frame– Eastern Ascent
fork– Custom Odyssey fork w/990’s
bars– Civilian Lo
stem– Elementary w/tabs
headset– Solid
gyro– Odyssey GTX-R
levers– Odyssey Monolever(front) Prototype M2 lever
saddle– Odyssey Marcell (kevlar)
seatpost– Odyssey Intac (25.4)
clamp– Odyssey Mr. Clampy
rims– Odyssey 7KA (chrome)
hubs– Odyssey Vandero/Race Version(with regular Vandero axle) New Odyssey cassette rear (hollow axle/ 11 t Ti-driver prototype)
sprocket– Odyssey Compact (30 tooth) with guard
cranks– Odyssey 41 thermal cranks
chain– generic
pedals– Odyssey JC Autumn Camo
brakes– Odyssey evolvers
pads– Odyssey 1×4
tires– Odyssey Frequency G (20×1.85) front and back
pegs– Odyssey Ti Pegs
cable– Odyssey M2 upper/Brakeline front/lower
grips– Odyssey Adam Banton
barends– Odyssey barcaps (alloy)
Adam Banton bike check
Click, click, click..
*This article first appeared in Ride UK (#82) and is reproduced here by kind permission of Ride UK.
Click click click. Or if you are running certain cassette hubs; CLICK CLICK BASTARD CLICK CLICK CLICK, or even CKCKCKCKCKCKCKCKCK.
Some people seem to like a really loud click when they freewheel, some people hate it.
Personally I hate it, it’s the ultimate give-away to security guards and police. If you need to sneak about to get to a street spot then having some fucker’s cassette hub making super loud clicks that can be heard two streets away is kind of a bummer. On the other hand I really can understand how some riders find it a useful indication of their speed. “Click… click… click…”; too slow. “CKCKCKCKCK” too fast. “Clk, clk, clk,”; just right… But is there anything you can do about it either way?
South Africa
This is a little overdue, but for all you shops/riders in South Africa, Odyssey is now being distributed by Empire Cycle Supply. Contact them for all your Odyssey needs.
Check them out http://www.empire.co.za/home%20frameset.htm
ATB HOW-TO
Go here http://www.bmxonline.com/bmx/ and learn how to do double pegs with Adam Banton.
Nuno pics
Check out Nuno with the LI trails style at www.fitbikeco.com
random picture day
silverlake mike and dave
Z loves to eat.
Mike Vincent lives at the Ski Lodge.
Jimmy thanking Jim for his tour in Iraq.
Mavro and the Flavor (this is what you get street riding in Hollywood(www.metalbikesbmx.com))
Matt after that girl spilled her drink on him, and before I head-butted her face(dance-accident)
BANTON GOES EASTERN
Congrats to Adam on his new ride.
http://www.easternbikes.com/
Living in a Material World…
*This article first appeared in Ride UK (#81) and is reproduced here by kind permission of Ride UK.
“Supertherm or Ox platinum? T45 or Reynolds 853? Sanko or Tange? What’s it all about?”
Yep, several people have been foolish enough to ask me to write a tech column on all the “fancy” tubes that companies are increasingly using to make frames. Obviously this is unlikely to be an exciting story with dumb security guards and drunken antics but I will do my best to prevent it being completely unreadable.