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Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!

9 10 2013

(Note: headline best read aloud with a monster truck rally announcer voice.)

The guys over at Sunday Bikes have been sharing a bunch of pictures over the past few days of their flagship 24″ bike, the Model-C, popping up in cool places and situations.

First off was a pic of Bunky Dunn’s Model-C chilling at the ACL festival in Austin, Texas. Bunky helps set up music festivals but he always keeps his Model-C close at hand so he can get some shredding in. (Photo: Paulo Joaquim)

Another picture that surfaced was pucksnotdead shredding some trails on his Model C (Photo: triblaze /mikeyaskew13)

Then an early morning ramp session at House Park in Austin yielded these shots.

Model -Cs all-around.

Bobby Parker getting some.

Word has it that a group of 24″ riders were also going to session the Walnut Creek trails later in the day so my fingers are crossed hoping that we’re going to see even more 24″ radness from the Sunday/Austin crew.

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Tags: ACL Festival, Austin, Austin Texas, Big Bike ramping, Bobby Parker, Bunky Dunn, House Park, Sunday bikes, Sunday Model-C, Walnut Creek trails
Categories : Freestyle, New School, Skatepark, Trails, Trails/Jumping

From this angle it’s even radder

17 05 2013

A while back we featured a picture of Jim Cielencki riding this tricky feature in House Park (in Austin). It was a pic that was originally posted on the Sunday Bikes site. In that post, we said that:

you have to take off early and pull out far enough to clear the bars. And just to keep things interesting, it narrows at the top and goes over-vert!

It all the makings of a rad shot and for that it certainly delivered.

House Park Jim C

To give you a better understanding of how truly rad this shot is, I took a pic of this feature from an another angle during my trip to Austin last week.

Looking at it from this angle, just makes it seem even sicker! Talk about a tight setup.

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Tags: 24" BMX bike in skatepark, Austin Texas, House Park, Jim Cielencki, Vert
Categories : Freestyle, New School, shenanigans, Skatepark, street

Messing around in Texas

6 05 2013

By the time you read this, I’ll probably be somewhere between San Antonio and Austin, Texas (Have to see the Alamo after all).

I’m spending a week in Austin for a little R&R and to see the sights.

So if you happen across a guy (that resembles the dude in the photo below) asking for directions to 9th street, House Park or Empire BMX…that’s probably me.

If you have the inside line on some good BBQ, a good band playing or whatever…help a brother out and let me know in the comments below.

Any Austin recommendations are welcome.

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Tags: 9th street, Austin Texas, Don't mess with Texas, Empire BMX, House Park, Messing around in Texas
Categories : goofiness, shenanigans, Skatepark, Tomfoolery, Trails/Jumping

See where a 24″ will take you

7 12 2012

You’ll sometimes hear people say that 24s aren’t built or designed for serious riding.

A load of bollocks in my view but an opinion that is pretty common in some circles.

If you want some evidence of how out of step that type of thinking is, especially with modern-day 24s, check out this picture posted today on the Sunday Bikes site.

Riding at House Park in Austin, TX, Jim Cielencki hits this tricky feature where you have to take off early and pull out far enough to clear the bars. And just to keep things interesting, it narrows at the top and goes over-vert!

Clearly, 24s like the Sunday Wave-C that Jim is riding are capable of much more than liquor store runs (like some people will lead you to believe).

Modern-day 24s can go anywhere!

(Mike Gonzalez photo)