News

It has been awhile since I have last updated the news, basically it has been really busy up here. We have had the warmest January in 56 years! So everyone has been outside a lot lately enjoying the snow free winter. Okay let’s start the news and we will start with me.

Jim-Well there hasn’t been an update in a little while because I was down in Florida at the Tampa Am(skateboarding) watching one of my shop skaters in the contest. Also, while we were down there we went to Orlando to go check out Mesh Skatepark for the first time and go to Outspoken Bike Shop. Both were awesome to say the least! Some bad luck kept him from entering Tampa Am and some more bad luck caused me to leave my computer, camera and shuffle on the airport shuttle bus. Then after putting my bike together, I neglected to tighten my front wheel enough, so this happens. Either way from bad comes good and the black eye hasn’t kept me off my bike.

Vinnie-He went out to California with Edwin to film for the new Skavenger video, no deadline for this one, but hopefully this year. He got one of the new prototypes and here is what it looks like. I am fond of the purple, looking good to me!

Mike Hoder-He is in NYC for a month babysitting the couch at Vinnie’s house awaiting the start of the Shook trip to Miami. Hopefully it will all work out! Mike has been a traveling man before this trip he was in Cali threeing one of Jeremy Wray’s spots. If you know skateboarding then you might be able to guess what I am talking about, but all I have to say is one try. Speaking of 360s, did anyone see the new Dig with Rob Dolecki’s sequence of Mike’s Brooklyn Banks gap?

Ian-Recently got back from California, he called me when it was cold here and said he was hanging out on the beach. I was thinking thanks a lot, but atleast he got some sun. You can see Ian on the cover of the newest Dan’s catalog doing something. I don’t know what because I don’t really get them too much.

Eli-Hanging out in Columbus going to school, I misspoke in a previous update saying that he graduate when in actuallity he just finish up all the major courses and just has to get the electives out of the way.

Karl-Also, hanging out at home wating for the good weather to return. He will be heading up to Buffalo to hang out on his way up to Metro.

Oh, check out Woozy!

That is all the team news for now! Some product news is that in a month or so, new colors of forks and bars should be available including the new Tudor Bar. Also, this will include 990 mounted forks! The frames are looking as if they will be arriving somewhere around the end of April. I am just finishing up some of the final touches on the packing today.

Some sad news out of California, the famous little LA High rail has been removed to curtail skateboarding. But in some good news even more flat rails have been built near my house.
thanks,
jim

Frame-Sunday prototype 20″ top tube
Forks-Sunday Morning
Headset-Impact internal
Stem-Shadow Conspiracy Front Load
Bars-Animal 2-piece
Grips-Shadow Conspiracy lil’dirty
Levers-none
Bar Ends-Animal
Cranks-Primo Powerbites 175mm
Sprocket-Shadow Conspiracy Lite 28t
Pedals-Odyssey J.C. limited edition seafoam green (unsealed)
Chain-Shadow Conspiracy interlock 2 The best chain that I’ve ever ridden.
Front Wheel-Primo Balance 36 spoke rim, Macneil hub 3/8 axle, DT Swiss Champion spokes
Front Tire-Shadow Conspiracy Undertone 20×2.10
Back Wheel-Primo Balance 36 spoke rim, Odyssey Reloader free-coaster hub 10t driver 14mm axle, DT Swiss Champion spokes
Back Tire-Shadow Conspiracy Undertone 20×1.85
Brakes-none
Pegs-Shadow Conspiracy Titanium
Seat-Shadow Conspiracy Slim
Seat Post-Shadow Conspiracy Titanium
Seat Clamp-unknown
Other-Primo rim strips, green valve stem caps, carbon fiber spacers
Modifications-bars cut 2 inches from each side, cut flanges off of grips, custom metal brake mount covers machined from a friend

frame: sunday prototype 21″ (13.75 rear end)
forks: sunday morning
headset: fsa internal
stem: animal jumpoff
bars: sunday color (perfect uncut)
grips: federal slim
lever: dirt harry
barends: some kind of metal ones
cranks: some kind of fsa things i got from a friend in a pinch
sprocket: animal 25t
pedals: dk distortion
chain: kmc 410
front wheel: sun rynolite w/mosh hub 36h
front tire: animal glh 2.1
back wheel: odyssey 7ka w/profile ss lhd hub and 9t driver 36h
back tire: animal glh 1.95
brakes: fly
pegs: macneil ti
seat: coalition
seat post: thompson
seat clamp: some small one
modifications: cut the seat post

Here is a mini update on what is going on with the team, it is basically news from who I talked with over the last day or so!

