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-REAPER 1 frame => RAWED; Cut BRAKE MOUNTS Down
-SkyHigh bars => UNCUT
-Strand Forks => RAWED/RE-PAINTED; CutDown 13mm on TOP and 1" on COMPRESSION BOLT
-Elementary stem
-Twisted pedals => FLUORESCENT RED
-Odyssey rimstrips
-Ruben 155mm grips and barends (best ones, ha)
-Impact pro headset

Name: Chuck Dodge
Age: 22
Hometown: Garden City, Kansas
Current Location: Joplin, Missouri
Years Riding: around 8.
Sponsors: I get some help from Etnies and UGP

Frame: 06 Hoffman Bama
Fork: 4 year old Odyssey Flatland forks, they’re the best!
Bars: Animal Scerbo
Stem: FBM Crown Royal
Grips: ODI Longnecks
Barends: some old Specialized ones
Detangler: n/a
Headset: FSA Impact
Clamp: Hoffman
Seatpost: Hoffman Uber

For some reason I thought DIGBMX had gone monthly. But with the latest issue being the July/August issue it doesn't make sense that way. If this is a "double issue" it is justifyable with the mag being 148 pages thick. Making a quality magazine is tough. Everything needs to make it before deadline and when deadline nears, things usually are going wrong, get delayed and editors end up becoming a friend of an energy drink that will keep them awake long enough to get the job done. A "photo issue" is an easy solution for a break in deadline time but issue #65 of DIG is far from that. Not that there aren't great pics in it because Adam and Dolecki take care of that part. DIG's layout has always been good. It's easy to spot a mag with no style and bad design but we haven't been able to comment DIG on that. It's not stale by any means either. Good job.

This Jamie Bestwick model has the following features:
* Trademark etnies Icon logo integrated into side
* Elastic tongue-centering straps
* Padded tongue and collar
* System G2™ inserted into heel
* STI Foam™ level 2 cushioning footbed with heel support
* 400 NBS rubber outsole with internal EVA midsole
* Available in sizes: 5-14

Heard of Scott Twiford before? Me neither. But it shows that you don't need to be big time to get a cover of BMX Plus! and we like that. Pay $ 4.99 and you have the August issue in your hands and as the cover says, you can win Darin Read's personal Diamondback too. Turn to page 56 for that. Bikes tested in this issue are the DK Six Pack and the Formula Pro XL race bike. Events covered are the Ticos Jam (flatland!), Ricardo Laguna's Extreme Thing (Vegas style) and the NBL Pacific Nationals. Next to that the following articles can be found inside:
-Racing tips from Matt Pohlkamp
-Hang-5 how-to
-Installing 3-piece cranks how-to
-Bikechecks with Nate Berkheimer, Kevin Porter, Will Love, Ricardo Laguna and Karl Poynter
-The annual T-shirt shoot-out. Over 100 T-shirts you can choose from. 

Who doesn't pick up a free BMX magazine? Cream published Hors-Serie #6 and distributed the mag during the BMX Masters in Germany. So even if you did find a silent moment you could dig into the free issue which has Bob Haro on the cover. 30 years after starting BMX freestyle he still gets covers and he deserves it too. We owe him. Not only did Bob get the cover, he's got a six page feature too. We'll sum up the contents here so you know what the free issue is all about. In fact, it's a full on magazine in French and English with great pics and art that you should try to get your hands on. In the BMX agenda they forgot the 20th edition of the FAT-JAM (9 August) but other than that they've got a full list of events on page 12. Since Cream is based in Paris you can expect them to know what's up on the fashion side. The new products on page 14 are all about it. 

Another new item from St-Martin: X26 stem.
-Obviously, it is a 26 mm reach stem.
-6061-T6 material
-central wedge solution
-4 hollow bolts
-round edges everywhere.
-Weight : 210 grams complete.
-Available in November 2008.

MAC1 tire
-Weight: 270 g / 0.6 lbs
-Size 40-406 / 20" x MAC1 (1.70"/40 mm)
-Max 8 bar / 120 PSI
-Kevlar beaded
-Improved traction
-Special durable compound

Name: Bram Verhallen
Age: 20
Hometown: Eindhoven de gexte!
Sponsors: KHE bikes, Chico clothing, Nike, FUNK whatsup?

Frame: KHE To(y) signature prototype
Fork: KHE Tanaka
Stem: KHE Minimalism
Bars: KHE Brambar signature
Grips: KHE Pyramid
Lever(s): HAHA
Brake(s): HAHA
Detangler (gyro): HAHA

Wheels:
Front hub: KHE Astral
Front tire: KHE mac 1.5

Frame : St-Martin ClassX
Fork : St- Martin Champagne
Bar : St-Martin Ange bar
Stem : Camacura Macross 3 U-
Brake : St-Martin
Lever : Odyssey Monolever
Crank : St-Martin Holloflat 145cm + 24t sprocket
Chain : YBN
Pedal : Odyssey Twisted