Colony BMX UK

My new set up (bike check)

2010-10-25T03:30:00.000-07:00

Here is my new bike everyone
hope you like it !
Bike check:
Frame: Colony sweetooth 20.25
Wheels: Colony Completes
Forks: Colony dagger
Bars: Colony dagger 8.1
Pedals: Colony plastic
Cranks: Colony
Stem: Colony
Seat: Colony
Seatpost:Colony
Mid BB : Colony
Headset: Colony
Brake lever : Colony
Brake : Colony
Grips: Colony
Sprocket: Colony 25 tooth
Tires: KHE
Gyro: Snafu
Cables : Odyssey
Pegs : Colony
Chain: Shadow

Nike 6.0 tunnel

2010-10-25T03:16:00.000-07:00

Went down to the nike tunnel last week with the colony and cardinal team.

Good times had by all, big thanks to alan for setting this up.

One of the best skateparks i've ever rode !

SDB SG Edit

2010-08-06T12:49:00.000-07:00

Untitled from sam davies-bate on Vimeo.

Liam @ FISE

2010-06-13T01:34:00.001-07:00

This is a photo of Liam in the finals at Fise 2010, he was the youngest rider to reach the finals and finished 8th.

Gnarkill Custom

2010-06-12T09:58:00.000-07:00

Candy Red Phantom

2010-06-12T09:55:00.000-07:00

Sold now, but talk to us, let us build your dream custom.

Black/Orange Custom Phantom

2010-06-12T09:53:00.000-07:00

Another Custom Phantom

2010-06-12T09:49:00.001-07:00

Custom Phantom

2010-04-05T04:34:00.000-07:00

Info here.

New Colony Tees

2010-03-10T10:39:00.000-08:00

Here soon!

Ride Ad

2010-02-21T11:52:00.001-08:00

SDB's New Hoops

2010-01-20T09:29:00.000-08:00

Finally weaned Sam off his Profile's he he...

Custom Teddy

2010-01-16T11:47:00.000-08:00

Built for a customer with flat Black with Acid Green parts. Sorry the pic is crummy the light outside was non-existent today.

Welcome to the team Alex

2010-01-15T09:14:00.000-08:00

Name – Alex McGimpsey

Age - 15

Birthplace – Liverpool

Local skate park – Rampworx

Riding since - 2007

Favourite trick - 360 lookback

Favourite colony team rider – Ryan Guettler

Other hobbies – Clay pigeon shooting

Bike check

Frame - Colony Gnarkill - 21"

Forks - Colony Phantom

Bars - Federal Lacey Bars

Stem - Profile acoustic

Headset - FSA impact

Grips - Colony LFH

Bar Ends - Colony Konka

Cranks - Profile racing

BB - Colony Mid

Pedals - Odyssey Twisted pc

Sprocket - Federal light 28t

Chain - KMC Superlight

Seat - Federal sl

Seat post - Macneil stump

Front Hub - Profile mini

Front Rim - Alienation Runaway

Front tyre - KHE MAC 2 street

Rear Hub - Profile mini 10t

Rear Rim - Macneil dub

Rear tyre - KHE MAC 2 street

The New Guy

2010-01-15T02:26:00.000-08:00

Colony Flatland Stuff Is Here!

2010-01-15T02:18:00.000-08:00

Frames, forks, bars, stems! Here is the DejaVu frame put together as a kit. We'd be keen on co-sponsoring a flatlander on one of these - contact us if interested.

Purple Fever...

2010-01-11T13:44:00.000-08:00

... contines with Liam's latest set-up*. We have a new UK team rider on COLONY too, all be be revealed later this week!

*Liam's Acid Green bike will be for sale soon, so check www.alansbmx.com for that.

Teddy Custom Wallpaper

2010-01-08T13:32:00.001-08:00

We just re-did some shots of the Purple Storm Teddy custom in the carpark behind the shop. I think they came out amazing so here is a full size one that you can use as Wallpaper.
1440x900.
Picture by Ian.

Custom Teddy Video

2009-12-01T04:52:00.001-08:00

New Liam Video

2009-11-05T14:10:00.001-08:00

Liam Vance from richard johnson on Vimeo.

Harry Main Bike Check

2009-11-01T10:18:00.001-08:00

Here.

SDB On Board

2009-10-19T01:00:00.000-07:00

Sam Davies-Bate who has been riding for us for a while now is riding a COLONY. Here's his bike:

SDB Edit

2009-10-15T12:26:00.000-07:00

Our rider Sam Davies-Bate is now on Colony. Edit by Danny Guider.

SAM from Danny Guider on Vimeo.

murray jam

2009-08-30T15:42:00.000-07:00

so a load of us went to the murray jam on saturday! A brilliant day was had by everyone there and i got to see a few familiar faces which was always good! i found this picture wile i was doin some face book lurkin so thought id stick it up! Im not sure who the photographer was but thankyou anyways!

Next Ride Ad

2009-08-21T00:22:00.000-07:00

Here's our ad for the next Ride featuring all the new coloured alloy parts.

