The "what the hell is Odyssey / Gspprt cooking up" thread.

[Dr. Steve Brule]

A chair with 3 legs doesn't fall over, and when you stop thinking about chairs and think about drivers it also means that the driver tends to "self centre" between those 3 pawls, spreading the load as evenly as possible and reducing stress and wear.

Girlfriend asked what I was reading. Tried explaining this concept to her. She thought about it long and hard, and asked 'what if all the legs were in the middle, and I sat on the edge? the chair would fall over'

What do you say to that G.

She thinks about me long and hard too.

[dude...]

A chair with 3 legs doesn't fall over, and when you stop thinking about chairs and think about drivers it also means that the driver tends to "self centre" between those 3 pawls, spreading the load as evenly as possible and reducing stress and wear.

Girlfriend asked what I was reading. Tried explaining this concept to her. She thought about it long and hard, and asked 'what if all the legs were in the middle, and I sat on the edge? the chair would fall over'

What do you say to that G.

She thinks about me long and hard too.

there is hope for this place yet

[G]

A chair with 3 legs doesn't fall over, and when you stop thinking about chairs and think about drivers it also means that the driver tends to "self centre" between those 3 pawls, spreading the load as evenly as possible and reducing stress and wear.

Girlfriend asked what I was reading. Tried explaining this concept to her. She thought about it long and hard, and asked 'what if all the legs were in the middle, and I sat on the edge? the chair would fall over'

What do you say to that G.

I say that's more of a triple ended dildo than a chair, and she is making some subtle overtures that you should be exploring further rather than wasting time posting it on here... let us know how it goes..


G.

[barcodebilly]

G. Got stumped lol green box to your girl

[dude...]

show me a cassette hub with all the pawls in the middle

[ad.]

G. Got stumped lol green box to your girl

If she sits on the triple ender a red box is probably more appropriate.

[tecnic1]

Are the Dugan tires going to come in P-Lyte?

I've really started to like light tires.

[MSBNL]

^^ And for that matter, what happened to K-lyte tires? 2.25 Aitken K-lyte is by far my all time favorite tire! Did the demand for lightweight tires die out that quickly (after everyone and their mom (including me) rode those P.O.S. KHE tires)?

[KillSeth]

Odyssey stopped making Aitken K-lytes because the demand was evidently not there. I imagine this goes for all K-lyte tires.

[bsd510]

I think the demand was there, the tires were just a little too expensive for most people. I got my k lyte aitkens from the odyssey warehouse sale for 12 bucks and they are probably my favorite tire ever, but if I had to pay retail (i think 40?) I would buy other tires every time because I can get 2 tires for essentially the same price

[Narcoleptic Insomniac]

Same reason we don't see many folding tires anymore.

[reebzor]

Here's a true story: I sold my last BMX bike in 2007 because I needed some cash and was too busy to ride all that much. I said to myself I will build a new bike when the fabled G-Sport Freecoaster is released.

Call me impatient, but I am building up another bike now and I have to ask G: How much longer do I have to wait?

Is there still going to be a G-Sport Freecoaster? Is the Odyssey Clutch the G-Sport Freecoaster? When is the Clutch going to be released? If answer NO to all the above, what freecoaster should I buy?

[Oddity]

Why no LHD socket drive Thunderbolts?

[The Horror Contact]

Here's a true story: I sold my last BMX bike in 2007 because I needed some cash and was too busy to ride all that much. I said to myself I will build a new bike when the fabled G-Sport Freecoaster is released.

Call me impatient, but I am building up another bike now and I have to ask G: How much longer do I have to wait?

Is there still going to be a G-Sport Freecoaster? Is the Odyssey Clutch the G-Sport Freecoaster? When is the Clutch going to be released? If answer NO to all the above, what freecoaster should I buy?

I believe it was said that the Gsport coaster is not happening...and something of retail costs being way to high.  I have the Eclat Blind arriving next week, lots of people are extremely happy with the Freemix by primo.

[G]

Here's a true story: I sold my last BMX bike in 2007 because I needed some cash and was too busy to ride all that much. I said to myself I will build a new bike when the fabled G-Sport Freecoaster is released.

Call me impatient, but I am building up another bike now and I have to ask G: How much longer do I have to wait?

Is there still going to be a G-Sport Freecoaster? Is the Odyssey Clutch the G-Sport Freecoaster? When is the Clutch going to be released? If answer NO to all the above, what freecoaster should I buy?

The Odyssey Clutch hub is based on the traditional axial system but employs the drag mechanism developed for the G-Coaster as well as a load of other subtle changes that fix a lot of the existing issues.
No exact release date yet, but I am hoping it will be late-winter/early-spring next year.

The G-Coaster is not totally dead though, just in a coma, awaiting resuscitation...


G.