June 13, 2008

Sittin' on Chrome!!!

I took a look at the web today and it seems by bike is all over the place, and that's weird. I guess this little shout out goes to the 3 pages on BG and the name mention on SPRFLS. I am going to take a minute here to answer the questions I have seen and to straighten out all of the inaccuracies that are floating around. Hope this helps.-ben

Frame: Sunday Ian, chopped and channeled seat tube to allow for a sky scraper seat pole.

Fork: Director 2, Integrated Steer tube race, Chrome finish. These are something I have had done, they will NEVER be released.

Bar: Lumberjacks, Chrome finish. These will be hitting your shops and distributors in a few weeks. Get them while they're hot. SUPER LIMITED!!! Haha.

Cranks: Wombolts, 175, RHD, Chrome finish. These are something I have had done, they will NEVER be released. KC badger has the only other pair.

Sprocket: 25T MDS High Polished. These were sold this way.

Chain: KMC Kool Chain Lite

Pedals: JC/PC Pedal. Familiar JC size and shape, all the advantages of plastic pedals with all the grip you could want. I have flush mount hardware on the backside since that is my "grind" side. These are also an Odyssey product. Easy rule of thumb is GSport is the high end wheel category and in the long run, there is not separation or difference between Odyssey and GSport. No set release date...

Front Wheel: GSport Rib Cage, GSport Butted Spokes, GSport Aluminum Tapered-Hex Nipples, Hand Stripped and Polished Marmoset, Tanwall Path 2.10, Generic Tube from the box in back.

Rear Wheel: GSport Rib Cage, GSport Butted Spokes, GSport Aluminum Tapered-Hex Nipples, Hand Stripped and Polished Ratchet w/ 9T Prototype and 3/8 Axle, Tanwall Path 1.85, Generic Tube from the box in back.

Pegs: Jpeg Lighters or Plegs, mostly Plegs. 2 in front, 1 in back.

Seat Post Clamp: Prototype

Seat Post: Silver Intac 25.4, 1 fist rule.

Seat: Mike Aitken Signature Black

Grips: Griswald Black

Grip Donuts: Red Lizard Skins

Barends: Parends Black

Lever: Monolever Short White

Cable: Linear White

Brake: Acs Boa, OG Son! I usually don't have brakes. I picked these up to keep the throwback look and to use whenever I feel like it. They are dialed.

Brake pads: Slim by 4 Clear

Weight for all of those wondering: 23lbs or so.

I hope to have a Chromed out Wave 2 by Interbike, the pocketbook aint gonna like that, haha.

Posted by Ben at June 13, 2008 02:29 PM
Comments

Director 2? Is that just directors with built in race or something else?

and when are those pedal coming out?

Posted by: Brett Rohlfing at June 13, 2008 03:18 PM

That is correct. Director 2 same thing as before with Integrated race. No set release date for the pedals.

Posted by: Ben at June 13, 2008 03:22 PM

chrome jacks eh?
QBP gonna have them?

Posted by: jeremy Anderegg at June 13, 2008 03:42 PM

Good shit. When is the ratchet coming?
Hurry up!

Posted by: Jens at June 13, 2008 04:01 PM

Thanks for deleting courtney post, you rule!

Posted by: a.k. at June 13, 2008 04:35 PM

umm im dieing for a chrome ratchet hub!

will the jc/pc come in clear/other colors like the pc's?

Posted by: john at June 13, 2008 04:55 PM

When the heezy are the rounded Mr. Clampy seatpost clamps coming out? They seem to be the ultimate seatpost clamps!

Posted by: Daniil at June 13, 2008 09:15 PM

are the gsport nipples out yet? im thinking of lacing a new wheel soon

Posted by: xmitchmx at June 14, 2008 04:58 AM

Hi there, i would just like to say. Im not your greatest fan as it is now, but when you get the Chrome Wave II i will hate you regardless of however nice im sure you are in real life.... :D

Posted by: Jon at June 14, 2008 06:41 AM

ok, so i know the director 2 wont ever come out, but will chrome directors ever exist? or is that also never to be released?

Posted by: tony at June 14, 2008 11:32 AM

You have that backwards. The Director 2 has come out and the Chrome forks will never come out.

Posted by: Ben at June 14, 2008 11:42 AM

B-Dubb's bike was here...

Posted by: SLODOGG at June 14, 2008 11:42 AM

so whens that ratchet coming out? we need it.

Posted by: chet at June 14, 2008 11:55 PM

When is the Ratchet hub coming out??????????
How much will it cost?


we need an update!

Posted by: Steve at June 15, 2008 03:55 AM

director forks look sick in chrome.
any info on when the fluorescent red parts are commin out???

