Unless you've been living under a rock for the last two years, chances are likely that you already know a lot about the PLEGS. To sum it up, they are simple, cheap, light and STRUCTURAL plastic pegs. They aren't magic. They won’t pull the chicks in or make you invincible...
This is the new Ratchet Hub, launching early in 2008... hopefully...
It's finally here. The answer to ALL your hopes and dreams. The new smaller, lighter GLAND with bigger cable-tie-holes and BOBBLES!
Because GLANDs fix to, (and rotate with) the wheel they can use the very spokes they protect to help support them. This also means that they dont effect the dropout spacing or put any load on your hub axle. And because they are plastic they slide faster and are lighter too.
The BOBBLES! help to take some of the load off the cable-ties and keep the GLAND central, whilst still allowing the guard to fit virtually any hub, with any lacing pattern, front or rear.
And at just $11 they are probably the cheapest as well.
These have actually been available in Australia and some other countries for a while, but they are now in the Odyssey warehouse ready to ship to distributors, so North Americans should be able to satisfy their needs within a few weeks, and the rest of the world wont be far behind...
George
Blackout and QBP should have them in stock. International Distributors should be getting them sometime in the next few weeks. Or you can visit the Odyssey store to buy them direct here.
Details:
Same length and thread as the old stock Monkey and Marmoset 3/8" bolts but with a head to take a 17mm socket (rather than the old 9/16"). This allows you to use the same socket you use for your cassette hub. Broached the centre for a 6mm Allen Key.
Another three post frenzy... you lucky lucky people...
Don't worry these bolts aren't really volcanos... or are they?!?!?
No. they arent...
What they are are smooth low profile bolts for the Marmoset and Monkey hubs if you aren't planning on using pegs.
6mm allen key sockets, slightly shorter than regular bolts to save that all important weight (about half an ounce per bolt) and with a big head to allow use in 14mm dropouts (with a suitable converter).
Sold as singles.
Should be available early in 2007.
With winter rapidly closing in here in Sheffield you have two choices... make a run for the sun like Mike and Joe, or put on some warmer clothes and put up with it.... So obviously this is the ideal time of year to bring out a new T-Shirt....
100% cotton.
This is something I have been asked for for many years. Custom Monkey and Marmoset bolts. Same length and thread as the old stock Monkey and Marmoset 3/8" bolts but with a head to take a 17mm socket (rather than the old 9/16"). This allows you to use the same socket you use for your cassette hub.
But there is more. We also broached the centre for a 6mm Allen Key.
These will be available soon as spares and will eventually come stock on new hubs sometime in 2007.
OK. Three new entries in one day is my limit....
George
Well this website has been up for a while with pegs listed under the product section, and this is what we have been working on all that time.
As some people may already know, I have been running "plastic" pegs on my own bike for about the last 6 years now, ever since I put a steel peg through the side of my hand and had to have an operation to fix it.
Plastic pegs have a lot of advantages, they slide faster than steel, titanium or aluminium on any surface. They dont damage coping (so they should help bikers get access to some parks). They are less likely to kill you if they hit you in the back of the head. And of course they are massively lighter.
The Pleg uses a special steel insert that reinforces the end of the Pleg and provides a solid engagement on the dropout, and a replaceable "plastic" sleeve that is cheap and simple to change.
Weight is around 4ounces (112g) per peg, which is about half the weight of a typical steel peg and lighter than most titanium pegs too.
Plegs are the standard 4 inch (100mm) length but are slightly fatter than normal pegs at 42mm (a typical steel peg is 38mm). This extra thickness covers more of the dropout so you ONLY grind Pleg not frame, and helps the pleg get over skate stoppers ....
That's right, we can actually grind skate-stoppered aluminium rails... and since they wont cause any real damage you dont even need to feel guilty about it.
With Plegs you can look at your streets in a whole new way. Rough concrete ledges, aluminium rails, rails with skate stoppers, wood, pretty much anything is now ridable.
So to the obvious question. Wear.
Yes, Plegs do wear out quicker than steel pegs, but who wants to cart around half a pound of steel you will never use? With normal use a set of Plegs will last a good year or more and when the sleeves get really heavily worn you can simply replace them.
Hopefully these will be available in early 2007.
George
Yowzers!
Less than a month has passed since the last entry (and I have been away for 3 weeks of it) and already we have a new Blog entry!!!!
The long awaited RED Marmosets are now shipping to shops along with the Greys that arrived earlier on. So now anyone can recreate this moving scene of a Red and Grey Marmoset mating...
George
Again, I suck.
Well over a month since the last post, but hey I am slowly getting quicker. Bear with me, and by the end of the decade I might be posting every week...
Anyway, check out this little beauty. This is the new Macadamia Ribcage Rim. It's a sort of rich chocolatey brown. This is an extra thick version of the hard anodising process we use. As the coating gets thicker it also gets harder so if you want to run brakes then this is for you.... or maybe you just love the funky colour.
These are shipping to US shops NOW so get your order in quick. These are NOT limited edition, this should be a stock option, but that doesnt mean you shouldnt rush out and buy them right now....
I am off to the Interbike show next week. If you are going, then please stop by the Odyssey stand and say hi. We should have lots of cool new stuff to check out.... Soon after we should be able to put some of it up on here for everyone else to check out. So look back in here at the end of the month.
Tootles
George
I am pretty excited because after 12 years the first wheel incorporating a G-Sport hub is finally in shops.
The M7 wheel is a stock front wheel, built to the highest possible standards. Based around the legendary Marmoset 36 hole front hub, into a proven Odyssey 7ka rim with Odyssey's new top quality spokes.
Now you can get the same wheel that most of the Odyssey team use and love from any bike shop without the wait for a custom wheel build.
You can also be sure that thanks to the custom box it will arrive safe and sound and will have used less of the world's resources to get there.
OK here we go.
It’s finally time to go public with the new site and you are looking at it.
It’s always going to be an ongoing thing adding content and product information but the basics are here. Feel free to wander round and look at everything. The tech columns have migrated over, and as an opening treat there are three new ones to check out. Just follow the “tech” link above… that’s also where you will find the wheel building guide if you are looking for it…
I also wanted to have some product news for the launch of the new site. So after a false start earlier in the year I am delighted to be able to announce that the new Ribcage rim is finally ready, it has passed final quality control, and will be shipping to US shops before the end of March. Supplies for the UK and Europe should be well on their way too.
They now are available in 48H Chrome. Hard Anodised finish and 36's are on the next shipment.
The price is a little higher than some other rims but this reflects the special material and finishes. The material used is around 20% stronger than even the 7000 series aluminium used for rims. And the hard anodising gives a black finish that performs nearly as well as chrome. Spoke holes are guaranteed not to pull through no matter what…
Final production weights are 482g (1.06lbs) for hard anodised and 525g (1.15lbs) for chrome.
The packaging is pretty cool too. We managed to find a way to use cardboard instead of plastic, this actually gives more protection to the rim during shipping and is better for the environment too.