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No GT’s Mikey Day isn’t sat on an expert bike he’s running 22” wheels aboard his GT XXXL. The 22” wheel changes the whole look of the traditional BMX; in a bad way!

When 20 and 24” wheels are already available why are the industry pursuing a new wheel diameter in the middle? It’s not just BMX but MTB too. A couple of years ago the industry rolled out 29”, now that the problem of a 29” wheel are being over come the industry throws another wheel size into the mix – the 27.5″ (650b) wheels – right between 26 and 29”.

Do these cycling disciplines of BMX and MTB need the new wheels sizes? Were the old sizes broken? or is it the industry trying to reinvent the wheel by creating a new movement or fashion to boost sales?

Auburn faded away in teh 90′s when the owners at the time GT Bicycles dropped the brand along with Powerlite and Robinson. Auburn re-emerging in the 00′s with a radical new look but never stuck around. Now here in 2013 Auburn are back and staying true to their original 2 piece frames the new 2013 with this sleek new frameset shown here loaded with Promax and BOX parts and modelelled by a seriously fast dude: 2012 World Champion Dane Morales

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Stay Strong @ Manchester World Cup from Stay Strong BMX on Vimeo.

The three time elite world champion won at the opening Manchester round in April to continue her impressive form in 2013, which has guided her to number one in the UCI rankings.

In addition, victories in the UEC European Series and British BMX Series have seen the 24-year-old put an inspiring series of results together with Reade fuelled by the prospect of adding to her gowing tally.

“Every year everyone is stepping it up,” British Cycling Olympic Podium Programme rider Reade said. “I had to make sure I had to step up even more than the other girls as I want to be dominant in the sport of BMX again and that’s my driving force – not to be as good as the other girls but be even better than them.”

“It would be good to show that consistency, that it’s not just in Manchester but at other tracks. I’d be delighted to go for the overall Supercross win.”

Shanaze Reade

The competition in Argentina from 10-11 May is the second of four instalments in the UCI BMX Supercross calendar. Although Reade has individual rounds to her name the overall title in the series has eluded her, something she is keen to revise this year.

Wins in both the time trial Superfinal and Supercross race itself at the National BMX Centre mean Reade has 250 points, 75 clear of American Brooke Crain.

“My philosophy going into the race in Argentina is to try and repeat that again and that would give us quite a lot of points. I’ve never won the Supercross series,” said Reade, who was named alongside Liam Phillips in the Great Britain team.

“It’s early in the season but we’ve [Reade and teammate Liam Phillips] picked up quite a lot of points with the Superfinal win and then the race itself

“It would be good to show that consistency, that it’s not just in Manchester but at other tracks. I’d be delighted to go for the overall win.”

The Santiago del Estero track is new to the UCI BMX Supercross calendar, having been built in 2011. Coming just three weeks after Manchester, Reade opted to miss the third and fourth rounds of the European Series in the Czech Republic as well as the second and third rounds of the British BMX Series on the final weekend of April.

“It’s good and it’s kind of bad in away,” Reade said of the close proximity of the two events.

“I wouldn’t say it’s that much of a negative – you’ve still got that adrenaline and buzz off the back of the world cup, we had a successful week there.

“It’s been good to keep that form because you can hold on to it a lot easier with the space and time that we have been given.

“Times are pretty close if not personal bests throughout the sessions so I’m pretty happy about that.”

Unlike Manchester, the venue in Argentina is an outdoor track with the elements potentially posing challenges for the riders in addition to each other. Trips to Platt Fields Park BMX Track, an outdoor facility in Manchester, have been used to prepare as well as the team’s National BMX Centre training base.

“Every Supercross track generally has the same sort of first straights so that’s what we’ve trained for here and then we’ve done some outdoor preparation work at Platt Fields just for the wind element and the different surface element,” Reade explained.

“We’ve seen a video of the track but it’s hard in BMX to picture what it’s going to be like until you’re there yourself but so far looking at the pictures and a few videos we’ve seen the track looks really good.”

British Cycling will be reporting from the Santiago del Estero UCI BMX Supercross on Friday and Saturday.

Olympic Podium Programme athletes Liam Phillips and Shanaze Reade will compete in the second round of four in the series, at the track at the Sport Centre of Santiago del Estero built in 2011.

Both Phillips and Reade dominated the opening round at Manchester’s National Indoor BMX Centre, winning the time-trial Superfinals and Supercross events.

“We’re keen to continue that momentum through to Argentina.”

National BMX coach Grant White

National BMX Coach Grant White said: “Both Liam and Shanaze put in some very impressive performances to take the clean sweep of medals at the Manchester round of the World Cup series, and we’re keen to continue that momentum through to Argentina.

“I was also really pleased with the Academy riders in Manchester and we saw some big developments in their performances.

“For them, Manchester was the key event in their development plan and their next phase is a big block of training to continue this progression, therefore no Academy riders have been selected for Argentina.”

Great Britain team for UCI BMX Supercross – Santiago del Estero, Argentina

Elite men

Liam Phillips

Elite women

Shanaze Reade