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The Street => The Bike Shop => Topic started by: bmxmike215 on July 06, 2015, 07:24:49 PM
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It's been a nice welcome back to BMX for me this week lol. I went away to college in 08 and haven't ridden at all since until this past week. This happens today riding home from the local skatepark: http://i.imgur.com/lOe2OsA.jpg and http://i.imgur.com/iHHuVdi.jpg
Also, riding in Asic running shoes is scary as hell.
Registered in 2006, this is my first topic. This may be some sort of record.
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welcome back. odyssey and eclat make good stuff.
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I am quite fond of my Akimbos.
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You sure you dont have any type of warrenty on these? Seems like lifetime is standard...
I would say Odyssey thunderbolt. Probably the lightest and strongest cranks out there.
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You sure you dont have any type of warrenty on these? Seems like lifetime is standard...
I would say Odyssey thunderbolt. Probably the lightest and strongest cranks out there.
I emailed Fly last night and they told me to go to the shop I bought them at with my receipt. That receipt is long gone and the shop is shut down lol.
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I would say Odyssey thunderbolt. Probably the lightest and strongest cranks out there.
Plus that 41 Thermal warranty would be nice in a situation like this.
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When I broke my Fly cranks I replaced them with Odyssey Thunderbolts. Couldn't be happier.
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check Dan's for blemished cranks (discounted)
also it wouldn't hurt to email fly and ask to purchase a crash replacement on a new/new-old stock set of cranks if you are trying to save $$
otherwise go for odyssey's. Mine are rock solid.
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warrenty
I fucking hate that word.
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I fucking hate that word.
(http://i.imgur.com/SV1Rpez.gif)
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seen so many fly cranks do this. any straightforward 22mm splined crank should be decent enough these days i reckon
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My profile columns are going quite great. Bought them as soon as they came out. You should be right with éclat, profile or odyssey. I just picked tue one that had the nicest shape really. Profile also have their Ss cranks on sale to for 150 I believe. Would grab myself a set if the exchange rate wasn't fucked at the moment
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The strongest I had was Tibia. I cracked two pairs, but with both I managed to pedal back home, they didnt snapped clean off. Just cracked but were still attached to pedal spindle. They never bent which is a big plus. And in the same period I would bend/snap few pairs of other mor egeneric cranks. (Im cracking usually dozens of crank pairs a year). I highly recommend them. But nothing is indestructable.
Currently Im on Thunderbolts, so far so good. Plus warranty makes them probably the best choice.
I will try Maverics for fun too, as I bent badly three pairs of Powerbites back in the days.
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Powerbites still hold up the best for me..
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I would simply replace the left arm, but new ones are invest cast. It will work too i guess, if you don't mind the difference.
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You sure you dont have any type of warrenty on these? Seems like lifetime is standard...
I would say Odyssey thunderbolt. Probably the lightest and strongest cranks out there.
Fly emailed me back finally and said tough shit basically. 5+ year old cranks and no receipt. Whatever, I get it, what i want them to know is the bike sat in storage for 5 years so these cranks had less than 200 hours worth of riding on before the pedal snapped off. I never even did anything big on them, justhing but flatland type stuff grinding ledges and etc.
Whatever, lesson learned I will avoid Fly for now on.
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You sure you dont have any type of warrenty on these? Seems like lifetime is standard...
I would say Odyssey thunderbolt. Probably the lightest and strongest cranks out there.
Fly emailed me back finally and said tough shit basically. 5+ year old cranks and no receipt. Whatever, I get it, what i want them to know is the bike sat in storage for 5 years so these cranks had less than 200 hours worth of riding on before the pedal snapped off. I never even did anything big on them, justhing but flatland type stuff grinding ledges and etc.
Whatever, lesson learned I will avoid Fly for now on.
Ok, now here's what you do: email them back and say yeah hey sorry i understand you have to sell parts to keep the business afloat and whatnot but could I try another set of fly cranks at cost? Since the ones you had were barely used.
It's worth a try