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Model: Mirraco BLEND LTD
Color: Deep Burgundy
Frame: 20.5" T/T full D.B. Crmo w/ heat-treated integrated head tube, MID BB shell & 5mm dropouts
Fork: Odyssey Race Fork
Headseat: FSA Impact Integrated
Crankset: Primo Excel Chromoly 3-PC 175mm, Primo 22mm titanium spindle
BB Set: S&M Mid BB sealed 

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah,Yeah, Yeaaaaahhhh. My name is Surridge and I'm no man if I can't do it then noone can.....

That's how the song about Ronnie Surridge starts. You gotta listen to this, it's awesome. Good friend Ronnie Remo wrote and recorded it and if I'm right we hear Ronnie himself do some rapping  on the FALCON song too. Go to Remo's myspace now and hit the FALCON song, that's the one about Ronnie Surridge. Priceless. It helps to know Ronnie personally but here are a few lyrics you can expect:

-Sixty grand are in my hand and I love living in the dream land; in the USA , the USA, the USA........................

-Ring up Badders, for some shoes................................

-100 hunnies on the net that's what I've come to expect.........

The Relief stem weighs 8.5oz and has a dual cap design with 6mm hollow bolts and a 53mm reach. The stem tightens internally with a sliding wedge. As the caps compress the bars to the stem, the wedge is compressed to the steerer tube of your forks. This design allows maximum grab on both your bars and steerer tube while shedding unneccesary material and weight. It will come in Black, Gun Metal Grey and Brown. It will be available in the spring.

At BMX Plus! magazine you never know who is going to get the cover. Most of the time it's not the usual big name rider out there. Dustin "Radio" Naill gets the front page of the February 2007 issue doing a rad no-footed cancan indian style one-hander. Plus! can be split up in four sections: Bikes, Departments, Events and Features.
Bikes: Mike Day on Redline? Only for the Redline Flight Pro Bike test. He recently signed with GT. Steven Cisar pushes the Diamond Back Reactor to the limit in a bike test that starts on page 54.
Departments: As far as we can remember BMX plus! has had an Inside Scoop (news) section, Mailbag, Ask the BMXperts, Trick Stuff and Parting Shot. The Shop Directory gives you an idea on where to buy the mag and the Mini Mart gives those who can only afford a small advertisement a change.
Events: The finals of the Dew Tour happened a few months ago but if you want to see some good photos, Plus! has you covered.

Mutiny is proud to introduce Brandon Hoerres’ new signature frame, the Nocturnal. We have been working on this for quite a while, we sat down with Brandon to see what he wanted out of a frame and what we could do to fix the problem he has with denting down tubes. The Nocturnal features a double butted teardrop down tube this offers two huge advantages over a regular round tube. One is that this type of tube is very good at being dent resistant, in tests we hammered on the tube, the only damage was small dents on the bottom of the tube, we also took a normal tube and beat it the same way and pretty much flattened it.

2020 is keeping me updated on what's happening in Australia at the moment and around this time of the year (their summer), that's a whole lot. Sitting behind the computer getting a magazine together while the rest of your friends are out riding is rough. Add to that a couple of weeks of hospital and head surgery and you understand that life wasn't pretty for editor Matt Holmes. But BMX is strong and is motivating. Matt's drive to finish the mag was bigger than anything else resulting in a fine issue of 2020. Inside you find Heavy Metal Heroes, a Nitai photo profile, Shreddin' lives article, Who the fuck is Alex LiIv, Bio's with Ron Rampton, Jed Mildon, Abelardo Vargas, Malcom Hanslow and Garreth Hedfield. Video and music reviews, how-to's, 2 pages of product reviews, 'zine lookback, photo section, news pages, spot checks and most Australian jam and contest reports. Yup, it covers the Australian BMX freestyle scene

United just came out with a trick backpack. It's got straps on the outside to add your big sweater that didn't fit inside or anything else for that matter. The backside has a padded slot for your laptop and the medium sized travel bag has a wet & dry compartment for those times you go to the beach or ended up sweating like a pig at the park session.

Staats is excited to announce the Ciari headsets are now in stock in exciting new colors. Ciari headsets are offered in both 1” and 1 1/8” sizes and black, ti, platinum, red and blue colors. The Ciari headset uses a completely sealed bearing, is lightweight and very durable. We have our AA Pro BMX and pro mountain bike racers using this headset for over a year without any problems. 

- Departments -
Up Front: Sponsor changes, a tribute to the late Jeremy Barcik, the Ghetto Am Jam, Nyquist talks about his downtime, a huge Odyssey giveaway, the Arby's Action Sports Awards, four buses of BMX and of course the Ride editors' staff picks.
Pro Q & A: Aaron Ross Questions about Austin, pizza, tailwhips and haunting tricks. You asked them, he answered them.
Diversions: Jimmy Levan lists 10 amazing and very influential bands, four videos are reviewed, and flatland's Bobby Carter is interviewed about Diversion Video Magazine.
Private Property: Darin Read and friend's basement cement bowl. Yes, you read that right.
Products: We've got a little bit of everything: a frame, bars, shoes, wheels, a stem, a bag plus more…
Product Test: We tested the Diamondback Accomplice complete, the Mankind Archangel frame and the GSport Marmoset front hub. Are they for you?

You know how hard it is to get the right replacement bolt for your bike part when you strip it. The local bicycle shop doesn't carry your BMX parts, the hardware store doesn't know what you're talking about so what do you do? 43 bolts has you covered from head to toe or better, from stem bolt to crank bolt. 43 Bolts are made of  grade 9 metal, are heat treated and made to resist harsh weather conditions.