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Name: Jukka Mäennenä
Age: 24
Hometown: Tampere, Finland
Sponsors: Wethepeople, Signature bmx, Battery energy drink, Osiris shoes, Spy optics, Poc and Metal mulisha

Frame: Wethepeople Sleepless, 21” tt.
Fork: Wethepeople Helium, 35mm offset
Bars: Wethepeople
Grips: Duo Corey Bohan

Here’s the contest list of the new issue of RIDE UK. This time with Jason Phelan flipping his way onto the front cover. From – touring with strippers, to Chris Doyle riding trails, to London Concrete – they've got a right mix for ya, and more! This month’s regulars include Top 5’s with Tony Cardona, Room 101 with Go Go, DVD Box, product reviews and bike tests. Ride has also got some Snippets which feature an abandoned pool in the UK and “The Search for the Glory Hole”. They have coverage from the King For a Day/Charges Prow Jam and loads more including – Informers, What?s, Bike Checks, WTF’s, you name it!

Main features:
54-63: Roughing It: Living the good life on tour with DC Shoes.
66-75: 607 square miles of concrete: A guide to London’s bowls, old and new. 

-Frame: Deluxe tech2
-Forks: Odyssey race
-Headset: FSA
-Stem: Fly portencia
-Bars: Deluxe XXL
-Grips: ODI
-Bar ends: Proper
-Brake lever: Odyssey mono (small)

Bart gave me the Urban Kreation jeans to test them. I've seen the name Urban Kreation appear on the internet but most new companies selling clothes are just another companies with the same products, just different designs. I kind of always struggled a bit with finding the ideal jeans for riding and wearing pads underneath them. The design is nice and simple and the fitting is great. The jeans are pretty stretchy and because of that it fits well around your pads without limiting your movement. The jeans gives me personally a safe feeling because they are a little bit thicker that normal jeans. On the inside of the jeans they have extra layers for protection and even Kevlar in front where you will normally tear your jeans while crashing or missing the pedals. Yes, it's a lot warmer when it's hot outside compared to normal jeans but when wearing pads there's no big difference.

Urban Kreation jeans are great jeans for riding. Although they are pretty expensive, it's totally worth the money. I'll

The folks at Tree have decided to make a 3/8″ bolt version of their current rear hub. This hub is for all the trails, pegless street, and park riders out there who just want to run 3/8″ axles. It has all the same features of their current hub but comes with a 17mm 7075 T6 aluminum center axle and 3/8″ heat treated steel bolts. With a 9T cog it weighs only 370grams/13.2 ounces! Tree have a couple of new hubs available and one for racing too.

-Frame: Mankind Mellow 2.0
-Forks: Mankind Forward 2.0
-Headset: Mankind
-Stem: Mankind Archangel 2.0
-Bars: Mankind Neworld 2.0
-Grips: Mankind Asadi Phase 2
-Bar ends: Mankind Identity
-Brake lever: Odyssey
-Brake cable: Shadow Conspiracy

Earlier this week I was at a big Carrefour near Arcachon in France. I stepped into a Presse store to check what BMX mags were available. They had two: A.R.T. number three (which I bought because it had the new FATBMX.com advertisement in there) and a copy of Soul BMX (#70). I left that one at the stands. But today the new issue hit the market so I'll be checking again. Issue #71 has Kevin Kalkoff on the cover dropping into a bank in Biarritz, a town that's on the schedule for next week.

It's got plenty of BMX articles crammed in #71. From reports of the Kink and KHE tour to reports of several BMX events (Nike Pool, Concrete Waves, Massilia race, FISE 2011, Pepsi Trails, Chill & Ride, Redlight, Bowl to be a trail). Charles Paty gets some coverage and also Kevin Kalkoff. He has the main interview.

This years Monster Energy – Ride to Glory featured the talents of Verde, Nike 6.0, Dub, Lotek and last years winners BSD. The whole trip started out in a rain soaked Leeds, then made its way around all 4 corners of the country and came to an end at a now infamous swimming pool location in London. After talking with the teams and getting the lowdown on went went on, the only word best to describe the week long road trip was… immense. As per usual this issue comes packed full of RTG content with the added bonus of the RTG DVD cover mounted, filmed by some of the best videographers the BMX world has to offer. As well as the 50+ pages of Ride To Glory goings on, Issue154 is also packed with the usual regular; news, facts, products, Top 5’s – Simone Barraco, Room 101 – Mike Jersey Taylor and a Bike Check – Lima’s Verde Cartel Series 2.

“Ride To Glory 2011 once again proved that traveling around

• The Set Blackout 21″ Frame
• The Set Stealth 175mm Cranks
• The Set Bent Bars 8.25 x 29″ (Kym Grosser Signature)
• Colony Phantom Forks
• Strictly BMX Slim Pivotal Seat
• Strictly BMX Sealed Bottom Bracket
• Eclat Pulse Hubs on Odyssey Hazard Lite Rims
• Left Hand Side Drive

The easiest thing to do is to do nothing. Let others dig the jumps, you ride it. Let others organise an event and you show up and just ride. Let others find the spots and you just show up. Let others maintain the skatepark and you just show up, ride and go home. But don't expect to get respect if you're living that way. Don't expect others to go out of their way to help you out. It's give and take. The easiest thing is to be lazy and complain all day long, or hide behind the computer screen and post silly comments that only you think are funny.

The Ehwey magazine crew got another issue together. They're doing something for the scene by putting time into creating something. You can view issue number three online, for free. They did the work for your enjoyment, not to get rich off of it. There's not much money floating around in BMX. You gotta do it because you love doing it. And also you can help out keeping it going. Think about what you can do to support BMX. Anything is better than nothing.