Filming

Filming for The Riot's team dvd is in full swing and I shot this quick one of Wayne filming Savage doing this rail hop in Maitland. Having guys like this on your team should make for a great dvd.

Keep kids on bikes with ABC

That's right . I spoke about the cheaper range of parts that I was getting in through Dragons Sports and the first shipment is here. These 3pc cranks are full cromoly and feature a 19mm 8 spline spindle. The sealed bb's are sold separately and come in USA, Spanish and Mid. Crankset pictured below should be around R280.00 and BB's around R230.00. Do the math and you get a sealed bearing, cromoly crankset for R550.00!

Here are out two new sprockets. Both come in 25t or 28t. Full alloy construction and lightweight. The green is only available in the lighter design and the Red in the stronger beefier design.

Again R279.00 each and the cheapest, quality sprocket around.

Check your local bike shop for these products later this week. ANY bike shop in South Africa can get these products for you. Just go ask for it and tell them to call James @ Dragons Sports.

Killianbinthetree

Well even thought the Gen-X park needs some serious TLC, the good sessions keep on coming. Check out Killian's blog for the latest pics from this weekend including a rail manual and Eddie spinning the bars.



Here's one of me that I pirated off his site. Go to Killian's blog to see it bigger. Dollar?

Riding.

Photo by Josh Louw

Josh - Photo by James Brawn.

Giant photos

Here is the range of GiantBMX parts that are available right now. Check your local bike shop and if they don't have it, tell them to get it, haha. Prices do range from shop to shop but these are what you should be paying for the parts.

The Bohan "Bullbars" are up-to-date with the trends of big bars. Big and wide bars offer better handling and easier spinning. Dimensions are 27” wide, 8” high, 3 degrees rise and 9 degrees of backsweep. These are made from 100% Cromo, 11 butted tubing to save weight but still be strong and are heat treated for extra life. R499.00 in Maroon.



The Giant "3D fork" made of 100% Full Cromo tubing and also carries the heat treatment for great strength to weight properties. These come with Tapered and Butted legs for a clean slim look and also have an integrated lower bearing race and 6mm machined dropouts. For 10mm axles only. R850.00 in Maroon.

The "Fronty" stem is CNC machined from 6061 T-6 aluminium and features hollow 6mm bolts and laser etched Giant logos. With a 52mm reach and slim design these will be a hot item. R315.00 Black or Maroon.

Perfect partner for the Bullbars is the new "Sole-O" grips. Super soft and at only R45.00 Team Blue or Neon Green.

The Giant "Plastics" pedal with a light yet strong plastic body will keep the weight watchers happy. Strong and easy on the shins. These also grind real well. Using the same mould as some other companies but at almost half the price. R125.00 in Clear and See Through Black.

For those that are looking for maximum grip and hassle free pedals then the "Team" pedals are the way to go. Full Alloy pedal with Sealed bearings in a slim profile pedal. Great for the dirt jumpers. R299.00 in Black.

The "Fade" Saddle uses the Pivotal technology and features some slim padding and low profile shape. Again a weight watchers delight. R150.00 in White.

My wife shot me today.......

doing some feebles and testing the new Giant BMX parts we just got in. I'll have product shots up in a couple days. Ask you local Giant dealers for these awesome parts.

Photos by Melissa Brawn.

(This is not an icepick.)

This is off Killian's blog from our street ride last week. 180 the 3 stair to fakie hop the 5 stairs. I also halfcabbed them. This might be in The Riot's dvd.

Good Times

Well after 3 days of 40km winds, we had a windless afternoon in the Mother City. We also had the annual Cape Minstrel Festival (previously know as the Cape Coon Festival) so parking and traffic was a nightmare. We had a bigger turnout this time round with about 35 riders and a bigger percentage of "heavy hitters" so the riding was pretty crazy. Greg and Brad Illingworth from The Riot were in town for New Years and came along for the ride.

The H-street stairs were the meeting place again and loads of combos went down on the 3 flat 5 stairset. Always a good spot.

Here is Werner with a 360 off the "Big 4". Jason also 3'ed these and Greg tuck to-handed them too. We got kicked out pretty quick, so we moved on.

