ADAM BANTON/BETA BAGphoto: T.McCaffrey
  Odyssey team 2004Happy New Year! The 2004 team is as follows: MIKE AITKEN ADAM BANTON MATT BERINGER JIM CIELENCKI SCOTT FOSTER CHASE GOUIN MARTTI KUOPPA JIMMY LEVAN GARY YOUNG
  They’re playing R-Tune… (groan)*This article first appeared in Ride UK (#74) and is reproduced here by kind permission of Ride UK. The progress of civilisation is based upon one thing above all others, Albert Einstein put it very well when he said that “If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the […]
  Adam Banton Bike CheckI mustache you a question….. frame– Dragonfly Tech (cut dropouts) fork– Custom Odyssey fork w/990’s bars– Milk bars-12 degree stem– CFN w/tabs headset– Solid gyro– Odyssey GTX-R levers– Odyssey Modulevers (end shaved off right) saddle– Odyssey Marcell (kevlar) seatpost– Odyssey Intac (25.4) clamp– Mosh rims– Odyssey hazard lite 36 hole (chrome) hubs– Odyssey vandero front. […]
  Cielencki adBe sure to check out the new Ride Magazine (with corey martinez on the cover)for the Jim Cielencki pedal ad. We took an unusual approach at making the ad, and hopefully you are as excited with it as we are. Thanks to Jim bauer’s ingenuity, rich hirsch, mouser and jim c. for helping out. Also […]
  Where is Odyssey?We have been filming for the Odyssey “untitled” video project. Tell me where this is and get a prize. More coming…
  footageAdam banton and Rich hirsch have arrived back in california this week. Rich has been filming Adam in a “tropical” location. More details to come…..
  Trade ShowJim and myself just returned from the Trade Show at the east coast terminal skatepark in binghamton New York. It was good seeing old friends and hanging out with everyone. To bad the rain wrecked our trails session. Thanks to Crandall and Jeff Harrington for putting this show on, and inviting us to attend. Hopefully […]
  levan hearts NYFellow Odyssey rider Jimmy Levan has a cool little list on bmxonline.com about why he loves NYC so much. Since jim, chris and myself are all from new york, we were psyched to see it. check it out at www.bmxonline.com
  12/13 tooth driversToday we received some samples for our 12/13 tooth one piece drivers. why would anyone want a 12 or 13 tooth driver you ask?? simple. Many frames are still being made with brakes mounted on the chainstays, therefore the smallest you can (usually) go gear wise is 36/13. Considering you cant go any lower, and […]
  LightweightAfter much cutting, trimming, and a custom prototype of the new “flame” frame from KINK, Jim C has gotten his bike weight down to 12 pounds. hang loose bro.
  Green cielencki pedalsAnyone who wanted one of the first 300 limited edition Jim Cielencki pedals in green, but missed out, you now have another chance. someone has put up one pair on ebay. Dont miss out a second time, or you will never see them again. (in additon to the ones that will pop up in local […]