We are working on a full test of the Eastern Black Betty 26" frame. Eastern is a great RIDER OWNED company that makes great bikes and components. They have been one of the most popular brands in BMX for quite a while now. Eastern also makes several complete bikes with 24" and 26" wheels for us PlusSizeBMX riders. They introduced a new entry level bike this year called the Mad Dog that has a 80mm fork adn disc brake that retails for less then a grand! We are going to be testing the flagship of the Eastern 26" line the Black Betty. This frame is 5.6lbs has slammed 14.7" chanstays and solid all around geometry. For more info on the Black Betty click on the Eastern logo below. Here are a few teaser pics with a full video test coming soon.

Here is the new LEAF d.two complete. This was just released last week at Eurobike. If you are lucky enough to be in a country where you can buy one go do it!

Probably the best fork company ever finallycame with a fork made for dirt; the Fox 831

 It will be a very light fork, the weight is only 1.74kg (3.8lbs)!

The 831 will be sold with 100mm suspension, but you can adjust it internally between 80mm and 120mm.

The fork will have an Air Spring, 15mm axle, 32mm legs, lock out, a FIT 4x/DJ dampener, and will be available with a 1-1/8"  and a 1.5" steerer tube

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!!!