Yo… a few weeks ago now a bunch of the team were in Canberra for a riding trip & we documented the action for a web video & an upcoming feature in 2020 BMX magazine.
Here we have the video… click here to see the action first hand.
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This place looks amazing. I for one will be making the trip down for the grand opening of this new park getting built right now in Melbourne, Australia. It’s being opened by a BMXer named Brett down there & will be very bike friendly. Check out their website for more info & when it will be open to the public.
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Yo… our 2008 range of frames are available everywhere on the planet right now but don’t delay as they are going really fast. What do you expect when you offer a LIFETIME WARRANTY on sub 4.9lbs frames?
You can get the Sect in 20.5 & 21, the MVP in 20.25 & 20.75 & the Bloody Oath in either 21 or 21.25″ lengths in a huge variety of colours.
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Yo… click here to check out a mini interview with Liam Fahy-Hampton up on Diversity. Thanks go out to Mitch for his patience on getting this organised with Liam… he NEVER checks email or is even aware of what’s out there on the world wide web. Sometimes I wish I never discovered it either !!
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Found this very random pic of Pete Radivo doing what he does best on Christian’s myspace & just had to post it.
While your here you might as click here & check out some riding from Pete along with Richo, Haimona Ngata, Benny Paulsen & Tim Wood.
You rule Pete. Plain & simple.
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Here are the first peaks of our yet to be named, Plastic Flatland pegs we have in the developmental stages. We have been working on these for a while now & thought we should get the word out about them.
They are CNC machined from high density plastic & are extremely light at 75 grams each yet also very durable. They will come in either 10mm or 14mm versions & in black only at this stage.
Expect to see Shane Badman & Simon O’Brien riding them very soon. They will be out early 2009.
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I reported last week that Richo was due to go in for knee surgery last Wednesday. He went there all set to go but he was told due to a scratch on his other knee that he had to come back in 3 weeks when it healed up. So for now, Nick is still riding. I built him up a new bike today with the help of Mitch & Jimmy at Helensvale BMX, thanks guys.
Check it out below… Also, check back soon for a way you can bid to own Nick’s very own personal bike.
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Check out this short video of our newest team rider in the UK, Jonny Devine.
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Got an email from Ryan about his weekend & weeks ahead…
What’s up guys…
I went to Germany for the BMX Masters on Monday and got back last night, had a rad time. The first event was mini ramp on the Braun Spine ramp which is almost 7 foot tall (scary as crap) I did a lot of stuff on it that I was pumped on like double whips and no foot can flair. I placed 4th in mini but had some of the best runs I’ve ever done on a spine. Check out Freecaster.tv or bmxonline.com for videos
Next event was dirt and I’m glad to tell you guys I WON son, haha. I had a great time and the jumps were sick, big and fast. Everyone rode super good and top 3 were myself, Corey Bohan and 3rd was TJ Ellis. There are videos around of the dirt comp too.
Next for me is Cleveland Dew tour next week then I’m going to Cali for 2 weeks to film and shoot photos for Vans then LG box jump comp and X Games super park. Can’t wait…. Check the photos I stole from various websites…
Talk soon,
Ryan.
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Our newest team member is all the way from the UK, his name is Jonny Devine & will now rep for us over there. We here at Colony are super stoked to have Jonny on board with us & he is now decked out on a fully loaded Bloody Oath with a swag of our stuff. Many thanks go out to Alan’s BMX for their help with getting him his new set-up so fast. I also must say a shout out to Will Jackson for putting us onto Jonny in the first place.
Check out this short bio on Jonny below… check back soon for a full bike check.
Name : Jonny Devine
Birthdate : 20/01/1989
City : Preston
Country : England
Riding since : 2001/2002 somewhere around that time!
Favourite riding spot : Anywhere that’s good and I’m with my friends!
Favourite Colony product : Official stem
Favourite Colony team rider : Not to sure either Liam Fahy-Hampton or Nick Richardson. I really don’t know the whole team is unreal!!!
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Just recently I decided to take a day trip to the inland city of Luxor on the bank of the Nile, about 4 hours from where I currently live in Hurghada. Through a friend of a friend, I managed to get a hook-up for a driver to take me there and back for a decent price and meant that I wouldn’t have to survive the tourist buses for the day! My plan was to visit some of the ancient temples and also the Valley of the Kings – an ancient burial site for Egyptian Kings from roughly 2,500 years ago.