Posted by: brent at June 15, 2008 09:20 AM

i think directors look stupid personally haha i know everybody is gonan yell at me for saying that but when is the ratchet coming out??

Posted by: Mike. at June 15, 2008 04:33 PM

pretty sure if my memory serves me correctly that when you show-chrome cro-mo or any other low-alloy steels that it pushes hydrogen atoms between the molecular bonds of the steel, making it much weaker. i'm suprised that no one at odyssey already knew that. that's why race car chassis are not allowed to be chromed, they're made from cro-mo aswell.

Posted by: matt rolley at June 16, 2008 10:24 PM

We have said over and over again, Chrome Plating weakens the material and that is why we will Never be selling the forks and the cranks. Bars have proven themselves to hold up to being chromed, so that is what our offering is.

Posted by: Ben at June 17, 2008 12:25 AM

fair enough. i suppose if it says lifetime warranty, you really can't complain too much. btw are those tan-walls coming out in klyte versions?

Posted by: matt rolley at June 17, 2008 12:42 AM

From previous post:

"We haven't said the Tanwalls will never come in Klyte. Klyte tires have only come out in the Frequency G so far in America. If after some time people seem to like the Klytes and people also seem to like the Tanwall tires, maybe they can hook up and have some Tanwall/ Klyte spawn. Until then, Tanwalls will come in Plyte."

Posted by: Ben at June 17, 2008 09:46 AM

my klyte path has seem to have blown up can i send it in and get a new one

Posted by: mike at June 17, 2008 11:28 AM

Klyte Path? Where did you get it from? We still haven't gotten those here in the States. If possible send a photo of the "blow up" to benw at odysseybmx dot com and I will take a look and figure it out from there.

Posted by: Ben at June 17, 2008 11:31 AM

will odsy make tanwalls in red or blue?? that could be sweet.

Posted by: Charly at June 17, 2008 03:13 PM

Was I banned from Odyssey e-mail servers? I never get replies.

Posted by: Daniil at June 17, 2008 05:06 PM

Daniil resend your last email. I lost a bunch of them and I think yours may have been with it. I saw it over the weekend. We are really busy just doing our everyday tasks and it takes a lot of time for us to get around to responding to all the emails we get, especially since we don't want to give some sort of generic reply. I know that I had already answered a lot of your questions through the posts you were involved in, so a direct email to me wasn't going to yield any different results.

As far as your suggestions:

"For your protection and ours we are not allowed to review unsolicited product design suggestions from outside sources at this time. When approaching a company it is strongly recommend that you request a non-disclosure legal form (drafted specifically to protect both parties) before submitting any information."

I hope this helps. We do not ignore anyone. If the email pertains to any type of warranty we forward it accordingly so that it is taken care of as fast as possible. All other emails can take some time to cycle through, so please be patient. Thanks.-ben

Posted by: Ben at June 17, 2008 05:19 PM

I've been waiting for chrome Lumberjacks for forever. I'm getting them right when they come out

Posted by: Michael at June 17, 2008 10:33 PM

what might the release date for the chrome lumberjacks be so i have a better chance of putting money in your pockets and chromes on my whipdy-whip

Posted by: john at June 19, 2008 08:24 PM

uhm.are you the dude who explained freecoaster a while back on ride?if so, thanks it was pretty interesting.i might be the only one here who doesn1t like that bike much, but who cares?:Dbut i want those pedals, i've seen them in an interbike video, and thought they were the best idea.true gsport(/odyssey)spirit, very innovative, absolutely amazing.i know they'll probably only come out in 2010 but i'll be sure to buy some of them plus the gsport freeco, that looks awesome too.

Posted by: e at June 21, 2008 04:11 PM

I am that dude. Stoked you found it interesting, glad i could help out! No biggie if you aren't into the bike. I am stoked that everyone has their own taste. That is one of the things that makes BMX rad! Have a good one.

Posted by: Ben at June 21, 2008 09:49 PM

Holy sweet god, chrome lumberdawgz! I saw them on your bike and forgot to tell you those look kick ass!

Posted by: Alex @ Give D! at June 25, 2008 12:47 AM

when is the gsport freeco cumin out
o ye old news but i loved the 4 pc Lumberjacks bars
prototypes from Interbike
will they ever cum out

Posted by: ste at June 25, 2008 07:22 PM

I have a question that has confuzzled (?) me ever since I have heard about them and it MIGHT be completely out of the topic but i'm here and so on and so forth...

When will the clear brake pads be out and will they be available in Australia?

Posted by: keith at June 29, 2008 11:12 PM


home | news | riders | store | catalog | contact | © Odyssey BMX