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-Frame: Zion Silence
-Fork: Macneil bmx ID fork
-Handlebar: Proper team
-Cranks: Fly bikes
-Pedals: Demolition team
-Chain: KMC lite kool chain
-Sprocket: Zion Street
-Seat: Zion Pivotal prototype

The January/February issue of DIGBMX couldn't have come at a worse time. It got me motivated to ride some trails but we just received 4 inches of snow so riding outside is not an option right now. A Trails Only issue is great when you ride trails. If you don't ride dirt this issue might turn you into it. Pick up a shovel and build the exact jumps that you want to build. No need to blame the concrete builder that messed up the trannie at your local park. DIG 68 takes you through the steps with veteran trail builders and shows you spots

Making a full length video is a big project but it's fun too. It gives you reason to make road trips "to film for the video" and The Shadow crew did do some trips to film for "Into The Void". Most of it had been published before in several (international) magazines and also showing some footy in the two trailers prior to the release gave away a bit of the video. But it's got plenty left to amaze you. Every rider on the crew had me go "wow" at least once. Johnny Devlin amazed me the most and his part was the ender of the video. 

Name: Nigel Sylvester
Age: 21
Hometown: Queens, NYC
Sponsors: Animal bikes, MirraCo bikes, Nike 6.0 and Format

Frame: Mirraco chocolate 21'
Fork: Mirraco forks M3
Stem: animal jump off
Bars: animal piff bars
Bar ends: plastic

What is there to do when there is no possible way to ride your bike? Looks bleak because what else is there in life other than being on your bike!? Video games. Substitute baby sitter for some escapism for others and ultimate time thief for all.

BMX titles have dropped off in the past few years but are still out there and some are worth a look. This is by no means a comprehensive list of digitized BMX but is as close as I can get because I play far too much Xbox live.

If you've got a kid who is really into riding and talks about nothing else but BMX, you might consider buying him Mirraco's Project 18. The aluminium frame keeps the weight down to 8.8 kg for the complete bike so little Johnny doesn't have to work with the same weight as big brother Jim. It wouldn't be fair, would it? The Project 18 is a serious stepping stone into the 20 inch world. Here's the spec of the bike, and then find a dealer near you on the Mirraco website.

The Condor EC is based around Mat Hoffman’s signature 'Condor' frame design,offering pro-level geometry and an impressive component package at an amazing price. The Condor EC features Mat's signature frame design and geometry, 8" rise HB handlebars, Kenda tires, 3-piece cro-mo tubular cranks and detangler. Straight out of the box, the Condor EC is ready to ride on the streets,the trails and the skate-park
Spec:

* Frame: SANKO butted Seamless Cromo
* Fork: Full Cromo
*Cranks: 3pc Tubular Cromo 175mm, 25T Alloy CNC chainring
* Bottom Bracket: Midsize Integrated Sealed Bearing 48 spline
* Pedals: Wellgo
* Freewheel: 9T Cassette One Piece Driver
* Chain: Shadow Interlock
* Rims: Allienation Black Sheep Orange 32H front, CP 36H rear 

It feels like the last three issues of RIDE UK arrived within a 5 week span. Rutger Pauw's covershot was amazing and then it was Kye Forte's cover for # 122 and before we could review them we received issue 123, the January 2009 issue.

Magazine covers do get released by the publishers so early that I'm not sure it does make sense to review a magazine after they've shown the content (list) online a few weeks ago. It kind of feels like they want to show they've got the job done a.s.a.p. but it takes a few weeks before the mag arrives at the subscribers'. Now that Paul's Boutique has stopped carrying magazines (they used to receive the mags a bit earlier), I'll have to rely on my copy to get in the mail before I can review it. Anyway, as you understand I haven't read the whole mag yet but if we would wait until that happens, we're even a few days further down the calendar before posting a review. Here's what's inside # 123:

We received the Synopsis DVD in the mail and inserted in the DVD player to find out that it is a disc full of up to date street riding from riders such as Brad Simms, Tony Neyer, Eli Platt, Josh Suhre, Larry Alvarado, Dave Jacobs, Joe Cox, Eric Cuiper, and Doug Horton. It's the MiCreation team so to say. With Chad Shackelford involved with the filming you won't be disappointed. The video actually has a bronze/sepia feel to it which is not annoying and makes the video look different which is good in my book. Synopsis has street trick after street trick and a couple of the bangers are Brad Simms' up manual a long ledge (that almost killed him in an earlier