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When I picked up the June issue of BMX Plus! I was stoked to see a Dutch rider on the cover. I thought it was Robert de Wilde on his orange Redline and TLD gear but the plate didn't say 77. I looked a little closer to see who else of the "orange crush" team it was but it was neither one of them. Maybe you had the same experience (probably not) but it is in fact John Purse riding that organge bike in the gear that the Dutch National team wore at the 2008 Olympic

Eman graces the cover of the June 2009 issue of RIDEBMX. Here's the complete content list. Sounds like a whole lot of stuff:
- Departments -

*First Words We had a lot of fun this month and Editor In Chief Keith Mulligan attempts to explain.

*Start Legends never die and old-school is cool…and so is this photo of a hundred 30+ riders gathered at Woodward West for the first annual Old-School Reunion.

*Up Front You know ‘em, you love ‘em… Sponsor Block, Disabled List, Fine Print all right where they belong. 

More of a preview. The content list:
*Video – Peter Adam and the Emerald Video
*Media – Friedemann Weise, Metal Hammer of the year
*Videodayz Pt. 1 – The right Equipment
*Nike 6.0 Tour – Mallorca Vacation
*Alliance Tour d’amour – Making BMX Punkrock again
*Benny Paulsen Interview – Taj and Joe in one Person
*T-Mobile Local Support – Dirt in Hall 5
*Münster Beat City – Stupid Name, awesome Jam
*Lazy Dog Braunschweig – The longest hall of the world
*Down the Drain Köln – Swimming pool Close down party
*Perspektive – Flo de Neufville about dogshit and money print machines
*Hello my name is – Helge Hewner & Markus Reuss
*Trucktime – Trickdriver 

You've had the opportunity to get your own bike together at Mirraco, the current one is white, is it hard to pick one colour that has to last for a model year?
Ryan:  I'll put a new bike together about every 3 months. I have 4 built up bikes right now so picking colours for myself is not too bad but picking the colours for Mirraco's line of bikes is hard because I'm picking a colour for other people to buy not just what I think works for me. The first year wasn't so bad because I could just pick mostly black but this year was hard because we have done so many colours but still try and be fresh every time. But we ended up killing it so the 2010 bikes are looking the best yet...

Whatever happened to the splatter paint job?
Ryan: I was going to do red splatter to this bike but once I got all the parts together it just looked really good so I didn't want to mess with it. But you will see more of it.

How hard is it for you to get the right parts to build up a complete new bike?
Coco: It is not really hard for me because I am always looking for what's new, so by the time I need a new bike I always know what part I want.

How often do you need a new bike?
Coco: I normally change my bike when I get bored or when I find some new parts that I really want. But I would say something like every 4 months.

Do you have any sort of deal with Colony and/or Proper or 

The other day I received a new issue of Session BMX mag. To be honest every time it's a bit of a surprise it's still around. It's issue # 5 - #5 - Volume 1. Yup it shows up unregularly or they send it by boat or something because the content is pretty old before it gets here. I was stoked on seeing the Ricardo Laguna Extreme Thing dirt comp in there but it was last year's comp, not the one that took place a few weeks ago. It's got an article on Ryan Guettler's backyard but in all photos he still has long hair. If you don't mind looking at older content, Session can still be interesting. It has the fewest advertisements of all mags out there so that means loads of content. The pages that would be filled with ads are now filled with full page wallpaper pics. There's a 2008 Dew Tour recap, a Street Session T-Mobile report from Berlin, a Bomb Down Broadway write-up, the 2008 Santa Cruz Jump Jam report, and a full article on Phil's trails.

Here is a brief summary of what's inside RIDE UK issue 127..."Paul Ryan, Liverpool’s latest wonderkid has a full interview. Corey Martinez, Ian Morris and James Cox document the current status of the filming for ‘This is United’. John Dye took the Bicycle Union crew to mainland europe once again, but this time went tit for tat with the Movment crew from the South West England. James Newrick has been busy in the North, working away on an interview with Newcastle rider, The Count. Meanwhile, further from out shores, our new staff photographer Walter Pieringer spent some time in Thailand with Chris Doyle, Aaron Ross, Brian Kachinski and Gary Young.

We also have an assortment of regulars including Geoff Slattery, Sergio Layos, Matt Roe, Jason Phelan, Peter Adam, Mike the Mangler, George Boyd, Max Wood plus more…"

Some collectors take it far. Very far. But the results are great. Take this 1986 HARO Sport for instance. A beauty. John Buultjens:
"Hope you boy's like my latest built. Only took me three years to find all the parts. Sadly My tires dried out by the time I built her up. Any help on getting a new set would be great. Hope you like."
John (Scottish) Buultjens

You're not brakeless yet, what is holding you back?
Nothing is holding me back, I enjoy my breaks. When I was in high school I had my brakes off for a couple years and it was great, last year I took them off for six months and I had a good time as well, but at the moment I am having fun with them.

Does your bike rattle anywhere? Do you care?
My bike does not rattle, and if it does it will drive me crazy.

Do the colors have to match?
They don't really have to match, but a good color combo definitely can add to the steez.

Are you very weight conscious?
No not really, everything on my bike is stock, couldn't tell you how much it weighs. 

Name: Marc von Varel
Age: 35
Hometown: Oldenburg, Germany
Hook-ups: La Finca and a big thanks to Mike and Jim at Mirraco for the Frame, La from Demolition for the Parts!

-Frame: Mirraco FiveStar Lite Frame
-Fork: United Squad