Jim Cielencki recently visited Woodward…and the result was a whole pile of new footage of him shredding on his 24.
What’s even cooler, is that Jim revisited some tricks that he hasn’t done in a while.
Everything from crankslides, flips, wallrides…and even some flair attempts! Jim hasn’t done flairs for something like ten years, so it’s cool to see him going for them again.
Well, well, well….looks like something interesting is afoot over at Sunday Bikes!
It’s been a good while since we’ve seen some meaningful 24″ BMX news from the folks at Sunday (barring the annual upgrades to the Sunday Model-C complete).
Something’s cooking though….they teased it a couple weeks back on the otx design Instagram page….a cropped photo of a “prototype” frame. (There was no indication that it was a 24″ frame though.)
The plot thickened considerably though, when Jim C posted a picture in what, I would guess, is a bit of an homage to an old school ad with Eddie Fiola teasing the intro of the GT Pro Performer back in the day. The hashtag #24BMX was definitely there….so could it be? Someone mentioned the otx pic in the comments and then the wheels started turning. This is gotta be something fresh, 24″ wise from Sunday!
Jim C then said he would be at Ray’s MTB this weekend riding it.
I kept my fingers crossed that would mean some riding footage from Jim and the new prototype frame. Jim did not disappoint and we all got to see Jim shredding the tight transitions of Paul’s Boutique at Rays this weekend (on Jim’s Insta).
Granted, there’s no details on the frame itself (geometry or specs-wise) but given that Jim and Sunday are developing it….I’m pretty confident it is going to be pretty rad.
Looking forward to more updates on the prototype frame!
When Jim Cielencki jumped back into the pool (so to speak) earlier this summer in regards to riding we were cautiously optimistic that we would see more of Jim back on the bike
Sunday dropped the details of their 2017 complete bikes yesterday and the bike near and dear to our hearts, the Model C, is still making its presence felt in the lineup.
New for this year is a chrome(!) frame to add a little shine to the proceedings.
Other highlights include:
Sunday Lightning rims
Sunday sealed hubs
Odyssey Springfield brakes
Odyssey Twisted PC pedals
Sunday Tripod Seat
Sunday Freeze stem
Sunday OEM Pursuit tires*
*Which appear to be the new version of the tire formerly known as the “Chase Hawk tire”.
The frame is not full chromoly (chromoly downtube and headtube only)….but if previous model years are any indication, this bike is still very durable. And at a $429 US pricepoint, a great deal.
Peep all the rest of the particulars over at the Sunday site.
Jim Cielencki, one of the BMX world’s most creative and influential riders has been keeping a bit of a low profile since saying “see ya” to Sunday Bikes (back in 2014).
Jim was always out there seeing what was possible.
Now, Jim’s taking that same sort of thinking to his current passion, running.
Rather than run the same training route everyday, Jim has taken it upon himself to run every street in Buffalo, NY.
Not only that, he’s documenting all the cool things he encounters along the way in an addictive (to me anyway) Instagram account called Mile by Mile: Buffalo.
It’s pretty cool to see Jim’s creative instinct being expressed in an entirely new way.
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