Thanks to everyone for your entries into the Short & Sweet contest. We have narrowed it down to 3 finalists. And we need your help to pick the winner of the 2012 Eastern Nightrain Complete. Watch all 3 edits and vote for your favorite by leaving a comment. Check out the finalists and vote below...

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Check out our full review of the 2012 Eastern Nightrain complete below...

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We got our hands on A brand new Eastern Nightrain complete. It looks sweet in flat black with minimal graphics. For around $1400us you can get yourself one of these bad boys. We will post a edit & review soon. More pics and details below...

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This summer an Eastern Bikes crew made up of Leigh Ramsdell, Adam Banton and Josh Perry came out to ColoRADo to ride with Duncan Gore. Remember...you can't spell ColoRADo without RAD...haha. So much good riding gets done in this one. More from Eastern & Colorado below...

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Day 2 at Interbike was such a great time. Got to meet up with a ton of companies and friends. SO much good stuff to see. CAn't believe we have only one day of mayhem to go. Ran into Jim C. from Sunday who showed me the 2012 lineup. They all look cool with most of the models having retro race car inspired graphics. Except of course the all orange Aaron Ross pro model. Check out more pics below as well as a full slideshow from the day...

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An Eastern Bikes crew made up of Leigh Ramsdell, Eric Holley and Brian Wizmerski log some ride time in Poland. So many killer spots in that country. Those giant pillar quarters have been photographed more than Katy Perry. They look insanely fun to ride. Make sure to watch to the end and see Eric's masterful save... More Mr. Holley below...

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Kelly Bolton hitting the Mega ramp quarterWhile at Woodward West we rode with a crew from Eastern Bikes including Kelly Bolton, Eric Holley, Adam Banton and Leigh Ramsdell. Such a great crew. A quick Mega Ramp sesh went down. Kelly may only be 4 feet above coping but that quarter is 27 feet tall from flat to coping! Leigh, Kelly and Eric were all hitting it. Leigh also talked him into rolling in on the quarter. Which was crazy. Check out a shot of Leigh below...

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Karl (Eastern) gets all kinds of creative on a manual pad made of pallets. So cool! He is the first rider for a brand new company called EZRA BMX. In Karl's words, "EZRA's mission is to focus on high-quality, aesthetically pleasing parts that truly represent what BMX is about." Sounds good to me.

Gary Elliot with another sweet edit and this time not including a gun fight. But it does offer some of Gary's signature street riding this time around the midwest instead of his usual LA. Good stuff!

Some of these clips we have seen before some I don't remember. The matter of fact is that Gary is one of the most progressive street riders on a 26" bike. It helps to have LA as a canvas to run the streets. And yes his hood is uber sketchy...

Check out the 2011 line of 26" product from Eastern Bikes. Its nice to see a full catalog from these guys. The catalog includes bmx cross over product as well as some new 26 specific items. Hell yeah brother... 

Here are a few shots from day 1 of Interbike. We shot video with a bunch of companies today. So stay tuned for more  coverage. Thanks to everyone we met and hung out with today. Much more to come.  

2011 DMR Bolt (I was so excited I couldnt't hold the camera still)2011 Eastern Mad Dog and Lobes

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That's right! BMX brand Eastern Bikes also makes a full line of 24-26" PlusSizeBMX bikes. Eastern offers five completes and the Black Betty as a frame only. The Black Betty is the flagship of the line. Both Nick Soloninka and I have been on Black Betty's for a while. (Nick just switched to a 2010 Eastern Night Train) Both of us have been very happy with the Black Betty. I ride mostly street and park where as Nick rides a lot of dirt in between park sessions. The Black Betty (and the Night Train for that matter) is equally at home on all terrain. I run an S&M Pitchfork which steepens the head angle slightly. Which makes the bike even more reactive without being sketchy. Nick is running an 80mm Rock Shox argyle fork. The Black Betty runs well with either fork setup. Some of Easterns BMX details carry over to the Black Betty as well. You will find the big 'E" cutout on the headtube as well as the integrated seat post clamp. The Black Betty is a great option for any PlusSizeBMX rider looking for an upgrade. To get your hands on one contact your local Eastern Bikes dealer. If you want to get more info on the Black Betty and all of Eastern's 24-26" completes click on their logo below.

Eastern Black Betty Product Review from Plussizebmx on Vimeo.

Here are a couple of shots I got last week of Nick Soloninka at our first session in the sun (sort of) at the Denver skatepark. Yayy for riding outdoors!!!

That bowl has over 2 feet of vert.

I am headed out Thursday morning for this years Rays Angels event!!! Its gonna be an EPIC weekend. I will be at the park Thursday night then through the weekend. If you want some free PlusSizeBMX stickers and maybe some other goodies track me down!!! I will be the guy wrecking on the all white Eastern Black Betty..LOL If you can make it down this weekend you must be there!!!

I have told Martin several times that I would post a bike check of my current wheels. So here it is...

Frame - Eastern Black Betty (Long) - I will posting a full test of this frame soon.

Fork - S&M Pitchfork - I love this fork!!!

Bars - Spank Tweet Tweet 3" Rise - The coolest finishes ever are on Spank Components

Stem - Spank Tweet Tweet

Grips & Barends - The Shadow Conspiracy - TSC rules!!!

Seat - Odyssey Mexican Blanket, Post - Snafu

Headset - Fancy road headset with a carbon fiber topcap

Cranks - Eastern Nomads - Soon to be The Shadow Conspiracy Torrid v2

Pedals - Animal Hamiltons (plastic) - Soon to be TSC Ravagers

Chainring - Hoffman Bikes 28t - Soon to be a TSC of some type

Chain - Spank Half Link

Rims - Halo

Hubs - Mosh (F) - Transition (R) 12t

Tires - Soon to be GEAX Booze Lights!!! Much lighter then holy rollers and 1000 times stickier!!! 

Brakes - Vans size 11 shoes