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Welcome to another edition of the FAT Friday. It's Thursday morning right now (04:53am) and I'm trying to get something typed up before I'm leaving for the airport. Since I don't know what my chances are to get this done in the next day, I thought I'd make a start. The internet connection won't be the same as back home, that's for sure. I'm excited to be heading to SoCal to visit some BMX events, friends and companies. It's a bit of an alround trip hopefully getting some riding done at the same time. Loose plans are made which

We received some product info from A Bad Thing. Out of a seatpost clamp, sprocket and handlebar-stem combo we picked the last one to show to you: Combo stem/handbar.

The tubes are made of Sanko 100% thermal treatment after welding. The tubing  is 11-butted and comes with Anti-rotation grip holes.  

The very first images! Max/Mike stickers. Max Gaertig and Mike Brennan's signature frame is well on the way now... here some graphic previews of the graphics wethepeople put together with them... and the first public appearance of the frame name. Max Gaertig and Mike Brennan's frame are going to be 21.3" and 20.75" TT lengths.

Believe it or not but I just typed up a RIDE UK review that took me 45 minutes. I went through the whole list in the mag. Page by page. When I wanted to upload it, the fucking back-office ran out of time and automatically logged out. I normally play it save by copying the text before hitting the upload button but this time I did not. I was going to forget about the whole damn review but basically I had no one to blame but myself. I am now well aware of what's inside the latest RIDE UK mag. For those who think it's a bike check issue with 22 British Role Models I'm 100% sure they haven't read it all. There is so much more than that. The short little interviews of various types with Mitch Yates, Jason Phelan, The Count, Tony Hamlin, Jordan Utley, Charlie Jobling, Dave Jacobs, and Jon Edwards are just the beginning. 164 pages of BMX in total. The main articles are about the Role Models, a BlackOut Distro trip, Josh Bedford interview, and a Profile trails mission. But then we haven't mentioned the contest

This week's Pin Up model has more BMX titles than you do. 2008 Olympian too. She went for broke in the last turn hungry for that gold medal. She slid, crashed and didn't bother getting up. Gold or nothing. This photoshoot followed. It shows what she has been hiding behind that full face and race gear.

The Sun Ringle' "Limited Edition" Big Baller Rim is an exclusive all yellow powder coat and feature's a special Stay Strong Logo to accent the rim. Made from 6061 aluminum with Sun's Triple Box construction for superior strength. Other features include a welded seam for a strong joint and stainless eyelets for better nipple support.
-Bead Diameter: 406mm
-Height: 17mm
-Width: 32mm
-Seam: Welded 

As most of the internet knows, Karl Poynter is now riding for Eastern Bikes. We are excited to have such an original rider and a cool guy on the team. He’s going to add to the already strong team that Eastern has and contribute a part to the new Eastern full-length team video. I asked Karl what he liked in a company and he had this to say; “The ingredients for a growing BMX company would be quality products of course, a solid fun lovin' team, and a good staff/family running the brand, which I believe Eastern has it all.” And to be more specific I asked him what it was he liked about Eastern. “The people who operate and run the brand, the quality and design of the products, and definitely the team are what makes Eastern a perfect fit for me”, was his response.

“I'm really close to the majority of the team already and can't wait to hangout and ride with the members that I don't know as much as the others. The team is definitely a good mix of guy's with diverse personalities who are always having fun”, Karl said about the team.