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30 October 2007

Brad Pics
It's really been too long since we last posted pics of Brad. So last night at Monte we snapped these. We also shot some pics for Project M16. We're not gonna give away just yet what Project M16 is but what we can tell you is Project M16 is coming...

It's no secret Brad knows how to boost. Here he does so but with a red tinted lookback.

Same move, untinted and from a butt admiring point of view.

This photo just looked cool and proves that Brad's bike is in fact radio controlled. We shot this with NASA's latest probing infra red photom beam camera. Oh yeah and Brad's doing that table opposite.

26 October 2007

Trick Or Treat
It's Halloween time again and the boys at Heritage have gone an organized this years must attend party. Check out the flyer below, get directions and then come rock out. Oh and dress up!

25 October 2007

Festival Session
This afternoon Tyrone, Greg, Justin Lopes and Devin Toselli went for a session at Festival Mall. The session was so good they ended up forgetting to take pics until it was closing time. Luckily Greg managed to snap this one of Tyrone trying out some table 3's over the spine after the session had officially ended.

20 October 2007

WTP Complete Bikes back in stock
For a while it looked like Wethepeople was not going to be available in SA anymore but that's all changed and we now have a few completes back in stock.

We have four different models in stock and they vary in size, colour and price. We have posted all the specs in the complete bikes section.

Here they are built up and on the floor.

Same thing just from another angle.

As you can see we have a really good selection of completes at the moment. From high end to entry level we pretty much have anything you could want. So if you've been wanting a new bike or looking at getting started come see us. We'll help you choose the right one and getting you rolling in no time.

18 October 2007

New Odyssey Goods
We have a huge top up of some your favourite Odyssey products plus some new much anticipated goods arriving tomorrow. Check below then give us a call or email if you wanna book yours today.

First up we have the highly hyped Twisted PC Pedals. These beauties are light, cheap and durable. Everything you could want from a peddal. Stephen Savage has been running them and now swears by them.

Also back in stock will be the hugely popular Lumberjack Bars. 8 1/4" rise. Big bars are so hot right now. We honestly can't keep enough stock of these, so if you want one we'd suggest booking them. These are gonna move.

Here's another new product, Par Ends. These barends are super light weight and are made from plastic. Not the cheap crappy kind that explodes into thousands of pieces like the one's that usually come with grips. No, these are a special compound that are highly durable. They won't be hard to spot in the shop either. Just look for a giant gold capped shotgun shell.

More Linear Cables, Monolevers and Gyro Cables

As well as limited edition Bronze Evo 2 Brakes

We're also getting the Classic Stem's as well. They are available in black with a 52mm reach. These ones have internally machined to cut out some weight yet still keep the classic look they are known for.

There'll be some more of the lightest and strongest cranks we sell, Wombolts.

13t freewheels will be available in RHD and LHD

And finally more Hazard Lite rims. Finished off in a hard anodized black finish these rims brake just as good as chrome ones. They are also light and really strong which is what makes them a favourite to most.

15 October 2007

Thrashers
On Saturday Greg and Brad made a mission to Pretoria to ride Thrashers Skatepark. Thrashers, for those who don't know, was one of the first bike friendly skateparks in SA and pretty much always means a good time.

This is one of Brad's warming up stretches. Brad always stretches before a hard ride. They say it's good for you. It helps get the blood flowing and prevents cramps later on in the workout. Brad has some pretty unorthodox methods when it comes to workouts though.

Once he's warmed up Brad knows how to fly. Here's a table on one of the funnest "vert" ramps.

Greg came back from Europe with turndown fakies in his arsenal of tricks and, damn, does he know how to tweak them.

BLOODSHOTINK's Denton and Rory Welgemoed were there on the day as well. Here's Rory with a manual on a not so stable round rail. Project M16 is coming!!

12 October 2007

Greg Shmeg
There really hasn't been much news to report on but you will notice that the products page is finally coming along. That's because Tyrone no longer has a full time job and is taking on the site with full force. Well in between some much needed riding that is. Not having a job also means he gets to go shoot photos like this...

