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SNAFU SOLO SEAT IS FINISHED: As the photo shows, the much-ballyhooed SNAFU Solo Seat is ready for its closeup. Here's the skinny:
• Injection molded one-piece saddle
• Extruded and machined 6061 T-6 alloy post
• Two post lengths available: 80mm (BMX amkt) and 150mm (BMX OE)

Colorways:
-Uncovered—Purple, Orange and Black with black anodized post; Natural white with silver anodized post -Covered & Padded—Green

Be ready for the kingsize issue with 40 more pages than usual, mostly dedicated to present all products available in France as long as regular and not so regular article like Nike 6.0 in Estonia for summer street and skirt shredding, a soul trip in Marocco, Eastern trio in Barcelona, Phelan and Beran under the rain, the carhartt flatland trip and many more little stuff to discover. But the most interesting stuff probably is the dvd self produced and attached to the magazine, with many various stuff to watch, here are the content of SOUL DVD #4 :

-NIKE 6.0 TOURNIQUET: Maxime Charveron, Joris Coulomb and Alex Kennedy in Estonia.
-WATER STREET : Garrett Reynolds crew is making a video, here is a 4 minutes exclusive preview by Cory Asraf. 

Another oldie but goodie from the SNAFU archives brought back to life with a bit of judicious CNC work and a fresh coat of paint. We thought about introducing a CNC brake lever last year, but CNC parts are expensive, and a 60-dollar lever doesn’t work any better than the 15-dollar lever it would replace, so why bother? Our C-lever’s smart two-piece clamp is cast alloy, and bolts up to a forged and custom-shaped two-finger lever. C-Levers are available in left- and right-hand models for front and rear applications.

Kaboom! the new issue of BMX Plus! fell on the doormat. Ali Whitton on the cover and a 100 pages thick. What's inside?

FEATURES:
-SOMETHING FISHY: Fried fish in the Iraqi desert
-ON THE SPOT: Tony Malouf gets loose
-ON THE MOVE: Step up and get slapped
-PRO-SPECTIVE: Born to ride
-INSIDE THE PROS’ BIKES: Colton Satterfield’s Bulldog 

As it usually goes the DVD reviews are tough to finish up. On my way to Prague last weekend I brought the new issue of Props. They're at #74 which is hella impressive. I always try to play it safe catching a flight and also this time I was at Schiphol 2 hours in advance. Instead of letting myself rip-off on some ultra expensive internet connection I pushed play and watched the new issue of Props. If you're getting used to short web edits, a video like this is a nice change. Full screen high quality sure beats the little screen clips and what I realized is that the video is long!

-Frame: Mankind Newworld
-Forks: Mankind Asadi
-Headset: Mankind integrated
-Stem: Mankind arcangel
-Bars: Mankind 8"
-Grips: Mankind slim
-Bar ends: Mankind
-Brake lever: Odyssey mid
-Brake cable: Odyssey
-Brake caliper: Demolition sbearing

- Departments -

First Words
With this being the NORA Cup issue, the first words are naturally about the amazing night everyone had in Vegas during the biggest BMX party of the year. But this year it was even more special than ever for a lot of people…

Start
Scotty Cranmer’s home isn’t exactly your normal suburban New Jersey house… A ramp cave?

Up Front

The BMX stem market has become a bloodthirsty battleground, with well over 50 players sparring for a piece of a very small pie. Several stem makers offer some really innovative products, but there are plenty of others that are downright silly. Our own contributions to the evolution of the BMX stem have been incremental, but important nevertheless. The removable top cable plate, for instance, was an idea we popularized ten years ago, and now it’s a standard of the industry. Some of our ideas met with less fanfare or success. Today we offer a few different stems based on the same proven architecture, and all of them bring a different style and technical flavor to the dance. 

Last issue's RIDE cover was epic, but this one is worthy too. Paul Ryan had to pedal like crazy to clear this 14 stepper but not only that, he took off his hands too. All that at 11pm in Liverpool's darkness. Nice. This issue is bringing back the bike tests. 10 bikes go head to head and who's the winner? Find your issue and read it for yourself. The 6.0 Tunnel event took place weeks ago but finds its coverage in the new issue. Londoners make it to Israel to ride. Sounds pretty crazy and of course makes for a good story. To be honest I'd never heard of Andy Martinez before but he gets a proper

The Blink is a new model in the 2010 Mirra Bike Co program. It comes in Earthtone and White/Cyan. Check the spec. Then check for a dealer.
-Frame: T/T length 20.8”, full Crmo w/ integrated head tube, MID BB shell & welded seat-clamp
-Fork: full Crmo
-Wheels: Alex DM-22 front / DM-24 rear, DW 36h, painted front & rear, w/ alloy loose ball