I’ve checked out a few of Bunky Dunn‘s bike check/setup posts in the past and they’ve always got my attention.
Today, I caught this one will surfing through a thread at BMX Museum.
And like in the past, this one caught my attention…because it’s not every day that you come across a Green Sunday Wave C.
Definitely a cool looking green machine.
It’s no stranger to the streets…and rails…either.
Check out this clip for proof.
Radness.
You might recall, back in May, the eye-catching 24″ Lairdframe that I spotted over on BMX Museum.
With most of the customs coming out of Lairdframe’s highly regarded business being 20s, this new school 24 was definitely something that piqued my interest.
Well, the owner of this build, Jared Burak, just dropped me a line with an updated picture of his bike, after he made a few updates.
It looks great…a custom Lairdframe kitted out with good stuff from Tribute Bikes, Native Bikes, and Zodiac Engineering.
Jared says Laird’s work is “highly recommended” and “quite affordable” when comparing it against the base prices at other custom frame-building companies (like S&M, Standard and FBM).
I have to say I’m pretty stoked on this build.
Fingers crossed we’ll see more new school 24s from Lairdframe in the future.
Lairdframe has been building its reputation on building quality, custom one-off frames.
To this point, most of these custom frames I have seen have been 20″ in size. It’s to be expected, given that’s the biggest market.
I’ve always been stoked on how they look and the build quality.
With that being said, I was pretty stoked to spot this custom 24-inch(!) Lairdframe build over on BMXMuseum.
Definitely a new school build, this bike is certainly an eye-catcher.
Peep the specs:
All I can say is, “Wow!”
I sure hope we’ll see more 24″ custom frames like this from Lairdframe.
For the rest of the deets (and more pictures of the bike), check out the BMXMuseum profile .
For more on Mike Laird and Lairdframe, have a look at this FatBMX writeup and Lairdframe.com.
If you’ve read my previous post, Austin Texas picture show, you know that I love visiting Austin, Texas.
So when the opportunity came up to tag along with my girlfriend’s trip to the South by Southwest (SXSW) conference, I had to jump on it.
Granted, I knew it would be busier this time around with the conference/festival in full swing, but I had every intention of making the most of it.
Frankly, I was just looking forward to some good breakfast tacos and a break from this frigid winter we’ve been having.
First item on the agenda was to set up a session at the Walnut Creek pumptrack with Austin local, Buddy Sardenga.
Buddy was kind enough to not only pick me up in his sweet van–with flames on the sides–but allow me to borrow the infamous Beelzebike 20666’er bike (if you haven’t seen it, do yourself a favor and click the link…it’s so rad!)
I probably should have taken more than this “behind bars” shot but I was having too much fun and we only had time for a quick session, so this will have to suffice. Rest assured, Buddy (and all the other super cool locals) were shredding Walnut Creek.
Next up was to visit some local Austin bike shops.
This, of course, meant a trip to Empire BMX.
I actually ended up at Empire twice during my time in Austin. They were always quick to help, knowledgeable and in-stock of whatever I was looking for. Every town should be so lucky to have a shop like this…thankfully you can still get their great service online.
After Empire, I made the trip out to Ozone Bike Dept.
While not a pure BMX shop per se, they did have a nice selection of Firemans Texas Cruzers in stock. The shop guys were super helpful and were quite open to helping me out with any custom options I might want to make, if I were to consider a Firemans build.
Ozone also probably has the best bike shop t-shirt that I have ever seen.
After that, it was off to Bicycle Farm.
I didn’t really know what to expect from this place beyond the fact that I had heard that they have a ramp in the backyard.
What I did get when I arrived, was a really cool bike shop experience! Walking in, along the side of the building, was a bunch of old and mid-school frames hanging up for sale. We’re talking an old Dyno, a Mosh frame and a bunch of other cool stuff. If you’re a BMXMuseum type…this will be right up your alley.
Turns out this shop carries both new and used bikes . The first thing that caught my eye was this Sunday build that the shop did up in a custom color.
This thing was sooo nice!
And yes, the shop did have a ramp in the backyard.
If you put two and two together at this point…yes, I took the Sunday out for a spin on the ramp! (Unfortunately, I was so worried that they might get me to stop, that I didn’t ask anybody to take a picture…which I probably should have…they seemed pretty chill.)
