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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Dave has a new interview over on the UGP site. Check it out HERE. 

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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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Angela Dobbie just sent me some pics of her new bike she has just built up. A 2008 model Sect frame in 20.5 in Metallic Bloody Red. These frames along with our entire 2008 range of frames will be available early April.

The Sect is Kenny Ragget’s signature frame & like all our 2008 frames is full post heat treated giving it superior strength at an incredible weight of 4.5lbs.

Kenny doing what some say he does best, talking on the mic.

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Our Sect Limited Edition Complete bike has to be one of the best value high end bikes to ever come out of a box ready to ride. It’s packed with every high end part we make & parts from other companies like wethepeople & Primo. Check the products section for full details on the spec.

These very special bikes are produced in a limited run of 75 for the year for the entire world. So you know you’re lucky if you happen to score yourself one. Word.

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Pete Radivo is back in action after a long 8 months off his bike due to a knee reconstruction. He was at the recent BMX Games killing it & looking like he never took a day off from riding. Pete rules.

I got a couple pics of his new bike here & it looks great. Pete still rides for our friends at wethepeople for frames & Colony for parts.

FRAME: WTP Elektro – Glow Lime Green
FORKS: Colony MVP V2
BARS: Colony Unlucky13 Tall
BAR ENDS: Colony Konka
STEM: Colony Official
GRIPS: WTP Slapshot
BRAKES: Fly CNC Brake
LEVER: Colony Transformer CNC Lever
GYRO: SST
FRONT WHEEL: WTP Supreme Front Wheel
REAR WHEEL: Colony Clone cassette with ceramic bearing 9t driver with Demolition Rim
SPROCKET: Colony Official 25T
CHAIN: KMC K710SL
CRANKS: WTP Royal Cranks
PEDALS: Wellgo MG-1
SEAT POST: Macneil Pivotal
SEAT: Macneil Imperial Pivotal
TYRES: Shadow Tyres
PEGS: Colony Oneway
WEIGHT: 10.7kgs or 23.5lbs

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Ever wondered how a BMX hub is made? Well wonder no more !! 99% of high end BMX hubs are made the following way…

Start with a solid rod of alloy material & place it in the 20,000 tonne cold press.

Press the ‘go’ button & within 2 seconds you have the basic shape of a cassette hub.

The hub shell is then machined down to its finished shape & the axle & hardware assembled into the shell.

Done, easy as that. Well, not that easily done. Cassette hubs have so many intricate parts & need to be made to exacting tolerances that they are actually a difficult part to make. But worth all that extra work in the end for our bikes & how they ride.

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Finally, after a year of testing & development we have arrived at our final design for our highly anticipated Clone Hubs.

The front hub features a 7075T6 bolt style axle with 10mm bolts & special hardware. It has a very small shell design & will only come in 36 hole. The front hub weighs in at a mere 223 grams (0.49lbs)

The cassette hub features a ceramic bush inside the 9T driver. This design is much stronger & eliminates the failures caused by bearings exploding. We will offer an exclusive ONE YEAR WARRANTY on the driver. This kind of warranty is an industry first.

The axle is CrMo & is hollowed out & accepts an 8mm allen key for easy maintenance. The hub shell itself is as small as possible & will only be available in 36 hole. Left or Right hand drive versions will be offered & it has no titanium to be found, yet weighs in at an impressive 394grams (0.866lbs)

The Clone Hubs will be available worldwide late June 2008 in Black, Red or Purple.

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What do all of the above have in common? Well, besides all living & breathing BMX, all of the above have now teamed up. Zac Miner is now officially a Backbone / Colony flow rider. He just today put together his new ride & is now Bloody Oath mounted with a slew of our fine parts.

Zac at the Civic park in Canberra. Pic courtesy of Nick Gascoine.

Check out Backbone BMX for some info’s about Zac’s recent crash & injury at Cam’s Jam in Canberra last weekend. Get better soon Zac & thanks for being a part of the Colony family.

Interesting piece of useless information # 243… According to Backbone’s 5 Bestsellers, 3 of these are Colony products… Our Konka Bar Ends, Bloody Bath Bars & Official Stem. Nice.

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Here are a few pics of the current line of Colony products in various colourways available right now across the globe. Get them while they last… word.

Laser Green limited edition colourway.

Official Forks.

Official Sprocket.

Oneway Pegs.

MVP Forks.

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First up… Happy Australia Day everyone !! Yo…well the first day of the BMX Games as almost come to an end.

Vert was this first up this morning & our own Tim Wood won, with an amazing array of tricks, capped off by yet another amazing 900, as only Tim can do so well.

The Colony BMX Mini Ramp Batle just finished & some amazing riding was seen by all. Both the amatuer & pro classes were amazing to watch & I have to say the level of riding in Australia is so high right now. I wont go into the whole ‘who did what’ as I am sure you check other sites soon for that. Plus it’s time for me to go down & have a few drinks with the boys.

I will report after tomorrow’s activities & hopefully I will be more forthcoming with news for you all.

Ryan Guettler with a No Hander over the spine before Pro finals.

Ryan just moments before the No Hander above.

Some kids that helped me remove the Colony stickers from the ramp. Thanks !!

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We’re in Sydney now for the BMX Games… everyone is starting to arrive into town & should be a good time for sure.

I will report more over the weekend… so watch this space.

Toby Matthews, Mick Bayzand, myself, Danger (special guest) & Matt King.

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Our limited Laser Green colour is now available at all good BMX shops. You can get Official V3 Forks, MVP V2 Forks, Unlucky13 Bars, Bloody Oath Bars, Official Stems, Transformer Levers, Konka Bar Ends, Official Sprockets, Pivotal Seatposts, Oneway Pegs & our Headsets are all available in the Laser Green.

Get them while they last. Word.

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It’s roadtrip time !! Myself & Richo are heading off to Sydney for the BMX Games in the morning… should be an awesome time.

If you’re in Sydney this weekend you should come & hang out at Olympic Park for the 2008 BMX Games

Make sure you come & check out the Colony BMX Mini Ramp Jam on the 26th January… what a way to celebrate Australia Day. Word.

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The biggest annual comp is set to go down in Sydney this coming Australia Day weekend. You can expect to see pretty much the whole of Australia’s riding population there hanging out, riding, drinking or any combination of all of the above. Should be good times as always.

The vast majority of the Colony team will be there in full effect. Especially for the Colony BMX Mini Ramp Battle set to go down on Australia Day, the 26th January.

Hope to see you all there & look out for the Colony BMX booth on the Sunday with our range on display as well as some of the 2009 stuff like the Liam Fahy-Hampton’s Hell Stallion frame, our Clone Hubs & 2 piece cranks.

We will even have some random giveaway’s through out the weekend including some Colony G-Strings for any hot girls that want to show their Colony pride.

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Here are a bunch of random pics from the trip in Taiwan here so far. It’s been pretty productive & fun at the same time. We will release information on some of the 2009 products over the coming months. So stay tuned.

Anyone who has been to Taiwan will know these two sights well.

My room here in Taipei with personal Jacuzzi.

Ever wonder how an Official stem gets machined? Well, here are some of the steps in the machining process. There are a total of 9 processes using 20 different machining tools.

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