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A new BMX magazine has hit the German market: BMX RIDER. The first issue just came out and has Sergio Layos on the cover. I actually read the magazine cover to cover on a plane ride and was impressed by the mag. It's got quality pictures, interesting articles and also a bunch of Bike tests, something you don't see too often in BMX magazines any more. To be honest I expected the new mag to be the opposite of the existing Freedom BMX magazine, but in fact they're pretty close. They're even coming out around the same time every two months so the competition between the two is on. This should only benefit the readers, as both magazines will bring the best pictures, the best interviews, the latest products, and all the latest news.

The first issue brings you a report about the IBMXFF World's in Cologne, 7 bike tests, an interview with Sergio Layos, a Vans

New from the 2013 line of GT BMX bikes, the GT Bump!
-Frame: 2013 GT Dirt Design S/S, Cr-Mo Main Tubes (H/T, T/T, D/T), DT Gussett, MID BB , Seat Stay Mounted U-Brake, Removable Rotor Guides, Integrated 1-1/8" H/T
-Fork: GT Dirt/Street Design, Hi-Ten 31.8- 28.6mm Tapered O.D. Blades, Cr-Mo Steerer, 320mm A/C, 3/8" axle
-Chain: KMC Z410
-Crank: GT Tubular Cr-Mo 3Pc., 175mm Arms, Cold Forged Cr-Mo 19mm x 8T Spline Spindle, 5mm 25T GT AL Chain Wheel

Nasty makes the cover of the new issue of ART BMX magazine coming out of Paris, France. The photo was taken at the 2012 BMX World's in Germany and we actually saw Nasty ride at a demo in Japan this last Saturday. Nasty might not be the one landing on the podium all the time, but he's out there, he's got fans, and he turns it up whenever he feels like it. He's always leaving an impression either way. Find Nasty's head in the newsstands in France during the months of September and October 2012. What else is in the new issue of ART BMX?

A FATJAM report! Also Bio's with Simone Barraco, Catfish, Anthony JeanJean, Connor Lodes, and Cyril Lapoirie. Event reports from the Voodoo Jam, Urban Plagne, Finist Air show, Kill the Line, X-Games, World's, and the Brighton Jam. Nicholi Rogatkin gets a bike check, Justin Kosman gets a photo

The Albion Issue #2 is now online. Here's the Contents list: -Video Days – Mike Escamilla -Artifacts – Nick Ferreira and BMX stickers -Soapbox – Nick ‘Marv’ Martin -Head Banging – First Aid -The Lords of Fun – FBM on the Road -The Florida assignment – Imagine if your dads girlfriend was younger than you? -Thomas ‘Robbo’ Robinson – Alone in the woods -Mike Hoder – Doesn’t hold back -Stay Sick – The many faces of Sean Burns -Seth Kimbrough – Balls deep in the bible belt

Over here at FATBMX we report about BMX, and sometimes we bring some stuff that we like and believe it makes sense to post it up for a few people out there. When people make a magazine that's mostly about the MTB's, but also has some BMX content, we go with the spur of the moment to decide if it's going to make it on the site or not. Wallride magazine from Spain falls into that category. It would help if a BMX-er made the cover but I have a feeling the new issue has something interesting in it for the BMX-only fans as well. We see the following articles on the contents list:

-Red Bull R.Evolution, Berlin, Germany
-Vans Kill The Line, Peynier, France
-Eurobike bicycle trade show, Friedrichshafen, Germany
-BMX School

20 years ago there was a need for a new magazine in the USA. BMX Plus! was around, but not much else. Brad MacDonald took on the challenge and started up the magazine from his bedroom while finishing school along the way. Many BMX magazines have come and gone the last two decades, but RIDEBMX is still cranking out several issues per year. Time for some celebration. Here's what the crew had to say about their latest issue:

Yes, believe it or not, Ride BMX has been around for 20 years now—and has inspired multiple generations of riders along the way (and making those of us who remember when the first issue came out feel kinda old, but also proud for being involved with something we love for this long). As a celebration of this milestone, as you can tell from the cover,

Name: Nik Ford
Age: 29
Hometown: Stratford upon Avon, UK
Sponsors: Diamondback EU PRO team, DuFFS Footwear and Trion:Z

Frame: Diamondback full 4130 butted cro-mo BMX frame 20.75” top tube, 75 degree headangle with Diamond "db" seatstay brace, "db" embossed gusset & dropouts, removeable brake bosses, gyro tabs and integrated headset

-Frame: SE Bikes Heavy Hitter
-Forks: Demolition Concorde
-Headset: Demolition Integrated
-Stem: Demolition Stealth
-Bars: Demolition Open Bar
-Grips: ODI Longneck
-Bar ends: Demolition
-Brake lever: Finger Leaver (Brakeless normally, put brakes on for Red Bull R.Evolution)
-Brake cable: Demolition (Brakeless normally, put brakes on for Red Bull R.Evolution)

As of today back issues of The Albion BMX magazine will be available free to view online. For the next nine weeks we shall be publishing a back issue online every Monday morning, starting today with The Albion Issue One. To give precedence to our print publication and subscribers, all future issues of our UK and North American editions will be published online two months after their print release date. To coincide with each back issue release, we shall also be publishing a main feature on

-Frame: Diamondback Reactor Pro
-Forks: Shadow Captive fork
-Headset: FSA
-Stem: Shadow Ravager top load
-Bars: Shadow Vultus 8.25
-Grips: ODI cross trainer lock on
-Bar ends: ODI
-Brake lever: Shimano
-Brake cable: Odyssey Linear