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Hungarian bike check with Attilla Godi

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Our Hungarian distributor, Harlee Distribution, has just received their first shipment of Colony parts & they are proving to be very popular already.

I would also like to formally welcome to our flow team, Attilla Godi, as our Hungarian Colony rider. We are stoked to have Attila in our worldwide family.

Check out Attila’s brand new ride he has built up here. Looks great with the Grey & Pale Blue colour combo. His bike is full of these Colony parts…

Frame – Colony Sect 2008 model 20.5″
Fork – Colony Official V3
Stem – Colony Official
Bars – Colony Unlucky13 7.9″
Barends Colony Konka
Headset – Colony
Sprocket – Colony Official 25T
Seat – Colony Slim pivotal
Seatpost – Colony pivotal

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Posted in Flow Team, Random News |

Cube flatland frame update

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Shane Badman’s signature flatland frame is getting closer to reality. Here is one that my friend Ross Lavender, is in the process of building up. It wont come in this colour but it looks pretty fresh. Ross did the powder coating himself at Lewis & Sons Powder Coating.

In Shane news… he is about to make the move to Egypt to live & will have a job doing shows on a daily basis on some luxury resort. Sounds pretty good to me.

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Mick Bayzand video

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

An old one but a good one none the less. Some of this was filmed about 5 years ago but can still hold its own today. Mick rules, always has, always will. He heads over to Vancouver to live for a couple years soon but I am sure we will continue to see & hear great things from him. Be on the lookout for some coverage from an upcoming farewell trip to Canberra with Liam Fahy-Hampton, Zac Miner & myself.   

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Alex Hiam web vid

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

Our latest web video is with our 12 year old ripper, Alex Hiam from Brisbane, Australia. Alex is on our flow team through Crossley Cycles & we filmed this section over the past 4 weekends.

I really like his riding because he has such a great mix of tech but check the video & make up your own mind. The best thing about Alex is his attitude towards riding. He is all about just having fun & is always smiling on & off his bike. Alex has the skills no doubt & I am looking forward to the years that lay ahead for this kid.

Click here to check out his video.

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Posted in Flow Team, Videos |

Hell Stallion update…

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

Here we have the Hell Stallion frame & fork by Liam Fahy-Hampton, shown for the first time with the graphics. We’re very happy on how they came out.

Liam’s frame & fork will be available from late June in kit form along with a Colony headset & Official stem. You will be able to purchase the frame & fork individually in August. 

Frame Specs…

Full Post Heat Treated Colonized CrMo
TT sizes – 20.85 or 21.25″
HT – 75.5 degrees
ST – 71 degrees
CS – 13.75″
ST height – 7″
Weight – 4.8lbs
LIFETIME WARRANTY

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Bruno Faucon bike check

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Unleaded in France hooked us up with Bruno Faucon to be on our flow team. Bruno kills it over there & has just built up a fresh new ride. Check out his bike check on databmx.com by clicking here now.

Thanks for the awesome support from the guys at Unleaded, databmx & Bruno himself… perhaps one day we have to organise a Colony tour in France?

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Posted in Flow Team, Random News |

Girls video comp winners !!

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

The Colony girls video comp has come to an end & we have our winners. We received entries from all over the world with some very good riding. Here we have the top 3 videos. If you wish to check out all the entries click here.

1st place Karla Wright (check the hand rail she does… awesome to see)

2nd place was Rose Huston

3rd place was Annika Jonsson (aka Kemikal)

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The girls can expect the prizes set out above in the mail shortly. Many thanks go out to Angela Dobbie for running such a cool comp, you rule Ang !!

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Vans / Colony collaboration Whip 2

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

Late last year I released the news that Vans & Colony were working together on a Whip 2 shoe with Ryan Guettler. Well, here are the first pics of what the shoe will look like. It’s a huge deal for us to have this honour to work with a company like Vans & were stoked. Some of the Colony team will be lucky enough to have sample pairs soon.  

Expect the shoe to be available to the public January 2009. 

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Random shots…

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

I went out for a bit of an unexpected rail mission the other day with John Buultjens from Forgotten Bikes & Alex Hiam our flow team rider & got these quick shots. Nothing crazy but I was pretty stoked I did these first try.  

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Photo credit John Buultjens

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Old school BMX show

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

On the weekend we had the old school BMX show here in Brisbane & it was a great time for sure. So many great old memories came rushing back & it was cool to see some old faces as well. Check out the pics from the day & get a taste of what it was like to ride in years so long ago, or so it seems? There were bikes from some of the greats of the past & some of the less known from back in the day. An old school flatland jam also busted out with many tricks that have been almost forgotten. 

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Before Colony there was Prody.

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Ross Lavender & myself with our Prody frames & Rob Lewis with a funky chicken.

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Posted in Random News |

Clone Front hub update

Monday, May 19th, 2008

I received the final sample of our Clone front hub today & it looks just how we wanted it. It features a 3 piece axle design with a very clean hub shell with a small flange diameter. Light, clean & simple… the way things are meant to be.

Colours available for the initial release in late June will be Black, Red & a limited edition White. Be on the lookout for additional limited edition colours of Tangerine & Grey in August.

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A busy weekend ahead

Friday, May 16th, 2008

If you’re in the Brisbane/Gold Coast region there are a few events on this weekend…

The grand opening of the new Elanora park is on Saturday & you could be lucky enough to win a Colony Endeavor complete bike courtesy of Helensvale Cycle Scene. You will also have the chance to see Tim Wood in action with a demo at the massive new bowl complete with a full pipe.  

Then on Sunday there is an old school BMX show and shine which will show case BMX history from the very beginnings. Be sure to say happy birthday to Rob Lewis while you’re there. 

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