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Flatware:
Flatland Specific Line

Flatware Stem:
» 6061 T6 Aluminum
» 28mm long
» 7.90oz.

Chase Gouin B.S. Bar:
» 41-Thermal
» Lifetime Warranty
» 8” Tall
» 6° Backsweep
» 6° Upsweep
» 26” Wide
» 1lb 9.7oz.

Chase Gouin No B.S. Bar:
» 41-Thermal
» Lifetime Warranty
» 7.672” Tall
» 0° Backsweep
» 3° Upsweep
» 25” Wide
» 1lb. 8.6oz.

Terry Adams Bar:
» 41-Thermal
» Lifetime Warranty
» 7.5” Tall
» 0° Backsweep
» 3° Upsweep
» 22.25” Wide
» 1lb 7.1oz

Frequency G Tanwall Tire:
» Durability of a modern tire with a skinwall look
» Standard and Folding
» 1.75″ (Folding = 15.9oz)
» 1.85″ (Folding = 1lb 1.6oz)

Odyssey is pleased to announce the launch of our Flatware Series. We will be working directly with Terry Adams, Chase Gouin and other riders on an all-encompassing line of products dedicated strictly to flatland, and we will also be helping them with special custom-made frames. Flatware will be launching throughout 2009. Check the Daily Word for updates and a detailed run-through of the line soon.

“I have had such a great experience having Odyssey as a sponsor this year. Working with them on all the new flatland products has seriously been a dream for me. I have always wanted to work with a company to help the future of flatland by providing great products. Having Odyssey by my side is truly an honor. With that said, they have asked me to come on board to represent their new series of products, Flatware. I was more than excited to accept the offer and work with Odyssey on the Flatware Series that will include a frame, forks, bars, cranks, pedals, pegs and much more! Look forward to some great products to come. Let the Flatware begin!” – Terry Adams

“Odyssey has always been an excellent sponsor and has never failed to support me and my riding. I have been patiently persisting to push the idea of more flatland specific products from Odyssey, so when they told me about Flatware, I knew that they had committed to take a dedicated approach to flatland. This was great news in general, but also to me personally, since I look forward to being able to use even more of their products. Everyone involved will be working hard to make sure that riders around the world will be thoroughly satisfied with the function and dependability of the new Flatware line. I’m happy to be a part of it.” – Chase Gouin

More Interbike 2008 Videos

Aaron Ross, notorious chocolate almond eater and occasional provider of autographs for iPhones, talks about his Spacebar. It’s much more fun than the computer equivalent version and it comes in blue.

Jim Bauer, product description orator, provides you with a detailed tour of what to expect from Odyssey within the following months.

Senior 2 Pivotal Saddles

Same shape as the Senior 2 but with Pivotal guts. The two versions include: Padded (like railed Senior 2) and Plastic Only. No need to strip a seat of its padding to find a crappy shell. This seat was made to be a raw plastic seat from the get go. If you get the padded version, you can strip that to find the same plastic shell underneath. It’s like two seats in one.

Colors:
» Black
» White
» Red
» Brown
» Clear (Plastic Only)

UPDATE: AVAILABLE NOW!

G-Spokes and Taper Hex Nipples

G-SPORT BUTTED G-SPOKES: A spoke is only as strong as its weakest point, therefore there is no functional advantage in a design where the spoke’s middle is stronger than the elbow and thread. In fact, having a slightly slimmed-down “springier” center section can help to distribute shocks more evenly along the length of the spoke, rather than concentrating them at the ends. Road riders have utilized the advantages of butted spokes for decades, but for BMX there are other factors to consider. The new G-Sport spokes use a butting that is tailor-made for BMX. This is evident in the spoke’s slight cross-sectional reductions, super gentle transitions to the butted areas, and an extended elbow-end to cope with the stresses imposed during grinding. You’ll save roughly an ounce per wheel on 36’s, and the custom butted sections actually allow for a more durable wheel build, rather than a weaker one.
» Proprietary professional-grade stainless steel.
» BMX specific butting transition dimensions.
» 184, 186, 188, 192mm.
» Black or silver.

G-SPORT TAPER-HEX NIPPLES: Aluminum nipples have been tried in the past as a way to save crucial “rotating weight” from bicycle wheels, but while the aluminum can be stronger than traditional brass nipples in pure-tension, they are also much softer, and it is all too easy to round them off with an ordinary spoke key. The Taper-Hex nipples use a tapering hexagonal shape to increase the thickness of the metal around the spoke, and the tapering shape also allows the key to slide down easily onto the nipple while also eliminating slop in the interface between parts. The result is a “perfect” connection that prevents deformation of the spoke nipple. The hexagonal head (rather than square) also helps to simplify wheel-building too. The key is designed to rotate in the tight spaces of a BMX wheel and it’s small enough to keep on your key-chain. 36 aluminum nipples weigh 0.6 ounces (16.5g) verses 1.3 ounces (36g) for normal short brass nipples.
» Proprietary taper nipple and key interface simplifies wheel building and maintenance.
» 7075-T6 aluminum.
» Black, Gold, Silver and various anodized.
The weight savings with butted G-Spokes and the aluminum Taper-Hex nipples are relatively small, but taken together you can save nearly a quarter pound of weight from a typical pair of 36 spoke BMX wheels. Additionally, the spokes will allow for a more durable wheel, and the nipples greatly improve wheel assembly and maintenance.

UPDATE: Taper Hex Nipples are available Now!

Glow In the Dark Twisted PCs

Based on the ever popular Twisted PC Pedals, these new colors are instant stand-outs.

Subtle in the light and glowing in the dark.

UPDATE: AVAILABLE NOW!

WWJCPCD?

Instead of shooting plastic into the JC mold, the JC PC was designed from the ground up, with many new ideas and only the JC shape in mind. The pledals have an ingenious way of attaching the body to the spindle. There is no spindle bolt hole. The pedal splits down the center, where the two mating sides sandwich around the spindle. Joining the two sides is achieved by the pins that thread into the mating side with replaceable steel nuts. This style of build creates an ultralight plastic pedal with the durability of an alloy pedal. In addition to weight savings, the grind options are multiplied compared to the metal version.

Instead of shooting plastic into the JC mold, the JC PC was designed from the ground up, with many new ideas and only the JC shape in mind.

G-Sport Ratchet Hub

UPDATE: AVAILABLE NOW!
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Purple Rain Colorway

Interbike 2009 just started today and the first feature up in our flipbook is the Purple Rain Colorway. As with all of our flipbooks, these guys are portable. Click the EMBED button to copy the HTML code you need to post it in your MySpace, blogs, profiles, websites, etc.

There’s one added feature to these flipbooks as well. In the dice, where it says ODYSSEY BMX INTERBIKE, you’ll notice two arrows (you may need to clear your browser’s cache and hit refresh). Clicking these arrows will cycle through all of the flipbooks uploaded for Interbike. There’s only 2 right now but as the day goes on, there will be more to come.

Also, check out B-Dubb’s Flickr Stream. He’s been posting up a storm.

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variety sticker pack

In related sticker news, you can now purchase a pack of 10 in our online store. They come in various styles and sizes, with the largest one being a whopping 19″!

new goods

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Here are a handful of other new products we have shipping to distributors. Expect them in shops in two weeks or so. Hit up the jump for more photos and details.

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