I got a hold of a pair of the all new Tattoo Light Street/Park tires from GEAX. This tire comes in a regular weight version (26"x2.3=850g) and the Light pair (26"x2.3=590g) As a comparison a Holy roller weighs 865g in a 26"x2.4. In short the GEAX Tattoo is a great tire. The best feature of this tire is it's grip. The Tattoo has a durometer spec of 50a. Thats what a lot of sticky downhill tires measure. So these tires grip to everything!!! On some cement the tires actually sound like tape being unraveled. I mostly rode street on these tires. The tread pattern wraps from bead to bead. Which greatly strengthens the sidewall for street. I did get a flat the first night on these tires. But glass will do that to any tire. Then the skatepark test: The Denver skatepark is pretty legendary for its slippery surface. But the Tattoos stuck amazingly well. I would highly recommend this tire to anyone who's local park is at all slippery. The tattoo's will work!!! I would also recommend the Tattoo to street riders. If you primarily ride street you would probably be better served with the normal weight tires. But you will love this tire. The grippyness of this tire is sick!!! The Tattoo is also available in an all white version. Although only in the regular weight. (I believe) Go order yourself a pair and tell your Local shop to stock them for your friends. Hell Cam Zink rides GEAX why not you??? Later... 

Here is a couple items I spied at Crankworks Colorado. The event was plagued by delays but people were still going off. Send out healing vibes to Alex Pro who broke his femur(!) in the finals.

This is a 2010 Haro Steel Reserve. A pretty nice looking bike. Steel is real...

Not 100% sure what this model is...Anyone out there know? It was hanging out in the Commencal pits. It had Cedric Gracia's logo and name all over it. It was fairly light with an economical spec.

GEAX had a booth and was showing off their tire options. One such option is this all white tire. It has new sidewall graphics coming soon but looked very sweet already. GEAX also had some nice 26" whitewalls. Ryan from GEAX hooked up PlusSizeBMX with some new 26" Tattoo light tires to test out. I am running them now and will post my findings on Thursday. The tire is so sticky that when you roll on concrete it almost sounds like someone is unspooling some duct tape. Very nice indeed!!!

The entire 2010 Kona line is posted up at www.konaworld.com Here is the new Cowan model which has a suggested retail of $1199 as well as the new Shonky 100% cromoly street bike which has a $899 price.

Tubagra is a small frame company that seems to make some sweet frames. Here is a little edit from there team. Check them out at Tubagra.com

Here is a couple of snapshots of the 2010 HARO Steel reserve hardtail PlusSizeBMX rides. These bikes look pretty sick especially at those prices!!!

Steel Reserve 1.1
Colorway: Gloss Black

Spec highlights:
-4130 double-butted cromoly frame with BMX inspired mid BB and horizontal drop-outs
-Chromoly rigid dirt jump specific fork
-BMX-style 8-spline 4130 cromoly tubular cranks with 12T rear cog
-Tektro IO mechanical disc brake (rear only)
-Kenda K-Rad 2.3 tires

MSRP: about $470

Steel Reserve 1.2
Colorway: Smurfy Blue

Spec highlights:
-4130 double-butted cromoly frame with BMX inspired mid BB and horizontal drop-outs
-SR Suntour DJ 80mm travel fork
-BMX-style 8-spline 4130 cromoly tubular cranks with 12T rear cog
-Hayes MX4 mechanical disc brake; rear only
-Kenda K-Rad 2.3 tires

MSRP: about $675 

Stateside we are not too familiar with this brand. But these bikes look pretty sweet. The line is called Amplitude. Saracen offers two models in aluminium and two in chromoly. Chromoly the choice of champions. All of the bikes look pretty sweet. I wouldn't mind trying out one of the cromo models. For more info check out www.saracen.co.uk There new site will be up at the end of July. Check it!!!

These are the new plastic pedals from Gusset. They offer two versions: One is all plastic and the other one is a plastic pedal with steel pins for added traction. I am not sold on the whole plastic pedal thing. But if you are or want to check it out these seem pretty cool.

Schwalbe is now offering a cool looking tire for dirt/street. It is called the Crazy Bob. It is available in both 24" and 26" sizes. They seem to be very similar to the Snafu rimjob tire. Which is also available in big bike sizes.