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Central Library is an online shop based in the North West of England that sells zines, DVDs and other interesting bits and pieces.

It’s a small time operation ran by people who have full time jobs, so if something takes a few days to arrive, bear with us.

Thanks.

Email – thecentrallibrary@outlook.com
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Pursuing Limitless Knowledge is 28 minutes of street riding and DIY shenanigans from long-time Central Library supporter @bmxed. Mostly filmed around the Kent area (with a few voyages into London in there too), there's definite 'making-the-most-of-your-surroundings' feel with this one, with no pole-jam, bump or brick wall left untouched. If you're into those Huscija videos from Croatia, then you'll probably appreciate this one.
Direct from Boston - full hit of new @90east gear up on the site. Sprocket not shown to scale...
In the Field is the new video from @90east, featuring progressive peggery and general wise-guy spot use from such people as Lino Gonzalez, Jake Frost, Seth Ethier, Shane Byrnes, Kyle Richards-Connolly, Abdul Fofanah, Sam Jones, Justin Dickinson, Zack Cooke, Webster Jake, Terrence O'Brien, James Meliota and Kyle Anzalotti. Weighing in at just over 13 minutes - it's an EP (as in, an Extended Play) as opposed to a full-length Etnies-style bore-fest, and like all the best EPs, it's a short and sharp hit, void of all unnecessary chaff. The soundtrack also deserves a mention. Specifically produced by Boston's Grubby Pawz, the seamless beats help those clips flow together particularly smoothly. Rather than a secondary afterthought, it's given equal footing with the riding - and comes on its own translucent green cassette for those who kept hold of their old Walkmans. As you've probably deduced from these few sentences - a fair bit of thought has gone into all this. Quite a rare thing in a sea of by-the-numbers video editing and obnoxious music choices. Available now from Central Library.
Lord Leopold icing one of Croatia’s finest ledges. The new DVD from LL and the Huscija crew is available now - expect lots of late-night peg bonkery and high-brow ledge action. Plenty of XXXL hoodies too. @ll_huscijacrew
Trawled the internet for decent videos and stuff from the last month. Hit the link at the top to see the cream of the crop. Photo: Eric Schalles maybe taken by Nic Gironda.
Here’s the ninth issue of premier bike-based newsprint publication, @challengerbmxmag. As ever, there's plenty to look at in here. Vaguely themed around the idea of authority, this time around there's a really good interview with Jared Souney about that classic photo of Ralph Sinisi grinding the back of an old car, some thoughts about security guard confrontations, an article about Asian manufacturing, a sequence photo of Loz Taylor in Liverpool and plenty more. We've also got a few t-shirts for those with torsos.
The interview with highly-skilled Peterlee whippersnapper Tim Evans (@timbuk22) from the last issue of Red Steps is now up on the site. Click the link at the top for his thoughts on riding, science and being middle of the road...
New on the site - Recollection is a real slick zine/photo-book type thing from @tom_kilcoyne. Inside there's snaps from trips to Paris, Athens and Barcelona, featuring a mix of riding photos and pictures of all the other stuff that happens when you decide to take your bike with you on a voyage to foreign lands. Nice paper too.
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