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Frame– 20.5 Sunday
Fork – Odyssey digital race
Stem– Odyssey elementry
Bars – BSD sleazy bars
Grips – Odyssey Gary Young grips
Barends – Felt
Front wheel – 36 hole G Sport Marmoset 14mm ali central axle ti bolts paddedcell spokes g sport rim BSD(jerseybarrier prototype) grind guard
backwheel – 36 hole Primo mix cassette 8 th paddedcell spokes g sport rim gland grind guard
Tires– front – KHE premium folding street tyre :back animal asm slick
Pegs– Kink lites
Seat – Shadow Conspiracy crow seat
Seatpost– Premium products
Seat clamp – S&M xlt
Cranks – Odyssey 41 thermal with ti axle
Pedals – Odyssey jim C sealed ali
Sprocket – 23t Primo (soon to be prototype spline drive BSD 23tooth)
Chain – KMC

mods – cut off gryo tbas cable guides and lugs,angle grinded forks out to 14mm, front axle machined out for 14mm ti bolts with the head machined down to 19mm socket(instead of 21mm). cut bars down 1 inch each side,angle grinded cranks at the back so it doesnt hit the frame,cut the seat post down, cut the gland diameter down ,halflink in chain , and big washer on rear axle so threads dont get damaged when bike falls

Here is a photo of what my bike looks like today. I put one of the gray frames together for the gyro tabs, but as you can see there aren’t any brakes, so no gyro. I haven’t killed myself yet and my bike has never been quieter! Check back, there will be more photos of the rest of the team’s bikes who incidently are all riding gray frames. Well maybe not Mike Hoder because he changes the color all the time. If you want to learn how to do double peg grinds without pegs, then check out what Mike has to say HERE

Photo: Justin Faso

It has been a little while since there has been an update. Frames are available and are doing in well! Have your shop call Blackout soon because they won’t be available much longer! If you have photos of your Sunday frame built up, please send them to me!

The team has been really busy as of late, Karl Poynter just got back from Props Roadfools where he subbed in and he ended up getting invited on the next one.
Mike Hoder is on his way to California with Bruce Crisman on a Facade Clothing trip.
Ian Schwartz is still fighting his broken wrist maybe I will get a photo of him in his cast for the next update.
Eli Platt has been busy himself, anyone see his tailwhip down the big 5 in Atlanta in the lastest Ride BMX? You can also see the rest of his interview that wasn’t in the Ride issue here!
Vinnie Sammon was in Richmond last time I talked to him, he was on his way to Dave Mirra’s house with Glen Milligan. I wonder what he learned in the foam pit? Also, look for Vinnie’s interview coming up in Dig or Ride UK, I can’t remember which one!
Jim Cielencki, I have been trying to get ride of my burnout by playing mini golf, batting cages and go carts, but it isn’t working!

Anyone see the new Shook trailer? Well you should!

Sunday frames are in at Blackout! So they are available today!

Sunday is excited to hear that Shook is returning back to the BMX world and even more excited to say that you can see Karl Poynter’s bio in the newest one which will be available in the next few weeks!

Let me start with the frames, although it has taken a little bit, the Sunday frame is going to available at you local shop or mailorder between May 30-June 2. Be careful, I think they are going to go quickly, most of the mailorders are having prebooks, so be warned.

There has been some concern about the minimum price of the Sunday frame. As well as the pricing of a Taiwanesse frame vs an American frame. Take a high-end Taiwan frame at $290 dollars and add forged hollow dropouts, post-weld BB and HT machining, specialty paint, rust-proofing, no visible exterior vent holes and 41-Thermal processing. The price has to go up to reflect these changes. In this case it has increased by approximately 40 dollars. At $330 dollars, these features are a bargain.

Now do the same thing to a $320 dollar US frame. Add the forged hollow dropouts, post-weld BB and HT machining, specialty paint, rust-proofing, no visible exterior vent holes and 41-Thermal processing. The price will increase substanitally. My guess is that it will have a final minimum price of $390 dollars or higher.

Team News
First, Karl Poynter got 2nd place at the recent Baco Jam in Wisconsin. He sounded surprised all his tricks worked, he also used his luck to get out of a speeding ticket on the way home. So congradulations go to him, who would have thought we would have a contest rider on the Sunday team?

Karl at the winner’s stand and behind the wheel!

Dominik Wrobel from Germany and of WoozyBMX fame, has an interview on Defgrip. So check that out!

Speaking of Germany, our distributor over there, Sport Import, is sponsoring the first major contest of the summer called Highway2Hill. It is being held at Mellowpark, I believe this is the same place that they had the Rebel Jam last year.

I did a little interview thing for Databmx from France. It is cool because it is in 2 languages, but no I do not know French.

More news later!

Since, I have been way too busy doing just about everything else with Sunday, there hasn’t been any new shirts until now. The first is “Sunday Best” which is the one with the tie. Next, “Fine Print” takes the exclamation point and makes it not as loud. Third, “Exclaimer” takes Sunday’s adopted symbol and well makes it louder. Lastly, is the return of the “Yell!” shirt, but his time it is in White with blue print. These should all be available really soon.

Sunday Best with close up.

Fine Print with close up.

Exclaimer!

Yell!

Okay, so now Sunday Bikes is not only found in the US, Canada , England, Germany, Japan, Australia, Russia, but you can find them now in South Africa! Empire Cycle Supply is now the distributor there and it should be available around the end of summer!

Not only does Joe ride a bike really well, but he also shoots some really good photos too. Check them out below!
Joe Cox Photos

Check out DEFGRIP to see Joe’s interview!

One of the main ideas behind Sunday is to listen to what riders are demanding and this idea has been demanded for a long time. Both the cable guide and the brake mounts are angled to provide a straighter cable route which allows for better braking. The angles created by a lot of frames and certain brakes does not allow for the best braking potential. Even if your brakes have angles built in them, there still is an angle thus the loss of braking power. This is all very ironic because most of the team doesn’t ride brakes and I have been getting demands for brake mountless frames! Soon to come?

Overview of the angles on the cable guide and brake mounts. There are slight angles in the alignment, but imagine if traditional brake mounts and cable guides were used? Then there would be drastic angles in the alignment instead of the slight ones here.

Closeup of the angled cable guide. There is still enough room to have the barrel adjuster all the way out without interference from the top tube.

Closeup of angled brake mounts. It is difficult to really see how much the angle is, but note the distance to the seat stay between either end of the brakes.