Killian got a good grind in at Cape Tech. This skinny ledge had a crappy pavement right in front of it, but he got in done. Check his blog Killianbinthetree.blogspot.com for more photo's of the day.

Seth (Whitey) took us to this steep hill to weird rock jump in Cape Tech and Jason just sent himself off it a couple of times. Total style and landing past the second shadow.

I've already been asked a couple times about when we will have the next group ride and this time we'll be in the Bellville area and I'll get a date sorted out and let you know. I'm also trying to organize a "tricks for cash" style comp but more on that soon.

Another Mother City Ride!

Yep. I got some messages about when the next Cape Town street ride will be and with the fact that The Riot bothers are in town, to film for the shop DVD, we might as well make it this Sat. Start the new year with a bang, hey? So anyone who's down for some street riding in the mother city, meet at H- street again, AT 2pm, and lets do it.

Check the previous post below for a map to H-steet.

Giant 2010 Sneak Peak!

Here is a sneak peak at some of the Giant BMX Parts that are coming into SA yearly next year. I've eluded to prices in some previous posts but will let you know the final pricing closer to the arrival time. They will be very competative. We'll also have the "Fade" slim Pivotal seat and "Team" sealed bearing pedals and the new Sole-O Grips in Green and Blue. Check some of the parts on Chris Arriaga's bike check here. These are true quality parts made in the same factory as all the other top brands so you know you'll be getting good value and parts you can trust.



Forks, Bars and Stems will be availible in Black or Maroon only.

Keeping kids on bikes!

When I first started working at Dragons Sports I wanted to use our overseas contacts to get in some good quality and yet still affordable bike parts. I'm glad to say that our first shipment of these parts is on the water and due early Jan 2010.

We realised that most kids, who buy an entry or mid level bike, will need to upgrade their parts within the first year and cranks and BB's tend to be high on the list. However, buying a R2500 bike and then having to spend R1500 on cranks in the first year is a serious problem for most riders. Most kids/parents can't afford or justify spending this amount on kids bike and most will just sell the bike and never ride again.

Dragons Sports will be filling the mid range void and bringing in these cranks and BB sets. These should retail around the R599 for a set and will come with either USA, Mid or Spanish bearings.

There will also be 25t and 28t sprockets in Anodized green and Anodized red. These will be around the R260 range. (Photos of these when they arrive.)

Here are images of the Unsealed mid bb, USA, Mid and Spanish sealed bearing bb's as well as the 13d Cranks. Cranks will include arms and spindle with bolts for sprocket and axle. BB's sold with all spacers. These are only avialible in 19mm spindle and bearing sizes.














-Chromoly Seamless Tube Made
-One Piece Enhance Forged Head with Pinch Bolt
-For 8T-19mm Spline Spindle Interface
-Heat Treated
-For American, Euro, Mid, Spanish Bottom Bracket
-175 mm Length

Stay tuned because tomorrow I'll be posting the news on the Giant Parts also arriving in Jan.

Town mission a big success.

Well if you weren't there you missed out. No footage was taken on the day as everyone was riding. Good stuff went down and some great spots were sessioned. About 25 riders came through from all over Cape Town and I think everyone had a good time. Standouts were (in no order) Clemi, Savage, Killian, Scott, Josh, Grant, Zane, Kim, Brandon, Ruan, Eddie, Jacque and some others who names I don't know/remember.

We all met at H-street and were glad to fine that the fence around the red statue has gone and made for a good warm up spot with a dual level manual pad setup. Of coarse the stairs got a work out too. Around the corner someone found some knee high jersey barriers that got a good beating too. 360's, 180's and grinds were in effect.

Next we hit the Artscape opera house and got a good 15 min session on the stairs and ledges there. Security was good and only asked us to leave once someone with a mic in his hand complained that the people inside were watching us and not him. Killian did an ace Icepick across the flat ledge.

Sharks is always a fun spot and the usual tricks went down there too, as well as Tibault Square. Savage nailed a great nollie 360 down the "big four" before we got ask to leave there too.

Then we headed of to CapeTech to the "Drop that Eddie Tailwhipped". So little people know about this spot but they've seen the photo on my FB and were glad to finally see/ride it in person. It got a heavy session from everyone but Scott shut it down with Tuck nohander, Tire grab, Toboggan, nofooted cancan and a turndown. Grant and Savage 360'ed it and Eddie barspun off the side. Best spot of the day?

