It's been a long time coming and boy it was worth it!

Well I finally got my MP prototype frame to test for Salvo. I’ll be running this for a month or so and giving Salvo feedback along the way. Then it’ll get passed onto another well known CT rider to test and give his feedback as well. Check Salvo's blog for photo's taken while the frames were being made and close ups of Malcomn's personal 21in red, danger machine.

First off the build quality is awesome. The guy who welds all the frames for Salvo, welds airplanes for living, so I was expecting a good finish. The end product is even better than that. The welding is top notch and you can see the guy knows whats he’s doing and is proud of his work. Coupled with the post-weld heat treatment process, this makes for a tough, clean looking frame.

My frame is raw and there are no "burn marks" around the welds because the whole frame was reheated and this makes all the tubing basiclly become one unit and all the tubing ends up the same colour again.

All the tubing is aircraft grade 4130 imported from the USA and even the headtubes and BB shells come from FBM! The top and down tubes are 1.2mm thick straight gauge tubing and the whole frame still only wieghts 4.65lbs. The shorter headtube with the 75* angle makes for a lively feeling frame and feels great for front wheel tricks. The downtube has a neat hollow gusset on the underside too to add some strenght.

The back end is 13.4in slammed and my 25/9 ratio fitted great. The dropouts are micro to say the least and they hide away very nicely behind my pegs. Even with running 2 hub guards, my rear wheel slotted in perfect and I had the whole bike built up in under 30mins.

The seat and chain stays are not capped at the ends and this gives and nice effect and saves a little weight too. My frame does not come with brake mounts but frames can odviously be ordered with a choice of top or bottom mounts.

Thats it for now. I’ll be filming a little edit this week and you’ll get to see the frame in action.

DayLife "Fountain" Stem preview (updated)

Updated info: "This is the prototype Werner Matthee sig FOUNTAIN stem from DayLife. made out of 6082 alu by Werner Hendrich at GS Tool and Die. . Sprockets and front hubs coming soon. stay tuned"

This has been under wraps for a little while but some rumours have been floating around. Well here it is, the DayLife stem. I'll post all the technical info later, because nobody ever reads this stuff anyway, but for now just take look and enjoy. To order this and other DayLife parts call Werner at 076 744 3592.

After using the DayLife pegs for over 2 months and enjoying every grind and stall, I am really excited to give this a try. The pegs RULE and I think they are the best pegs I have ever used. BUY SOME, you won't be sorry.

Langebaan update!

So I missioned up to Langebaan this Sat only to find that the place was getting painted. Who paints a park on the most popular day of the week is beyond me. Numorous cars pulled up when I was there and losts of wheelspinning and comments were heard from people leaving again.

I must say that this is the most creative design that I have seen in Cape Town. I've seen "plaza" designs in DVD's and magazines but to see one in real life got my creative juices flowing. I really can't wait to ride this place. Well done to the designers and the construction guys who made it. It's top notch.

Here' the new tombstone in the bowl.

I did hear one of the foremen complaining about a BMXer who gave him some back chat the other day and told him to F-off, and I'm not too happy about that. If you go there and get cocky with people, you are just making it worse for the next BMXer who rolls up. Not alot of people like bikes and if you're going to go around making more enemies, one of your enemies is going to be me. Respect the park, respect the other skaters, riders and locals and don't piss anyone off!

Wayne Reiche Rules!

I don't know what to say. I did this smith grind a couple weeks back and with the help of Clemie and Savage on flash duty, we got these shots. Thanks guys. (these are unedited and straight from the camera)

MP frame photo.

saw this through Twitter. Go To Salvo's site for info on this. I CAN"T WAIT!

James edit!

This got cut short due to bad weather, corrupted tapes and lack of time. I'll be doing an edit for Salvo next week, once I get the MP frame I'm test riding for them. That edit will be abit more burly than this one. Enjoy.

James - Fun edit. from WC BMX on Vimeo.

A quick edit of James Brawn testing the DayLife pegs in and around Cape Town. James also works for Giant South Africa and rides what he reps. Another edit coming soon.



Filming by Mr Tripod, Scott Owen and Stephen Savage. (thanks)

Looking for BMX parts?

If you are in George and looking for BMX parts give Cycle and Sports Centre a call on 044 873 2982. They are getting some Giant parts this week and are quite knowledgable with the BMX stuff.

Also, The Riot just ordered some stuff in time for the weekend. The 9th Riot Jam is going down at Urban-X (BMX)park in Sunningdale on Sat so go and enter that, check some great riding and buy some new parts.

News from South Korea, Albert is still alive!

Cape Town rail assassin, Albert Retief has just updated his blog with loads on info from South Korea. He's over ther working and living the travel life. Albert is teaching English at the Incheon Metropolitan Office of Education!

Check through the blog and enjoy some of his great humour. The photo of Albert with the Monks is awesome.

Salvo stem prototype

Better photo's and info at Salvo BMX

Dirt jam at Soet Vlei this weekend.

I got a call from Chris Bester earlier today about this jam going on on Sunday. Check the FB link for the rundown. and here for a map to the jumps.

Here's a quick copy and paste from the description. Sounds like a good time. If you in the area or want to get away from your usual spots, go check it out.

hey whatsup, weve been building pretty hard for the last month or so, so we though it would be cool to have a jam day so everyone can come ride, chill and have a good time at the improved Soet Vlei trails.

