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The Bike Shop / odyssey quik slic cable

« on: August 11, 2012, 11:21:21 PM »

^^^ Really sorry you had such a nightmare. My guess is that the hole was drilled too high up, which means that instead of tightening against the bottom of the clamp body, the cable was just being pushed down the hole... If you can swing by OTX with it and show it to Chris or Taj or someone that would be awesome and they can hook you up with a replacement or something for your trouble.... or just leave it at Empire..


G.

No problem!  I'm just glad i got it sorted for now.  I love the stiffness the cable offers and was bummed when i thought it wouldn't work with my set up.  I'd definitely like to swing by OTX.  I'll bring what's left of the cable with me.

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The Bike Shop / odyssey quik slic cable

« on: August 11, 2012, 09:58:08 PM »

Everytime I see your bike it makes me miss that frame!!

haha!  thanks man.  i've tried switching it out a few times but i keep going back to it. she still rides great.

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Riding Photos / Papoy riding

« on: August 09, 2012, 07:50:30 PM »

^sick pic.  I can't do any tricks either.

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The Bike Shop / odyssey quik slic cable

« on: August 09, 2012, 07:26:50 PM »

So here is what my knarp looked like inside my brake lever.  
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I did like one of you guys suggested and called up Odyssey.  The dude that picked up made some suggestions but concluded that my knarp must have been defective.  Frustrated, I thought i'd take a dremel it and shaved some material off.  
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I got it to work but ironically, all that work was in vain. Despite my efforts to tighten the screw on the knarp it failed catastrophically after a few good tugs of the lever (which is strange since others have said the knarp holds like a champ).

In the end, I thought of a solution and headed to Empire for a new cable.  Here is what I came up with to avoid using the knarp.  it works like a charm!
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The Bike Shop / odyssey quik slic cable

« on: August 08, 2012, 12:17:59 PM »

Fairly big pictures here:-
http://themerged.com/2012/06/19/sunday-2013-bikes-odyssey-parts-sneak-peek/

There are no springs in the pivots, you just bolt them on with one bolt per arm with no spring balancing, then the spring is here:-

Kind of like the brake I modified for myself many many years ago but neater...


Rode this for years with zero problems...


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holy sht!  you gotta hand it to Odyssey..  Always finding ways to make bikes more simple.  I'd be interested in trying it out.

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The Bike Shop / odyssey quik slic cable

« on: August 07, 2012, 11:13:46 PM »

I've seen that springfield brake in pictures but am confused about how it works.  does anyone have a link they could share?  any info?

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The Bike Shop / odyssey quik slic cable

« on: August 06, 2012, 11:02:47 AM »

i was even thinking of drilling the hole in the brake lever all the way through.  this would let me fit the knarp in deep enough but i shouldnt have to do that.  the illustration seems to work fine.

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The Bike Shop / odyssey quik slic cable

« on: August 06, 2012, 11:01:40 AM »

I have the same lever as the picture.  

as for your second comment, yeah, i tried fitting it in both ways.

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The Bike Shop / odyssey quik slic cable

« on: August 06, 2012, 10:52:42 AM »

has anyone tried using one of these.  I am unfortunate enough to have a frame that isn't quite compatable because the cable stop is welded too close to the seat mast.  The problem I'm having is that i had to use the knarp that's included to shorten the cable up.  the knarp fits into my odyssey brake lever, but I cant get it to go deep enough for the cable to twist into the barrel slot.

i know all of this is hard to put into words so i'll try to post pics up later.  i just thought i'd post this to see if anyone knew what i'm talking about..

here is a link from odyssey's website.  their example seems to be working fine.

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Riding Photos / Papoy riding

« on: August 01, 2012, 02:57:21 PM »

I finally got to ride this wallride in East/central Austin again.  It's always nice having a place were you could avoid the Austin heat.

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The Lounge / PAPOY Spot Finds

« on: August 01, 2012, 02:41:41 PM »

Water slide spots looks like something that is good in theory but probably doesn't offer much by way of riding.

you're right.  you really cant session any particular part because it's all downhill.  The second picture is taken facing uphill so it's actually two sets of lefthanded curved wallrides.  that part is fun to hit but then you have to jump on the binders before you crash into the murk.  it's only fun to take a few runs down but definitely worth checking out.

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The Lounge / PAPOY Spot Finds

« on: August 01, 2012, 08:22:44 AM »

This place is off the interstate in south Austin.  i've never bothered to pullover to check it out but finally did.  it's an abandoned waterside that was operating in the 80's.  now it's a bit overgrown but I was able to bomb down it while carving all the turns.  it's great until the end.  if you don't stop on time your'll crash into a murky black water puddle.

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Bike Gallery / Bikes you miss

« on: April 23, 2012, 10:10:58 PM »

Wouldn't mind having my Superstar back. It was some weird pre-production model that I got cheap of some old BG person, and had a super short backend (for the time). It just ridiculously dented up and I couldn't trust it anymore.

Wouldn't mind having my PW moto back, too. Not because it was my best riding bike ever, but i learned a ton of trick on it, and was around for a very important time in my life. Also, it is the only time I've gone out and purchased pretty much an entire new bike at once. (though my pre-megatour purchase spree was almost on that level)

Lastly my 125R. I raced on it for 3 years, had a ton of ups and downs on it, and loved the way it rode.

that standard is awesome!  what gear ratio did you have on that thing?  i'm looking  to build a similar race bike..

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Bike Gallery / S&M Old school vs New school build...

« on: March 10, 2012, 02:56:32 PM »

this sounds interesting!

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The Bike Shop / What did you do to your bike today? (v2)

« on: December 16, 2011, 09:59:32 AM »

put a different seat on and swapped my bars for some chrome ones.  It's gonna look good.