News

…Employee of the week.

http://www.bmxonline.com/bmx/biz/article/0,15737,1081258,00.html

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Shad johnson and Ben from portland are putting on a contest to raise money for the Pier Park Project to rebuild Portlands only Public Skatepark.

If you can make it, please do so. Its for a good cause.

There are a bunch of great new stock wheels on the way.

LHD REAR CASSETTE WHEELS– 36 or 48 hole in chrome or hard anodize black HAZARD LITE rim.

MIDWAY REAR CASSETTE WHEELS– 36 or 48 hole in chrome or hard anodize black MIDWAY rim.

RACE VANDERO FRONT WHEEL w/ 7K-A RIM– 36 hole in chrome or hard anodize black rim.

RACE CASSETTE REAR WHEEL w/ 7K-A RIM– 36 hole in chrome or hard anodize black rim.

These are all brand new items and should be in stock by the end of the month.

Pinchy cover

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Elementary Stem Wins International Design Competition

The Odyssey Elementary Stem has been awarded with a “Design Distinction” prize in the Equipment Category of I.D. Magazine’s 2005 Annual Design Review issue. The stem was one of 150 winners that was recognized from a field of approximately 2000 submissions, and shares the pages with entries from Nike, Apple Computer, Adidas, BMW, Jet Blue, Burton Snowboards and more. The July/August 2005 issue of I.D. is on shelves at major book sellers now.

From I.D. Magazine:

“Since 1954, the Annual Design Review has recognized the best in product, furniture, graphic and environment design, from the iconic to the obscure. Throughout the years, this annual showcase has chronicled the evolution of design, and highlighted its impact on our material and visual culture.

Each year, the featured work is chosen by a jury of leading practitioners, who, along with I.D.’s editorial team, focus the abundance of submissions into a clear survey of the state of design. The resulting overview is published in the July/August issue of I.D. magazine

Danny Hickerson bike check here http://www.empirebmx.com/News.aspx

Bling Bling

Damn, James has style…..

frame-Standard 250s with gyro tabs welded on (black paint with gold metallic flake)
fork– Custom Odyssey race fork w/990’s
bars– Civilian
stem– Elementary w/tabs 18 carrot gold, ti bolt
headset– solid needle roller bearing
gyro– Odyssey GTX-R
levers– Odyssey Monolever(front,rear)
saddle– Odyssey Marcell (kevlar)
seatpost– Ti Alone
clamp– Odyssey Mr. Clampy 18 carrot gold
rims– Odyssey Duralectra black
F hub– G sport marmoset ti bolts
R hub– Odyssey cassette rear 36 rhd(ti axle and nuts/ 10 t driver)
spokes– Alone
sprocket– Super star prototype
cranks– Odyssey 41 thermal cranks 18 carrot gold(ti axle,ti bolts)
chain– Standard byke co
pedals– Odyssey JC mag sealed
brakes– Odyssey evolvers 18 carrot gold
Brake plate– home made
pads– Odyssey 1×4
tires– Odyssey Frequency G (20×1.85) back/ path (20×2.1) Front
pegs– 4 Odyssey Ti Pegs
cable– Odyssey short G3 upper/Brakeline 1.8 front/linearlower
grips– Odyssey team
barends– Odyssey barcaps 18 carrot gold
Ti bolts-SGP (levers,stem,evolvers,marmoset,post,clamp,cranks,chain tugs,london mod)

Thanks to Tim Byrne for the spray job,Des John at micro finishers for the gold plateing,Steve Green for the Ti bolts, SBCDESTROY, ODYSSEY, PADDED CELL.YEAH!

If any of you guys have ever ridden trails in PA, then you know how amazing they are. The popular “NAM” trails were plowed a little while back, and now “CATTY”, the new spot that the Nam locals have been building are at risk of being plowed also.

Go here http://www.sickethenyou.com/ and click on “SAVE CATTY WOODS” and sign the petition to help save the trails.

BMX needs you. Now is the time to step up.

Brandon Turner scored the cover of Plus this month with a mean turndown in the northwest. There is also a mini bio and a nice 2 page pocket air shot that looks wildly similar to the Vermont sprocket ad that also featured Brandon.

Speaking of Vermont sprockets, due to popular demand, we now have them in 25 tooth. They will be shipping out this week.

Head on over to http://www.fitbikeco.com/home.html for some footage of Mike Aitken.

Coincidentally, Aitken is tentatively slated to drive the Odyssey car in the Kink demolition derby.

Matt Beringer and Gary Young will also be there on behalf of other companies.

Watch out.

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The KINK crew was kind enough to set up a Demolition derby for the BMX community to get together and crash into each other. Looks and sounds like fun.

Odyssey is already signed up. More info soon.

New ish

We are constantly trying to improve all of our parts, and the INTAC is one that has gone through a lot of changes. New guts, One Piece post, and now the newest mod..shorter. It may not seem like a big deal but we figured 99% of the riders weren’t using the super long post we were providing. If some of you don’t need to bust out the hacksaw, it was worth it. These are from our newest shipment, which are already at distributors/shops.