Messages

1

Sell and Swap / Re: FS: Odyssey, WTP, Hoffman, DK, Macneil, Animal, GSport, KHE, Sun

« on: March 10, 2017, 04:04:12 AM »

Any chance you would ship the 48h 7KA rim to Australia?

If so, I'll take it.

I will. If you will give me your address, I'll work something up.

Thanks Brian,

I'll PM you.

2

Sell and Swap / Re: FS: Odyssey, WTP, Hoffman, DK, Macneil, Animal, GSport, KHE, Sun

« on: March 09, 2017, 03:17:55 PM »

Any chance you would ship the 48h 7KA rim to Australia?

If so, I'll take it.

3

The Bike Shop / Re: Thick grips.

« on: December 15, 2015, 05:31:27 PM »

BSD Forever grips are thick and don't crush down to a smaller diameter when riding.

Decent grip pattern too.

4

Sell and Swap / Re: BSD Beverage complete 48h Ratchet (pics added)

« on: November 07, 2015, 05:19:00 PM »

I'm keen on the wheelset and possibly the seat and post.

5

Sell and Swap / Re: Looking for a Sunday soundwave

« on: June 19, 2015, 05:23:36 AM »

This guy is selling a 21 TT for an ok price in Orange County:

http://bmxmuseum.com/forsale/166124

6

Sell and Swap / Re: t1 barcode frame for sale or trade

« on: June 09, 2015, 03:48:05 AM »

PM sent.

7

The Bike Shop / Re: Keychain woes?

« on: May 06, 2015, 07:57:32 PM »

I have a similar situation with a Keychain, MDS and Thunderbolts and all items are within one or two rides of being new.

After a trial and error process of swapping parts around onto my older drive train I found the Thunderbolts are responsible for the tight and loose spots. The old drive train was a standard chain, beaten MDS and Twombolts and the chain tension was always equal with no questionable spots and the MDS straight.

Turns out the Thunderbolts sprocket bolt hole is a fraction below being level with the sprocket recess and after tensioning the sprocket bolt down then spinning the cranks the disk was pulled out of alignment TOWARDS the sprocket bolt. Backing off the sprocket bolts tension the disk was again nice and straight.

Did all the same again with the Twombolts and they do not cause the disk to be pulled over and never had an issue.

Changed gearing on my spare bike which has Thunderbolts and guess what? Exactly the same issue of chain tension being tight and loose with the disk pulled over to the sprocket bolt.

After looking at the wear pattern on your sprocket it appears you might have a similar situation?

Sorry to hear of that. I would check the main sprocket seat on the crank very carefully to make sure there isn't a blob of paint or something preventing it sitting flat. If it isnt easily remedied then we can warranty it for you.


G.

Hi G, before I sound like I'm trolling or bashing Odyssey/G-Sport/Sunday I want to thank you for making and designing the best parts in BMX.

I know it's not the sprocket seat as I checked every mating part over before assembling. The cranks were then fitted through the bottom bracket and the spindle bolt tightened right down and during this the sprocket bolt was loosely fitted and could be turned by finger tip. The cranks were then spun and the disk was showing as straight (brand new Chase Hawk C-512). Once the sprocket bolt was tensioned down it was immediately noticeable how the disk had been pulled towards the crank arm. Once the sprocket bolt was backed off the disk returned to being straight.

I'm researching into brass shims as this stage to see what thickness would remedy the mentioned issue. 

8

The Bike Shop / Re: Keychain woes?

« on: May 06, 2015, 04:37:16 AM »

I have a similar situation with a Keychain, MDS and Thunderbolts and all items are within one or two rides of being new.

After a trial and error process of swapping parts around onto my older drive train I found the Thunderbolts are responsible for the tight and loose spots. The old drive train was a standard chain, beaten MDS and Twombolts and the chain tension was always equal with no questionable spots and the MDS straight.

Turns out the Thunderbolts sprocket bolt hole is a fraction below being level with the sprocket recess and after tensioning the sprocket bolt down then spinning the cranks the disk was pulled out of alignment TOWARDS the sprocket bolt. Backing off the sprocket bolts tension the disk was again nice and straight.

Did all the same again with the Twombolts and they do not cause the disk to be pulled over and never had an issue.

Changed gearing on my spare bike which has Thunderbolts and guess what? Exactly the same issue of chain tension being tight and loose with the disk pulled over to the sprocket bolt.

After looking at the wear pattern on your sprocket it appears you might have a similar situation?

9

Sell and Swap / Re: Anyone want new old Snafu stock?

« on: March 06, 2015, 11:51:10 PM »

I'm interested to know what Odyssey parts you have?

10

The Bike Shop / Re: When your Sunday Soundwave is cracked in 3 places, is all hope lost?

« on: February 25, 2015, 02:10:36 AM »

I've been on my 21.25 Soundwave for the last three years and have found out Sunday have stopped making them in that size due to low demand.

Might be shit out of luck if a warranty replacement is needed for a frame in the same size.......

Might be shit out of luck on a warranty? Fuck you mean warranty, after 3 years? That shit has had it's time.... pay full price and support BMX rather than assume a frame breaking after 3 years warrants some kind of sympathetic replacement.

For the record, I asked for alternative frames to look into, and George French is one of the people advising me to talk to the warranty dept.. so I'm not sure what the point of your argument is?

My roommate took off early today so I'll try to get pictures up when I can but they're pretty hard to see with the Ice Green paint job.

Laz, what my small contribution meant was Sunday has stopped making 21.25 frames. If I needed a frame replaced by warranty then there is a high probability that the replacement frame will not be the same 21.25 size I'm currently running. Hence, I'd be shit out of luck.

And naturally Laylow has steered the thread in a totally different direction again by pushing his opinion from his perceived moral high ground that Odyssey and Sunday cripple bike shops due to their lifetime warranties which limits sales. He banged on his collection of pots and pans in the steerer tube/compression bolt size thread exactly from the same distorted stand point.

Irrelevant is how I feel about his input and contribution.....

11

The Bike Shop / Re: On the subject of tire size (Ross)

« on: February 23, 2015, 06:19:17 PM »

What brake arms are you running?

I've found Fly's have the most clearance in vertical and horizontal distance from the tyre and Evo's take up a lot of room.

Also had to deflate the tyre just enough to pinch it past the brake pads, and that's with the pads as close to the arms as possible.

12

The Bike Shop / Re: New glands

« on: February 23, 2015, 06:10:45 PM »

I liked the way the older versions fixing points would evenly line up with the cross over of spokes on 48's, nice, even and simple.

Put them on 36's and it's sort of hit and miss evenly securing it to the spokes.

Really interested to see how these work out and the small, minimal shape looks good and clean!

I'm not street enough to take off my hub guards and way too OCD looking after the wheelset to put them through any form of traumatic experience without protection.

13

The Bike Shop / Re: When your Sunday Soundwave is cracked in 3 places, is all hope lost?

« on: February 23, 2015, 05:31:15 PM »

I'm really interested to see the pics of the cracked Soundwave!!!!!

I've been on my 21.25 Soundwave for the last three years and have found out Sunday have stopped making them in that size due to low demand.

Might be shit out of luck if a warranty replacement is needed for a frame in the same size.......