Gen-X dirt jumps preview.

Rumours have been flying for a while now and last week it was made offical that Gen-X would be putting in some dirt jumps. Well, three days later and Steven had built this and it's looking good. Just have to sort out the spaceing and then clay them up. I'm very excited about this and I think the first offical session is going to be nuts.

Buddy's Fly interview

Cape Town BMX rider and all round nice guy Buddy Chelan was over in Europe a couple of months ago and here is an edit from Fly Bikes of Buddy talking about being on Fly's Amigo team.

Buddy's flybikes interview 2010 from Flybikes on Vimeo.

Now a few words from Buddy on the Fly Bikes team. Talking about his year as part of the family.

BMX Comp at Skatelab, George!

Every year Skatelab hosts the F*ck the Buck skate comp and they also have a BMX comp either the weekend before or after. This year the comp is on the 3rd July (Saturday) and it should be a blast. The last comp had about 20 riders from CT go up and about 20 guys from P.E. come down and had a good comp. (Search YouTube for the video "George BMX Comp")

Ali has sorted out some accomodation for the weekend at really good prices so if you don't fail your exams and have time to make it up there, GO!


BMX - Competition:
PLACE : GEORGE (LOCAL SKATELAB)

DATE : 03 JULY 2010

TIME : 11:00 to 19:00

ACCOMMODATION:
: PW BOTHA COLLEGE - R110.00 p/night ( bed & b/fast)
: YORK HIGH HOSTEL - R110.00 p/night ( bed & b/fast)
: TOURISM RESORT ACROSS FROM SKATELAB
( 4 ppl allowed in one rondawel, self catering)
R480.00 p/night

For more info: ALI : 071 437 2640 or Joseph : 083 780 7235
Thanx 4 the support guys.. ALLIE

Langebaan action!

We headed up the west coast on sunday and rode the Langebaan park. It's still not finished but still a blast. The flyout of the bowl was a big hit and got heavily sessioned. Here's some photos.

Nic Vorster - 360 X-up.

Wayne Gorton - Tuck Nohander

Josh - BOOST!

James Brawn - Barspin

Grant Bender - 360.

Wayne and the "Backroads" crew came through for their first skate and loved the place. They were in the area doing some promo stuff for RedBull and seemed to like the bowl alot.

We left around 2pm and passed Savage and his boys on thier way to the park too, so this place got really worked but about 25 riders and skaters all day.

Word is that it'll be full finished in about 3 weeks and I've already sorted out a demo for the openning day. Details as soon as I get them.

Life seems good on the west coast.

Made in Parow!

Check out the "First Fire" frame graphics from Salvo. Hope mine comes with a Made in Parow sticker.

BMX Racing this weekend

Click below for more info about this weekends BMX Racing at The Crash Site!

Hi all

It’s that time again…… the BMX event will be hosted at the Crashsite Track in Strandfontein on Saturday 22-05-10.

Registration is from 07h30 till 08h30.

Directions:

>From Vanguard Drive, Turn R into Spine Road, Left into Moray Way,(the one after the SAPS office), Left into Camp Road, BMX site will be at the end on the Left

>From SS, From Strandfontein rd, Turn Left onto Spine Road, then Right into Moray ( just after the sports field)Left into Camp road

Best Regards

Elton Davids

TEL:0824680081

In life we should " Learn, earn and return"

DayLife in action?

Daylife Pegs from WC BMX on Vimeo.

Shot and edited on a Sony Ericsson. Daylife's new Nylon covered Alloy pegs tested on a rough brick ledge during my lunch break.

Werner's been getting lots of calls, emails and orders for the DayLife pegs and at least one mailorder has shown interest, which means that guys outside of Cape Town should be able to get these soon too. Here's a quick edit of the pegs in action. These slide so well on brick and are like lightning on coping.

Werner, work with GS Tool and Die, is also working on prototypes of full CNC'ed stem's, barends and some other little secrets. Stay tuned.

