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wethepeople

wethepeoplebikeco

About Me


I am a bike company, owned, run and handled by riders. No one else, no one elses money and just the help from our worldwide friends and the Cologne locals - without which i'd also be nothing. Started originally in '94, then more seriously in '96 and then tax official sometime in 2000 i've dedicated myself to making parts and bikes that i would ride. Through both that and my support of bmx everywhere i'm now supported by a team of some of the worlds most amazing riders.
NEW WETHEPEOPLE PRO TEAM ONLINE VIDEOS!! (Click image for more).
The all new wethepeople 2008 complete bikes and seperate parts catalogue are NOW ONLINE AND IN PRINT at your distro! (click for online version, opens in new window).
But other than experience, i am no different from the day i started. This is no big company, it just seems like it because of the amount i put back into bmx and the rider support i give. Our office is no bigger than a decent sized double garage with a high roof and four of us work there (see the slideshow). Harry(Product), Klaus(Design), Sandra(Customers) and Rob(TM). We're also helped out by Achim kujawski, Mike Birch and all our great local distributors.
- If you want to see wethepeople product in your local shop, then ask them to talk to System Cycle in the USA.
Info: Last Friend swap around was on: 10th Nov 2007
Current Friend theme: - No idea, just put some fresh faces in there.
DO NOT EMAIL ME THROUGH MYSPACE MAIL.
If you want to get in touch, do it through the regular web site email not through here.... i got enough on just answering those mails and i want to reply.

wethepeople Farren Downes #2 : Filmed and edited by James Cox (retributionbmx)
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The Max Gaertig video... a crime to have to show it in the quality allowed here... but people gotta know, shits hosed. Filmed/edit by Thomas Fritscher
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Check out my photo and video section; the team, party photos and other visual stuff that we might find passing through our hands long enough to upload it.
Lifes too fucking short to be small, make the most of things. If you get off rocking with your cock out do it, if you're happy just chillin B....just chill.
I'm real lucky to be supported by a damn sound group of people in almost every country in the world and the pro guys are no different. Bmx is worldwide, why shouldn't a bmx company show that:
Stephen Lilly (USA), Chester Blacksmith (USA), Dave Osato (CA), Luc Legrand (FR), Will Jackson (UK), Ashley Charles (UK), Max Gaertig (DE), Tobias Wicke (DE), Mike Brennan (USA), Hannu Cools (BE), Alejandro Caro (COL), Tyler Morrow (COL), Clnt Millar (AUS),
It's a tough life being a wethepeople team rider...Alejandro Caro
But it doesn't end there: Brian Terada (USA), Bruno Hoffman (DE), Damien Croce (FRA), James Smith (UK), Jamie McIntosh (CAN), Lilian Conry (FR), Nick Richardson (AUS), Peter Radivo (AUS), Sam Lowe (CAN), Timo Mrukwia (DE), Yossy Yoshitani (JAP), William McGowan (UK), Farren Downes (UK), Alex Tisoni (ITA), Alexander Furaev (RUS), Anton Ardel (EST), Benjamin Grossjohann (DE), Carlos Maqueda Munoz (ES), David Manconi (NZ),Dmitry Prohorov (RUS), Hajime Yamazaki (JAP), John Martinek (CZ), Kaohsiung Ken (TAI), Kotaro Arai (JAP), Marcel Georgi (DE), Na kamura Keiji (JAP), Oleg Alexandrov (RUS), Rehito Murata (JAP), Sergey Sirotkin (RUS) and friends: Frank Lukas (DE), Grimaldo Duran (USA), Mike Rotondo(USA) and Richard Rowlands(UK).
wethepeople Luc Legrand : Filmed and edited by Thomas Fritscher
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Not many people know but on our web site we allow riders to recommend and help their local dealers. Anyone can submit their dealer when they want other riders to know that it's a good shop that supports the scene. Just enter a couple of details and go to go. Each submission gets authorised, so may not appear immeadiately. (Click the image below for the direct link to the wethepeople recommended dealers page).
All comments are now subject to approval, this is not cause i filter them but because there is too much spam and shitty html going up there in the last weeks. Anyone who's account is used for spamming will first get a msg from me, then be deleted. Thanks.

My Interests

www.wethepeople.de
www.fuseprotection.de
www.peoples-store.de

youtube.com/wethepeoplebmxco myspace.com/wethepeoplebikeco

I'd like to meet:



DO NOT EMAIL ME THROUGH MYSPACE MAIL
If you want to get in touch, do it through the regular web site email not through here.... i got enough on just answering those mails and i want to reply. Cheers. ( Mail me here )

If you're not involved with bmx in one way or another, don't bother hitting the add friend button before you've been in touch.... unless you are really hot.

