Name: Karl Quentin Poynter
Age: 21
Location: New Castle, Indiana – U.S.A.
Sponsors: The Shadow Conpiracy, Sunday Bikes, UGP, Orchid Footwear, The Last People, Hardcore Sportz
Photos by Fat.
Frame: Sunday Karl Poynter Second Wave colorway (21″ top tube) AVAILABLE NOW!
Fork: Sunday Morning 2.5 with built-in race
Bars: Sunday Forumphs
Stem: Shadow Attack frontload
Grips: Shadow Finger Banger
Barends: Shadow nylon (available soon)
Headset: Fly
Clamp: Shadow Alfred Lite
Seatpost: Shadow Pivotal
Seat: Shadow Karl Poynter 2009 edition (Available soon.)
Cranks: Shadow Torrid, 175mm
Sprocket: Shadow Crank & Bones, 25t
Chain: Shadow Interlock V2
Front Tire: Shadow Undertaker foldable, 2.25″
Front Wheel: Shadow Raptor hub, Shadow Stun rim, Shadow spokes and nipples
Rear Tire: Shadow Undertaker foldable, 2.25″
Rear Wheel: Shadow Stun rim, Shadow spokes and nipples, Shadow Karl Poynter signature freecoaster (Availabe summer ’09.)
Chain Tensioner: Built in to the Sunday frame.
Hub Guard: Shadow guard on the front right side only.
Pegs: Shadow Little Ones
Pedals: Shadow Nostra plastic
Modifications/Other/Extras:
Grips are stretched and flanges are cut off, custom Shadow stickers on the rims, bars cut down an inch on each side, carbon fiber headset spacers, front of the stem sanded off for a custom look.
Which parts do you go through the most?
Grips.
Describe your bike setup and how you like your bike to feel…
Kept clean with fresh stickers and a good color scheme. Freecoaster, brakeless, four pegs, silent, solid…dialed in!
Do you remember your first “real” BMX bike?
Robinson Rebel with aftermarket red tires.
Tell us about your signature colorway and stickers for the Sunday frame. Why not a whole signature frame?
The Sunday Second Wave frame already had so many features and I currently had no requests for changes to make a whole new signature frame. So Sunday and I decided to do a colorway with custom graphics. This Sunday is my signature colorway frame that has custom graphics that play off of my last name. I wanted to do something different than just have the frame a solid color. So I came up with this fade design. This frame is a prototype and I have changed the color into more of a red for the production models, which are available now.
What’s it like working at a shop all day and still going out to ride all the time? Do you keep your bike dialed since you are at a shop all the time?
Working at my shop is awesome. There’s a lot more that goes into running a shop that people don’t see. It’s the behind the scenes stuff that takes up a lot of time, but I always make sure to keep my bike rollin’ smooth 24/7.
What’s up with your signature freecoaster hub from Shadow?
Shadow and I have had this hub in the works for the past year and a half or so. We’re taking our time on it to make sure everything is on point. I’m currently still testing it. We’re planning to have it available by late summer of this year. Shadow and I will be releasing more details on it very soon.
TAGS: Bike Check, Karl Poynter, Prototype Parts, Sunday, The Shadow Conspiracy
