Here is an update that Shane sent me & what he has been up too…

What’s up guys? I have just got back from spending the past 9 days in Sweden for Christmas and New Years. I went over there with my girlfriend to spend it with her family and see how the Swedes do things.

Christmas is totally different. They celebrate on Christmas eve with all the presents handed out. It’s a big event with a huge Christmas dinner prepared and all the family invited.

New Years was huge. We spent it in a small city called Lund in the south of Sweden, not far from Copenhagen in Denmark. At midnight we climbed to the top of this massive hill with a 360degree view of all the fireworks. It was unreal seeing fireworks in every direction as far as you could see.

Sweden is an amazing country with a very high quality of life, consistent in all the Scandinavian countries. Sweden is ranked in the top 5 countries to live in the World (with Australia being number 3!). Nearly everyone speaks fluent English and getting around the country is easy.

Unfortunately, I didn’t get to see any riders while I was out there. Being the middle of winter didn’t help and with temperatures being around 0 with the coldest about -4 (when I got the riding photos done!) and it made riding pretty difficult. After a while it gets to a point where you lose feeling in your feet and hands and it’s nearly impossible to ride.

Hope everyone had an awesome New Years and see you all at the BMX Games in Sydney January 26-28th.

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It’s a little old now but can still hold it’s own today… Liam Fahy-Hampton’s ill fated Run At Me Slut video section… check it here. It’s a huge 110meg file though so be patient while downloading.

This is the video section that earned Liam a spot on the Colony team & got him his own signature frame & forks (yes, forks now too) which will be called the Hell Stallion. Not due out till August this year but will be worth the wait. More info in the coming months.

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Happy New Year !! I wish everyone the very best for 2008 & I appreciate all your support for Colony… without you guys we are nothing. So thank you !!

This pic was taken January last year in Bondi… by Freimuth.

On a side note… Pete Radivo has now started to ride again after a full 8 months off his bike from a knee re-construction. It’s great to have you back on the bike Pete… can’t wait to ride with you soon. Oh, & have a drink or two…

Yeah Pete is stoked to be back on his bike again.

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A few days ago I went to Australia Zoo up the Sunshine Coast & here are some random pics from the day… enjoy.

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Our next limited edition colour – Laser Green, is shipping worldwide right now.

You will be able to get our Forks, Bars, Stems, Sprockets, Levers, Bar Ends, Headsets, Pegs, Fork Top Bolts and Pivotal Seatposts all available in this colour.

So get them while they last… contact your favourite BMX stores in the first few weeks of the new year to secure yourself some before they’re gone, forever.

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Here are a few random pics from within my iPhoto library that I thought might be interesting enough to post up here… enjoy.

Guettler, Chris, myself & Nick spend a day at the beach.

What time is it?

Osato, myself, Pete Radivo & Nick Richardson at X Air in NZ, 2006.

Haimona looking cool as ever in Melbourne a few years ago.

Pete Radivo… hating my paparazi.

Ryan out the back of an old bike shop in Sydney a few years ago.

Pete & Nick back from shopping.

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I would like to wish everyone out there a very Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year.

Everyone here at Colony would like to thank all our team riders, distributors, bike shops around the world, our agent in Taiwan, magazines & websites that have given us coverage & lastly but certainly not least, any rider that has supported Colony in one form or another. Be it by buying some of our products or just checking out what we have to offer. Without all your support Colony would not be what it is today. Thank you.

Let’s hope Santa brings you plenty of Colony goodies like under this humble little tree…

Yo yo yo (Ho ho ho) !!

Steve from our UK distributor Shindig Distribution just sent me a pic of his new bike he has built up. It looks pretty damn hot !! Check out his impressive parts list below…

Frame: Colony 2008 Sect 20.5 brakeless.
Forks: Colony MVP forks.
Bars: Colony Bloody Oath.
Grips: Kink Omega (what’s left of them)
Stem: Colony Official.
Front wheel: Proper
Rear wheel: Proper, 10T with ceramic bearing.
Sprocket: Colony Official 28T.
Cranks: Colony 3pc.
Pedals: Odyssey Gi Resin.
Seat post: Yeah I have one, get over it.
Seat: Colony Slim Pivotal.
Tyres: Fly Bikes Ruben.
Pegs: Colony One Way.
Weight: 21.8lbs
Mods: Nothing really, a little excess metal trimmed.

