Maitland edit

I filmed this the other day in about 90mins. The Dayife pegs rule and my Salvo frame is great.

Maitland Grind session from WC BMX on Vimeo.

Self-filmed edit of James Brawn putting the DayLife pegs through some grinds at the Maitland park.

Song: Boy Jones - I want a million

More at http://wcbmx.blogspot.com

Langebaan Park Edit.

Langebaan Park from The Riot on Vimeo.

Wayne, Clemi, James and Savage hit up the new Langebaan park

Wayne Reiche put this edit together of him, Stephen Savage, Clemie de Bruin and me riding the new Langebaan park. Wayne and Savage both ride for The Riot so go check them out.

(Take a good look at that Salvo frame. It's totaly pimped with the Giant parts and the best setup I've ever had).

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.

MP frame photo.

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

Salvo stem prototype

Better photo's and info at Salvo BMX

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.

Made in Parow!

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

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.

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!

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!

Computers suck, Work rules and SalvoBMX

Sorry that I haven't posted Brandon Blight's "Cape Town BMX" edit but I'm having problems with Vimeo at the moment. Really sucks that it takes about 25mins to get to 25% and then hangs. It's a realy good edit and I think everyone will enjoy it.

In other news I got some sample Piv posts this week in Alloy or Carbon wrapped alloy and they are very well priced. I'm trying to get some imported but the min quantities are huge. If you know another 299 riders that would like these, then let me know.



This is the Carbon wrapped alloy post and it's about 15% lighter than just alloy. If you see me out riding, take a closer look. Yes, I run my seat high. Function > Fashion.

Check out http://salvobmx.blogspot.com for some good images of the frames they are making. I'm helping them with some parts for the race bikes like cranksets and I'll also be riding a slightly custom version of their "Freestyle" frame that Malcolm is designing. It'll still be a little while but I'm AMPED to support Toby and Gerry with the project.

Here's a quick "copy and paste" from Mike Aitken's interview on the FitBikeCo site:

FBC: Through your travels and contests, what was the most memorable and why?

Aitken: South Africa, I never thought a two wheeler would take me across the country, let alone across the world. It is amazing riding wise & such a different culture, the riders kick ass too! The Riot!