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Name: Brandon Loupos
Age: 20
Hometown: Engadine Sydney, Australia!
Hookups: Fox Head, Ethika, Failure Bikes, Snafu Bmx and Drift Innovation.

Frame: Failure Maniac 20.4
Forks: Demolition Elites
Stem: Demoltion stealth
Headset: Failure

Haro's 400.1 comes in two sizes, 20.5" or a 21" top tube. When you buy the 20.5" version of the 400.1, it will have a Full Crmo 8.50" rise handlebar because most likely you're smaller than someone wanting the 21" ride. That one comes with a taller 8.75" rise full crmo handlebar. The 2.4 and 2.2 tires will absorb your biggest drops and the geometry will keep you spinning and stable while doing your big moves. The MSRP says $559.99 so get to work to be able to buy the Matte Black or Gloss Translucent Red HARO.

The Spec:
-100% chromoly frame with Mid BB shell, integrated head tube, welded seat clamp, 20.5" or 21" top tube length and removable

Getting a photo in a magazine is always a big deal. If it's in print, it's forever. Many riders remember their first photo they had in one of the many BMX publications. Daniel Wedemeijer and Martijn Jaspers are trying hard to get their hands on a copy of the January 2014 BMX PLUS! issue as Daniel has a photo from Mexico in it and Martijn gets a full page! Congrats on that to both Dutch riders. But of course there's much more than these two important pics. Here's what you can find inside:

-2014 Dirt/Freestyle Buyers Guide (over 260 frames & bikes)
-Arielle Martin calls it quits
-UCI Supercross Finals, Chula Vista
-Vans Kill The Line, Peynier, France
-BMX Cuerna Style, Mexico
-SE Gaudium Test

The 2014 Haro 500.1 comes in a killer smoked chrome. You can pick between the 20.5" Top Tube version of the 21" TT complete. The 75 degree head angle will let you do your moves combined with the 71.5 degree seat angle and the 13.75" backend. Find the parts list right here and head on over to your HARO Bikes dealer to see if they have them in stock already.
-100% chromoly frame with butted down tube, Mid BB shell, integrated head tube, tapered seat and chain stays, welded seat clamp, 20.5" or 21" top tube length and removable brake and cable mounts
-100% chromoly fork with internal threaded CNC steer tube and tapered legs

Name: Dez Maarsen
Age: 24
Hometown: Haarlem, The Netherlands
Hookups: Orbea, Soulcycle, LostBmx

Frame: Orbea Rude 19.6 tt 12.7 cs
Forks: A Bad Thing
Stem: KHE minimalism
Headset: fsa
Bars: S&M Intrikat 8.5
Grips: tennis grip over normal grip

Today the new issue of The Albion will be released. Always a solid read so try to get your hands on a copy and enjoy it on a cold dark night in front of the heater with a hot tea. The Albion Issue 17 Contents list looks like this:

Steven Hamilton – The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Steven Hamilton interviews himself, for his second feature in the magazine after his controversial interview in The Albion Issue 1. Photography by Scott Marceau

Gary Young – Diamond In The Rough
The story of the day The Albion and Gary Young were robbed at gun point and pistol whipped by three kids on a motorcycle in Argentina. Words and photography by George Marshall

Ty Morrow – Making Sense Of It All
It's been a big year for Ty Morrow. It’s been a year of big changes 

The weight of the magazine alone is impressive. It feels heavy and one wonders how this can be filled with just BMX. Freedom's Product Special is a big one this year and filled with over 1200 BMX related products (BBQ included). It has close to 200 complete bikes featured in the magazine that can be bought in Germany. Just imagine the work that went into this. Collecting the parts, putting them down in the studio, make sure they are in the same position as all the other bikes and parts, and snap that photo. Make sure the light is the same all the time and pack up the parts in the original package as good as possible and then mail it back to the company. Props to the Freedom crew for doing the work so you can drool over the new 2014 stuff and decide what you want to buy. To brighten things up the mag has a few Photo Gallery pages and bike checks with Moritz Nussbaumer, Felix Prangenberg, Mike Wuerzinger, and Max Bergmann.

Vince Perraud shot the cover of the new issue of BMX Rider magazine. Kriss Kyle gets the front plate of #9 of the German BMX mag and a full interview. But there's loads more. Here's a list of what you can expect to read on Wednesday, if you're on the subscription list, or if you can get yourself an issue from the newsstands or favourite bike shop.

-5 bike checks. 2014 models from Bulls, Stereo, wethepeople, Felt, Blank
-Texas Toast report straight from Austin, Texas.
-Shorttalks with Thomas Untheim and Flatlander Kevin Nekulski
-Visited: The ZEG
-Last Call with Axel Reichertz
-Fav5 with Matthias Dandois
-ProBikeCheck with Drew Bezanson

Name: Daniel Wedemeijer
Age: 23
Hometown: Amsterdam, NL
Hookups: Red Bull, TSG, Mankind, Gloryfy Unbreakable, Pauls Boutique, SMC.

Frame: Mankind Action 20.8
Forks: Mankind Justice
Stem: Mankind Archangel topload
Headset: Mankind Neworld

Making it on a cover of a magazine is a big deal. Making it on the cover as a European rider on an American magazine is an even bigger deal. Ben Lewis (UK) spent some time in the USA and RIDEBMX gave him an interview and the front page of their January/February 2014 issue. Congrats to Ben on that one. But not only Ben makes it in this issue as a European rider. Viki Gomez won the Nora Cup in flatland and they catch up with the rider who now lives in the Benelux (whenever he's around). Alex Kennedy (UK) gets an article as well as Australian Sam Willoughby for winning the BMX Racer Nora Cup award which strangely never received a mention in Austin but the Cup was presented to him at the next big race. Further articles are with the Demolition crew which visited the NorthWest, JJ Palmere gets interviewed as well as Dennis Enarson, Mike Hucker Clark, Garrett Reynolds and the Deadline crew. Add 24 new products to