Happy birthday to both Pete Radivo & Chris Harrison who are celebrating their birthdays today… most likely via a hang over I am sure !! haha

Myself & Chris……………………….Pete & Ryan………. drinking as always.

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Ryan Guettler has been honoured with 4 special displays in Hard Rock Cafes around the states. Check it out.  It has his Mirraco Black Pearl frame, Vans Whip shoes & Protec helmet plus some cool pics & a blurb. I guess you really have hit the big time when you start getting your own features in Hard Rock Cafes? Heck yeah Ryan.

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Cooper from Focalpoint just sent me an email to say he has put a Mick Bayzand bike check online. I gotta say it’s one of the best looking set-ups I have ever seen. Mick inspired our limited edition Gold colourway & it absolutely looks amazing. Get it while it lasts at a store near you now. Bling bling.

Click here for the full bike check on Focalpoint. Thanks Cooper !!

Also if you haven’t already checked out Mick’s recent web video click here now.

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We’ve known for a while now that Ryan was having some major work done to his backyard set up & now it’s all finally done. This place looks amazing !! 

Check out a video on Vital by clicking here now. 

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Split Enz were right when they sang that song back in the ’80’s. Check here for proof. Thanks to Christian for the fine edit. haha.

Oh yeah… we also make some damn fine (if I don’t say so myself) parts available now in Red all over the planet.

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Cooper Brownlee does an amazing job with his baby, Focalpoint Magazine & now it’s available online for all to enjoy all over the world. Click here for your online fix. 

For those those don’t know Coop’s work it’s an underground magazine that covers all aspects of BMX in Australia & we here at Colony support it 110%. We have the back page advert for life & am very proud of this fact. Focalpoint is limited to just 2,500 copies per issue & the fact that they are totally FREE is a credit to Cooper’s passion for BMX. Cooper rules.

Our backpage advert in Focalpoint. Fuck yeah Kenny.

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I just got done putting together a new frame, and I gotta say that it looks pretty amazing. I get helped out by this awesome burger chain over called burgerfuel, they’re totally into the sweet shit in life, like muscle cars, hot chicks, and huge feeds, and since I’m vegetarian they make the best fuckin vege bugers ever! suits me to a tee pretty much.

Anyways, a while ago we came up with a sweet idea to get an Oath frame, and do something a little bit different, a few weeks later and this bad ass colour job is the result. They have a fleet of classic cars over here which they use for promo vehicles all over the country, and they all have the same paintjob, so we thought why not get a frame done up as well. add in a couple of new parts from shadow and Colony, and she’s good to go, if my frame was a brand new guitar, thats what I’d look like playing it, bbrreeee wheeee eeeee, skkeerrreeee!!!! get all Jimi Hendrix on that shit!. Also, our friend Justin from redbull rounded a few of us up the other day and hit the road with the hummer, he has a sweet blog going and there’s a couple of pics from our lil adventure on it, peep it here.

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Peta Shepherd just put together a 2008 MVP frame in 20.75. She wanted something a little longer than her Sect 20.5 which was actually one of the original prototypes that we ever had made.

Soon this frame along with all our 2008 frames will be available worldwide. 

Thanks for everyones support out there & waiting patiently, we appreciate it.

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Check this press release taken from the Alans BMX blogspot.

At a time when there are so many similar products out there, we really like Colony because a/ the stuff works and b/ Clint has tried hard to do things differently. We previously had a lot of success with Colony when Shindig did it and it would of been a real shame if it wasn’t represented in the UK. We are stoked with this partnership with Colony and plan on supporting it fully with a team and promotion. While we plan on primarily supplying Colony thru our alansbmx.com website, subject to costs and margins we would be happy to supply a small number of similar-minded dealers, interested parties can call or email us at sales@alansbmx.com
– Alan Woods, Alans BMX.

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So anyways, over on Zombie Mike’s site, there’s a whole bunch of pics from what is probably one of NZ’s most best kept secrets…Just this big alleyway of giant walls, myself, Mr Mike and The Wazman went up there the other weekend and buzzed out like crazy for a few hours, then we went and got as drunk as skunks. We like drinking Heineken mini kegs and Jim Beam’s on the beach in front of the womens public toilets. ha, fun friggin times! Got some more funny and/or interesting news in the next few days, ha! and it will involve drinking booze and bikes.

After many months of having no source for Colony in the UK we have hooked up a deal with Alans BMX to become the main place to get Colony from in the future.

For all you riders out there hanging for some Colony products you will soon be able to get direct from Alans. They will receive their first 2008 order including our long awaited frames in about 6-8 weeks.

We would like to thank everyone for their patience & appreciate your support for Colony.

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Zac just sent me an email about what he has been up too… Also about a cool jam he is running in June… Read on below.

