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Man I hate it when they don't listen. I asked for less pages so I can finish reading the mag but RIDE BMX's May 2007 issue is a heavy weight at 188 pages. We've joked around that some BMX magazines can be read in one crap session on the toilet where RIDE (UK) is definitely reading material for the longest plane ride you can imagine. It doesn't really make sense to go through the complete content of issue 103 but here are the features:
-Simpel Session with a mini cooper
-Steven Hamilton interview
-DC USA team tour
-Jason Phelan interview
-Scotty Cranmer interview
-Three Englishmen in France
-Toronto and Agriculture jams
-Bike Checks with Tyrone Williams and Kevin Porter

It  wasn't hard to spot Ryan Nyquist at the dirt session in Grevenbroich. His 2008 prototype signature frame received an interesting colour after the powder coater got the opportunity to give it whatever colour he wanted, including pink.  And pink it was. The frame comes with an integrated seatpost clamp, small

Tobias Wicke got presented his wethepeople signature Frame last Friday. It's called the Elektro like his signature bars and features the latest tricks in saving weight. Tobi explained that he wanted to have the double - triple cable guides underneath the top tube and was stoked on the way it came out. For other details of the frame he directed us to Harry Schmid at wethepeople. Wicke had no clue how long the top tube is but  the product development part of wethepeople knows, and he fully trusts them. 

Since we're media partners with DIGBMX I believe it's okay for us to snatch their table of content to let you know what's in their latest issue. I believe Brian Tunney wrote it so all credits to him. Did you know that Brian is getting married on May 22nd? Congrats man, congrats.
-FIRST THINGS FIRST: Why riding your bike on holiday mornings can be a good thing...
-BALLBAG: A long time ago, BMXers were so few and far between that you said hello to anyone that looked as if they might've ridden a bike. Ryan Worcester takes the time to get a little nostalgic of those days and calls out those who may be riding for all the wrong reasons....
-SENT ITEMS: The good letters dried up permanently a long time ago so we had to rely on good ole' MySpace for some decent reader dialogue....

Frame: WTP Primate
Fork: Helium forks
Headseat: wtp
Crankset: Demolition new ones
BB Set: demo, or WTP
Sprocket: Demolition
Freewheel: Demolition
Chain: Siver one. KMC maybe 

The second issue of Circle showed up attached to the new issue of FreedomBMX. The video magazine made by Thomas Fritscher and Markus Wilke sees some interesting distribution this way in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Issue 2 starts off a bit rough. Looks like the riders had to huck a lot to get their tricks pulled on the flatbanks and cobble stones after a long winter. The sound of the rough landings and brake cables hitting the frames didn't add to the smoothness of the first part. Things smoothed out when the pros met at the Simpel Session in Estonia. Riders like Chase Hawk,

I've been guilty of telling Props to do something new. After the umpteenth Props VM, Megatour and Roadfools why not do something different. And here it is, the Props Rock 'n Roll DVD. After talking to several riders who joined the tour they were all over it. It was a big posse on the road but good times were had. The final product is of great quality and shows a lot of riding and a lot of the bands. And that's where my problem comes in with the Rock 'n Roll DVD.

Unless you're a big fan of the Greyscale, The Snake Trap or This Bike is a Pipe Bomb, you're being robbed from quality riding footage of riders like Scotty Cranmer, Tobias Wicke, Morgan Wade, Chris Doyle, Ryan Nyquist and plenty of others that joined the tour. It's not that I dislike any of the bands but if you're expecting the Rock 'n Roll tour to be a BMX DVD, be prepared to use that FFwd button quite a bit.

Taking a page from the Motocrossers, the grip has an inverted ridge near the flange. The MX'ers started running these on their grips so that they could use thin gauge wire and secure the grip onto the bars tightly. It also serves to keep water out saving us bmx'ers from a case of the throttle grip. On the inside of the flange side of the grip are another 4 small ridges. I can only assume these are to help keep the grip even more firmly onto the bar and to reduce any slippage during operation.

The rubber of the grip is made of a soft compound - they feel soft but definitely not too spongy. I ride with gloves but these grips have so much traction on them I could easily ride without them. Plastic bar ends compliment each grip.

Chris has gone with a smaller flange on them along with a pair being in the $10 range. Their price is a little higher than your average grip but there is nothing average about this grip from the very detailed design down to the high quality packaging.

After riding a USA BB and Normal Headset Flybikes Diablo for some years it was time to "update" his bike. While putting the new bike together we found out the Flybikes frame was totally cracked at the headtube so he got some luck and didn't knock himself into coma again......

Frame: Fit 20.75" Hawk
Fork: Proper with 990

Freedom Issue 74 has been out for a while now but we haven't done the review yet. Captain Dotterbart makes the cover with a trick that has now made it to 3 covers of BMX magazines. Here's what you're missing out on if you have not found your copy of Freedom # 74 yet:
-News
-2007 dates
-Video reviews
-Media
-Freecoaster
-Tallinn Simpel Session report
-Muenster Beat City report
-Gallery
-Moscow