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A few years ago Mirraco had two aluminium bikes in their line for the young kids, simply because being small and tiny, you don't have the same power as grown ups to throw a bike around. For 2012 Mirraco has a light 18" bike out which goes by the name: REDUX. This might just be the bike you're looking for. Here are the specifications:

Frame: full alloy, 6061-T6, integrated head tube, Euro BB

Frame: TotalBMX 657 20.6
Bars: TotalBMX worldpeace 8.5
Fork: TotalBMX lightlime
Hubs: Profile mini
Rims: Front-Superstar
          Rear- Odyssey
Cranks: TotalBMX thanks
Seat: TotalBMX British seat
Seatpost: Federal
Pedals: Snafu

A.R.T. BMX magazine has released their November/December 2011 issue and put living legend Ruben Alcantara on the cover from what looks like that giant dirt set-up that they built over there in Spain. Endless style. But as usual the ART crew had representatives at a lot of events over the summer and got in touch with plenty of people to fill the 148 pages. Here's a selection of what's inside #5.
-FISE Paris
-Kill the Line
-Milano flatland
-Chase Gouin Journal
-DEW four Las Vegas
-RedBull Dreamline
-Daniel Wedemeijer/Christophe Desarmaux/Daniel Juchatz/Fabien Loaec/Diego Tejada/ Mr. Green interviews

-Frame: Totalbmx '657' Alex Coleborn signature
-Forks: Totalbmx Limelight forks
-Headset: FSA Impact
-Stem: Colony Official Ryan Guettler signature
-Bars: Eclat
-Grips: ODI longneck
-Bar ends: ODI
-Chain: KMC Cool chain
-Sprocket: Colony Official Ryan Guettler Signature

The next two weekends I'll be hanging with some of the RIDE crew. Looking forward to that. Here's their latest issue with ripper Josh Harrington on the cover.

- Departments -

-First Words
Just as we shipped this issue to the printer we got word that Dane Searls was in a coma and fighting for his life after suffering injuries obtained from a non-riding accident. Sadly, Dane was taken from the BMX community just days later. These first words are for Dane. Ride in peace, brother.

-Start 

Frame: full chromoly, integrated head tube w/ laser cut logo, removable brake bosses, machined seat tube, MID BB shell, single cable route, 5mm dropouts, welded seat clamp
T/T Length     20.8"
Fork: full chromoly w/ tapered legs (31.8 to 25.4mm) 1-1/8"
Handlebar: Black Label 2-pc. chromoly 8.25" rise, 1.8mm thick
Stem: Black Label forged alloy threadless 1-1/8", front mount, 50mm ext.

-Frame: Failure DGAF Dan Norvell signature The Beaver 20.5
-Forks: Snafu Pickle Fork
-Headset: Snafu Fontanel
-Stem: Snafu VST
-Bars: Failure Behind Bars
-Grips: Snafu Simple
-Bar ends: Snafu Alloy Stubby
-Brake lever: Snafu C-Lever

Pat Casey makes the cover of the new BMX Plus! magazine. The 17 year old American has had a good year. He got around a lot and was in Europe for the third time last weekend. But that's not it, next weekend Pat will make it to The Netherlands for the rebeljam. Tricks like this flipwhip help him get in the picture and landed him on the front page of BMX Plus! But what else is in the January 2012 mag?
-Vote for your riders of the year and win a Kink bike
-Morgan Long gets put on the spot
-All the 2012 products from Interbike
-The 2012 Freestyle buyer's guide
-WOF. Skinny jeans allowed.
-NBL grands from 1984
-Free Agent Lodus test
-Warriors of Wood event. Where's the crowd?
-2011 NBL Grands
-FIT Inman bike test.

-Frame: Dk flux frame
-Forks: Dk alpha
-Headset: Vocal bmx
-Stem: Demolition top loader
-Bars: Vocal XL
-Grips: Odi longnecks
-Bar ends: Odi
-Brake lever: Odyssey m2

A Buyer's Guide is great for someone who wants to buy a new bike or part. It's great for a company to be involved because you will reach people who are looking for a new bike or part so they are your potential customer. Factory Media thought it was time to do a product guide in Germany as one of the special issues for 2011. The first one, which showed up this summer, was a How-To issue for the riders who are starting out. Now they can do some shopping with the 148 page guide in hand, just in time for the holiday season. Over 200 complete bikes made it in as well as 1000 BMX parts. A boring job for the Freedom crew to make the magazine, but if it strengthens the BMX scene, everyone will win.

From what we understand the Product Guide will be available at the newsstands from November - January 2012. It will set you back € 3,90 for a copy of the first Germany BMX parts guide.