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Few magazines have made it over 100 issues, but Freedom BMX has. It's a matter of putting your head down and keep pushing it. 84 pages in the January/February issue which arrived on the last day of the year 2011. The contents list is big. Here are a few highlights of the new book:

-Vans Rebeljam
-Bjorn Elvering interview
-Unity Team meeting
-New ramps in Essen & Hannover
-Let it Ride Teneriffa & Gran Canaria
-How-to No-hand vader
-Andreas Wohnig BIO
-Freddy Pantel BIO
-Club Eurocamp report
-Aurich advents jam report
-Berlin Playgrounds contest report

New Dig's out. Here's what you can expect from the DIG crew this time around:

FRONT END REGULARS
-014 BALLBAG: 10 years on. From Dig Low Profile to Pro. A look back at Ben Lewis’ first ever magazine appearance and some good words to boot…
-016 IGNITION: Destroying Everything - Dig's very own Ricky Adam has a photography book coming out and DIG's got an extract to share. You heard it here first, maybe…

DIG THIS!
-026 REPO: Vans Rebel Jam 2011 - The inspirational Darryl Nau recalls all the fun of the fair from Eindhoven.
-028 YOUR NUMBER’S UP: Bad Idea - Tom Williams presents some little known facts and figures from Empire’s elusive 

The 2012 Mirraco Luxstar is an affordable complete bike with tons of great parts. It comes in  Flat Black and Flat Aqua Blue (shown) as your colour choices. Mirraco's distribution network is impressive so find a local dealer near you if you're interested in this very bike. Let us help you on the way with the Luxstar spec list:

-Frame: 2 tubes chromoly (D/T & T/T), integrated head tube,

-Frame: Mirraco Mainline
-Forks: Black Label
-Headset: Black Label
-Stem: Black Label
-Bars: Black Label
-Grips: ODI
-Bar ends: Black Label
-Chain: KMC gold chain
-Bottom Bracket set: Black Label mid

We waited so long to release this special soul dvd that we will do short to present you what the Trilogy is all about. Basically we wanted to complicate things a little bit instead of doing a classic tour, and we found out this ideas.
3 crazy tours we organised this year:
-LE CONVOI: 13 vehicules, 40 riders, more waiting, more busy spot and a lot of fun.
-LA MEUTE: The fantastic 23mag crew is taking their bmx the road…on motorbikes 

Frame: full chromoly, integrated head tube, MID BB shell, single cable route, extra short wheelbase, 5mm dropouts, welded seat-clamp, T/T Length 21.3"
Fork: full chromoly, tapered legs (31.8 to 25.4mm) 1-1/8"
Handlebar: Vise 2-pc. chromoly 5.3" rise, 2.0mm thick
Stem: Black Label forged alloy threadless 1-1/8", front mount, 50mm ext.
Grips: Black Label

It's magazine time again. For some reason they all come out at the same time. We showed the new ART cover yesterday, the BMX Plus! cover today and now we can show you the cover of RIDE UK 159. Also about to hit the market are the new issues of FreedomBMX and DIG. The weather has been shit and the holidays are coming up so it's a good time to get your hands on some BMX literature.

In the new issue you can find the following articles along with the regulars they've got going over at RIDE UK:

-Stefan Lantschner interview: Do Watcha like
-The Style Council: Start as you mean to go on
-BadIdea.com. The making of the Empire DVD
-A Game of Two halves. Team Vans goes Canary island
-Free Ben Lewis poster

What makes BMX Plus! stand out is that they're not scared to put BMX racing in their magazine next to all the freestyle stuff. And why would they? The mag has covered BMX racing from the get go and stayed around in a time when things weren't that flashy. Even with BMX Freestyle getting bigger and bigger, they're not afraid to put BMX racing on the cover. With the last round of the UCI BMX SX World Cup coming to their backyard, it was the perfect moment to get the shot. Sam Willoughby is the lucky man to grace the cover. What else is in the Feb 2012 issue? More racing....

-USA SX World Cup final round (Chula Vista)
-HARO's Race Lite test
-GT's Speed series 26" test
-2012 Buyer's guide
-Dew Tour Finals (for the freestyle kids out there)