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The Take: Time Frame
Colours: Pastel Bronze, Root Beer
Top Tube: 20.5, 20.75, 21
Bottom Bracket: 11.5 (mid)
HT: 74.75

Model: Mongoose Shield
Color: Black
Frame: Shield
Fork: WeThePeople Excalibur
Headseat: FSA Internal
Crankset: Profile 170mm
BB Set: T1 Spanish
Sprocket: Fly 26t

With great anticipation I put the Flipside DVD in my computer. The story of 4 street riders visiting "pro town" and 4 fully sponsored (contest) pros visiting NYC in return sounded like a good concept. I was waiting for Mirra, Harrington, Dillewaard and Laird to get lost in New York where the only bit of transition can be found at the bottom of the Brooklyn banks. In return seeing E-man, Nigel Sylvester, Blackman and Ralphy in a foampit and playing Golf would be something else too. But before the show started, Glenn Milligan pops up on the screen and announces a slight change of plan. 

CREAM#22:
- Pro tips: Bibi' seat, My Bike / Mike Spinner's Mirraco
- Patocherie/ Patrick Guimez Rubrik
- How to / Nose pick whip foot jam
- Ladies BMX/ Eelke
- James from Holland
- Photo Contest - Event / Festiventu in Corsica
- Report / Long Beach flatland Jam
- Report / WeThePeople french tour
- Face / Balu & Marcelo, the Brazilians
- Event / Vibrations Urbaines contest
- Spot / Gordy's trail
- Report / Montreal
- Portfolio / On the way to Flatring

We not only received a pre-production copy of the On the Clock video at FATBMX but  La sent a copy of their catalog too. We had actually picked up a copy of the catalog at Interbike as I thought a new magazine had just come out. You see, the folks at Volume are not afraid to do something different. When other companies claim to save trees by doing an online-only catalog, Volume comes out with a magazine scale catalog. If you have not seen the Gypsy magalog, it's time to bug your dealer for one or contact Volume yourself, it's a must see and hands down the best catalog we've seen for a while. It has interviews with their riders, lots of product shots, their ads and great photos.

While you are at the Volume dealer, buy a copy of their new DVD; On the Clock. The Jason Enns part is by far my favorite and it's not

KILLIAN 20.8
Wheelbase: 930mm
chainstays: 350mm
top tube: 529mm
BB: +38mm 

Model: Mirraco BLEND LTD
Color: Deep Burgundy
Frame: 20.5" T/T full D.B. Crmo w/ heat-treated integrated head tube, MID BB shell & 5mm dropouts
Fork: Odyssey Race Fork
Headseat: FSA Impact Integrated
Crankset: Primo Excel Chromoly 3-PC 175mm, Primo 22mm titanium spindle
BB Set: S&M Mid BB sealed 

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah,Yeah, Yeaaaaahhhh. My name is Surridge and I'm no man if I can't do it then noone can.....

That's how the song about Ronnie Surridge starts. You gotta listen to this, it's awesome. Good friend Ronnie Remo wrote and recorded it and if I'm right we hear Ronnie himself do some rapping  on the FALCON song too. Go to Remo's myspace now and hit the FALCON song, that's the one about Ronnie Surridge. Priceless. It helps to know Ronnie personally but here are a few lyrics you can expect:

-Sixty grand are in my hand and I love living in the dream land; in the USA , the USA, the USA........................

-Ring up Badders, for some shoes................................

-100 hunnies on the net that's what I've come to expect.........

The Relief stem weighs 8.5oz and has a dual cap design with 6mm hollow bolts and a 53mm reach. The stem tightens internally with a sliding wedge. As the caps compress the bars to the stem, the wedge is compressed to the steerer tube of your forks. This design allows maximum grab on both your bars and steerer tube while shedding unneccesary material and weight. It will come in Black, Gun Metal Grey and Brown. It will be available in the spring.

At BMX Plus! magazine you never know who is going to get the cover. Most of the time it's not the usual big name rider out there. Dustin "Radio" Naill gets the front page of the February 2007 issue doing a rad no-footed cancan indian style one-hander. Plus! can be split up in four sections: Bikes, Departments, Events and Features.
Bikes: Mike Day on Redline? Only for the Redline Flight Pro Bike test. He recently signed with GT. Steven Cisar pushes the Diamond Back Reactor to the limit in a bike test that starts on page 54.
Departments: As far as we can remember BMX plus! has had an Inside Scoop (news) section, Mailbag, Ask the BMXperts, Trick Stuff and Parting Shot. The Shop Directory gives you an idea on where to buy the mag and the Mini Mart gives those who can only afford a small advertisement a change.
Events: The finals of the Dew Tour happened a few months ago but if you want to see some good photos, Plus! has you covered.