate students about the dangers of tobacco use, the risks associated with second-hand smoke and ways to combat the pressure to start smoking. In 2009 the ASA High School Tour will reach its 1,000,000th student with this Tour and its critical message.

“We are so pleased to make such a positive impact on students throughout the country with this tour”, said Rick Bratman, CEO of ASA Entertainment. “Tobacco prevention is an issue near-and-dear to everyone at ASA and we are grateful to all the schools, sponsors, staff and athletes during the past 10 years who have helped us reach this milestone and spread this important message.”

As most of the internet knows, Karl Poynter is now riding for Eastern Bikes. We are excited to have such an original rider and a cool guy on the team. He’s going to add to the already strong team that Eastern has and contribute a part to the new Eastern full-length team video.

I asked Karl what he liked in a company and he had this to say; “The ingredients for a growing BMX company would be quality products of course, a solid fun lovin' team, and a good staff/family running the brand, which I believe Eastern has it all.” And to be more specific I asked him what it was he liked about Eastern. “The people who operate and run the brand, the quality and design of the products, and definitely the team are what makes Eastern a perfect fit for me”, was his response. “I'm really close to the majority of the team already and can't wait to hangout and ride with the members that I don't know as much as the others. The team is definitely a good mix of guy's with diverse personalities who are always having fun”, Karl said about the team.

Adam Banton added this about Karl; “No brakes and freecoaster was Karl’s set up before it was trendy. Dialed riding, clean style and approachable personality is what makes him a young influence. He adds value to Eastern’s strong brand and more smiles and laughs on team trips for the future. Welcome hot Karl!” So with that I just want to welcome Karl to the team and just keep watching for big things to come.

We are very excited to let you know that our feeds page got a makeover. We have selected over 50 top of the line BMX feeds and categorized them in news, blogs (personal rider blogs), companies, videos and photos.

Check it out here: feelbmx.com/feeds

The most popular feeds are automatically added to the featured page, and you have the possibility to give every BMX feed box a custom color so you can distinguish your favorite feeds from the other ones in a blink of an eye.

If you think your rss feed got the quality to be added to our feeds page just contact us...