Eastern Bikes would like to inform you about our 2010 team. We have a lot of things planned for the year including an elevated team presence worldwide.  With goals of elevating and strengthening our team image, we’ve assembled a stronger, more diverse group.  The Pro team will consist of six individual personalities that cover almost all aspects of riding. Our Am team has a great group of upcoming riders who know how to have fun on a bike. The Vets are guys that have a special place in our hearts. The International team showcases Easterns worldwide force. We have ...

Eastern Bikes' Nomad Cranks have arrived and we couldn't be happier. These top-of-the-line cranks are light weight and strong. Nomad'er (couldn't resist) what you ride, these puppies are sure to be a great addition to your bike. Click here to take you to the Nomad cranks page for more info... Here is a video on how-to intall the Nomad cranks.   Nomads in White   Nomads in Red   Nomads in Black   The backside of the Nomad arm. You can run a standard or micro-drive sprocket.   The Nomad Spindle is 48 on your typical non-drive side and tapered ...

Our trip is over and man it was a great one. The rain kept us out of France most of the time but Barcelona was a hit. We are putting together a video that will be included in Soul Magazine and we'll put it on our site right after it's out. A teaser will drop will soon. I have to thanks Sunex big time for hooking everything up and a huge shout out to François for driving us around and taken real good care of us. It was also good to hang out with Vincent Perraud who was there to ...

Today was flat out awesome! What else would you expect from a riding paradise such as Barcelona, Spain? To start the day we visited 360 Bike shop. They opened up early to let us work on our bikes. A big thanks to Pere and guys! After rolling out with dialed bikes we started to get a taste of what street riding was like in Barcelona. It is incredible to say the least. We rode the entire day and barely stopped to eat. I can't even tell the places we hit so I will just let the photos do the talking. ...

We made our way to Spain over the last couple of days. Here's what went down on the way there...We woke the day after the contest and Olivier let us ride the contest park as they were taken stuff down and it was pretty sweet not having anyone there so we could take full advantage of the place. Everyone got a clip filmed and some photos taken. Most importantly we had a lot of fun. Thanks Olivier, Frank and Renault! After that the rain came down hard and it was off to Capestang where François lives and stayed at his ...

Parlez-vous français? Not yet but we are going to have to learn some French fast! Eric Holley, Josh Perry, Karl Poynter and myself are heading to Pessac, France. We are actually in the airport right now (5:32 pm) waiting for our flight. Once there we will meet up with Sunex distribution and Justin Fouque our French Eastern rider who will be on the road with us. The trip is going to start at Vibrations-Urbaines contest this weekend. I'll be posting updates whenever the world wide web is available and there will be a sweet web video coming here when we ...

Mega Tour has wrapped up and everyone is in the hotel taken apart bikes and packing. It's been a blast for sure. The final day started out at a park next to the Mississippi river. We did a cool team intro for the video and then Phil and Eric rode a cool roof. Eric put together a good line and Phil dropped off of it numerous times. We went back to the hotel for a quick dip in the pool and then met up with the rest of the teams at 3rd Lair skatepark. Eric, Phil and I rode some ...

Today started with Phil coming into our room telling us that the van had a flat. So Phil, Stew and I went out to change it. After figuring out how to get the spare out and almost having the van fall on me we got it done and were on our way to the first spot. When we arrived there were some workers around and we couldn't ride so a little frisbee action took place. Once we started feeling a little too hippie-ish it was time to move on and ride like a man. Downtown was the destination for today ...

0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false I use to live in Madison so going there for our next stop was something I was looking forward too. We arrived at the hotel pretty late last night and everyone crashed. The team woke up, ate some breakfast and was ready to hit the streets. The first spot was a cool triangle wedge spot with a guardrail surrounding half of it. Eric, Adam and Phil were getting clips right off the bat. Once that spot was exhausted it was off to find another. On the way to the ...

We finished up the second day of the Mega Tour. The weather today has been absolutley amazing. Oh, wait, before I talk about today I should mention that we rode a new indoor park last night in St. Charles called Circus that Jeff Harrington told us about. Dave and Chris are the owners and hooked it up. The locals there were awesome and did some nutty stunts that you will have to wait for the video to come out. After riding we finally made it back to the hotel exhausted and ready for some sleep. The next day we woke ...

Jeremy Gallant is an Eastern rider and an awesome guy from Canada. We wanted you to get to know him a bit better so check out his bio. Clicky clicky.