Egypt has a lot of similarities with Australia: they both have perfect sunshine all year round, good beaches and same type of desert landscape that continues forever. The culture is hugely different, Egypt being one of the oldest cultures/civilizations on the planet. The Valley of the Kings is immense & visiting the tombs gives you a good idea of how together the ancient Egyptians were with the story of the dead King drawn in hieroglyphs that you can still see today. Makes you wonder if anything that humans create now will still be around in 2500 years time??
From the Valley of the Kings, I drove out to visit a few other sites including Al-Bahir Temple and the Colossi of Memnon that were built about 3400 years ago. Huge and awesome, all of it built without the technology that we use today & photos never do things like this justice. The city of Luxor is constantly busy, but without all the tourists that Hurghada has so it does feel a little more “Egyptian”. Markets and Bazaars everywhere, you can buy pretty much anything you want for very little.
The trip home was uneventful, my driver constantly beeping and yelling at other drivers in Arabic and dodging the various herds of goats that are being moved along by their Bedouin shepherds. I’m hoping to next visit the pyramids in the coming weeks so stay tuned…
Talk to you soon,
Shane.
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Yo… we have teamed up with Focalpoint to give you the chance to win a 2008 Sect frame in 21″ or a pair of Oneway Pegs just for buying some fine Focalpoint threads. What more could you want? So get shopping & support Australia’s grass roots magazine & Cooper Brownlee, one of the coolest guys in BMX you will ever meet.
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Yo… since we all know about Richo’s knee surgery happening today you could help support him. By getting a pair of his bars when you next need new bars & you can help him pay off his medical bills !! The more bars sold the fatter his royalty cheque will be from us. Plus you will also be treating yourself to one of the more sought after bars around.
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Richo goes in tomorrow for his second operation on his right knee. He has to have a full recon & will be off the bike till about February next year. Bummer.
Yesterday we met up & filmed one last little session at Beenleigh for a web video which will be posted in a week or two. Richo killed it & did some damn good riding for someone with half a knee.
We wish you the best & quickest recovery mate!
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Cooper Brownlee from Focalpoint has just put up a review on our Bloody Oath frame. Check it out by clicking here.
Be on the lookout for a special promotion with Focalpoint & Colony soon.
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I just worked out how to update our products catalogue !! Check out the Hell Stallion frame, Hell Stallion Forks & Cube frame specs in our products section now. Word.
All these products wont be available till August but thought you should be able to check them out easily here.
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Soon you will be able to get yourself a Hell Stallion Kit at selected bike shops around the world.
These kits consist of Liam’s signature frame & fork, Official stem & Colony headset. They are only available in what we call Lighter Black (Black ED) & there are only 100 kits in existance.
You can get them with or without brake mounts & in 20.85″ or 21.25″ TT
Available late July to early August depending where in the world you are located.
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Here are the preliminary designs on our first grip called, the ‘Brisbane’ grip. It’s named after my birthplace & current city of residence.
It features a soft compound with medium diameter & will come with a custom press fit plastic bar end. The cross pattern is also featured on our ‘Fantastic Plastic’ pedal. Expect a wide range of colours including some translucent ones.
No release date is set yet but we will let you know more later.
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Spotted this web video up on Diversity & thought it was really enjoyable so I had to post it up here too. Steve & the boys from Ride On did a great job, just good old fun BMX.
'Ride On' from Raphael Jeroma-Williams on Vimeo.
Here is a pic of the prototype sample on our plastic pedals due out August/September this year. This shows the shape of them but not the final finish as these samples are CNC machined. We do this first so to make sure its the perfect shape we want before opening the mold. I just thought I would show you this & should be able to show you the full pre production sample in a week or so. So watch this space.
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New for 2009 will be our first flatland stem (or could even be used by those who like a shorter reach stem for street/ramp). It’s called the T.L.D stem (Top Load Device) & will be made from 6061T6 alloy. It will have a 35mm reach & a weight of around 220 grams.
Expect it to be available everywhere in November this year. We will release more details closer to this time.
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Here is a small collection of some of the many new pivotal seats we will have in our 2009 range. These make part of our Canvas Series & will be out August this year.
The Silver ones are called Wings, Black one is called Splat Skull & the Yellow ones are called Ships. There is one more called Bones which is not shown. All of them will be available in Slim & Mid style seats. We will post more details soon enough.
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Here is a very sneak peak of our 2009 pivotal seats. We will have two series available – our Star Series & our Canvas Series.
The Star Series will feature our familiar star embroidery & will come in many different colour ways including different coloured bases.
The Canvas Series will feature unique artwork by Chris Harrison with some very special colour ways to suit including different coloured bases. The Canvas Series will all be limited edition & offered only once per colour way.