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wowow, posts galore hay, well, this is a lil bit of a multi post of sorts! anyways, I made a music video for some of my buddies from a band called BLEEDERS a while ago, you can peep it here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2VrglmSC18

visit their myspace site to have a listen to their latest album, fuckin sweet shit!

Also, my friend Angelo who’s the lead singer from BLEEDERS is organising this sweet event called KILLERFEST, anyways, As well as repping Colony, I also ride for The Shadow Conspiracy and we thought it would be cool to get TSC involved in this, so come along if you’re up for a sweet night on the terps! there’s gonna be a few TSC giveaways on the night, so make sure you get your ticket early, as this is gonna be ‘Killer’ ha! thanks to Chris at 666 and Ronnie B at Shadow!

 And finally, I started a Blog! ahaha, Tim White and The Wazman are gonna be doing posts up on it,  it’s just gonna have random stupid shit, riding, drinking, girls, more drinking, and probably some more riding shit, along with hot gossip from Hollywood!!

www.clubhorny.blogspot.com

 Right Thhhuurrr!!!

Well, since it seems to be the week of making up new bikes, here is another very new set up… courtesy of Cooper Brownlee & Scott Greentree of Focalpoint Check over on the Focalpoint site for a better quality image of my new bike.

Something very different for me that’s for certain… perhaps even some kind of mid-life crisis? Either way… it’s going to be a challenge that I welcome.

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Seems like it’s that time of the year for everyone to be getting new bikes. Here is Andy Kent’s new MVP, enjoy.

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Thats right pimps, playas and hustlers, built up a brand new whip bar the Colony wheelset n Guettler pur pur pur puurrpppllee official forks! If you know me, then you know that I like my bikes a lil bit on the ‘RAW’ side, kinda clunky, so its a new feeling for me to have a bike as smoove as dis blimpy right heeerree! shit be straight out tha west throw them D’s up, where my C cups at where my D cups at!? bllatt bllaattt!! Colony X Shadow collab on every part bar the brakes n rims, Its even got my boy Fiiddyy Cent straight playa pranksta’s seal of approval, thug fresh to tha illist playa!! you gotta have them Skrilla if you wanna be the illaaa!!! know whadd im saaayyyiiinnn!!

I saw Peta the other day down at Crosser’s & she had her bike in the new colour for that week (she paints her bike every few weeks !!) I hooked her up a few new parts like our Mid Pivotal Seat & Official Sprocket as well as some Unlucky13 Tall bars. Peta is a light weight freak so you know it’s a light bike… that’s how we roll at Colony.

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Check back in the next few days to see more pics of these 3 parts here… built-up.

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Here is the new advert featuring Ryan Guettler & his line of signature products as well as our ground breaking Oneway Pegs.

Ryan’s Unlucky13 Bars, Official Forks, Sprocket & Stem are available worldwide right now. The stem has even been popping up on a few pro’s bike checks of late too, proving it is one of the most sought after stems on the market today.

This advert will feature in Ride BMX USA, 2020 BMX as well as Focalpoint BMX magazines.

Our Oneway pegs feature a unique internal design which makes them very light. They are basically thicker on the bottom where you grind & thinner on top where you don’t. See the pic below for what I mean. Simple. Another Colony original design.

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Richo just sent me a quick email to say that he is having a blast hanging at Ryan’s place in Greenville & has extended his trip now another few weeks. So we wont be seeing Nick at Beenleigh anytime soon just yet.

Richo also sent me a pic of himself getting tattooed… pretty crazy sleeve work.

Pic courtesy of Guettler

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Long time Colony supporter, Epic BMX, held ‘A Month In The Life Of’ DVD premiere on December 1st. They also had a jam with cool little comps like a bunny hop comp & a game of foot down.