Hit up Vital BMX and see Karls bike check that Mangler did. It's real good. Click here to go there.You too can hear the truth when you listen to Karl's bike check.

Here are a few photos that Mike McQueen took on his latest filming trip with Eric and Nick. Captions by Da Mangler himself.   Nick Anderson has quite the back peg balance. A perfect setup out in the Minneapolis burbs gave Nick a fun time!   Nick and Eric are bffs! While Nick creeps in the background, Eric ponders what his next tech move will be.   These are the St Francis boys. Gelle(aka Mangler 2.0), Nick and Eric.   Nick gets real into finding where the closest Trader Joe's is after I spoke highly of awesome chips and salsa ...

Click on the photo to take you to FatBMX where they did a cool Fat Fav's with Eric. Riding Photo by: Ben Austin Mug Shot by: Tyler Northrup

Our popular Plastic pedals are now available in Translucent colors. For a great dual-concave lightweight pedal it's clear to see that Eastern's Pastic Pedals are the one to go for.

Our latest cranks with have you wandering around the streets in no time. See below for the full specs on the Nomad Cranks. They will be available in September. The Arms are concave and tapered on three sides to increase strength. Front side of the cranks is smooth to be ankle friendly Machined one-piece pedal boss is flush with the back of the crank eliminating any unneeded material 23T micro drive compatible Post weld heat-treated Left and right hand drive compatible The Nomad Spindle is tapered 10 spline on drive side and 48 on your typical non-drive side. The tapered ...

EXPN put up part II of the Eastern Bikes interview. Click here to see it.   This sequence was taken from the 2002 Eastern Bikes Catalog. My ass was sore for a week! -Leigh.

How to tighten and maintain your Eastern Bikes 9’er WheelFirst and foremost, this procedure should only be performed by an authorized bicycle mechanic. It is important to remember that over time you may need to adjust your looseball Niner wheel. To do so, You’ll need to loosen the hub's cone and lock nuts and then re-tighten as much as needed, its that simple.With the 9’er looseball hub, the cone nut for each side has it’s own special job. The nut on the non-drive side controls the tightness for ONLY the bearings packed into the hub, the hub bearings. The driver-side ...

Cody Jennings passed through town the past weekend so we decided to have a look at his bike. Here you go; Frame: Eastern Harvester 20.75" toptube Fork: Eastern Hawkeye Bars: Old T1 Stem: Fly Grips: Duo Homan Barends: Eastern Headset: Eastern 45/45 Integrated Clamp: Eastern integrated Seatpost: Aluminum Seat: Eastern Pinner Cranks: Eastern Pro, 175mm Sprocket: Eastern Medusa Light, 25t Chain: Eastern Half-link Front Tire: Eastern Curb Monkey Kevlar, 2.3″ Front Wheel: Proper Rear Tire: Eastern Burnout Kevlar, 2.1″ Rear Wheel: Eastern BiRectional Pegs: Eastern Ramp Pedals: Eastern MagnesiumCustom Mods: Yeah special edition Lynard Skynard bandana for soaring like a ...

Josh Perry's first time in France turned out pretty good. He qualified 8th and and got 6th in the finals! Congrats man. Josh's run started with him hopping into the ramp doing a 3 whip. In his run he also pulled a barspin 720 and his first ever tailwhip 720! You'll see a blog coming from Josh so you'll have to check back for that.   Josh at FISE.   Our guy in France Thierry hanging out with Josh.   This isn't the best riding shot but I wanted to show you the crowd. So many people!  

Here's a sneak peek of Eastern Bike's new tubing XHelix (Cross Helix) that will be on our 2010 after-market frames and a few completes. It's 30% stonger than double-butted tubing.

The Hawkeye Forks are full of Eastern quality and detail. Take a close look at this beauty. It has everything that you look for in a fork and more. Eastern rider Kelly Bolton had this to say about them; "Best forks I've ever had. Light, strong, awesome looking. Integrated race. For a 200+ pounder to just slap them on and pull off heaven drops all day is proof enough that HawkEyes are the way to go." So there you have it, check out the features below... The Hawkeye Fork is 100% Heat-treated chromoly with tapered and butted fork legs. These ...