Liam's new ride

2009-08-05T13:59:00.000-07:00

Liam just got the new Acid Green and Gold parts and built up a 19.8" Bloody Oath.

New Colony Delivery This Week!

2009-07-19T03:10:00.001-07:00

You can expect to see a bunch of this stuff - will be available to order online later in the week :)

The colours this time 'round are:

Steel parts: Lighter Black, Acid Green, Dark Purple, White.
Alloy parts: Black, Dark Red, Dark Purple, Gold.

Last ever Fluro Yellow Custom Sect

2009-07-19T03:08:00.000-07:00

Full spec here.

Next Ride Ad

2009-07-07T00:47:00.001-07:00

2 More Customs

2009-06-25T10:40:00.000-07:00

FISE X Liam

2009-06-01T00:26:00.000-07:00

Our Colony rider Liam Vance went out to Montpellier, France for the FISE comp. Finished 2nd in his qualifying griup and ws 6th in the final (after a crash). This was Under 16's as well (Liam's 12). Well done Liam!

Race Bars

2009-05-12T01:42:00.000-07:00

I thought I'd mention that our two Elite racers, Luke Tamblyn and Warren Bancroft are running Bloody Oath bars on their race bikes.

Teez

2009-05-12T01:30:00.001-07:00

At the printers now.

Bloody Black

2009-05-04T03:06:00.000-07:00

I know, I know we are a bit late with one of these but we've been busy. Fluro Yellow one to follow later this week.

Guess who...

2009-04-30T09:16:00.000-07:00

...picked up his Colony parts yesterday?

Johnny Bloody Black

2009-04-13T03:52:00.000-07:00

Johnny's Tangerine frame and black forks and black bars are available for sale now in the shop, please ask.

Liam Yellow

2009-04-13T03:47:00.000-07:00

Liam's Tangerine & White parts will available in the shop shortly. Please ask.

yoyo

2009-03-24T13:02:00.000-07:00

yoo

so the weather got bit better the last two weeks and a few of us tride to make the most of it and hit up a bit of street riding! heres a few pictures that were taken and a bike check!

thanks to brandon and tech marshal for being patient and taking the pictures!

Liam Colonial ad

2009-03-23T01:36:00.001-07:00

Her a 1/2 page ad for Ride #127 I just finished up featuring Liam. JD you're next ;)

New Colony Shipment

2009-03-12T00:43:00.000-07:00

Due any day now, lots of goodies including the Plastic Fantastic pedals, restocks plus new colours: Flo Yellow, Polished and Bloody Black.

Liam on Vital

2009-03-12T00:34:00.000-07:00

http://www.vitalbmx.com/photos/member/TABLE-AIR,15825/liam11bmx,28090
There are a few pics on there, keep clicking next.

Sect Completes

2009-03-07T11:37:00.000-08:00

A few we built recently, all now sold. Look for more this Spring, all one-offs.

Vans Whip X Colony

2009-03-06T13:45:00.000-08:00

Here.

video

2009-02-10T11:41:00.000-08:00

yo so this winter has been a harsh one and there hasn't been much street ridin going on at all just been ridin rampcity which is probably the best indoor park in the northwest anyway! me and a few others put a quick video together from 2 nites. in the video theres me ivern rob c and jack hope you enjoy!

you can see the video at www.vimeo.com/2883671

Liam on MPORA

2009-01-07T23:48:00.000-08:00

liam vance bmx >>

Free Colony DVD promo

2008-12-18T12:30:00.000-08:00

We are running a free DVD promo in various countries over the coming weeks.

Basically, spend 20.00 or more on COLONY pproducts & get a free Colony Web Videos DVD. It features all our web videos we have produced over the past year plus a few little extras. Total running time is approx. 45mins. Thanks for everyone’s support out there for Colony & this is a small way for us to say thanks.

The DVD’s are strictly limited so once they’re gone, they’re gone. So check with key selected retailers in the following countries over the next week or two & ask for your free DVD when you make your next Colony purchase.

Liam's Bloody Oath -19.8 lbs!

2008-12-14T12:32:00.000-08:00

Our team rider Liam Vance just built up a 19.8 Bloody Oath which Clint managed to find for us (thanks Clint). Although we underestimated the demand for these we do have this shorter size coming on future orders. Liam also has some of the Tangerine parts which were super-popular and virtually all sold out now.

Colony Bloody Oath frame 2009, 19.8.
Colony Official forks.
Colony Official bars, 7.25.
Colony Official stem.
Colony Konka barends.
Colony Official sprocket.
Colony Pivotal seat & post.
Colony Clone front hub.
Colony Transformer brake lever.
Colony Colonial cranks.
Fly brake.
Primo Balance 7000 front rim.
Proper Double Butted spokes.
Snafu Mobeus.
Proper rear rim.
Ti Spokes.
Profile Mini Cassette, Ti driver and axle.
Wellgo MG-1 pedals.
KHE Premium folding Park tyres.

19.8lbs.