Ian Schwartz-Is on his way to California or actually he is already there by now. He went out to film for the new Lotek video and get out of the winter in Ohio. If you didn’t know, Ian is on Lotek now.

Jim Cielencki-I am off to Estonia for the POP Session Winter Bash 2006. You can actually see the live broadcast over the internet on the contest’s website. It isn’t suppose to be just a little webcam video, but the actual video that they play on the big screens at the event. The time difference from Estonia to the east coast is about 7 hours, so go check the schedule on the website and subtract 7 hours. Then tune to the site at that time and check out the event. It should actually be interesting because the course is built for skating too.

Mike Hoder-Is patiently waiting for his new frame to arrive. He is going on a Shook trip from NYC to Miami sometime in February, so be on the lookout for that.

Frame – Sunday Prototype 20.5 with the 13.75 backend
Forks – Sunday Morning Forks
Headset – FSA
Stem – Coalition
Bars – Sunday Triumph
Grips – ODI Longnecks
Bar Ends – Mosh
Cranks – Mosh
Sprocket – Mosh Guard
Pedals – Mosh
Chain – KMC
Front Wheel – Mosh Justice 36H hub with RhynoLite rims
Front Tire – Animal GLH 2.1
Back Wheel – Poverty Freecoaster 48H hub with RhynoLite rims
Back Tire – Animal GLH 1.95
Seat – Odyssey
Seat Post – Thompson
Seat Clamp – Mosh
Other
Modifications – No brake mounts or guides, trimmed up the bottom of the fork dropouts to make axle grinds smoother, grinded the top of the stem flat and covered with stickers, no pins on one side of the pedals, rear hub is 48H but laced it to a 36H rim, grinded and modified inside of rear hub to allow for more slack and to make it lighter, drilled out and tapped the 14mm rear axle so I can use allen bolts instead of axle nuts.

It has been 9 months since I left Kink and started Sunday bikes, there are so many people I would like to thank for making the last 9 months a success. My shop business partner JP who has to deal with me running around in circles trying to get whatever I can done. My friends from all over who believe in and want to support me, it means a lot. The team took a little time to come together, but this stuff takes time. To me every guy brings something really unique to the team, it is an honor to have them be apart of all this. Again this all takes time, so let me thank all the people who waited for products to come out. And all the riders unknown to me who run Sunday stuff, it is really appreciated. I know that I am forgetting some people, but you know who you are.

So, what is in store for 2006? First, off the frames should be arriving in April and should be a different view than the frames out now. New bars and some 990 mounted forks are also being released in the spring. Other stuff is in the works. One of my biggest goals is to showcase the team and come out with some sort of video. Like I said before it is an honor to have this team and I want everyone to understand why I put them on Sunday. Again thanks for your patience and support and we will see you in 2006.

Thanks,
Jim

Well here is my really purple bike, I have never had a purple bike, so why not do as much as I can in purple. The last time I had a bike that was almost all one color was my white GT Performer which I got after my CW was stolen. Since CW hasn’t been in business for a long time, you can guess that it was forever ago. So far everything is good and hopefully it stays good after I ride this snow bank tonight.

Frame- Sunday Prototype purple 20.5” with 13.75” rear end
Forks- Sunday Morning Forks purple
Headset- FSA
Bars- Sunday Color bars purple
Grips- Longnecks
Levers- Odyssey M-2 lever-trigger style
Bar Ends- Plastic ones from the grips
Stem- Odyssey Elementary black
Cranks- Odyssey Wombolt cranks
Sprocket- Odyssey Vermont 25t
Pedals- my Odyssey’s in Banton teal
Chain- KMC Dropbuster 510
Front Wheel- Gsport Hub with Gsport Rim
Front Tire- 2.1 Odyssey Path
Back Wheel- Odyssey cassette with Chromoly 9t Driver and chrome 7KA
Back Tire- 1.85 Odyssey Path
Brakes- Odyssey Evolvers
Pegs- Odyssey Jpeg Lighters-3 of them 2 in front and one on right side in back
Seat- Odyssey Marcel
Seat Post- Odyssey Intac
Seat Clamp- Odyssey Mr. Clampy
Other- GTX-R
Modifications Bars are cut down to 23 inches, seat post cut down and rear left side axle cut way down to basically just half the nut.