After some laps, I checked out some more cool stuff in the shop. We’re talking not only a 22″ Indust frame but a very nice looking 24″ Indust Cuatro frame! (If only my suitcase was bigger…)
All and all, a very unique shop and one that perfectly encapsulates the Austin vibe…super easy-going but serious about giving you a good experience.
Good times all around.
Tip of the hat Austin, for treating me so well.
Postscript:
I was also hoping to hit PCBMX in Pflugerville, which I have heard good things about, but ended up running out of time. Will have to check them out next time.
Although I can get as bike-nerdy as the next guy looking at a custom-built bike, I think seeing that same bike doing what it is designed to do–in action–is that much cooler.
So imagine how stoked I was to find a picture of the custom 26″ Trail Boss, that Chris Piascik had built by Standard Bykes, in this great action shot over at BMX Museum.
A classic tuck for extra style points!
Hopefully we’ll more shots of this cool bike in action in the future.
Now, if you’ll excuse me…I have to get that dreadful I want action Poison tune out of my head.
I’ve seen talk of this in a couple of places (the otxdesign instagram page and BMX Museum) but so far no official word.
Is a 24″ version of Odyssey’s Chase Hawk tire in the pipeline?
If the word on the street is to be believed, it looks like it’s going to happen. In the mean time, I guess we’ll have to sit tight until we hear about a release date.
Pretty stoked to see this added into the assortment of high-end tires available for new school 24s.
Bmx Museum member 77rider recently posted a build that is garnering a lot of attention.
It’s a Sunday Wave-C built up with 22″ S&M Pitchforks, 22″ Revenge wheels and some special one-off custom brakes (with extended arms).
How did this mad scientist tinkering affect the ride?
Switching out the forks and wheels served to steepen the head tube and lower the bottom bracket.
According to the forum thread, 77rider really likes how it handles:
I am a 20″ guy at heart. I have a 24″ Wave C and love it,but it just feels a little odd for me. So that got me thinking, if I like a 20 and the 24; a 22″ would be the shit.
Boy, was I right. This is just what I was looking for. I rode it for a couple minutes tonight before ball practice and fell in love.
This is definitely an interesting hybrid of the 24/22″ worlds.
(Check 22-Inch BMX for more pics of this build)
Wonder if we’ll start to see more experimentation of this nature, now that people start seeing what’s possible with forum threads and posts like this.
Wayne Keller dropped me a line this weekend to say he’s riding a new prototype frame that he’s pretty excited about.
The thing is, he’s being pretty coy about the details.
Here’s the first picture he sent me.
Hmm, not a lot to go on there.
In the mean time over at BMXMuseum, a friend of Wayne’s was suggesting that it was going to have a Redline RL-20II-ish vibe. This got my attention because the RL-20II was one my favorite frames back in the day.
Then a new spy photo of the frame’s top tube appears on Wayne’s blog . It certainly has top tube reminiscent of the RL-20II.
The plot thickens.
Wayne’s put out some great riding shots and video in the past, so I’m looking forward to seeing some pictures and video of him riding it.
The photo above is part of his backyard setup.
Fingers crossed we’ll see some action photos soon.
I always find it interesting to see where Cruiser Revolution stickers will turn up.
I was especially amused to see one show up in this picture (found the other day on BMX Museum).
Turns out Rockabilly Jay from S&M put up his beloved custom 22″ TT 38 Special for sale on eBay and he used this promo picture to advertise it.
(Eagle-eyed readers will notice that this is the same bike we featured way back in 2010 on Cruiser Revolution.)
Before you ask, I’m not sure who the model/rider is…but I will say she has excellent taste in knee/shin protection.
Sometime in the early 90s, a metal band lead singer (that hit the big time a decade earlier) got together with a little bike company called S&M Bikes and the S&M Widowmaker was born.
The lead singer? Dee Snider from Twister Sister.
Here’s a excerpt from the news section of the February 1993 edition of Ride Magazine with some more background.
There was an extremely short run of these made so prices commanded for these rigs has understandably gone through the roof.
Love the graphics:
Especially this one:
All in all, pretty cool.
If you want to learn more about the S&M Widowmaker, check out ryanpartridge.blogspot.com (where these pictures are taken from) or BMX Museum.
If you just want to rock out, maybe you should try to relive Dee Snider’s glory days and check out this video.
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