Salvo - getting it done.

Check out the progression of the Salvo frame at http://www.salvobmx.blogspot.com/ Things are looking clean and the Malcolm prototypes should be out in a couple of weeks.

DayLife Alloy/Plastic Pegs! (info and price updated)

Are you looking for a plastic peg, that you can use for park and light street, without fearing about them breaking in half? Well here they are! Daylife's first product, the Alloy/Plastic pegs.

This is the completed product from Werner Hendrich at Daylife, made through GS Tool and Die, and I must say I am impressed. These are well made, light (135gr for 100mm) and even after only a couple of grinds at Gen-X today, I can already say that these will last.

Werner can make these in 85mm, 90mm and 100mm lengths and has multiple colour options too (Low friction nylon sleeves in Black, Red, Green, White and Yellow. Alloy cores in Anodised Blue, Gold, Bronze, Black, Natural and Green). Mix and match to suit your tastes.

Price is R299 a pair! Bargain! Contact Werner on FB for more info.

Park friendly and smoother sliding on just about every surface you could ever want to grind.

Equipped and ready to grind!

DayLife Peg sneak peak.

I just got this photo from Werner of DayLife showing the anodised cores of their new pegs. These will have a "low friction polyurethane" sleeve that will be pressure fitted around them, making a nice, light weight park peg. Made in Cape Town! Prices coming soon! (The 4 long ones are mine!)

SalvoBMX

I just got word that I'll be on the "test" team for the new SalvoBMX freestyle frame that is coming soon. Malcolm Peters designed the frame, so it will be his signature model, with the angles and lenghts that he is looking for. The materials arrived today and they'll start welding them in a couple of days time. I'll be getting a slightly shorter version and trying to beat the crap out of it over the next couple of months. I'll let you know when I get it and you are encouraged to ask me for a spin on it.

Scroll down a couple of posts to see the CAD drawing of the frame. It's going to be SICK!

Giant BMX parts in stores next week.

MY JOB RULES! These will be hitting stores early next week. The tyres are very limited as we are testing the response before ordering loads for Sept/Oct. These should be around R220 and are 110psi, folding and light! The Waffle is 2.125 and the Sole-o is 2.1.

Thats the new colour of the super popular Sole-o grip (Green and Blue in stock too) and the new colour of the Fade pivotal saddle. Hit your local store and ask them to get these.

We also got the Bull bars and 3D forks in Black now too as well as the maroon colour way.

Check out Giant BMX for more products and videos.

GO THROW SOME DIRT AROUND!

There is going to be a big dirt building mission on at The Farm just outside of Richwood this Sat. With all the rain, it seems like a sin to miss out on being able to build. The Farm is a great spot as it's a good size for guys who want to get into dirt jumping. Things kick off as early as posssible. Bring a spade, a smile and get ready to ride! I'm off to go put some new Giant Waffle dirt tyres on my bike.

The Riot's Dirtopia edit.

The Riot RULES and Colin put this together in his typical style. They have some big things happing in the near future and the team dvd is still in the works. Brad, UPDATE THAT TEAM PAGE! Check out the site for photos and full details of the event.

dirtopia 2010 from The Riot on Vimeo.

HOT DAMN!

I really like what Troy Merkle is doing at the moment. WATCH THIS! IT'S WORTH IT!

Troy Merkle Pre Summer Giant BMX Edit! from Giant BMX on Vimeo.

Salvo's Sneak Peak

I just got this email from Gerrie at SalvoBMX:

Hi James here is a sneak peak of the Malcolm Peters frame

Some specs
21" top tube
13.5" chain stay
75deg. head angle
72deg. seat angle
4.7 lbs


It will also be available in break less model
Tyre clearance enough for fat baby's
Malcolm should be riding one of these prototypes by the end of May.


Will keep you updated further


Regards

LOOKING GOOD!