R.I.P. Ed Bonnin… you will be missed…

Ride on…
Ed Bonnin R.I.P. 01~07~09

It’s 6:40 am on Friday morning and I wish I would have slept a lot longer. First thing I did was check my e mail only to read the tragic news that Ed Bonnin pasted away Wednesday night. Sadly and  apparently, Ed took his own life although the details are unclear. Ed was a driving force in the Aussie 26″ scene with talent and style for days. WTF!!!???!!! My most heart felt condolences go out to the Bonnin family, I’m gonna go ride and remember my friend….
carter

Gday Carter

Im a mate of Ed Bonnin’s and just thought I would contact you, as he use to rave about blackmarket bikes! But anyhow, if you havent heard – Ed passed away Wednesday night. Unfortunately Ed took his own life, the circumstances that surround this are fairly sketchy. The kid was full of beans and had a personality to be jealous of and the skills to match…….tragic loss.

All the best

Peter Davey
Human Resource Services
Shared Services
0438 329 843

Tasmanian Polytechnic, Tasmanian Academy, Tasmanian Skills Institute
  

Happy New Year!!!

Sorry for the delay… either Blogger wasn’t working properly or I felt like being 4 days late for New Years…

 
Make it a good one!!!
carter

SD Represent!!!!

Rick is probably going to get milk in this photo…
you never know what’s gonna happen in Rick’s livingroom…

This is the beginning of the end…
notice the floor and the guy’s head in the back lurkin’… I think Brian Miller is 12.

just a taste…..

Ricks Party from alex Reveles on Vimeo.

A couple of years ago I was shooting pool in Whistler at the Long Horn during CrankWorx. I was drunk off my ass and having a great time when I met Rick Nolte… we proceeded to run the table until I may or may not have been asked to leave??? Hmmm….

SO… over the past year I’ve become pretty close friends with Rick and I’ve really come to respect his style and confidence both on & off his bike… I watched as he rolled out of his house cold, pedaled to the corner hopped 180 and performed a eh… 1/2 mile roll back AT SPEED. All the while chatting with me, making eye contact… taking his feet off. RETARDED bike control!!!
Rickdiculous has a plethora of Unique, Original tricks like high speed no-foot can manuals or the crazy full speed downhill nose wheelie across the street(timed with the light) pivot 180 to fakie x-up ride to half cab out or so he say…
I’ve also witness the insanity of his 39th birthday with guest rap superstar “T-Sage”. Unfortunately for Rick’s hard wood floors… Rick celebrated with lots of household baking and cooking ingredients which wound up everywhere!!! Mixed in was a Liberal… no…GENEROUS amount of liquor, beer… etc. Thus creating a new form of floor covering/concrete!!! Rick’s not stoked on his new decor but he’ll get used to it. Although Rick lost the Battle of the Old Guys (you can’t beat Chuck Norris) that night, he beat the party out of everyone else.
Atomlab has been supporting Rick as he and Nick Brandreth from NJDirt.com have teamed up doing small grassroots street and dirt jams around the country and pulling off some pretty fun events on little to no notice… you can find all their event info past & future at ThrashBike.com.
So, get on that site and check him out!!!

Rick is just one of the many people I’ve had the pleasure to get to know through traveling & riding my bike and I’m very grateful for those opportunities and I am looking forward to the New Year!!!

Carter

Swedish Cartel…


Emil Moberg just sent in this slick black machine from Sweden… here’s his build list too…

The parts:
Frame: Black Market Mob
Fork: A Modyfied Fox Float 36
Whels: Mavic Deetracks 26“
Tyres: Schwble Table top Light
Cranks: Profile with Titanium Axel with a Demoltion M5 Light 28t
Pedales: Mcneil Slipless 9/16 Pedal
Seat and Seatpost: Pivotal
Brake: Avid Juicy Ultimate
Chain: Half link
Handlebar: NS District Low rise
Headset: Simple integread Headset
Stem: Spank 2 steam bikes light
singelspeed: 24bikes 12t

Poached



Here’s a few photos I poached off of PinkBike.com last night of  Nor Cal shredder and all around style cat Trevor Perelson riding the prototype Contraband 24″ specific frame… Trevor is recovering from a broken elbow right now… 

carter

Cartel…

Sorry, but your e mail is missing but here’s your Riot build looking mean.

Joe Stewart’s new Mob built up just in time for the South Ridge Winter Series and the Orange “Y” BMX mountain cross racing on Friday nights… see you on the gate!

 
Here’s a couple of builds I’ve received as of late… I have just switched laptops and lost a lot of older e mails and photos… if you’ve submitted something and haven’t seen it up yet or have something to submit please re-send it to Carter@BlackMarketBikes.com.
Cheers
Carter

3 Shades of Black


This sleek machine belongs to Malte Wolter from Germany… love this!!!

by the way… look up that song, 3 Shades of Black by Hank III