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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Last weekend the Asian Championships were held on the brand new BMX track in Hong Kong. UCI track builder Tom Ritz was hired by the Hong Kong Cycling Association to build the first professional BMX track ever in Hong Kong.

Steven almost broke his ankle 2 weeks ago, so he didn’t have the best preparation for this race. But that didn’t stop him! After winning his motos and semi, Steven took the hole shot in the main and lead from start to finish to take his 4th successive Asian Title.

This victory was special for Steven as it was the first BMX event in Hong Kong and a lot of his friends and family were there to see him dominate the race.

Steven is supported by Formula Europe (Formula Bicycle Company, Shimano, Ufoplast, Formco, EuroBmx, Swatch, SixSixOne, AlienationBmx, Navada.net), HKSI, Oakley, Nike and Champ System.

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.

With the 2009 coming to an end, the riders from Formula Europe are finishing their last races before enjoying a well-deserved rest and starting preparation for the 2010 BMX Season.

Rihards Veide is showing he’s ready to move up to the Elite Category next season. In Besnato (Italy), he won the opening Time Trial of the 3rd International BMX Fast Cross against several European Top Elite riders. In Saturday’s race he took a solid second behind former World Champ Arturs Matisons and in front of Vice European Elite Champ Arnaud Dubois. On Sunday he took the win followed by Arnaud Dubois and Pablo Gutierrez.

In Denmark, Niklas Laustsen competed in the Open Elite race in Varde. In the combined Junior and Elite class Niklas won the overall in the motos giving him 2nd lane choice in the main. He took a good gate and was in second place going into the first turn. After a rider came from the inside pushing the leader up to take over first, Niklas made a nice high-low to hold on to his second place and kept it untill the finish line. A strong result for Junior Niklas against the Danish Elite riders.

Skatepark of Tampa is proud to announce the 2010 additions to their BMX Team. Joining longtime Team members Jeff Harrington, Luis Pinzon, Sean Albright, Chad Moore, and Matt Coplon, we welcome aboard Tampa locals Josh Shaw (Kink Bmx), Conall Keenan (Profile), Tom Villarreal (Madera), and veteran, Forrest Roberts.

With these additions, Skatepark of Tampa will be featuring bi-monthly web edits of our riders and will continue to host BMX events throughout the year, which began with our first (re)-annual BMX Contest this past weekend. Check out the coverage of the Contest right here.

Stay tuned for news and events at www.skateparkoftampa.com!

UCI BMX Supercross at Frejus France. BMX races are held on circuits of around 350 metres, including jumps, banked corners and other obstacles. Eight riders compete in each heat (qualifying rounds, quarter finals, semi-finals, finals) with the top four qualifying for the next round.

Los Angeles (September 14, 2009) – Leading action sports event producer, ASA Entertainment, and Xbox 360 are excited to announce that they have partnered for a 2nd time to support the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids through an interactive action sports circuit that will visit high schools across the country to inform students about the dangers of smoking. Starting September 14, the Xbox 360 Get Up Tour will set out on its 10-city trek, first stopping in Boston, Mass and continuing each weekday with a new event through November 20.

Featuring top skateboarding, BMX and inline skating pros performing thrilling tricks on a mobile half-pipe during on-campus assemblies, the Tour will present an important anti-tobacco cause message through announcements, trivia questions, brochures and attention-grabbing performances. It will educate students about the dangers of tobacco use, the risks associated with second-hand smoke and ways to combat the pressure to start smoking. The Tour will invite students to Get Up, Get Smart, and Get the Word Out Today about the risks of smoking.

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

At the 26 and 27 September 2009 the Reithalle in Ulm was reinaugurated with a big contest of the Schickaria.

The following video shows what the conversion and increments through Camp-Ramps allow. Next to very stylish lines we saw huge tricks of the guys! You better check it yourself, video after the break.