FATBMX Your Online BMX News Resource Since 1998

Ever since the new magazine lay-out of Transworld RIDEBMX magazine I've started liking it again. I can't really tell what it is.

 Maybe the pics just look better, maybe they've got more international articles, maybe the interviews are longer and there are more short articles with bigger pics? The lay-out might have changed or the quality of the ads or the placement of the ads might have changed. Maybe there are less ads and more articles which makes any magazine look better but it will make it harder to survive. Anyway, job well done and here's the usual stolen contents list that tells it just as good as me flipping through the magazine telling you what's in there.

RIDEBMX May 2008:

Frame: Mirraco, The Black Pearl
Fork: Official

Bars: unlucky 13
Stem: Colony
Grips: Scotty Cammer's  Duo
Barends: Colony
Headset: Triple Six

The new Ride is out and it is the photo issue. Niki Croft is this months cover star throwing out his wings above the seaside scuplutre in Brighton while filming for the Brighton Aint Ready DVD... Inside you'll see photographs from most of Ride's photographers including Bancroft, Beddows, Benson, Clauberg, Dolecki, Dye, Fenlon, H Man, Hill Scott, Howell, Jones, JPR, Kosman, Kung, Marshall, Nardi, Newrick, NJ, Pauw, Picard, Pieringer, Roberts, Rogers, Rooftop, Sanz, Simpson, Terra, Wakefield and Ryan Worcester..

Frame: Mankind Bikes Asadi Phase 2 Frame
Fork: Mankind Bikes Archangel Fork
Stem: Mankind Bikes Archangel Stem
Pedals: Shadow Nostra Pedals
Bars: Mankind Bikes Archangel Bar
Bar ends: Snafu Bar ends
Grips: Mankind Bikes Asadi Grips
Lever: odyssey Monolever Medium

Felt in Germany just received a shipment of parts. New Dreamcatcher frame designed by Michael Sommer, new Bodo frame by Bodo, new Sheriff frames designed by Scotty Cranmer, new Cranmer bars, new FB grips in 3 colors and a new FB Pivotal saddle and post.

All available from your Felt dealers across Europe.

Plastic pedals seem to be all the craze. They're light (step one), you can grind pretty much anything on them (step two), and they won't hurt as much on the shins as the sharpened Hutch cage pedals. Omar gives us the details:  Animal Steve Hamilton Plastic Pedals - 12.6 oz. Made of Polycarbonate. Available in Clear, Translucent Black, Translucent Purple, and Translucent Green. They're cool cause they're all cleeeear and light!!! ooOOOooo! hahah.

Name: Barry Kohne
Age: 23
Hometown: Amsterdam, NL.
Sponsors: MankindBikeco, Carhartt, Etnies, KingKong.

Frame: Mankind Asadi 2.0, 20.8 tt
Fork: Mankind Asadi
Stem: Mankind Archangel

My son is 4 years old. He rides his Haro Z12 like he's possessed. Head down and pedaling as fast as he can until the situation is there to hit the coaster brake for a skid. Gotta love it. When Philip saw the new Freedom BMX mag on the kitchen table he yelled out; "Wow, vet cool! " He has already learned the popular slang language at school. Things go fast at his age. Philip wasn't actually referring to the German magazine in general (his German isn't there yet) but he noticed all the free stickers that were wrapped around the outside of the mag. His bike is blue and he's got those fuorescent thingies in the spokes that the wife gave him when I was out of town. It makes his bike look like a carnaval but whatever, he likes it so that's okay. From all the stickers on the magazine I told him to pick three for his bike. Here's what he chose: A PURPLE How's my riding? sticker, a GREEN Peoples store sticker and a dark grey Freedom BMX sticker.

Omar at Animal sent us some product info that we're showing right here. Starting off with the plastic bar ends in 6 different colors. Just like the white Edwin grips, they're in stock now. Expected in May are Animal socks: The Upper West Sock (Long socks) will be available in Black/ White and Purple/Gold. The Lower East Sock (Ankle Sock) will

If you're looking for a new magazine to read we can tell you what's inside RIDEbmx Issue 143. Cover: Liam Fahy Hampton descends a sixteen-stair the hard way, two tires on the rail. Here's a movie of it too, in case you don't believe what you see. No trick photography by Fudger.
- Departments -

First Words
Editor in Chief, Keith Mulligan sheds a sliver of light on how an issue of the magazine comes together.

Start
While vert riders may be few and far between, the ones who ride on a regular basis are nothing short of amazing.