Lee Dennis dislocated his shoulder a few weeks ago while in Austin, but he’s making great progress with his recovery. He’s back to riding, but taking it easy right now. Here’s a pre-injury whip at the St Catharines Skatepark during this very weird winter. Photo by Brad Hill.
Seth Peterson just built up this beautiful Orange Soda Funday frame with matching Morning 2.1 forks and Triumph XL bars. His bike couldn’t look much better, so good. Check after the break for a parts list and an interview about his bike set up.
Seth Peterson Funday Bike Check
Frame: Sunday Funday 21″ Orange Soda
Fork: Sunday Morning 2.1 Orange Soda
Headset: Odyssey integrated
Stem: Sunday Freeze
Bars: Sunday Triumph XL
Grips: Sunday Yell
Cranks: Odyssey Thunderbolts
Chain: Odyssey Bluebird
Sprocket: Sunday Sabretooth 25t
Pedals: Odyssey Twisted PC
Seat Post: Sunday Mr. Toothy post
Seat: Odyssey
Front Rim: GSport Birdcage
Front Hub: GSport Marmoset
Front Tire: Odyssey Aaron Ross 2.35
Rear Rim: GSport Birdcage
Rear Hub: Odyssey V3 9t
Rear Tire: Odyssey Path
Why did you pick the Funday frame to ride?
For the past few months I’ve been weighing the benefits of having a shorter chainstay and having more of my body weight over the rear axle. I justified it in my mind and it feels a lot better cruising around on it so far. Time will tell but I think the change is for the better.
How do you like the integrated chain tensioners?
It took me a little while to warm up to the idea, I haven’t used them in the past because my wheel doesn’t usually slip in the dropouts but it makes centering the wheel in the frame a whole lot easier and that a huge plus.
Your front wheel has all spokes laced inbound. What’s the reasoning behind that?
I personally don’t like the way hub guards look on a front wheel, I also don’t like the way my wheel looks with spokes broken out of it. I’ve been seeing more and more people lacing their wheels this way and have laced some up for my friends with good results and to be honest I have always like the way it looks and sometimes that’s reason enough.
Why did you pick your tire size?
For almost the entire time I’ve ridden I’ve had a slightly larger tire in front than back, I like the way it feels. I tried the big tires front and back and it just isn’t for me.
With the current trend of very wide bars, why did you choose to cut your bars down to 26″ wide?
I can’t think of any advantage I would have from running excessively wide bars, I never really had a problem controlling my bike when I had 22″ inch bars so I guess 26″ is just me settling into the trend.
How come you grinded the pins off of brand new plastic pedals?
I never really slip off of my pedals unless I’m doing something that involves taking my feet off anyways. I really hate cutting my shins and short pins make me feel invincible. I’ll trade a deep cut on the shin for slipping a foot once every few weeks any day.
Do you fear getting blinded by the high polished parts in the Texas Sun?
I’ve been planning on wearing sunglasses while I ride more often, that looks really cool. I think this is the motivation that I need.
You recently changed your gearing back to 25-9 from 28-9, why is that?
I rode 28-9 because I liked where it put my wheel, I can spin a 25-9 as fast as I need to and since I am changing up the geometry anyways I figured I’d switch back to an easier gear.
Anything else?
I am more psyched on this bike that I have been on any other new bike I have built, I can’t wait to ride it. Thanks!
Seth and his Orange Soda Funday
Close up full Funday view
Triumph XL 8.5" rise, 28" wide, 12˚ backsweep, 4˚ upsweep 41 Thermal
Sunday Freeze stem
Post-weld machined HT for better bearing fit
Mr Toothy post, Sunday slim clamp meets the non-sandwiched TT.
Non-sandwiched TT with Cable Channel underneath
Wave DT with OTX sticker on seat tube
OG Sunday sprocket with Odyssey Thunderbolt cranks and Twisted PC's
Seth grinds down his Twisted PC pedals
Angled brake mounts provide a clean look when removed
Built in chain tensioners seen in the Hollow Dropouts
Odyssey V3 hub
G Sport Marmoset front hub on Morning 2.1 Forks
Sunday Yell Grips
Seth modeling his rolled ankle
Close up of Seth's rolled ankle
Yesterday, I stopped at Cranx Bike Park in Syracuse, NY to check it out. Needless to say, I was blown away. If you’re a rider who lives in upstate NY then you are going to be so stoked. There’s so many creative lines and ideas here. There’s even stuff that I’ve never seen before. I cannot wait to come back up and ride it. Follow this LINK to see more photos.
The Least Most posted a good photo of me doing a wallride on my Wave C. Rick Crossman shot the photo while we were on one of our many random searching adventures outside of Austin. We also shot this photo and this one too.
Here’s a good photo of Atlanta flow guy Chris Burden making good use of giant block of sandstone. It took a million years to make this rock and only a few moments for Chris to over ice the rock on his Third Wave. Nice work Chris!
Seth Peterson has a good Fat Favourites over on Fat BMX, so go follow the link to check it out. Bike flip out of the airport mini in Austin.
Alex Magallan has officially joined the Ipath footwear team. The team was announced today, so go check out their site to see the shoes and the very stacked team that he has joined. Seems like everything is going well for Alex. He recently joined the Dan’s Comp team, had an amazing Props Owned section and got the cover of the newest Ride BMX issue. Congrats Alex!
Alexandr Rudenko rides for us in the Ukraine through Velomarket and he just put together a new Black Magic Funday frame with matching Morning 2.1 forks. Look after the break to see his current parts list as well as a short video of him riding his previous bike.
Follow this LINK to see Alexandr riding his previous Forecaster frame.
Check out this huge landing that Scot Draper has been building in Austin. It takes a lot of digging to build this thing. Hopefully we can get some clips of him riding it soon.
Check out Chance Garrison, who is our flow team rider through Albe’s, can can nosepicking during The Kitchen Skatepark contest recently. Chance ended up winning the Expert class in the event with moves like this. Congrats Chance!
