Jim Cielencki update!

Jim C: Car Jumpin'

Not sure if everyone remembers, but I had my ankle scoped back in early April. The surgery went fine, the crutches were toleratable, but the physical therapy took way too long. My doctor said it could be 6 months and I didn’t believe him, but he was right. So, after 4.5 months of not really being able to ride, my ankles are feeling healthy enough to start riding at a normal level. So to celebrate I jumped my car for my street’s block party! Went too fast and landed flat way past the car. This was just a few moments before the rain began to pour down on the party.

Its perfect timing being healthy again, the Sunday video is going strong. Ian Schwartz, Alex Magallan and Jake Seeley are in and around Ohio and Pennsylvania right now filming. Aaron Ross, Ian Schwartz and myself are meeting up with Mike Taylor and Joe Cox in the UK next week. And even cooler is that my shoe is officially out from Beloe Footwear. Check the photo and their website for more info. Its going to be a busy fall from new frames, new riders to videos and hockey season. I can’t wait!

Aaron Ross Bike Check!!!!!

The site has been screwy for the past few days, so I haven’t been able to update you. The latest news is Aaron Ross has a bike check and a mini interview about it over on BMXonline. There’s a ton of photos and you get to see the his actually setup with fluorescent yellow Odyssey Director forks and without the front brakes. Can you guess what trick he was trying to learn with front brakes?

Mike Taylor Web Video

I believe Mike Taylor is fully recovered from his knee surgery last year especially after watching this web video! I’m pretty sure this was edited by Joe Cox, too.

Sunday! making kids fat!

Sundae Winner

Sunday Sundae

A few weeks ago, we had a contest on the site where we gave away an ice cream sundae similar to the one in Aaron Ross’s first Sunday ad. Here is what our winner Kyle Ruschell had to say about eating all that ice cream.

Heres some pictures. We had to go to Target to buy the big bowl for $5. It was 4 Everybody sizes, and it ended up being just over $30 haha. I got a 3 friends to help me with it, and we barely put a dent in it. It was 1/4 chocolate, 1/4 cookie batter, 1/4 cheesecake, and 1/4 mint ice creams. It was covered in chocolate sauce, m&ms, rainbow sprinkles, grahm cracker crumbs, and whipped cream. Its in my freezer right now, Ill finish it off someday. Thanks again Jim!

– Kyle

Black Magic Morning 2.1 Forks!

Sunday Morning Fork 2.1

We’ve had black, blue, white and grey Morning 2.1 Forks available, but now I’m proud to say that the Black Magic version arrived the other day! Quality control is done, so they should be available in the next week, so be on the look out. Also, look for Triumph bars in blue and Black Magic, too!

Jim C on BMXonline!

Bank tailwhip

BMXonline has a little interview with me about making video sections. The photo was shot by Jeff Z about a year and a half ago. I had been really interested in doing whips, barspins and 360 fakies on the steepest banks possible. I had already did a barspin on it awhile back, but I wanted to whip it. This whip in LA ended up being the steepest I’ve done.

A behind the scenes story from this night include the sprinklers turning on right as we finished setting up. It was disappointing because I had worked myself up to see if it was possible and now with the water in the way it was going to be very difficult to do. Mike Hoder ended up using his hoodie to clean up the water and try and make a dam, but it only worked for so long. You can the watermarks on the lower part of the bank and Mike’s hoodie in the background to the right. This is one of my favorite spots in LA even though the banks are really slippery.

Lil’ Tammy Video

Lil’ Tammy’s been getting flow from Sunday for a few months now. Every time I see footage of him which is all the time, it blows me away. Swear he’s just making it up as he goes. What is suppose to be difficult to everyone else is casual to him. Either way to see some rad footage watch the video above!

Frame: Second Wave
Fork: Sunday Morning 2.1
Bars: Sunday Triumph
Tires: Odyssey Aitken
Wheel front: Odyssey Vandero
Wheel back: 10 tooth Gsport
Hub guard: Gsport plastic(kickass)
Pedals: Odyssey twisted plastic(kickass)
Sprocket: Odyssey Vermont 28 tooth
Cranks: Odyssey Wombolt 175
Seat: Odyssey jr
Seat post: Odyssey Intact
Seat clamp: Integral
Grips: Odyssey team
Stem: Odyssey Elementary
Chain: KMC
Headset: FSA
Pegs: Odyssey
Life:69 haha

Joe Cox Bike Check

Joe Cox Bike Check

Frame: Sunday 2nd Wave 20.5, black magic
Forks: Sunday Morning, black magic
Bars: Sunday Triumph, black magic
Stem: Odyssey Elementary
Front Wheel: Gsport Ribcage rim, Gsport Marmoset hub, Odyssey Klite 2.1 tyre, 36H, BSD hubguard
Back Wheel: Gsport Ribcage rim, Odyssey casstette hub, Odyssey Klite 1.95 tyre, 36H, BSD hubguard
Pegs: Odyssey Jpeg Lite
Seat: Odyssey Aitken, black
Seat clamp: Odyssey
Seatpost: Not sure
Cranks: Odyssey Wombolts 175mm
Pedals: Odyysey Plastic JC’s, clear orange
Sprocket: Odyssey 28T
Grips: Animal
Barends: Gsport
Mods: Cut my bars down a little, and I use a device which allows me to have my seat up a bit, it helps with letting go on the barspin.

20 Inchers of the World Unite!

Sunday 2nd Wave Prototype

20 Inch!

Yep, our Sunday Second Wave 20″ prototype arrived at the office today! I know there are a few of you out there that have been looking for these. Sorry its taking so long, but we had to make a special tube set just for this frame. Thanks for being patient, it will be available soon.

Guadalajara Street Jam Video

In late May and early June, Aaron Ross, Jake Seeley, Ian Schwartz, Kurt Rasmusson and myself were down in Guadalajara Mexico riding, filming and eating sno-cones! We had a street jam at this amazing spot and you can see the video that Chad Shackelford made of the jam by clicking on the photo to the left!

Jake Seeley’s new ride!

Jake Seeley's 2nd Wave

Jake Seeley just built up a 20.75 Black Magic Second Wave shaved headtube PROTOTYPE. He’s helping me test out the new batch of samples that we just received. My bike also has one if you didn’t notice then just scroll down a few posts and check it out. Our original samples from Interbike never had the properly machined headtubes. Once the proper ones were figured out, it was time to make prototypes again. Enjoy Jake’s bike!

Aaron Ross Bike Checks?

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Aaron Ross just built up his prototype signature frame called the Funday and here are two photos of it. His colorway this time isn’t just one bright neon color, but he decided he’d mix the yellow and red together. I like the two different color rims myself, but its too bad his front brake isn’t neon red too. What? Front brake? View More