We finished off with a session at the CapeTech ledge across the road. Killian did a good febble and Zane double pegged it after a few crashes. Big up to both of them.

Thanks to the 20 or so guys that came through for the ride. I think the next one will be even bigger and there are loads of spots that we didn't get too this time. I've already started planning for the next ride and it will be the first week of Jan, when everyone has recovered from New Years. Spread the word and lets make this one even better.

Here is a map to the meeting spot for Saturday's street ride. We'll be meeting at Hertzog Blvd (H-street) at 2pm and will be adventuring from there. Make sure some of you bring tubes, pump and some spanners, as we will be doing some heavy pedaling around the CBD. The weather is going to be great so bring your friends, see some good riding and have some fun.

Stuff 2

We'll, I got a new frame from Giant during the week and I am having a great time on it. It really feels good. The geometry is perfect for me. I send in this photo of me doing this hop to smith on an angled bank, to Giant's BMX division and Chris Arriage ran it on the blog. Click to see the full image. Photo: Donovan.



We also had a mini premier of the new "Via the backroads" dvd at my place this week. Real good DVD which is centered around a month long roadtrip through SA, Swaziland and Mozambique all via the backroads and searching for spots and things that have never been skated or ridden by bikes before. Lots of good skating and BMX trickery in this one.


This morning a whole bunch of riders came through to the Gen-X park in Parklands. This is a realy fun, laid back park with a bit of stuff for every type of rider. The bowls are busy getting repaired but still saw some action. With guys like Savage, Clemie, Scott, Josh, Zane and returning riders like Donovan and Grant in the mix, you know it's going to be fun. Here's some shots by James (me) and Josh.

Scott - Photo: James

Savage - Photo: Josh

Oscar Hirschfeld - Photo: James

James - Photo: Josh

Clemie - Photo: James

4 pegs for life!

I just got my new Giant Method frame, which kicks ass and I put it to some use this weekend. He's an oversmith grind at the Gen-X park shot by my long lost sidekick, Donovan. He's back on his bike and learning new things too.

There's a big street ride going down in Cape Town CBD on Saterday the 19th. We'll be shooting photos and getting some filming done. Check my Facebook status for details later in the week and see you ALL there! (notice, there's no question mark - JUST BE THERE).

Son Skate BMX Photo's.

Once again, I forgot to chage my camera. Here's a couple shots.

Werner Mathee - on form again. I hope he gets hooked up soon because he's got the drive and really wants to be good. I look forward to great things from this kid.

Malcolm is always a treat to watch. Here's a nice table out of the new vert quarter and also a footjam on the thing too.
Savage was doing these on the vert quarter too. I've tried handplants in the Gen-X bowl but could never get it. After watching Stephen abit, i think I know how they work.

ToeFu's (Toe Fufanu) look good and Savage has them on lock.

I don't know who won the comp. Malcom left straight away and Wayne, Savage, Brendan and myself went riding down the road. I left just before Best Trick started but heard that Wayne did a giant 180 wallride to 180 in over the spox. He always delivers. If anyone does know the results leave them in the comments.

Son Skate Nationals.

Don't forget the Son Skate Nationals this weekend at The Shed in Stellies. Pratice is on Friday, Prelims on Sat and Finals on Sunday. I'll be shooting photos on Sunday, so see you there.

Re-up Giant Method bmx now availible

These bikes are now in SA and are the best value for money bikes on the market. Made by Giant, who makes many other brands like Colony, MirraCo, etc so you know the frames are good. Great parts too. Click the link for the photos.

http://wcbmx.blogspot.com/2009/11/giant-bmx-arriving-soon.html

Get your Purp on!

Here is the new colour of the Avalanche Domin8 bmx bikes. These should be in most cycle stores by the weekend. There are only 200 availible! Light race/jump bike (11.5kg) with a slimmed down frame with good rear V-brake. Perfect bike for jumping and shredding the local pavements. R 1090.00. Also in Black.

Racing is rising!

Theres been some good racing going on at the developmetn tracks across Cape Town over the past few months and the biggest will be the Canal Walk Foundation Reconciliation Cup to be held at the Velokhaya track on the 16 Dec. Click the image for a bigger picture.