Chris Hilbrich, lettin' the hands fly on the Model D.
Austin’s own Chris Hilbrich graced the July 2009 Model D Sunday ad in Ride BMX. Chris is almost fully recovered from the broken thumb he got a month ago. He cut his cast off last Sunday and is back at it. In the ad, he had supporting help from myself riding the Model C. These photos were taken on the first day the Model C’s were built up. Not too bad for the first day riding a cruiser!
Here are two more photos of my Model C with green and gold colorway in action! The barspin between the van and the U-Haul isn’t that crazy, but 180ing between the two is much different. The photo of me holding the bike up to show how little room there was lost, but I’d say it was about an inch on either side. You can sort of tell from the photo that there wasn’t much room. Thanks to Zak Taylor for shooting these two photos. Look for more Model C stuff coming soon!
A little while back, I received some random photos of Jim Bauer from Odyssey riding his Model C in a ditch that could be straight out of Wheels of Fire. Most of you probably don’t know what that is, but if you had any connection to skating in the 80’s which most people did then you would know. It happens to be my favorite skate video of all time. Have you followed Odyssey on Twitter to see what they’re up too?
Here’s a photo of me barspinning the local jersey barrier in Buffalo aboard the Sunday Plus 4 Model C that I’ve been riding since last fall. The photo was shot by Zak Taylor when Jake Seeley and the Garden team was here filming awhile back. I’m trying to make some Sunday Wallpapers so you might see this photo along with some from the rest of the Sunday team.
Here’s a picture of Mike from Dan’s Comp‘s built up olive green Model C with matching Morning 24.1 forks and 24umph bars. I’m digging the red chain and the green stem! It’s really neat to see other creative colorways of the Model C. Mike’s being a man and running brakeless! There’s a lot of people doing that with this bike. I’d like to see some web videos pop up of guys riding these. Anyone????
Here’s a photo of DJ Greyboy‘s Silver Model C built up with silver Morning 24.1 forks and 24umph bars. He’s got quite a collection of rare and unique bikes including this bike, a sidehack and some vintage bikes that I had no idea existed. His house is a BMX historians dream! I think it’s time for him to do a slideshow of all his bikes.
Sunday has some good stuff in Dig issue 71. You can see Lee Dennis featured in the New Day Rising article. Check out this link to see some clips from Lee’s interview. There’s a good photo of Alex Magallan in the Leland Thurman article. Chris Hilbrich and I are featured in the Sunday ad. He’s showcasing Sunday’s trail frame the Model D while I have a few little photos of myself riding the Model C. This issue is a great read especially the Leland article!
Check out this olive green Model C built up for display at Solano Avenue Cyclery in Albany California. Incidentally, you can see the new Sunday video Up, Up and Away at Solano this coming Sunday at 6pm! Look for more Model C checks coming this week!
Pablo Castano sent me over some photos of his olive green Model C with Plus 4 Morning 24.1 forks and 24umph bars all built up! Wow, does this look good! Not sure if its the photos or what, but I’m really feeling the colors on this one. The cranks and pedals work so well and the green grips work even better. Can’t wait to hear about this bike in the trails.
Bobby Parker from Blackout Distribution sent us some pics today of his Model C! This green machine is built with our Plus 4 line in full effect, complete with Morning 24.1 forks and 24umph bars. For past Model C action, visit our archives!
