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Name: Ryan Taylor
Age: 16
Hometown: Walsall Just Outside of Birmingham, England
Hook-ups/Sponsors: AmitybikeCo, Nike6.0

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Mirra's warehouse, the Unit, Rampworks, Creation
-BMX video: endsearch

-Frame: Mongoose Shield
-Forks: Shadow creeper lite v3
-Headset: wtp
-Stem: Shadow strike front load
-Bars: Subrosa pandora
-Grips: ODI longnecks these grips last forever
-Bar ends: not sure
-Brake lever: n/a

How many bicycle trade shows can one go to? Well, every country has one or more so if you really wanted to you would be one busy man. The UK has always been a strong BMX market and this year at the Cycle Show BMX was well represented. With distribution firms like IMG, Seventies, Moore Large, Split Second, Scoop and Shiners showing their 2010 products it was hard to miss the shiny new bikes. Here is a selection of what we saw at the show. Damn, it looks like there was a whole lot of BMX going on...

The ABA BMX Title chases are always a battle to the line and this season is no exception. This years 2009 ABA Grands is sure to be one of the best ever, and we will see all 8 of the ABA National #1 title winners receive a Harman Kardon receiver/ JBL 5.1 home theater system. THIS IS EXCITING STUFF to say the least! The ABA National #1 Title winners have a long history, or let's call it a tradition, of winning only the best for the efforts over the years, and Harmon International - JBL Audio is no exception. As if that's not exciting enough. Harmon International - JBL Audio will also we awarding a full JBL car audio system consisting of a 5 channel amplifier, 4 JBL speakers and a JBL prefab subwoofer to both the boys and girls winners of the ever popular event, the ABA BMX N.A.G 5 Challenge. The ABA BMX N.A.G. 5 Challenge is always a race that brings bragging rights and lots of cool prizes, but this years winners will be taking home some sweet JBL Audio equipment.

Now just when you thought it couldn't get any better, as part of their