What do you get when you mix constant rain, a bunch of Aussie tourists & a crazy driving schedule? A mad dash to make the next indoor park to have a ride & get some clips.
This is the result of our US trip late last year that was featured in last months Ride magazine story. Get the magazine with Liam on the cover & check out the 12 page story.
Or you can click here & check out the footage we gathered on this rain infested trip.
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In case you have missed them in the past I have made it easier for you to see our recent web videos that I have posted. Click on the links below or you can also click on the category named Videos in the panel on the right.
I will be releasing more very soon so keep checking back every few days.
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There is a cool interview with Shane Badman in the latest issue of the online magazine, Love BMX from the Czech Republic. Check it out here.
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Guettler just sent me some cool pics of his new bike he has just built-up. Looks awesome.
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I caught up with Richo today down at Beenleigh to ride some of the new ramps (sorry, forgot to take pics of the ramps) But I managed to get a few pics of Richo’s current set up.
Read on below…
Frame : Colony Bloody Oath 21.25
Fork : Colony Official V3
Headset : Colony
Stem : Colony Official
Bars : Colony Bloody Oath
Grips : Fly
Bar Ends : Colony Konka
Lever : Colony Transformer
Cable : WTP Straight Wire
Brakes : Fly
Cranks : WTP Royal
Sprocket : Colony Official 28T
Pedals : Wellgo MG-1
Chain : KMC
Front Wheel : Colony Clone with Odyssey 7KA
Rear Wheel : Colony Clone cassette 10T with Alex Rim
Front Tyre : Shadow Belter
Rear Tyre : Shadow Undertaker
Seat : Colony Mid Pivotal
Seat post : Primo Pivotal
Pegs : Colony Oneway
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Liam has a bike check up on Ride BMX. Check it out here
The Hell Stallion frame & forks will be available June/July this year before you ask us. They will come as a special limited edition frame, fork, stem & headset kit. These will be a limited edition & we are only producing 100 kits for the entire world. So contact your local store & place your orders fast.
If you miss out on one of these don’t worry, they will be available August/September as the frame & fork seperately.
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Click here for our next web video taken from the bonus of our ‘A Month In The Life Of’ DVD.
This one features myself, Toby Matthews & Ryan Guettler. Enjoy.
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Click here for an interview with Liam Fahy-Hampton on databmx.com
Many thanks go out to Francois @ data for hooking it up.
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Click here to check out Dave & Andy killing it in practice in Toronto on the weekend just gone.
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Mike Emde my team manager from Carhartt just sent me a cool email. Check it out below…
First it was the Millar Lite (WethePeople)…then Phoenix……now, I’m back!!! Achim (from Fastpace Distro) gave it to me…. I love the stuff!! ….will send you some images soon!!! Good work my friend…Greetings Mike.
Thanks for the support for Colony Mike !! Be on the lookout for possible Carhartt/Colony joint projects in the near future. More on that later.
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We were first to take the humble brake lever as we all know them to new heights when we introduced precision CNC machined quality with our Transformer Levers. We were also the first to introduce the lack of a need for the useless barrel adjuster.
Our levers are half the weight of any other lever on the market today. Sure, they are more expensive but like anything these days, you get what you pay for.
Expect to see other levers on the market soon that are inspired by our pioneering work. Always insist on the original though… the Colony Transformer Lever, available in normal & Trigger versions in a variety of colours.
Transformer Normal version in Black.
Transformer Trigger version in Black, Red & Pale Blue.
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We have been working on these for a while now & I thought it was time to release some teaser details to everyone out there.
Our ‘Fantastic Plastic’ pedals will feature a very light weight & inexpensive design. They will also feature 8 steel fully replaceable pins per pedal. You can choose to run these steel pins or not. Totally up to you.
The computer images shown don’t show the logo or unique grip pattern that will be all over them. They will be available in a wide variety of colours.
More details will be released soon including pics of the first samples.