Music:

Click FF or RW to hear additional tracks...

Books:

Support your scene, support those supporting you:
Dig
RideUK
Freedombmx
Cream
Soul
2020
Chase(NoMore)
Looking Glass
Faction
Focalpointbmx
+Other good mags the world over.

Props to anyone keeping a zine going...

Heroes:

wethepeople could not exist without help over the years from many individuals including.... but definately not limited to:-
Photographers:
Kay Clauberg
Ed Docherty
Ricky Adam
Rob Dolecki
Georg Oberlechner
Nitai Whitehurst
Ken Paul
Keith Terra
Hadrien Picard
Steve Bancroft
Olaf Piganataro
David Ulrich
Martin XMX Ohlinger
Daniel Etter
Shad Hopkins
Niels Daxl
Mark Westlake
Jordan Vilonna
Manu Sanz
Viktor Strasse
Community:
The entire team, past and present
Janosch Ritter
Spiess
Jan Heinen
Thomas Fritscher
Cologne locals
Everyone at Propsvisual
Paul Robinson
Richard Van der Vieren - aooa.tv
Determination Zine
Nation bmx
Cam Massey
Ryan Guettler
Tom Simpson
Thanks and props from Cologne. All these people helped us with photos, time, ideas, support making wethepeople what it is.
COMING SOON! Our Friend profiler:
Instead of just accepting and then ignoring all our great friends, we're going to do a highlight on them one at a time!
Check out the 2008 frame line up
( Click picture for full spec/visit wtp website ):
...and the NEW '08 parts (arriving soon):
( Click picture for full spec/visit wtp website ):
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...and the '07 Clothing range:
( All clothing uses highest quality AMERICAN APPAREL. Click picture for full spec/visit wtp website ):
...and the NEW girls range:

My Blog

Ashley Charles on RideUK

What more is there to say? You might also want to check here for some background:Full news post on the wethepeople site dudes....
Posted by wethepeople on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 06:18:00 PST

2008 Frames and Parts

2008 parts are now available everywhere, call you distros to find out where and when(List of all distros on the wethepeople web site). Won't be there long as ever so get asking the dealers now so they...
Posted by wethepeople on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:06:00 PST

Your questions about wethepeople, the universe and everything...

Wethepeople's Q&ASo, just what do you want to know about wethepeople? Send your questions either with myspace mail, comment the blog or mail me direct on [email protected] ...myspace.com/carstenbonde...
Posted by wethepeople on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 05:45:00 PST

Peoples-store online shop now online!

We decided to open a shop a while ago, but this week we also let the online store loose(Click image for link). Based in Cologne, Germany and supported by the locals - the guys you'll be talking to if ...
Posted by wethepeople on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:18:00 PST

Some fresh Australia pics i stole from the Will JAckson picture blog

Yeah, that Mr Jackson is running a photo blog, and i borrowed a few choice shots from the soon to be photo epic of a life downunder. Hannu and Ashley are also in there helping to dry the drain out....
Posted by wethepeople on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:01:00 PST

Osato on the cover of BmxPlus

It could easily be a year or two back but there is no doubting that clicked lookback in Dave's personal ramp igloo. Making the cover of yet another issue, how many covers has Dave apppeared on..... mo...
Posted by wethepeople on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:55:00 PST

wethepeople in Moscow

So, we just arrived back from our trip out to Moscow. There was a contest over the previous week and all our Russian team was there so it was a good chance to get over, check out the town, the place, ...
Posted by wethepeople on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 01:22:00 PST

Video Blog / Circle video mag

I'm pretty sure we got all these on the podcasts, but if that's not your thing, here's a couple of wethepeople video clips from the previous year:- Short clip from Czech trip- Full Dogs in the Fog Pol...
Posted by wethepeople on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 07:37:00 PST

The continuing Cools AUS saga

Yeah more from the Hannuman, this time posted himself on the wethepeople site. 25 degree water and car drifting downunderStay fresh
Posted by wethepeople on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 03:08:00 PST

2007 Product just arrived in USA

If you have been asking, hanging on or hassling me in general about where you can get hold of our product in the USA, it has now arrived and is being shipped out to dealers from our new distributor Sy...
Posted by wethepeople on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 05:07:00 PST