The trails are on the corner of Soet Vlei Road which is off Firgrove Road in Constantia. The jam will start at about 1 and end pretty much when it gets dark so pull through any time between then.

if you have any more questions contact me, Ryan or Chris on FB or give us a call on

Justin Novella - 0833685629
Ryan Franklin - 0741012113
Chris Bester - 0828262873


Sweet hope to see everyone there!

Salvo News

Check out SalvoBMX for an frame update and sneak peak of their prototype stem.


I caught some BMX racing from the Germiston Nationals on SABC this weekend and Salvo's Stefan Garlicki was racing pretty well. I think he got 5th.

The Riot Jam # 9

these guys always put on good comps and have the prizes to boot.


Hit The Riot site for more info. One day I'll go to one of these.

Get Ready!

SPORT UNLIMITED just sent these through. Looking good? Check out their site if you are looking for some kicks too.

From a distance

Well we had a good ride at Gen-X today with riders coming out from Northern and Southern Suburbs for the day. Most of the action was on the new dirt jumps and here's some photos. (If anyone puts these on their FB, please tag me in so I can see the comments, if there's any).

Charles is a Gen-X local and is getting better by the day. He's only bee riding for about 8months and is a standout eveytime.


Kim has some good boost.


Kim and Werner M having some fun.

Werner Mathee has tricks for days and style to go with it.

Stephen Savage always puts on a good show. He 540'ed this jump too.

Nicolas is also a Gen-X local and was doing big 3's down the main line.

Werner H of DayLife was trying this whip over the hip a few times but the really soft landing was give him problems. Next time.

Thanks to everyone for coming out and to those that helped me rebuild the frst landing. I'll have these jumps running nice soon.

Oh well.

As some of you might have heard, the comp never happened. With 3 days of solid rain, on tuesday night the park was still flooded and the dirt jumps where not ready. I still wanted to have the comp (because I knew it would dry up in time) but when I heard that there were no other prizes, except the few I got from Giant, it was better to just cancel.

Come Wednesday afternoon the park was dry and the jumps had been made ridable by using a metal kicker to make a hip into the second landing, making it a 2 jump setup. Some great riding went down and some new tricks were unleashed by guys that don't usually ride dirt. Kim had some great style and no-handers over the "hip", James 180'ed the last jump (freecoasters rule!), everyone was doing 360's, no-footers and tables, Scott bar'sed it, Wayne Gorton has the biggest tuck no-handers, Jason and Donavan both had good runs all day too.

We'll be riding there again this Saturday afternoon and shooting some photos for WCBMX and FB. Stay tuned.

Gen-X youth day comp (UPDATED)

Wednesday the 16th is a public holiday and to celebrate Youth Day, Gen-X park is having a BMX comp. Things kick off at 4pm, so be there early to get some good warm up runs in. Entry to the park for the day is R20, wether you watch, ride or enter the comp it's still R20. Bargain!

It will be a combined dirt AND park comp giving riders the option to ride ANYTHING in the park they want. Hit the dirt jumps, the bowls and then the park (or visa versa) 'till you puke!

Confirmed prizes so far are from Giant and Vans Shoes. More details to follow.

I'll be working on the jumps this weekend and they should be running by Wed. This will be a good time. Spread the word and DON'T MISS THIS ONE!

UPDATE: The jumps are looking way better than last week and there are now 3 jumps and a large 1/4 pipe at the end as well as a monster roll-in to start things off.

CT's best riders are coming out for this with guys like Stephen Savage, Malcolm Peters, Werner M, Werner H, Killian, Paul Brusser, Wayne Reiche(back from injury?), Carl, Wayne Gorton, Scott Owen, Brandon Blight, etc all saying that they are coming through. The Gen-X locals are on fine form too with Jason Batt placing 3rd at the Son Skate comp this past Sat. Things are going to get crazy for sure.

Weather predictions are for no rain on Wednesday but the rush will be on to empty the bowls. Anyone planning to come early on the day, your help would be great.

SEE YOU ALL THERE.

Giant Team Cranks!

The new Giant Team cranks have landed and they are hot!

These are 900g incl mounting hardware and are 22mm, 48 splinded with heat treated arms.

Super hollow 22mm spindle.

Look for these at The Riot and other Giant dealers in a couple of days.

I love pegs! (and Wu-Tang Clan)

Yep I do! Pegs are fun and the things you can do at any random spot are almost limitless. Here Giant's Alex Raban shuts down a spot with some trickery. I hope this inspires riders to go put some (DAYLIFE) pegs on.

Giant Bikes: Alex Raban @ The Rec from Giant BMX on Vimeo.

Spent a day fooling around this dope spot in my town.



Filming & Friend Clip: Chet Weidner



Edited: Raban



Music: Raekwon New Wu



www.ridegiantbmx.com

KillianBintheTREE!

Killian has been taking some photography classes and it's paying off. Take a look at his blog and check some of his shots. Def got some good timing on these latest ones and the slow shutter on the previous post is looking good too. CT getting stuff done!

Sport Unlimited giving back!

Ross from Sport Unlimited just let me know that they are building a big indoor skatepark in Tokia area. Work starts next week and it should be done by end of July. Words like "spine", "10ft vert wall", "5ft quarter into.......", "street section" where mentioned. It will be bike friendly and have seperated sessions for the rides. I mentioned evening sessions to Ross and I think they'll hook us up. Looking forward to it.

Sport Unlimited have helped out and sponsored some good comps at the Bellville park as well as helping with the successfull "Via the Backroads" trips. If you are looking for some skate/surf/sneakers stop by one of their shops and see what thay have.