Another Sect complete

2008-11-21T00:35:00.001-08:00

Just completed... and sold, more to come though.

2009 Colony parts are in!

2008-11-10T23:51:00.000-08:00

Out first delivery of 2009 parts has arrived at AlansBMX, here are a few images:

Sect Complete

2008-11-09T07:34:00.000-08:00

One we just did that is sold already, more to come though.

Plastic Fantastic

2008-10-12T11:36:00.000-07:00

Colony are on with these now, we'll have before Chistams, colours to be confirmed, but clear colours have just been added.

a week of summer

2008-09-29T12:03:00.000-07:00

so yes we have had a whole one more week of summer and ive been trying to make the most of it! theres been a bit of a routine this week of finish work drive to southport, ride the trails, ride the skatepark, maybe some street then home! i have to say this week has been brill! good weather amazing friends and good spots to ride! southport skatepark is deffinatly my flavor of the month!

below are a few pictures shot by neil one is me and the other is the infamous IGGY doin one of the best inverts ive seen!

Colony @ Interbike

2008-09-25T07:44:00.009-07:00

Cabinet of new colours - white cranks are in there, red stems and sprockets, the new Pivotal seats too. We have this stuff on the sea right now.

New colourway frames, check out the Bloody Black B.Oath

Silver and polished parts, orange stuff and you can just see the plastic pedals bottom right!

Close up of the 2.5pc cranks. 48 spline 19mm at one end, 20mm at the other.

LV Pics

2008-09-02T14:02:00.000-07:00

Cheers' Bloody Oath

2008-09-02T00:11:00.000-07:00

Chris "Cheers" Cheers' tricked out 22lb Bloody Oath just finished yesterday:

RO's ride

2008-09-01T01:05:00.001-07:00

Some of you might remember Robin Owen who used to work for us and is an OG member of the HDP squad (and rode for us under Dirt Bros in the UK). Anyway he moved down to Cornwall and has been shredding up the trails and parks down there - and just sent us pics of his new Sect ride. Enjoy.

fist blog

2008-07-20T16:39:00.000-07:00

ok so here goes my first blog!

first of id liek to give a huge thanks to alan and everyone at alans for helping me out so quickly! also a huge thanks to clint at colony for putting me on the team. i couldnt be happier with the whole situation and my bike feels unreal! i was worried a 21 inch top tube was going to be to long at first but turns out its just right.

heres my new steed full of colony parts and a few others to hold it together!

hope you all like!

jonny

Bloody Oath video

2008-07-16T11:33:00.001-07:00

Alan talking about the Bloody Oath complete...

Whip it

2008-07-16T00:58:00.001-07:00

We were in the Vans showroom yesterday doing our ordering for Spring 2009 and they had the Colony Whip 2 shoe there, I know Clint posted this on the Colony site before but I thought you wouldn't mind seeing a few more images. We will have these Jan '09. BTW we do have the Whip 2 Guettler print shoe in stock now.

Liam's 900g Wheel

2008-07-13T02:40:00.000-07:00

is featured on the Profile Europe site.

Vans Tour THIS SATURDAY

2008-07-13T02:31:00.001-07:00

Bike Check: Liam Vance

2008-07-10T23:11:00.000-07:00

Liam Vance bike check:
Just built this Beast up,absolutely amazing to ride,Colony frame and parts are amazingly light!

Bike weighing in at 21lb!!
Frame: 2008 Colony MPV FHT 20.25.
Fork:Colony V3 official.
Handlebars: Unlucky 13 7.3 rise.
Headset: Colony intergrated.
Stem: Colony official.
Seat :Colony pivotal.
Seat post: Colony pivotal stump.
Seat clamp: built in.
Bottom bracket: Mid Profile with ti axle.
Cranks: Profile 175mm with ti flush bolts.
Chainwheel: Colony Official.
Pedals: Victim ti mag.
Tyres: KHE.
Front Wheel: Profile 36 with sun envy rim, ti spokes.
Back Wheel: Profile 36 with sun envy rim, ti axle, ti spokes.
Lever: Colony transformer.
Brake: Fly
Detangler: Snafu.
Bar Ends: Colony konka red.

Team rider: Johnny Devine

2008-07-09T13:18:00.003-07:00

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!!!

Team rider: Liam Vance

2008-07-09T13:11:00.000-07:00

Age: 11 years
Hometown: Liverpool
BMX historyso far:
Backyard Jam 2004 Derby aged 7,(youngest rider)
Backyard Jam 2005 Brighton aged 8(youngest rider)
Haro Gold Cup winner 2005 under 10's
Backyard qualifiers 2006 4th place
Backyard jam 2006 Sheffield 12th overall
Ambitions:To ride all the BMX comps at home and abroad and to be successful in them.

Welcome...

2008-07-09T12:45:00.000-07:00

...welcome, welcome. Here you're gonna get the full scoop on everything going on with Colony in good old Blighty. I am sure there'll be some posts along in a minute but in the meantime send us pics of your Colony set-ups to and we'll post them here! Thanks and see you soon.
Alan