Check out their site for a little news report on the day at www.epicbmx.com

Many thanks go out to Epic BMX & Tip Plus for organising such a cool day.

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I just spent the weekend in Tasmania chilling with family without my bike. For those that don’t know where Tasmania is check a map of Australia & see that little Island at the bottom? Well, that’s Tassie as us Aussies affectionately know it as.

It was great to relax without my bike for once & just do the tourist things that ‘normal’ people do. I checked out a few cool spots like Brady’s Lookout where we saw an Echidna going about his daily routine. Pretty cool to see. While driving back from there I saw this cool little park in a small town called, Beaconsfield.

I also checked out Tassie’s only BMX shop in Launceston called, Highroller BMX. It’s ran by a local rider named Brad & was really cool to see. If your ever there you HAVE to drop in & buy something or die. haha.

All in all it was a nice relaxed weekend & now I head home to turn around & go to Taiwan tomorrow… my travel never ends it seems !!

Even bushrangers need to have rails to ride.

Highroller BMX carry Colony & wethepeople as well as many other cool brands.

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I caught up with Angela Dobbie yesterday down at Crossley Cycles to hook her up with some of our limited edition Purple parts. Her bike now has Purple overload but looks great I think. She now has a Purple Official stem, Konka Bar Ends, Oneway Pegs, Mid Seat to match her Purple custom Sect in 20.25′.

Check out her bike below & then start searching for your favourite parts at your favourite BMX shop now !!

New Colony action figure…coming soon.

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Our next limited edition colourway is the Laser Green pictured below on the Official Sprocket & the Transformer Lever in the Trigger version. These along with our next wave of 2008 parts will be shipping worldwide late in December & so will be available everywhere in January/February depending on what country you live in.

You will be able to get all our parts in this Laser Green as shown including all our forks & bars for your colour co-ordination efforts.

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We have had some very stressfull days here working on a problem that has hit us this week.

I am very sad to report that we encountered a problem with our 2008 frames recently shipped worldwide. There has been a manufacturing fault discovered in that the BB shells are ovalised on all Bloody Oath, MVP & Sect frames for 2008. This in turn would make the BB bearings sieze up & not turn freely. This does NOT affect any 2007 model Sect frames out there.

As these frames were not up to our strict quality standards, I made the decision to have them re-called before they hit the markets around the world. I don’t want Colony products out there unless they are absolutely 100% perfect.

This problem does not affect the 2008 Sect Limited Edition complete bike I am happy to report.

I am sorry for the delay this will cause but in March it will be worth the wait. We are having them all made again & making sure this rare problem never occurs again.

I thank everyone out there who has supported Colony from day one. We here at Colony always strive to offer you the best possible products & we will continue to do so.

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The very special Sect Limited Edition Complete bike is now available in selected countries.

Australia, New Zealand & the USA have them in stores right now. While the UK, Russia & South Korea will have them very soon.

These very high end bikes are limited to only 75 bikes for the entire planet. They will go very fast… so don’t delay in getting yourself one. You will be hard pressed to beat these bikes for straight-out-of-the-box value & performance. Check the products section for full details.

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There is a short video interview with myself about Colony on Ryan’s website at ryanguettler.com

Check it out here if you like…

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By now most countries that have Colony Distribution will have received all our 2008 parts lines.

Everything from our Official stem, forks & sprocket to our Bloody Oath Bars, Transformer Levers, Pivotal Seats & Posts, Oneway Pegs & much more is available in a wide range of colours including Black, Pale Blue, Pale Red & the limited edition Purple. The next limited edition colour is Laser Green… a painted finish which looks amazing. I will post pics of this colour in the weeks to come.

Stock is going fast so don’t delay in tracking down your favourite Colony parts.

Transformer Levers in Pale Red, Pale Blue & Black.

Pivotal Post in Pale Red.

Bloody Oath Bars in Metallic Bloody Red, White & Black.

Pivotal Slim Seat.

Official Stem in Black, Pale Red & Pale Blue.

Oneway Pegs in Pale Blue, Black & Pale Red.

New 2008 Sticker Packs.

Official V3 Fork in Black.