Well I am really excited to say that the second batch of prototype frames have come in. Here are some photos of the frames when they arrived at the shop. By now, almost every team rider at this time should have one in there possession, so expect bike checks to come in real soon, mine will probably be up in a day or so.

In this second batch, you will see an imprint of the Sunday logo on the ends of the chain and seat stays and a different shape of the dropout. These also have the shorter rear ends(13.75″) and some minor touches to the head and downtube. The production colors are chosen, so you will see green, red and gray. If you look hard enough you might see a black frame, but those are in really limited supply. In fact, it is so limited you won’t even see it until Ian sends his bike check in. The frames should be done at the end of March and at the shops by the end of April.

Okay for all those people that thought the Sunday fork cap was just a Tree cap, this one is quite different. The main goal of this cap is to allow for the few people that run front brakes to take apart their bike without having to disconnect the cable from the the brake itself. Just disconnect the cable from the lever and pull the cap off the cable. To tighten the fork down just use a 6 or 8mm allen wrench. The holes are offset, but it doesn’t affect the tightening of the cap. Now everything will work fine when the 990 mounted forks come out in the spring.

Okay, so it has been awhile since the last update, but that is because so much has been going on. The final production frame samples are on their way here. There was 151 comments about the names of the new bars and if anyone guessed Tudor Bar then you were right. I had to keep it in line with the rest of the other bars being that their names have something to do with former shop names and Tudor was the bar where the name Sunday came from. We were at a show and couldn’t think of anything except Spanish names. Domingo is Spanish for Sunday, but that didn’t seem right. We thought what about Sunday and the rest is history.

Here is some info on what the team is up to:

Jim Cielencki-Well, I am trying new ways to prevent myself from going insane from doing the shop and bike company, but it really isn’t working. If anybody has any suggestions, please comment. Actually, it hasn’t been too bad because I was given more time from being hurt. It is either a severely bruised heal or a broken foot suffered from the Backyard Jam in October. It is feeling better, but it really isn’t that good. A few insoles and landing with my right foot first is my medication right now.

Vinnie Sammon-Is in New York waiting for the Animal Video premier on December 19th.

Ian Schwartz-Is riding in California, getting footage and hanging out with his girlfriend. He is only there a week, but is missing some of the busy season in his bike messenger job. Ian has a bunch of good clips in the newest Shook titled “We are Everywhere”.

Eli Platt-Speaking of clips, Eli also has a bunch of clips in the same Shook in fact they both are on the same trip. Eli is currently finishing up his philosphy degree. So congradulate him on that next time you see him.

Mike Hoder-What can you say about Mike? He is probably jumping something real big as we speak. He has a check out in the newest issue of RideBMX and is currently doing rails without the need for pegs.

Karl
Karl Poynter-Karl is going on a Shook road trip that is leaving tomorrow for the midwest somewhere. On this trip, he is trying to film his bio in a week and it will come out in the next issue called “It’s On”.

Joe Mike
The Sunday International team is growing quickly. First, in the UK, Joe Cox and Mike Taylor have joined the team. Joe has an amazing section and is the creator of the UK street video Voices which should be available in the US real soon at EmpireBMX. Mike is probably one of the more underrated and unknown riders around. I have seen him do stuff that other riders haven’t stepped to yet and it has been 2 years. Incidently, both of these photos are poached from myspace.

Dominik
Photo Pierre Mandt
Christian
Photo Unknown
Second, in Germany both Dominik Wrobel and Christian Ziegler are riding for Sunday. Dominik does WoozyBMX fulltime which doesn’t seem to slow down the riding. Christian tears it up on everything and I can’t wait to meet him in Estonia!

Alright, this is the dimensions for the new bar which is going to be available in the spring. At just half way between the Color and Triumph Bars It is meant to fill in the space between the two. Just check out the drawings to see the dimensions and what not. There isn’t a name for the bar yet, but if you have any name suggestions just leave it in the comments, but make it atleast funny. Thanks!!!