Expect these to be available August this year.
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The infamous Beenleigh BMX park is getting it’s next wave of upgrades underway right now. A new larger box jump has been placed beside the existing one with a small hip off to one side. The dirt jumps are finally getting re-done as well with a bunch of new lines in the works.Should make for some fun sessions in the months to come.
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Alex Hiam our 12 year old prodigy from Brisbane, Australia has been killing it of late as always. Here is a cool picture that Angela Dobbie (thanks Ang) took of Alex doing a no hand 180 over the spine at Kuraby in Brisbane’s southside on the weekend.
Alex has been getting strong support from Crossley Cycles in Manly, Brisbane now for a few years & we have been supporting them by flowing them all the Colony parts Alex can handle. Namely, a very special custom Bloody Oath frame with a 19.8″ top tube & 13.5″ rear end. This will be available as a ‘kids size’ frame after July this year.
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Ryan sent me some cool pics from a recent trip he did to Woodward East. It was his second ever time to see snow which sounds like it was a bunch of fun.
In Ryan’s words… To my pleasant surprise it was snowing most the time we were there, which made it the 2nd time ive seen snow so I was happy but freezing. To see Jamie Bestwick and Chad Kagy ride their home ramp is soooo freakin crazy. I see them at comps but this was different, they’re too good. They made me leaving wanting to ride ramps so much higher. Most mornings we would wake up in Buds Barn and start the day off trying to get warm with some basket ball (so fun). Then just ride all day as there’s not to much to do at camp when its snowing but ride ALOT.
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Haimona Ngata, our man in Auckland, New Zealand is shown below repping Colony as always. Ho, as we all know him, is a living legend in the NZ riding scene, whether he likes it or not.
I remember the first time I ever met him was in Brisbane in 1999. He was there with a good selection of my favourite New Zealand riders for the Planet X Gaymes. I remember him & Shoe-G from Japan getting on top of the wall ride on the street course after the finals swinging their male apendages around. I also kinda recall drinking a bottle of Black Sambucca on my back porch while talking about mowing the lawn in my Hoffman Boks shoes, haha. Priceless. Ho rules.
Thanks to Mike from Zombie BMX for the photo. Check out his website HERE.
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I have decided to release some of the bonus material from our ‘A Month In The Life Of’ DVD here for all those that haven’t been able to get a copy themselves.
This week we have the ‘Mix 2’ section featuring Nick Richardson, Benny Paulsen, Haimona Ngata, Pete Radivo & Tim Wood.
Click HERE to check it out yourself.
If you wanna see the full length DVD contact your favourite BMX shop now.
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Hey everyone, it’s Liam’s 23rd birthday today… hip hip, hooray !! Happy birthday Liam & hope you had a great weekend of celebrations & am not feeling it too much at work today. Thanks for being a part of Colony & I look forward to having a few drinks with you in the near future.
I am sure Liam will have many nights like this ahead on the piss. Happy birthday mate.
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Ryan sent me a pic of the upgrades he is doing on his already cool backyard set-up in Greenville, NC. Can’t wait too see the finished product. Should make for some really fun backyard sessions. Check back in the next weeks for pics of the finished ramp.
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Yo… Mick Bayzand is in Brisbane for the first time in almost ten years. He is staying at my place & we will be hitting up what B-town has to offer in the way of street, parks & what not. Should be a good week. Look out for a possible web video from the weeks adventures. In fact, were off to start filming this afternoon.
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There is a cool BMX store called 20Twenty located in Aberdeen, Scotland ran by a rider by the name of Mike Ellington. Mike carries an extensive range of Colony products & we appreciate his support. Mike also hooks up local rider Lewis Watson with Colony with the help of Shindig Distributions.
I visited the store back in 2004 & Mike let myself & James Hitchcox stay at his place for the night. If you’re ever in the area drop in and say G’Day (or what ever they say up there? Maybe I should’ve asked Scottish John for what they say up there?)