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The last few days I have been hanging out with Jerry Badders the BMX team manager for Vans. Today he showed me around the Vans offices in California & I gotta say it’s a pretty cool set up. It’s a huge place with so much cool stuff to check out. They even have a nice mini ramp set-up as well. Definately BMX friendly too. I also got to check out Guettler’s new Whip 2 shoe in the flesh & it looks pretty damn cool to say the least.

We have been working with Vans now for a few months on a collaboration Whip 2 shoe with Colony & Vans. Expect to see it available Spring 2009 which means available January 2009. So yeah you will have to wait a while but it will be worth the wait.

I will post more info here once it becomes available.

Jerry Badders desk.

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Last week we visted the Orchid / Littledevil offices in Philly. Liam & Nick wanted to go ‘shopping’ & get some new clothes & shoes. So we all tagged along & checked out the place. We got to see the infamous bowl & yes it looks just as good as you can imagine. Pitty we didn’t have time to ride it at all but was a good tease for sure.

It was cool to see a copy of Focalpoint in the front office on the coffee table. Focalpoint rules & good to see it on the other side of the planet.

Liam & Nick going ‘shopping’

Yeah yeah, FP in the house !!

Mick & friend.

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Strictly BMX have done a cool thing with some of their 2008 Endeavor complete bikes & swapped the forks & bars from each colourway to make some cool customs. Check their website for full details… they also have some Sect frame custom builds available as well.

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Our Oneway Pegs are growing in popularity the world over & for few good reasons…

1. They are light weight due to their special design & construction. So much so, that some companies feel the need to ‘copy’ our special internal offset design with them being thicker on the bottom where you grind & thinner on the top where you don’t grind. See the diagram for details.

2. They come with the optional built-in chain tensioner that is also removable. Giving you complete freedom on how you run your pegs. See picture below.

3. They come in a great range of colours.

4. They grind just as fast if not faster than traditional crmo or titanium pegs. They also hold up to street use as Liam Fahy-Hampton & Mick Bayzand inform me.

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Bruno Faucon from France sent me a pic of his new ride. His nice new 2008 Bloody Oath Frame with Full Post Heat Treatment technology in 21 inch with Bloody Oath bars, MVP Forks with Official Stem & Sprocket. Looks like a pretty sweet ride to me… I am sure Bruno will be killing it as always on his new beast.

For all your Colony needs in France contact Unleaded BMX they will sort you with the best Colony has to offer at a price you cannot beat in France.

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ahhh, the weekend just gone was the zombie hop comp, triple six gallery show, and wazman’s halloween party. I’m not really one to enter a hop comp, I’m confident enough in my hop to get up or over anything that may be in my way street, so I was down to take it easy and chill and have a laugh n stuff. A quick early morning stop at the bottle shop on route to the jam and the day got off to a good start!

 I had my money on Simon Palmer and he ended up winning, check the awesome trophy that redbull got done for the winner!! there was an in and out comp and a big game of footdown, All in all it was an awesome time, with a bunch of out of towners making the trip up. The drinks kept flowing into the afternoon so it was time to put the peddle to the metal and get hammered a bit more! A bit later on was the triple 666 gallery show, aha,  there was a keg of ice cold beer as well as lots of new products from a bunch of companies that 666 do, they just picked up Fremont clothing so it was cool to see all that stuff, and of course, a bunch of buzzy stuff from Colony!! Lester from Quitechoas had a bunch of cool clothing there as well. Big ups to Justin from Redbull, 666 mike, Zombie Mike and Lester for an awesome time!

Whew, still, the drinking kept going and it was time to head shore side to Wazman’s halloween party. Can’t really remember much from the party hay, lots of people laughing and getting RAD on the loose juice! The one pic that I got was this one of the wazman looking bloody scary as shit!! aha, his outfit actually looked normal on him, guess it went pretty well with his Misfit’s Tattoo!

Lastly, was at the beach the other day and there was a family of ducks swimming along the shoreline, ducks at the beach?? whats next!!?? topless girls sunbathing!!?? ahaha, bring on suuummmeerrrrr!!!….