I did a bike check with Karl when he was here on the Eastern video trip. Here's what he's rocking... Frame: Eastern Journey proto-type Fork: Eastern Hawkeye Bars: Eastern Wonderyears Stem: Shadow Attack frontload Grips: Shadow Seth Kimbrough Barends: Shadow nylon Headset: Eastern 45/45 Integrated Clamp: Eastern integrated Seatpost: Shadow Pivotal Seat: Shadow Karl Poynter 2009 edition Cranks: Shadow Torrid, 175mm Sprocket: Shadow Crank & Bones, 25t Chain: Shadow Interlock V2 Front Tire: Shadow Undertaker foldable, 2.25″ Front Wheel: Shadow Raptor hub, Shadow Stun rim, Shadow spokes and nipples Rear Tire: Shadow Undertaker foldable, 2.25″ Rear Wheel: Shadow Stun rim, ...

The Nighttrain is loaded with everything you would expect from this top notch Eastern mean machine. You can wake up late, put on your clothes and take this bike to the trails, street or park. When and where ever you choose to ride the Nighttrain you are bound to get a dog eat dog sly smile. Eastern original Nighttrain frameset Intergrated seatpost clamp Eastern exclusive chainstay yoke EB logo laser-cut in headtube 14.7" slammed chainstay Eastern Bikes original sealed MTB hub with one-piece chromoly driver and disc-mount Avid Juicy 3 brakes Rock Shox Argyle 318 80mm front suspension with sealed ...

Eric Holley is a badass rider. He also like to pick up his camera and snap a few shots. These have been lying around so I decided to show you a few photos that Eric has taken. This is one of the first photos that Eric sent me of his buddy Nick Anderson right when hestarted getting stuff from Eastern.   A random photo in the mix of a cat Eric shot.   Zach Rogers doing a Misfits impression.     Eric upclose on this Bar Endo from his TM.   The first over this fence. Wiz barspinning.   Abubuca ...

Craig Mast has a bike check up on RideBMX.com. Click here to have a look at his fine stead.

In the newest issue of 20/20 you will see a lot of Eastern coverage including the Australian BMX Games that Craig Mast won, a couple great shots of Donga and a good interview with one of Eastern's owners, Jon Byers. This Australian magazine should be available now. Go to their website to get a peek at the mag. The guys that run the magazine are awesome guys so support em if you can!

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 ...

Darren sent over this photo and I just wanted to put it up on the site so here it is for you to look at. And don't be afraid to lookback at it too. That was dumb.And while we are talking about Darren you should go check out his blog and see his new awesome haircut. Click here to go there.

Daniel is a shredder from Australia. Here is a closer look at the bike he rides. This is pretty much the Jane complete with a few mods. Read on to see what he's done... The rear wheel is a stock Eastern wheel.  It holds up great to Dongas huge airs. He rocks the Pro Cranks, Pedals and Medusa Lite sprocket. Attached to the Deceptikon stems are Eastern bars and Attached to that is a ball he likes to ringwhen he is high up in the air. Donga knows fun! Making use of the built in Chain Tensioners. A bottom view ...

The trip is over and even though it rained alot the guys clocked some footage for the upcoming Team Video. Kelly Bolton double pegged this well over handle bar height ledge. This is Manglevision™ in full effect. Adam Banton using the rain to his advantage. Zach Rogers first time in LA 180ing a rail for fun. Banton. No hand 1 foot Lucky. Or is it? This footjam is Phat...with a PH.

So we are in not-so-sunny LA right now filming for the Eastern Team video that will be out this fall. The crew consists of Adam Banton, Kelly Bolton and Zach Rogers. Mangler is filming. It's been raining a lot since we arrived but still got some riding done. Check out the photos. I will update more later. Kelly whipping in Venice. Kelly 180 a local who was stoked on hanging out. Straight off the planes Zach was ready to ride. We actually got to ride outside at Woodward. Kelly table. Even our filmer Da Mangler got to ride some. A ...

Here is a look at a few of the guys that work at Eastern. Click on the link to see more about them. This is Seamus McKeon. He works in the warehouse and has a killer exhust on his Accura. Andrew York does sales and annoys Bryan Byrd every half-hour. Sales guy Joe Haley can ride anything from 20 to 26. And do it good. Sales Manager Bryan Byrd likes trees and long walks in a forest. Team Manager, Leigh Ramsdell loves toboggans and writing dumb captions. Trey Doig doesn't work in the office but he did make our website.