We will release more information closer to their release date of around August this year.
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I caught up with Tim Wood down at Beenleigh today where he is putting in some more of the new ramps for the park. We now have our first ever hitching post & it looks super fun for sure. We also now have a roller to quarter pipe with backrail which will be plenty of fun as well. They will be ready to ride by the weekend.
On a side note, Tim recently got 3rd in Vert at the Asian X Games in Shanghai, China. Congrats go to Tim !!
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Shane Badman sent me email from Egypt… read on below.
Everything is going really well down here in Egypt. I’m living in a resort city called Hurghada about 4-5 hours south from Cairo on the Red Sea. The city is known mostly for it’s local diving scene and crystal clear water, but is also a popular destination for the super-rich and wealthy luxury boat owners as it’s central to a bunch of other places around the Middle East & Africa.
Living in England I heard through the grapevine that a local company in Egypt were looking for a rider to do demos for a few months. After a few phone calls followed by sending some footage, they were happy to ask if i’d come down for a few months to work with them. Admittedly, the lure of white sandy beaches, 40degree weather, no rain for months and months on end and the fact that all i’d be doing is endless riding was too good to pass up.
So for the next few months or so I’m here doing daily flatland demos in the newly opened Marina for tourists and the like. The lifestyle is good, the locals are friendly and I’ve got a bunch of good spots to ride at. I have a bunch of other trips planned around Egypt over the coming weeks so stay tuned for updates and photos!
The life of a pro flatlander hey?
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By now you can get our Transformer Levers in a variety of colours out there. Black, Dark Red, Pale Red, Pale Blue, Gold, Purple, Laser Green & soon White. Not only do they come a range of colours but they are also the first BMX specific full CNC lever on the market. They will save you weight & also improve your braking performance beyond belief. So for those that still run brakes these days & want the best of the best when it comes to levers, take a look at our Transformer range. At a BMX shop near you now.
For full details check our products section here.
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Ryan has a feature up on Vital about his new Whip 2 shoe out with Vans now. I found it rather enjoyable to watch & looks like Ryan is killing it as always. The edit has some awesome riding of Ryan in Greenville & especially his amazing backyard set up. I gotta get myself over there soon & session that ramp. Looks so much fun.
Click here now to check out the video.
Nick Richardson has to have a full knee reconstruction for the 2nd time now. Sucks big time. Richo will be out till about March next year. Take it easy during the recovery time mate.
Steve Woodward had his bike stolen the other day. Let’s hope the person that stole it gets hit by a truck. Don’t worry, Steve will be back on another Bloody Oath in no time.
Mick Bayzand is now safely in Vancouver where he will reside for the next few years. Mick will certainly be showing the streets of Vancouver what’s up & plans to get back in riding dirt more too. Expect regular updates from Mick here.
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ahaha, well, after many a conversation of how rad it would be, a lil bit of penny saving, and alot of pondering, I finally got a backyard ramp for my house, and it’s RAD to say the least. At the moment it’s at the wazman’s house for a lil (thanks wazman!), until i prep the area at my house, but hopefully by summertime it will be in place, with a few additions. The plan is to make it a sheet wider, put some big platforms on and then put a 6 foot facing crossways and maybe a roll up into a smaller quarter the other way, with a bowl corner and a elevated wallride going out of the 6 foot. kinda like Ryan’s backyard setup but probably a bit smaller. Either that or we’ll just build a bigger tranny each side. Come summer, it’ll be beach, barbies, backyard sessions, beers, bourbon and booyashaka’s! Millar i might need some of them colony ramp srickers!
Also below are some pics from the redbull dirt pipe that was in albury out the back of melbourne the other week, it was fuckin nutso! just big and scary! a good time was had by all and congrats to mike daly for putting on such an awesome event! And even more congrats to Rusty, who took the win, stoked to say the least. Rusty is just gnarly, super smooth, high, and the 4 tricks that he did were stretched and slow, just like tricks should be! Rusty and his fiance and heading off to the states soon so the cashola was the icing in the cake for them, couldn’t have come at a better time! and congrats to Brendan Jones who came in second, jonesy is one of my favourite riders for sure, cause he goes fast and don’t give a fuck, big turndown flips and banana whip outs! laughing the whole way! I love booze! bye bye.
Get them while they last at a BMX shop near you… Bloody Oath (pictured), MVP & Sect frames are arriving into stores all over the planet right now. Call your favourite shop to secure yourself one now. Check our products section to see the full details on our frames.
Don’t forget that we offer a lifetime warranty on all our post heat treated frames. Check the warranty section for full details.
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