Bike Check: Gary Young's Sunday

Feb 25, 2010

Written by Bart de Jong

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-Frame: Sunday 3rd Wave Prototype
-Forks: Odyssey Director
-Headset: Odyssey
-Stem: Odyssey CFL
-Bars: Sunday Forumph’s (Redesigning my bars)
-Grips: Odyssey ATB2 (Redesigning my grips)
-Bar ends: Odyssey Par ends
-Brake lever: Odyssey Medium
-Brake cable: Odyssey Gyro

-Brake caliper: Odyssey Evo2
-Brake pads: Odyssey clear
-Rotor: Odyssey GTX-R
-Chain: KMC
-Sprocket: Odyssey Chainwheel 28t
-Cranks: Odyssey Twombolt
-Bottom Bracket set: Odyssey mid
-Pedals: Odyssey JCPC
-Seatpost clamp: Odyssey Mr. Clampy
-Seatpost: Odyssey Prototype

-Seat: Odyssey Veteran
-Front tire: Odyssey Street Aitken 2.25
-Front rim: GSPORT Rib Cage
-Front hub: GSPORT
-Rear rim: GSPORT
-Rear tire: Odyssey Street Aitken 2.25
-Rear hub: GSPORT
-Pegs: Odyssey on the left GSPORT on right
-Hub guards: Odyssey

Weight: 24lbs

Was it a big transition for you to adapt from a Macneil frame to the Sunday frame?
Gary: It was a big transition, but in a good way. I went from riding a 20.5” frame to a 20.75” and the bike feels a lot stiffer as a whole. Also I forgot how nice it was to have chain tensioners. My new frame just feels like it has more “pop”.

How is that director fork, does it ride any different?
Gary: It rides the same as any other fork except that the dropouts are out of the way for grinds and you have a little extra room for foot jams.

Are you liking the short frame?
Gary: This is the biggest frame I have ridden.

Haven't seen too many "laidback" seatposts around lately, can you explain why you run this set up?
Gary: I couldn’t find a pivotal seat that I liked. Odyssey is working on

a post that works with both pivotal and railed seats, so I am testing it out. Let’s be honest it’s not really a laidback, it’s more of an offset seat post. Ha ha.

You're running 3 pegs. Have you ever missed the fourth one on certain tricks/locations?
Gary: I would run a fourth peg but the last time I did my right foot got sucked under the back peg.

Are you running the FAT tires for suspension?
Gary: I run the FAT tires for Monster Trucking. I have always ran a fat front tire but a few months ago Hoang and I were riding this wedge wall and I got a flat tire, so I borrowed Hoang’s back wheel (with a fat tire) and it felt way better.

As a Dirtbro, do they work good in the dirt as well?
Gary: Of course they work well in the dirt, they say AITKEN on the side.

Thanks to: God, Wife, Family, Friends, Vans, Sunday!, Odyssey, ActionVillage.com, ProTec, East County BMX, and Bart @FatBMX for this bike check.