Photos: Brendan Mulrooney
Paul Horan is one of those guys who has been all over the place over the years. He’s one of those low key shredders who has been making some moves and things are looking up. I’ve wanted to do something with him since I met him about a year or so ago, and finally got everything lined up. We figured it would be rad to do a bike check since he’s been getting hooked up by The Make for a bit now. So let’s take a look at his bike and find out a little bit about what’s new in his life…
Name: Paul Horan
Location: West Chester, PA
Years Riding: Since the training wheels came off.
Frame: The Make Cat ‘O 9 Tails
Bars: The Make Damm bars
Forks: Sunday
Stem: Animal Jump Off remix
Headset: Animal
Grips: Animal Edwyn
Cranks: Primo
Pedals: Animal plastic
Sprocket: Animal Balboa 30 tooth
Chain: No chain since it has broken 6 times this week. I need to get a new one.
Seat / Post / Clamp: No clamp, Primo seat, no idea what post I have.
Front Wheel / Tire: I know it says Wethepeople some where on the tire. I think the wheel is an Odyssey
Rear Wheel / Tire: Primo hub with a 10 tooth driver, Primo rim and Animal GLH tire.
Pegs: animal OG Lino peg
Hub Guards: FBM on the back wheel
Brakes? Brakes and a gyro. No idea what the brakes are, but the lever is
Odyssey.
Mods: Cut bars, axle and who knows what else I’ve done over time.
How are things going with The Make lately? Have you been getting in on their constant trips they have going on?
We were out in Arizona in January, and I’ve been on the road a lot soo it’s sweet. I don’t really have anything planned with them since they are all over in England.
How are things going with Animal these days? Do you have anything in the works with them at all?
It’s Animal. Things are always great with them.
Do you have any other fresh sponsor news you can tell us about?
Nah, it would be sweet to have some. Mainly shoes those things are costly!
Have you been filming at all? Do you have any video parts or fresh edits coming through any time soon?
I have been filming a lot for a part for The Hunt video part contest. I also have a web edit this week that you’ll all get to see. There’s another little video project I’ve been working on too that should be done soon.
You have been calling a head tube grind out for a while. Has it happened yet? When will footage of this trick surface and melt some brains?
Soon enough you’ll all get to see it. I really just need to find the right rail to get a good one on.
Where have you been getting most of your sessions in at these days? Any hot spots?
The skate plaza by my house, it’s kind of one of those DYI spots, Bam’s house and the streets around here.
Do you have any trips or anything in the works outside of stuff with your sponsors? Anywhere you want to get to that you haven’t been to yet?
I should be leaving here in a day or soo to head to Austin for that Odyssey Texas Toast contest and then just a few random trips over the summer. I’m going to look at a little warehouse in town tomorrow to kind of try to get my own little play ground setup.
Have you had any crazy shit happen to you lately?
I think one of the last craziest things that happened to me is that I got stuck in the middle of a shoot out in the ghetto and 3
people ended up shot. It was one of those front page stories.
What else have you been up to lately? Working? School? Girls?
No work lately, no school lately and girls what ever one that I picked up from the night before.
What’s the last song you heard, movie you watched and website visited?
Song The Moxy – Step It Down, Movie – Airheads, website – eBay
Anything else you want to say?
Thing little things matter because it all adds up at some point and that’s what matters.
