JUGGARNAUT wrote:

JUGGARNAUT wrote:

quick2 wrote:

Deo, you should get one! you're a tall guy, these would fit you like a 20 fits me.  I'd bet you could freestyle on it.
hell, you're a foot taller than my buddy Flip (from albe's) and he did a decade on one of mine in the first 5 seconds he was on it.

and lay off us "freestyle guys"!  I've got three 22"s with front brakes

Sounds good 

Soooo, I bought an S&M ATF  Frame and fork combo with polished FiT wheels and a Tree seat from a Friend on here.  Im excited to try one of these. https://s3.amazonaws.com/uploads.bmxmuseum.com/user-image … 956aa.jpeg

I can’t wait to see it done and parked in front of the chair...as many chrome and polished parts with that green would look killer. There’s a guy with a trans green Standard 24” that’s all chrome and polish and that bike will give ya wood

JUGGARNAUT wrote:

JUGGARNAUT wrote:

quick2 wrote:

Deo, you should get one! you're a tall guy, these would fit you like a 20 fits me.  I'd bet you could freestyle on it.
hell, you're a foot taller than my buddy Flip (from albe's) and he did a decade on one of mine in the first 5 seconds he was on it.

and lay off us "freestyle guys"!  I've got three 22"s with front brakes

Sounds good 

Soooo, I bought an S&M ATF  Frame and fork combo with polished FiT wheels and a Tree seat from a Friend on here.  Im excited to try one of these. https://s3.amazonaws.com/uploads.bmxmuseum.com/user-image … 956aa.jpeg

Beautiful ATF -- Looks like a trails slayer!  Good at the park as well

It’s probably already been discussed but I just swapped my 9t cassette driver On my 22” over to a 10t and so far, the bike is Way more user friendly and pedals along much easier and feels more like a traditional 20” Bmx.

My Fit BF22 came stock with 25/9t gearing which is what most 20” bikes come with which makes sense on a 20” but when you run it on a 22” wheel, makes the bike a pain in the ass (or feet) to get moving. Sure, you get more top speed with the 25/9t but it wasn’t very practical at all for the indoor skate and bike parks that I ride. Since I swapped to the 10t driver, it’s made a very nice difference.

I decided to swap the driver because the last time I took this bike to Rays indoor bike park, I ended up with a blister on my foot and sore legs from having to pedal up some of the ramps so I started to crunch some numbers and do some math.

I started out by calculating what they call “gear inches” which is kind of a ballpark way to loosely figure out what gear ratio your bike is running. To figure out your ratio in gear inches, you divide the number of teeth of your front sprocket by the number of teeth on your driver or freewheel, and then multiply that number by your bikes wheel size.

Example:25 / 9 x 20 = 55.55gear inches.
Which is what most modern 20” Bmx run.
Old school Bmx run: 44 / 16 x 20 = 55

My Fit 22 stock:  25 / 9 x 22 = 61.11
My Fit 22w/10t:  25/ 10 x 22 = 55

So when I did the math, I was able to see what a dramatic difference there was between a standard 20” and the hearing on the 22” which also explained why it was so much more difficult to get moving.
You wouldn’t think that one tooth would make that big of a difference, but it did and I must say that the bike is Far more enjoyable to ride now than it ever was before. If your 22” came with 25/9, I would consider switching to a 10t driver.

Gabe over at Cheap Goods has the 10t driver on their eBay store.  Glad to hear they’re back in stock

Teaser..
Yup, a second one.

Last edited by JUGGARNAUT (2021-03-02 7:55am)

RandomBmxGuy wrote:

JUGGARNAUT wrote:

Teaser..https://s3.amazonaws.com/uploads.bmxmuseum.com/user-image … 7a08d.jpeg
Yup, a second one.

Very nice

A Random Bmx Guy reached and gave me a Screaming deal on some killer parts.

Last edited by JUGGARNAUT (2021-03-02 9:11am)

Quick mock up with some parts I had...
.... and the chair....

Mich BMX wrote:

JUGGARNAUT wrote:

Quick mock up with some parts I had...https://s3.amazonaws.com/uploads.bmxmuseum.com/user-image … be3b47.jpg
.... and the chair....

Damn that looks good...maybe some natural vans/cult grips to match the seat..

Covered

Mich BMX wrote:

JUGGARNAUT wrote:

Mich BMX wrote:

Damn that looks good...maybe some natural vans/cult grips to match the seat..

Covered

They’ll match the chair better too!

My thoughts exactly!!

Very clean