// May News // Sifiso killing it // Dale Bax // Custom LAF // Youth 4 Unity This Weekend // |
// Wednesday 25th June - Posted in 411, Unpacked and Catalog
Just in time for holidays we got a bunch of new bits n pieces from Primo. Colored sprockets, new colors in the sealed bearing Balance pedals, new Kamikaze fork, white rims and a neat new hollow blow mold plastic base seat with alloy rails.
Couple other bits in that are not pictured are sealed bearing Stricker pedals, Spanish BB's, Andy's nuts(long and short), 10t Mix Cassette drivers...Check the Catalog for more specs and details on each item.
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Colored Analog sprockets- 23t, 25t, 28t and 30t - R420 each |
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Balance pedals; Black, brown and burgundy - R500 per pair |
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Kamikaze 2 forks, black or white (Special Feature coming soon) - R950 |
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6K Balance rim, Limited pearl white. 36hole - R550 each |
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Slick tread Comet tires 1.95" - 2.1" and 1.5" - R180 each |
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Blow Mold Technology hollow base seat with alloy rails - R300 |
Hooked up with Andrew from Toti last weekend and hit up a couple photo's of his trusty stead; Mike Aitkens left behind Series 2 frame. This frame has been around the block and then some.
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Bike check: Andrew Dickens Fit S2 from Amanzimtoti. |
// Monday 23rd June - Posted in 411
WHAT??!! South Africa getting some decent coverage in an International magazine?
Session BMX magazine ran a scene check on Durban in their latest Issue. Dstar got the double page spread and a bunch of local dudes spread out through the 6 page article! put that in your pipe and smoke it! Durban REPRESENT!
Without revealing too much click here for a quick peak...now read on below...
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Durban Natal, South Africa scene check in the Session Mag. |
Now if you are wanting to get your hands on one of these fine magazines...BMX Direct is proud to announce that we are now stocking the USA based Session BMX magazine. They are available right now! what's more is that they will be affordable and available in store and on subscription.
Session is packed with articles, stories, scene checks, rider bio's all submitted by riders like yourselves. Their are hardly any advertisements, I counted 9 Ad's, now that's not bad for a 100 page full gloss magazine. It gets better; get this issue at a special price of R45. The normal price on the shelf will be R50. Session is released bi-monthly, so that works out to about R25 a month for a quality BMX magazine, hell that's better than some of our local magazines and the content is 100% BMX.
Issue content: Durban scene check, Project Mayhem, Simpel session, Colorado getaway, Heath Pinters Jam, Kevin Kiraly Interview, Chicagoland, 2008 BMX Games, Cam White Hillside Jam...
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100 pages, full gloss, no ad's, South African content, affordable...what more could you ask for? |
Cobra's are here! We have sizes US8 through 13 remaining. Very limited stocks as these are Limited Edition Orchid/S&M collaboration shoes and they will not be repeated! Click for more photos.
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S&M Orchid Colab Shoe.Limited stocks available - R800 buys you a pair. |
// Sunday 22nd June - Posted in 411
We have loads of brand new threads in stock. Lotek, Freemont, Primo and S&M shirts. Grab em up, these are going fast. We have most in all sizes. Please call for details. All these are already posted up in our Soft Goods Catalog.
All these Lotek shirts are a first time in S.A, exclusive to BMX Direct!
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Lotek Nightwolf colored. R180 |
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Lotek Stereo. Back and Front print. R180 |
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Lotek Nightwolf. R180 |
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Freemont Bones. Red Medium only. R180 |
A new Primo T-shirt "Fanned" in brown alongside the ever popular Creature and Rising Sun T-shirts. Primo T-shirts are R160 each.
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Primo Fanned. R160 |
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Primo Rising Sun. White. R160 |
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Primo Creature. Black. R160 |
New S&M Zombie shirt is a hit amongst all the local cats here in Hillcrest. Its loose as hell; zombies, monsters, nipples and a neat S&M Shield tucked in quietly.
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S&M Zombie Rider T-shirt. White. Small, Medium, Large. R180 |
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S&M Live Fast Long Sleeve Thermal. Small, Medium, large. R300 |
// Saturday 21st June - Posted in 411 and Features
Thought we'd spring a quick bike check on ya. Check out this mean machine Race BMX bike. Pimped out Morewood with S&M parts and accessories. Robert Wedderburn sure knows goods parts when he see's em. Its fast, its light and we like it!
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Bike check: Robert Wedderburn's Morewood Race BMX |
// Thursday 19th June - Posted in 411 and Unpacked
We just got a delivery of Alex DM24 rims and KMC Kool chains. These Alex rims are highly sought after 'cos they are still the most affordable semi-strong rim available in S.A.
These DM24's don't have eyelets like the previous model, but these are all black with a pin joint. 200 bucks each gets you rolling. Unpacked page for details and gravy.
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Alex DM24 rims. Affordable, light, strong-ish... |
// Wednesday 18th June - Posted in 411
So I was hoping to have a massive product update for you by now...with the shite weather down in Durban today our latest imports have been delayed. Sorry guys. I have been told that I can collect tomorrow first thing. So I guess the update is going to wait for the weekend as I know most of you are already howling with anticipation. Hang in there.
