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For this Friday, I have a Sunday Friends and a Flashback Friday all in one post!  Steve Cedro sent me photos of his OG Sunday frame from 2006!  This is the original metallic green with the original Spotlight graphics almost fully intact!  When this frame came out, there were so many features that differentiated it from the other company’s frames at the time.  Slowly our features have been adopted by other companies, but Sunday frames are still the only one using Odyssey‘s proven 41 Thermal heat-treating process.  Our hollow dropouts do NOT use investment casting, we use the same proven manufacturing method that riders around the world have enjoyed for the past 4 years.  There is a difference!

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Here are some photos of our new bars called the Victory bars.  These dimensions might seem familiar because the Victory bars are the new name for the Forumph bars.  There was some confusion with the name being so close to the Triumph bar, so we decided to change the name away from -umph that is common between both bars.  We did however keep the naming theme.  So, if you’re not quite ready to make the jump up to the ultra tall bars of today, but still need to go higher than 8″ then these are the ones for you.

Rise:    8.32″
Width:  28″
Backsweep:   12 deg
Upsweep:       4 deg
Weight:          1 lb 10 oz
Colors:  Black Magic, white, watermelon green and purple
Features: 41-Thermal heat-treating

Check out the tried and true Triumph bars in Aaron Ross watermelon green!  They also come in Black Magic, white and purple.  Triumphs have an 8″ rise, 28″ width, 12 degrees backsweep, 1 degree of upsweep and use 41-Thermal heat-treating.  Available now!

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Check out our newest bar called the Tall T, which at 8.7″ rise, makes this is our tallest bar to date.  The rest of the specs go like this-28.5″ width, 12 degrees backsweep, 4 degrees upsweep and weighing in at just over 2lbs.  For these bars, we use multiple butted tubing with thicker walls at the bends for a stronger and stiffer bar.  And as always, Sunday bars are 41-Thermal heat-treating, so you know they are super tough.  They are available in Black Magic, purple, watermelon green, white and chrome!  Get them now because they won’t last long.

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Anyone remember this guy?  Some of you will remember the frame, but probably no one will remember the color.  This is one of the OG Sunday frame prototypes that we received in the fall of 2005.  We had 6 different metallic colors made including purple, blue, yellow, red, green and gray.  When the frame was released in May 2006 only the red, green and gray colors made it to store shelves.  There was even plans to have 2 different rear ends lengths, but BMX had made the change to short rear end lengths by that point.

Sunday frames came out boasting some serious features that hadn’t been done before.  They are the only frames to use Odyssey’s proven 41-Thermal heat-treating process which makes Sunday frames some of the strongest frames out there.

The OG frame was the first to use hollow dropouts as a way to improve strength, but not increase the weight.  Other companies were trying to make their bikes lighter by thinning out the dropouts, but doing that decreases the strength tremendously.  Our dropout width was 8mm, but it was completely hollow in the center except for some support structures that prevented crushing.  The hollow dropout doubled the strength, but still retained the weight of a normal dropout.

There are so many features going on with this frame that aren’t as obvious as hollow dropouts.  It has post-weld machining of the bottom bracket and headtube, so your bearings fit perfectly every time.  The brake mounts are angled to straighten out cable routing thus improving brake performance.  Notice, we eliminate the sandwich on the top tube at the seat tube to keep side to side stiffness at its best.  There’s more frame feature info on the last photo.

Compare the soon to be release Third Wave frame to this OG frame.  Nearly every feature is still there, but yet we’ve improved upon them.  There’s Wave tubing used for the top tube and down tube.  Chain tensioners have been added to the dropout to keep your wheel in place.  The new cable channel and removable mounts improve the looks of their frame, but still has the same quality braking.  Things are just getting better and better.  Look for more Flashback Fridays in the future.

Well not quite a Sunday ad, but Tony Resta sent me this creamsicle Wave frame ad that he made up.  Jacob George is doing the tuck in the photo and Riley Drew shot it.  It looks great to me!  I like that he put the 41-Thermal logo in the word bubble too!

The Forumph Bar is our tallest bar and is used by team riders Jim Cielencki, Jake Seeley and Lee Dennis.  Here is a little edit of us putting the Forumph bar to the test.  I swear everyone around here has been converted to the 4 degrees of upsweep.  Check out the dimensions after the break.

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Click on the photo above to get a sneak peak at the latest Ian Schwartz limited color!  This is the first frame with built in pivotal post!  Not only do you get that, but you get Sunday 8mm hollow dropouts with built in chain tensioners, Wave downtube to prevent most dents, Director style wishbone and Odyssey’s 10 year old 41Thermal Heat Treating process along with a host of other features.  Maroon is currently available in most places, but if you don’t see it then ask your local shop to call Blackout, QBP, Custom or SBS to get their hands on one.  This photo was taken on Ian’s dad’s farm which Ian works on a few times a week.