Product News:

The guys at FBM have finally revealed their new range of complete bikes and these things are looking sweet! They have a full range of bikes ranging from entry level up to high end pro models. Here is a quick look at some of the bikes but to see the full range head on over to www.fbmbmx.com. These will be available in SA towards the end of the year.

In Odyssey News,

Aaron Ross's signature Spacebar is now available in the USA and will be shipping to SA soon.
Here are the specs:
Rise: 8.15"
Width: 28"
Backsweep: 12°
Upsweep: 2°
Multi-Butted
41 Thermal
Black, White and Limited to come.
If you like the feel of big bars but would prefer a smaller box, than these are for you.

Posted by: Admin [May 19, 2008]

Colin Loudon Bike Check:

Colin has just given his bike a once over and Lloyd sent us through these updated pics. Here is a run down of his latest setup.

FRAME: T1 5 a Day
FORK: Odyssey 07 Classic Race
BARS: SundayTriumph
STEM: Odyssey Classic
GRIPS: United repeat
LEVER: Odyssey Monolever medium
CABLE: Odyssey slick (lower) dragonfly (top)
BRAKES: Odyssey Evo2
GYRO: Odyssey GTX
FRONT WHEEL: Odyssey Hazard lite (36),with Odyssey Vandero.
REAR WHEEL: Odyssey Hazard lite (36) with Odyssey Hazard Cassette (36)
TYRES: Odyssey Dirt Path 2.2 (front), Odyssey Dirt path 1.85 (back)
CRANKS: Odyssey Wombolt 175mm
PEDALS: Odyssey PC twisted pedals
SPROCKET: United (30T)
CHAIN: KMC Drop Buster
SEAT: Federal slim seat (Camo)
SEAT POST CLAMP: None

lloyd also sent through this snap of Colin doing a 360 lookback over the last set at Giba on his revamped steed.

Posted by: Admin [May 14, 2008]

Gareth Lyle News:

Gareth Lyle shot us a mail to let us know what he has been up to. Some of you will know that Gareth and Tyrone were the first two guys to ride for us. Gareth took a little lime off a few years back to focus on his band but has recently started riding again. For those of you who weren't around 4 or 5 years back here are some pics of Gareth off of our old site.

Peg stall at Thrashers in PTA.

Crazy transfer at a PE comp.

OLD SCHOOL pic of Gareth riding at the Woodstock 2 (I think) KOD. I remember at this event Gareth did the most insane transfer from one line to the other. It was huge.

Anyway Gareth has also been trying his hand at the MX thing and sent us these snaps of himself hitting the jumps at base three. This was the first time hitting FMX jumps and he says its a lot of fun.

We are stoked to hear Gareth is back on his bike, and if we are lucky we may see some pics of him shredding the streets in the near future...

In other news the Guys at We The People have put up some dope wall papers for all of you to download. Head on over to www.wethepeople.de to check them out.

Posted by: Admin [May 09, 2008]

Back Online:

We are finally back online after our server locked us down due to the huge amounts of traffic we got last month. Seems all the updates and pics from the tour blew our cap and we had to sit it out until the new month rolled around. Well we are back up and running so you can expect plenty of updates from here on out...

Firstly the new Alienation stock has arrived and will start shipping to stores this week. We have PBR rims in black, Black Sheep rims in black, red, and blue, as well as anklebiter rims in black, red, and blue. The PBR and Black Sheep rims are your standard 20" rims and are perfect for most riders. the Anklebiter's are 1 1/8 and 1 3/8 rims and are specifically for the racer kids. look for these to be in stores by the end of the week.

The other big news is that we have 2 new employees here at Empire! We would like to welcome James Brawn and Brad Illingworth to the family! Both these guys have been working (and still do) in BMX retail for many years and they will now also be working for us.

James will now be our West Coast sales rep and will be calling on all of our stores in the Cape Town area.

Brad will be holding it down for us in the Gauteng province and will be servicing our stores in those areas. We are super stoked to have these guys onboard, and thanks to them you will be seeing a lot more of our products in stores around SA.

Thants it for today. Check back for some fresh news next week.

Posted by: Admin [May 02, 2008]