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It's magazine time again. For some reason they all come out at the same time. We showed the new ART cover yesterday, the BMX Plus! cover today and now we can show you the cover of RIDE UK 159. Also about to hit the market are the new issues of FreedomBMX and DIG. The weather has been shit and the holidays are coming up so it's a good time to get your hands on some BMX literature.

In the new issue you can find the following articles along with the regulars they've got going over at RIDE UK:

-Stefan Lantschner interview: Do Watcha like
-The Style Council: Start as you mean to go on
-BadIdea.com. The making of the Empire DVD
-A Game of Two halves. Team Vans goes Canary island
-Free Ben Lewis poster

What makes BMX Plus! stand out is that they're not scared to put BMX racing in their magazine next to all the freestyle stuff. And why would they? The mag has covered BMX racing from the get go and stayed around in a time when things weren't that flashy. Even with BMX Freestyle getting bigger and bigger, they're not afraid to put BMX racing on the cover. With the last round of the UCI BMX SX World Cup coming to their backyard, it was the perfect moment to get the shot. Sam Willoughby is the lucky man to grace the cover. What else is in the Feb 2012 issue? More racing....

-USA SX World Cup final round (Chula Vista)
-HARO's Race Lite test
-GT's Speed series 26" test
-2012 Buyer's guide
-Dew Tour Finals (for the freestyle kids out there)

A few years ago Mirraco had two aluminium bikes in their line for the young kids, simply because being small and tiny, you don't have the same power as grown ups to throw a bike around. For 2012 Mirraco has a light 18" bike out which goes by the name: REDUX. This might just be the bike you're looking for. Here are the specifications:

Frame: full alloy, 6061-T6, integrated head tube, Euro BB

Frame: TotalBMX 657 20.6
Bars: TotalBMX worldpeace 8.5
Fork: TotalBMX lightlime
Hubs: Profile mini
Rims: Front-Superstar
          Rear- Odyssey
Cranks: TotalBMX thanks
Seat: TotalBMX British seat
Seatpost: Federal
Pedals: Snafu

A.R.T. BMX magazine has released their November/December 2011 issue and put living legend Ruben Alcantara on the cover from what looks like that giant dirt set-up that they built over there in Spain. Endless style. But as usual the ART crew had representatives at a lot of events over the summer and got in touch with plenty of people to fill the 148 pages. Here's a selection of what's inside #5.
-FISE Paris
-Kill the Line
-Milano flatland
-Chase Gouin Journal
-DEW four Las Vegas
-RedBull Dreamline
-Daniel Wedemeijer/Christophe Desarmaux/Daniel Juchatz/Fabien Loaec/Diego Tejada/ Mr. Green interviews

-Frame: Totalbmx '657' Alex Coleborn signature
-Forks: Totalbmx Limelight forks
-Headset: FSA Impact
-Stem: Colony Official Ryan Guettler signature
-Bars: Eclat
-Grips: ODI longneck
-Bar ends: ODI
-Chain: KMC Cool chain
-Sprocket: Colony Official Ryan Guettler Signature

The next two weekends I'll be hanging with some of the RIDE crew. Looking forward to that. Here's their latest issue with ripper Josh Harrington on the cover.

- Departments -

-First Words
Just as we shipped this issue to the printer we got word that Dane Searls was in a coma and fighting for his life after suffering injuries obtained from a non-riding accident. Sadly, Dane was taken from the BMX community just days later. These first words are for Dane. Ride in peace, brother.

-Start 

Frame: full chromoly, integrated head tube w/ laser cut logo, removable brake bosses, machined seat tube, MID BB shell, single cable route, 5mm dropouts, welded seat clamp
T/T Length     20.8"
Fork: full chromoly w/ tapered legs (31.8 to 25.4mm) 1-1/8"
Handlebar: Black Label 2-pc. chromoly 8.25" rise, 1.8mm thick
Stem: Black Label forged alloy threadless 1-1/8", front mount, 50mm ext.

-Frame: Failure DGAF Dan Norvell signature The Beaver 20.5
-Forks: Snafu Pickle Fork
-Headset: Snafu Fontanel
-Stem: Snafu VST
-Bars: Failure Behind Bars
-Grips: Snafu Simple
-Bar ends: Snafu Alloy Stubby
-Brake lever: Snafu C-Lever