"Greg never wanted this posted as he thinks the trick is lame but screw that, look how rad the colours are. Call me artsy or emo but I dig it" - Tyrone

06 October 2007

Odyssey Booth at Interbike
Interbike posted a really interesting video on Odyssey's new products. George French talks you through the new g-sport cassette hubs and a bunch more. Click here to view

04 October 2007

Tim's Tierra
Man, shit has been so chronic lately that we've hardly had time to do some decent updates. That all changes right here though.

When the new fly stuff arrived a short while back, Mr Dell.icious was quick to snap up a 21" Tierra frame for himself. There is so much hype around these frames that we couldn't wait to see how the new ride looked and rode. Tim assures us this is his best ride to date and reckons he hasn't had a bike that manuals as easy. When the specs are available we will post them but what we can tell you is that this bike has some serious technology in it and is lighter than f@#k...

Frame: 21" Fly Tierra
Forks: Odyssey Race
Bars: Sunday Triumph
Stem: Fly
Grips: ODI
Headset: Fly internal
Cranks: Fly
BB: Fly 22mm SBB
Pedals: Odyssey JC
Chain ring: United 30t
Front wheel: Odyssey Race Vandero, Odyssey 7KA 36 hole rim, 188mm Odyssey spokes
Rear wheel: Odyssey Cassette with Odyssey 11t one-piece driver, Odyssey 7KA 36 hole rim, 184mm Odyssey spokes
Chain: KMC drop buster
Tyres: Odyssey Aitken 2.1 front, Odyssey Path 1.85 rear
Seat: Odyssey JNR
Seat post: Demolition (soon to be Fly!)
Seat post clamp: Fly Tierra

Chris's Federal
Then we have this custom bike that was built up for Chris Kakese. This style of taking the parts package off of completes and applying them to the high end frames we have on sale is becoming quite popular and for good reason. Chris did add a few extra bits though but look how awesome this bike turned out.

Frame: 21" Federal Division
Forks: Mongoose, full cro-mo, 10mm axle slots
Bars: Sunday Triumph
Stem: Mongoose
Grips: Snafu
Headset: Fly internal
Cranks: Fly
BB: Fly 22mm SBB
Pedals: Snafu
Chain ring: Odsy Vermont 28 tooth
Front wheel: Mongoose 36 hole, 10mm axle hub. Sun Black Box rim
Rear wheel: Odsy Cassette with 10t driver and chrome Sun Black Box rim
Chain: KMC drop buster
Tyres: Snafu
Seat: Snafu Dunbar
Seat post: Mongoose
Seat post clamp: Mongoose

Reiche Treat
Time for this weeks Reiche treat, well this time the photo was snapped by Clemi but on Wayne's camera. This is Gum Trails and if you don't know Gum Trails then you don't know nothing. Looks like the place is just getting better and better and with it being spring you can expect to see a lot more from Wayne and Gum Sessions.

We haven't posted it yet but Wayne has a blog where he posts a lot of his pics and shares his thoughts. It's dope, go check it out.

http://albmodnar.blogspot.com

02 October 2007

BMX Grand Nationals
This past weekend was the SA Grand Nationals at Kempton Park. [R]evolution / Empire had a stand up there and The Riot went along to help them out and watch some intense racing action. Big news on the day was the announcing of South Africa being awarded the rights to host the 2010 UCI Racing World Champs which will be held in Pietermaritzburg.

It has been a while since we were last at a Nationals and judging by the past weekend you can expect to see us at a lot more. There was such a good atmosphere, cheap beer, lots of girls and not to mention some pretty damn exciting racing too.

In the elite class USA GT riders Joey Bradford and Randy Stumpfhauser were competing against all our local boys including Sifiso "Skizo" Nhlapo. Skizo was on deadly form the whole weekend and walked away with both wins on Saturday.

On Sunday's main Skizo got the wholeshot but his lead was not to last. Randy Stumpfhauser waiting for the right opportunity found the pace and gap he needed to pass Skizo but then in a twist of events came Joey Bradford out of nowhere, to pull ahead and take the victory.

This was racing at it's best. Check out www.bmxsa.co.za for more.