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Title: Odyssey Clutch or Eclat Blind?
Post by: Alice Glass on August 20, 2015, 01:54:36 PM: Who has em? Which one's better? Looking to buy one to replace my shitty Joytech clone
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Post by: LayLow on August 20, 2015, 03:00:01 PM: Clutch by a long shot! The Blind is a mess!
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Post by: Spev on August 20, 2015, 04:48:23 PM: Clutch
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Post by: Stoked on August 20, 2015, 06:03:04 PM: Clutch
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Post by: dude... on August 20, 2015, 07:39:30 PM: fixd
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Post by: Prodigal Son on August 20, 2015, 08:44:12 PM: Éclat should be last on your list.

Having said that, z-coaster.
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Post by: GUMP_ on August 20, 2015, 11:55:31 PM: Clutch looks better than the blind
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Post by: weedbix on August 21, 2015, 01:19:11 AM: I have the utmost confidence in the Clutch, but the Bamboo is great too if you don't care about LHD
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Post by: RighteousBMX on August 21, 2015, 09:32:18 AM: lol
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Post by: Stoked on August 23, 2015, 10:36:00 AM: Very impressed with the lack of drag in the clutch. Makes it feel like a cassette and I'm sure fans of crank flips would agree
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Post by: Mike Reimer(derangedbiker) on August 23, 2015, 06:34:23 PM: Quote from: Stoked on August 23, 2015, 10:36:00 AM
Very impressed with the lack of drag in the clutch. Makes it feel like a cassette and I'm sure fans of crank flips would agree

Yup crank flips just like a cassette. This is my first freecoaster and i love it, the silence when riding is awesome, haha. Have smashed my knee off the bars a few times already though. Damn slack.
Title: Re: Odyssey Clutch or Eclat Blind?
Post by: metalbmxer on August 24, 2015, 07:07:20 AM: Anyone else been noticing that the gap on the Clutch seems to increase as the session progresses? I think the little grub screw on the slack mechanism works itself loose after impacts on the ground...
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Post by: conormckeon on August 24, 2015, 07:47:15 AM: I have the clutch and my brother has the blind. I have to say that the clutch feels better and functions better overall
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Post by: Bunky on August 24, 2015, 08:33:05 AM: Suprised your bother isn't still on an Ezra.

I love how light the Ezra, Salt, Dartmoor coasters are, but I kind of miss the engagement feel of a screw type coaster.
Title: Re: Odyssey Clutch or Eclat Blind?
Post by: Alice Glass on August 24, 2015, 01:24:06 PM: Quote from: Bunky on August 24, 2015, 08:33:05 AM
Suprised your bother isn't still on an Ezra.

I love how light the Ezra, Salt, Dartmoor coasters are, but I kind of miss the engagement feel of a screw type coaster.

No one sells the Ezra coaster anymore right?
I didnt consider one because iamHollywood is a douche
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Post by: paranoidmexican on August 24, 2015, 02:24:22 PM: Quote from: Alice Glass on August 24, 2015, 01:24:06 PM
Quote from: Bunky on August 24, 2015, 08:33:05 AM
Suprised your bother isn't still on an Ezra.

I love how light the Ezra, Salt, Dartmoor coasters are, but I kind of miss the engagement feel of a screw type coaster.

No one sells the Ezra coaster anymore right?
I didnt consider one because iamHollywood is a douche

flatlandfuel.com has ezra coasters
Title: Re: Odyssey Clutch or Eclat Blind?
Post by: badlight on August 24, 2015, 07:34:11 PM: Salt also have their own version that I think also comes in LHD.
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Post by: G on August 25, 2015, 05:26:22 PM: Quote from: metalbmxer on August 24, 2015, 07:07:20 AM
Anyone else been noticing that the gap on the Clutch seems to increase as the session progresses? I think the little grub screw on the slack mechanism works itself loose after impacts on the ground...

That is very unlikely, but what is probably happening is that the helical adjuster is taking a little time to get pushed back together after you re-open the gap. It needs the clutch element banging into it to shove it back along the axle out of the way, and this sometimes takes a little while.

I made a couple of videos of how to take the hub apart and put it back together again if anyone needs this:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg1SjjJz9nM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxnWbSjyexc

:)
G.
Title: Re: Odyssey Clutch or Eclat Blind?
Post by: streetStreet on August 26, 2015, 09:57:02 AM: I know its been a minute, but have odyssey had any complaints yet?
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Post by: JFax on August 31, 2015, 05:30:51 AM: From what I understood from my local shop the Eclat one had a production error in a spring or something similar that Eclat sent out replacements for. I havent seen a new batch being made though with the fault corrected, so maybe their project failed.
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Post by: Prodigal Son on August 31, 2015, 11:29:54 AM: My friend got the updated spring and it faired no better.
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Post by: JFax on September 03, 2015, 06:35:23 AM: Talked to a retailer, turns out they discontinoud the Blind. I guess it didnt live up to its hype.
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Post by: KillSeth on September 04, 2015, 10:03:33 AM: Dang, can that be true?
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Post by: Bunky on September 04, 2015, 12:46:22 PM: I've been wondering how these hubs were faring.

I didn't have a good feeling about them once I saw the ratchet ring tooth profile. They spaced the teeth out to try and give the hub more slack, but depending on where the teeth are in comparison to the ring, it might not actually have that affect.

I still kind of want to try one out.
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Post by: streetStreet on September 04, 2015, 12:52:17 PM: I to get a clutch hub built up but were nearing the end iof riding season here so I may hold off until spring. If anything new bars and stem and save money for hockey skates ;)
Title: Re: Odyssey Clutch or Eclat Blind?
Post by: DAKINS on September 06, 2015, 08:53:59 AM: Laced up the Clutch about a week ago. Holy shit that thing is smooth, I don't think I could be any happier with it to be honest. That said, I had been using a Geisha Street for 6(?) years, but still. Slack set on max, but still engages so quickly and seamlessly it makes half cabs super easy and pop much higher. Well worth the wait.