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Lotek clean up crew... |
// Tuesday 17th June - Posted in 411
The Red Cross fund raiser event that happened over the weekend wasn't much to brag about. The Blunt ramp never actually made it to the venue and the turnout quite dismal. Oh well things take time I guess. Forums have some photo's.
// Thursday 12th June - Posted in 411 and Features
This weeks bike check comes in from Ruan (aka Snowy) straight outta Cycle Maintenance Centre Plattekloof, Cape Town. Snowy was very specific with the parts he wanted to go into this ride. He even went as far as custom painting his brand new out the box S&M L.T.F. He threw in a bunch of unique mods (Tubeless conversion!)and custom bits which makes this ride super lite and super pimped!
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Bike check: Snowys 21" S&M L.T.F |
// Wednesday 11th June - Posted in 411 and Forums
This coming Sunday(15th) we will be out supporting and riding down at Durbans BAT Centre for a good cause. "Youth 4 Unity; The aim is to raise funds for the victims of xenophobic attacks and encourage solidarity within our community."
It sounds like a pretty big deal, they have some big names there entertaining the weekend all to raise funds for the Red Cross. Live Rock Bands, B-boys, Graff, Hip-Hop, Basketball 3on3, Skating and BMX. BMX Direct was asked to hook up a couple riders to bring the noise on the Blunt ramp. BMX Demo at 1pm. Hope to see as many of you Durban riders there.
Click here for the Press Release and schedule posted on the Forums.
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Youth 4 Unity Weekend |
// Tuesday 10th June - Posted in 411
This awesome new shirt from S&M Bikes will be instock next week. Large, medium and small. White only. For a full preview scoot around the forums a bit. R180 for some dialed American made threads.
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Zombie Shirt |
S&M is bringing back the Dirt Bike. And its making allot of noise all over the web. What's cool about this frame is that its affordable (American Made) and will be now available with Mid BB and Integrated headset. Colors will be yellow, red, black (and I hear Olive Green?) Price info still coming. Holla if you interested, we placing orders soon.
Speaking of the Dirt Bike we got an email from Steven Walker (x-Jbay dude, now in the U.K) he just filled me in on his custom S&M L.A.F. He says "It's a factory custom, LAF with Dirtbike geometry. 20.2" toptube and 74.5" headtube angle." Is not a full bike check but 'ave alookie. Thanks Steve for the photo and info.
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Custom L.A.F outta Brighton England. |
// Thursday 5th June - Posted in 411
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Dale Bax. Feeble to 180-over rail. |
// Wednesday 4th June - Posted in 411
Were expecting a large shipment in the next couple days and are updating many parts of the website. Please be patient while I get to it. There's allot that needs to be added and refreshed. Keep an eye on the Unpacked and BMX Direct Catalog for more.
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Sifiso kicked ass at the Worlds in China and has got himself a confirmed place in the Olympic Games. Holy crap! BMX in the OLYMPICS!! Click for the press release.
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Way to go Sifiso! |
Found a couple photo's on Walter Pieringers site from when Mikey, Chase and Co. were in S.A recently. Check em on http://walterpieringer.com
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// April News // Team blurb // New softies // Dead Bang // long weekend // Skizo is fast! // |
// Friday 30th May - Posted in 411 and Team pages
orriat, so we all got a bunch of new photo's and bike checks and decided to update the Team pages. We have all been working hard to push the levels of S.A BMX in another direction and on to higher levels. You've seen our team, video clips, photos, desktops and hopefully you'll notice we like to do things differently. Check us out.
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This is the BMX Direct Team. |
2 new desktop images have just been posted on the forums. One super fresh looking jah style fuf at beach park by Phil and a sweet night shot photo of Stuart at Giba trails. Take your pick.
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Stuart going large at Giba trails.
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// Thursday 29th May - Posted in 411
Thursday blurb...Team pages are pretty much complete, check back later for the update. Lotek/Primo/Fit/S&M/ACS shipment should be in next week, so if you waiting on a something something- pick up the phone and make sure we got your details. Primo posted a sweet Nathan Williams Desktop on thier site-YES those will be here very soon. Metal Bikes have a new website. The BMX Direct site hit 1 million visitor hits this month...not really but 400 000 is close enough for us. blah!
Bike check time and this one is hot. One of the best looking S&M's we've ever seen! Check out Raoul's pimping L.T.F
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Bike check: Raoul Stelma - S&M L.T.F 20.75" |
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Fit DLR Rasta stems doing the rounds. |
// Friday 23rd May - Posted in 411
Business as usual around here this week. Nothing nicer than finishing off a hectic week with some friends and a good session at Durbans finest Parks.
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Friday arvie sessions. Beach and Gateway. |
// Sunday 18th May - Posted in 411
There is this ramp that's about 20kms from my front door, it doesn't get sessioned too often as the road is treacherous and the neighborhood rural to say the least. It's something of a marvel...a massive elevated (13ft?) half pipe on the side of a mountain in the valleys of rural Natal. Indigo's ramp is undergoing a revamp and we hit it up this afternoon on the sly. A couple of Hillcrest friends, Chris, Dstar and myself made the trek into the wilderness...
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Easy day at Indigo. |