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Looking for a new light weight bottom bracket that can hold up to today's riding styles? If so then check out the34R Orto Bottom Bracket. It weights in at 60 grams, nearly half the weight of other bottom brackets. The Orto features 6061 heat treated aluminum cups which are press fitted with IGUS bush bearings. The Orto also comes with alloy ring with 3 mini allen screw for rotation regulation.

The Orto is available in the following sizes:
-Mid 19mm or 22mm
-Spanish 19mm or 22mm

The BMX RIDER magazine crew is on it. This is their 6th issue already and once again it's full of BMX stuff for you to read. Plus you can win tickets to the Munich X-Games which will take place at the end of June. But first things first, the contents list:

BMX Rider magazine #6:
-Bike tests from Total, Sunday, DartBMX and United
-Simple Trip with Zunda and Malmberg
-The wonderkid from the Czech Republik. The Michael Beran interview.
-Highway to Hill event report straight from the Mellowpark
-Spot Check: Recklinghausen
-Last Call: Alex Reinke
-Bike Check: Braumann vs. Wicke
-Pro Bike Check: Matt Priest

The Albion issue 14 is now available for FREE. To coincide with an in depth biographic feature, Issue 14′s cover artwork is by Taj Mihelich.
Contents:
-Editorial: This Too Will Pass
-Departure: Jason Phelan and his homage to Mike Escamilla
-How To: Steal A Bike
-Freecoasters: Progress or fleeting fad?
-Colts – Dale Armstrong
-Colts –  Troy Merkle
-Holding The Room – Alex ‘Fathead’ Barton-Holmes
-Snakes & Ladders – Shawn Mcintosh
-Taj Mihelich – “You can’t win BMX”
-The Rise & Fall of BACO
-The 100th Monkey

The Albion is available for FREE in all good BMX shops in the UK,

The July issue of BMX Plus! just came out and features England's Simon Tabron on the cover. For one this is cool because as a foreigner getting a cover on an American BMX magazine is awesome. On top of that this is a vert cover. When is the last time you've seen a fullface on a cover also? BMX Plus! ain't scared. In this issue you can also learn how to learn handplants on a BMX bike. They're not easy, but everything can be learnt. I wrote the story about the Simple Session for the July issue so I hope you like it. Next to the comp in Tallinn, BMX Plus also covers the Extreme Thing event in Vegas and the USA BMX Gator Nationals BMX race. The Tech Tip is all about grinding something Woody Itson and Fuzzy Hall don't do all that much any more. But they'll tell you what they've been up to. Bike tests? Sure. Two this time. The Felt Sector and the Subrosa Malum were tried out and BMX Plus will give you all the pros and cons about these two new rides.

A legit complete bike for $389.99? HARO has one for you and you can choose between three colour options (Black, Silver, Blue) and two top tube lengths. What more do you need? Here are the features:
-2 tube crmo frame (top tube & down tube) with Mid BB shell, integrated head tube and a 20.5" or 21" top tube length

Earlier this week Transworld BMX got bought by Grind Media. What that exactly means to the BMX book isn't very clear at the moment but sometimes change is good and let's hope that goes for the current staff of the BMX mag. RIDEBMX is the only BMX mag in Grind Media's portfolio so a merge isn't necessary. Expect RIDE to come out with the best possible mag in the time to come. Here's what's inside their latest edition:

Departments

-First Words: From 25 years of handrails to 30 years of dirt, Editor In Chief, Keith Mulligan links it all together.

-Start: Reed Stark handles an insane looking setup during a sneaky night mission.

It’s this time of year that the road trips really start to get going. The weather kicks in and before you know it you’re in a transit van watching your friend construct a makeshift lavatory from a Pringles tube and an empty tin of lager. RIDE's got Walter Pieringer on location in Bogota, Columbia. Proper say Bon Voyage to the UK and nip over the channel with Mike Miller and Max Wood. Jason Phelan and his crew really get into the thick of things in “A Trip Like No Other” to South East Asia. Finally the RIDE crew's dodging raindrops in Toulouse with Marie Jade and Alex Valentino.

In this issue:
-Mike Miller’s journey through France and how he clinched the front page is up in Cover Story.
-Premiums big footed hero Jordan Waters gives us a Bunch of Fives.

RECON is built for exploring beyond the local park & trails Featuring a 4130 Cro-mo main tube frame, forks with tapered blades & 8x28.25"handle bars, its built for action. We've used parts from Odyssey,like their classic Twisted pedals, Kenda Kontact 2.25" tyres alloy 36h Rims laced on a small flange front 10mm hub & a 14mm semi sealed rear hub.

UK Price: £300.00

We've never really done a Bike Test here at FATBMX but when the HARO 500.1 arrived, we decided to have a couple of people ride it to see what they thought about it. Building up a bike is so easy these days and the HARO was no different. The most time was spent on the brake cable setting up the centre pull brake. If you ride brakeless you can remove the brake and the brake mounts and don't have to deal with that part either. It's basically adjusting the seat height and the bar position and putting some more pressure in the tires and you're ready to go.