Yay, new bike parts!

Gubs · Post by **Gubs** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:33 pm

So, I got some new bikes part yesterday and went out riding today. I'm sure only a few will know what i'm talking about but i'll do a bike check.
And yes, i'm brakeless. Which means the only way I can stop while going fast is by screaming "I CAN'T STOP, I HAVE NO BRAKES... MOOOOVE!"

Frame - FBM Joint 20.75
Fork - Odyssey 41 Thermal
Bars - Odyssey Skim Milks
Barends - Shadow Conspiracy
Stem - Odyssey Elementary V2
Grips - Shadow Conspiracy
Headset - FSA
Seatpost Clamp - Kink
Seatpost - Macneil Pivot
Seat - Animal Stript Pivot
Cranks - Odyssey wombolts
Pedals - Animal Hamilton sealed once I stop being lazy and install them.
Sprocket - Animal 30t
Brakes - Odyssey small
Cables - Odyssey linear
Gyro - NA
Pegs - NA
Front Wheel - Stock (Soon to be a Odyssey Hazard Lite)
Front Tire - Multi Surface 4
Rear Wheel - Eastern Electron (Have a Odyssey Hazard Lite in stock once it blows)
Rear Tire - Animal ASM 2.10
Mods - Cut bars to 23½" inches, cut seatpost a few inches
Total weight - Roughly 25-27 lbs. (Will weigh it in tomorrow)
This is my old bike. My first bike check.

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Cisco_Kid · Post by **Cisco_Kid** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:01 pm

That sounds and looks impressive, even it is a completely foreign language to me for those parts
And brakes are sooo over-rated. Just wear a good helmet and pads to cushion the landings.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:15 pm

Bet you paid lot of money for that.

And no brakes? LOL

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Gubs · Post by **Gubs** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 11:11 pm

Red Squirrel wrote: Bet you paid lot of money for that.

And no brakes? LOL

Lol, yup I did. Its total infestment is about 1200-1300$ now. The frame was 230$ and the cranks (Odyssey wombolts or the things that hold the pedals) were 180$.
Having no brakes help you control your bike betters. It also helps with manuals, I might put one on later if I feel like it.

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flowergirlajg · Post by **flowergirlajg** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 4:37 pm

heheheh. Take it for a spin. Try out your new 'Brakes'.

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Gubs · Post by **Gubs** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 4:56 pm

Lol, I actually did. And it was quite fun learning more control weaving through traffic since there are a lot of hills where I live. I almost got hit twice, thankfully the cars weren't brakeless.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 5:05 pm

You should just get the brakes where you pedal backwards, that way you don't have the hand brakes and cables, which I assume is what normally gets in the way for doing tricks. Or does the pedaling backwards thing become an issue as well?

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Gubs · Post by **Gubs** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 5:51 pm

Red Squirrel wrote: You should just get the brakes where you pedal backwards, that way you don't have the hand brakes and cables, which I assume is what normally gets in the way for doing tricks. Or does the pedaling backwards thing become an issue as well?

Well, you can pedal backwards to cause friction on the rear hub so it kind of slows it down. But the BMX company that would add that braking feature in hubs and rear drivers would go out of business fast. It would also get in the way of tricks, if I want to fakie out of 180's then I have to pedal backwards a few times so I can turn the bike around. There are hubs that are called freecoasters, those allow you to roll backwards without pedaling but those hubs are alone, 200-300$. (Btw, hubs are the piece of metal that your spokes are connected to. Its what makes your entire wheel move)

It can get really confusing, there is a lot more to a BMX bike than someone would think. There are different geometries to suit different people. Top tub length, head tube angle, rear end length (slammed or non-slammed), bottom brackets, crank arm length, the list just goes on and on. And most of that is just for the frame.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 6:57 pm

Wow bikes are more complicated then I figured, guess for you a bike is like a computer for me.

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Gubs · Post by **Gubs** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:02 pm

Lol, pretty much. When I was first learning about BMX I got really confused. I was riding a 20.5 top tube and then someone said thats to small for someone my height. (6'2" or 3) then they said a 20.75 would be much better. And I thought, what would a quater of a inch difference be? Oh boy did I think wrong. It feels like I have so much more space for my legs but at the same time I don't have a reach difference so I can still have control over the bike.

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