Hey mate….. plenty has been goin on and will be happening over the next month or so.Just recently painted the Bloody Oath… I’m really lovin’ the bike ‘n’ how it’s goin! Been filmin’ a bit with Troy Charlesworth for his Underground Visual series, I’ve got a section in that so I’m trying to produce the goods. It should be out by June/July. I’m heading to Melbourne this weekend to ride with Liam and film with Dan Gascoine, should be fun. Got invited to the Redbull downhill dirt halfpipe comp in Mount Beauty at the end of May…. That’s goin to be a massive event so I’m really keen on that. Also to everyone keen on having a rad time… on the 7th of June I’m holding a jam at Weston Creek to celebrate my birthday. There’s going to be subs, rails, boxjumps etc. It’s gunna be awesome and it would be sweet to see some northern shredders come down. Anyways, I’m goin for a ride, talk soon. Zac.

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Pete recently went over to China for a comp over there held in Shenzen, in the south of China. It’s held at a theme park every few years where they have a park set up all year for demos.
I was there a few years ago & it’s plenty of fun. Pete rode well enough for 7th with Mark Webb from the UK winning the comp. Seems Pete got up to his favourite past time & got in some serious drinking time while there. 

  
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The 18th of May marks the day for a vintage BMX show & shine in Brisbane. Should be a great day for sure & I will be there to check out the masterpieces from a BMX era before even my time. Check the flyer for full details. Rumour has it, that John Buultjens is making a guest appearance? Only time will tell.

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Angela Dobbie sent me a reminder about her girls video comp that she is organising. It’s a great chance for the girls from all over the world to win some great prizes from Colony. Get out there filming & send in your section to Angela. The comp finishes the end of the month. Check her flyer below for full details & message her myspace if you want more info.

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We just flowed one of Ryan Guettler’s good friends a 2008 Sect frame, complete with a whole bunch of our parts. Josh Boatright has been riding Colony stuff for a while now out of Ryan’s personal stock pile. Josh needed a new frame & we hooked him up. It looks pretty damn good too. Enjoy your new ride Josh. 

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Kenny Raggett is in Brisbane for the weekend to ride & hang out. We’re going to be hitting up all what Brisbane has to offer in the way of riding places. I will post some pics after today & tomorrow. I captured Kenny here early morning just a few minutes ago while still sleeping on my lounge room floor. So excuse the weird look he has on his face. Off to ride soon… yeah!

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James Steele, our rider in Canada recently sent me some new pics of his freshly built-up MVP frame. Seems James has lost his brakes & loving it from what he tells me. He recently was in Montreal for a riding trip with John Heaton & Ben Kaufmann (photo credits due) & is heading out to Vancouver in little under a month. The weather is finally getting better over there he tells me, so more riding is just around the corner. 

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We recently made Ryan some very custom chrome Unlucky13 bars & Official forks. Ryan wanted to have some to keep for a show piece in his house so we of course got them made for him. He also built up yet another new bike with these on them too. Check it out. Old school look for sure.

I also just received a very cool email from a rider in Australia by the name of Grant Armessen, who had his own Unlucky13 bars chromed out. Shown here with Kenny Raggett (yes, those knee pads are huge! haha) also check the Sect Ltd complete bike in the pic on the right as well. 

Long live chrome… I know Ross Lavender will love that some Colony parts actually exist in chrome. Note… don’t expect any productions of chrome parts from us anytime soon.

However, if you do hunt around you may be able to find some of the chrome Bloody Oath bars that were released last year. If you’re lucky that is. 

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I would like to formally welcome Oleg ‘Bibu’ Alexandrov from Russia to the flow team. Bibu, as he is known as over there, is a 23 year old street killer who has been riding for 6 years. I am sure we will be seeing more of Bibu in the near future & maybe even a Colony trip over in Russia might be on the cards? Only time will tell.

Bibu also runs his own website at called InsideBMX. Check it out here if you can read Russian that is.

Welcome to the team Bibu !!

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Peta sent me some cool pics from her recent trip to Gladstone, QLD. While up there she rode heaps of cool parks & basically had a great time. She got to hang out with the all the cool locals up in the Gladstone area. It’s good to see the girls out there having fun with bmx just like the rest of us. Look out for a story in the next 2020BMX magazine as well.

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I caught up with Matt King today & thought it would be a good chance to get some pics of his current bike.

Matt has been testing the Hell Stallion frame now for about 6 months or so. He says it’s the best frame he has ridden.

Matt is also testing the Oneway CrMo pegs for us at the moment too. They will be out in August this year & weigh in at 150grams. Another new item Matt is testing for us is the Clone cassette with the ceramic bushing driver. These will be out June this year.

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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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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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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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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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Stole this pic off Richo’s myspace. Nick Richardson doing what he does best.  

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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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