An upcoming advert in DIG Mag for Mikes store.
Yeah Lewis is pretty good on his bike.
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I have known Kenny for around 12 years now & he can still manage to impress me with his riding abilities. Take this 360 table for instance… I love this shot. Thanks to Steve Morrisey for the pic by the way.
This is our latest advert that you will see in the latest issue of Ride as well as future issues of DIG, 2020 BMX & Focalpoint magazines. So go out now & buy an Endeavor complete bike & reward yourself with one of the best value complete bikes out there today.
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James Steele, our flow team rider from Canada, sent me an email recently about what he has been up to of late dealing with the Canadian winter. Read on…
I’ve just been working and riding as much as I can. The weather here is pretty bad right now. We’ve got about 2 and a half feet of snow on the ground right now and it’s not looking like it’s going anywhere fast.
So I’ve been riding the few indoor parks that we’ve got around here, which has been OK. Not the most fun thing to do that’s for sure. Can’t wait for some nice weather. I did get a photo shot that is OK. It’s indoors so its nothing I’m too stoked on, either way I’ll send it along with this email.
Other then that, not to much new happening over here. I just got some flights booked up for May. I’m gonna be going to Vancouver for a month and a bit to chill and ride. So I’ve got something to look forward too! – James.
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… Others say just well designed BMX parts that meet & exceed todays riders demands.Like our Transformer Levers for instance.
Or perhaps the Official Stem.
What about the Official Forks?
Even our Headsets are considered a desirable part to any bike.
Ryan’s sprocket has been refered to as one of the best looking sprockets out today.
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Steve just sent me some cools pics of him riding his new Bloody Oath he has just put together. Looks pretty good & as always Steve can certainly ride it rather well. Steve fucking rules.
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Achim from Fastpace Distribution in Germany just sent me this bike check on our German flow team rider, Benny Paulsen. Check out his sweet new ride below. Word.
Name: Benny Paulsen
Age: 26
Hometown: Moers, Germany.
Sponsors: Colony, Odyssey, Carhartt, Vans, Fuse.
Frame: Colony Bloody Oath 21″ TT
Fork: Official Forks V3
Headseat: FSA
Crankset: Odyssey Wom-bolt
BB Set: Odyssey
Gyro: Odyssey Alu
Sprocket: Odyssey Vermont 28t
Chain: A Chain
Pedals: Odyssey Jim C.Trail mix
Handlebar: Colony Unlucky13 7.9 rise
Stem: Colony Official Stem
Grips: Odyssey Matt Beringer
Saddle: Colony Mid Pivotal Seat
Seat Post: Colony Pivotal Seatpost
Seat Clamp: Built-in seat clamp
Front Hub: Odyssey Vandero 2
Rear Hub: Odyssey Cassette mit 10t driver ?
Rims: Odyssey 7K
Spokes: Odyssey
Front Tire: Odyssey Dirt Path Plyte 2.1
Rear Tire: Odyssey Path Plyte 1.85
Pegs: Colony One Way Park Peg – only left side
Brakes: Odyssey Evo 2
Brake Lever: Colony Transformer Lever
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Wanna see Liam’s amazing PSI rail ride as on the cover of the current issue of Ride BMX magazine? Then click HERE to see this & a bunch of other riding from the Colony team. This footage was filmed all in one day in Athens, GA late last year. Enjoy.Check back in the next week or two for the next in a series of web videos from the rest of our US trip & others filmed here in Australia. Hope you like my filming & editing…
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Check it out… Liam & Colony both get their first cover of Ride BMX & we get a full blown story within the pages of the magazine. The story is based around our US trip late last year with the team.
Check back really soon in the next week for the release of the web videos from the trip & others we have been filming for.
This cover is huge for us & I am so stoked for Liam. Truely deserved for sure with an epic PSI ride down 16 stairs. Fuck yeah Liam.
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