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Title: i can't handle this anymore!
Post by: Philbert on April 25, 2008, 11:34 PM
first the world goes crazy for odysseys plastic pedals.

i just find out eastern are working on a plastic bb that saves 18 ozs, who gives a shit about 18 ozs

http://www.easternbikes.com/
Title: Re: i can't handle this anymore!
Post by: jedi on April 25, 2008, 11:38 PM
bmx seems to be following the mtb path of years gone.
its hillarious.






ti axels snap.............................bb's snap....................................
Title: Re: i can't handle this anymore!
Post by: Longun on April 25, 2008, 11:40 PM
18oz is quite a saving if light weight is what you're looking for. Certainly more than is saved by milling out a bit more material from a stem or whatever.
Title: Re: i can't handle this anymore!
Post by: Dingobmxer on April 25, 2008, 11:41 PM
why not just use a nylon bush type bb?

OR have a p1ss before riding? I am pretty sure one of my dumps weighs more than 18oz (closer to the weight of Laz, truth be told  :LolLolLolLol: )

 :) DINGO :)
Title: Re: i can't handle this anymore!
Post by: Philbert on April 25, 2008, 11:41 PM
i'm cool with ti stuff but plastic ffs!

i'm fully aware plastics come a long way in recent years but fookin hell! its still plastic
Title: Re: i can't handle this anymore!
Post by: darkersomeday on April 25, 2008, 11:43 PM
too slippy for my flid like feet ;)

plastic bb's  too :shocked:
Title: Re: i can't handle this anymore!
Post by: Philbert on April 25, 2008, 11:43 PM
fook it!

when this hits production i'm gonna get one. just to see if i am too stuck in my ways and should move with the times
Title: Re: i can't handle this anymore!
Post by: Dingobmxer on April 25, 2008, 11:52 PM
I had a nylon swing arm protector on my Suzuki 1100 and it was tough enough not to wear thru with a chain spinning fast enough to spin the wheels at 165mph so I am sure they can make the stuff strong enough but will friction be a problem?

 :) DINGO :)
Title: Re: i can't handle this anymore!
Post by: Philbert on April 25, 2008, 11:56 PM
i like a bit of friction on my cranks, stops them from spinning when i'm doing a superman seatgrab indian air
Title: Re: i can't handle this anymore!
Post by: darkersomeday on April 25, 2008, 11:57 PM
i was thinking the same mark, they must use some kind of lubricant?

i'm struggling to get my head around how it'll cope with the loads and forces involved,

and will the cranks spin freely? man i hate sticky feeling cranks!
Title: Re: i can't handle this anymore!
Post by: lodge on April 26, 2008, 12:07 AM
In my work i often see high tensile steel pins that are running in nylon bushes, the pins are worn to fook but not a mark on the nylon bushes, you just wouldn't believe that the metal pin would wear before the plastic bush.
Title: Re: i can't handle this anymore!
Post by: billy-bmx on April 26, 2008, 12:13 AM
plastic seat post
plastic axle
plastic cranks
plastic brake
plastic spokes
plastic chain
plastic headset
plastic stem
would be such a good idea
and loads more too
Title: Re: i can't handle this anymore!
Post by: Philbert on April 26, 2008, 12:16 AM
ssssssssssssssshhhh!
Title: Re: i can't handle this anymore!
Post by: billy-bmx on April 26, 2008, 12:17 AM
NAAAAAAT
haha
i hate all this plastic stuff
but
i would get the pedals
just as spares for how cheap they are
Title: Re: i can't handle this anymore!
Post by: Dingobmxer on April 26, 2008, 12:19 AM
plastic seat post
plastic axle
plastic cranks
plastic brake
plastic spokes
plastic chain
plastic headset
plastic stem
would be such a good idea
and loads more too

just dont take the fooker out in the sunshine  :LolLolLolLol:

 :) DINGO :)
Title: Re: i can't handle this anymore!
Post by: Philbert on April 26, 2008, 12:20 AM
be careful with plastic pedals dude! your feet can slip off and cause all sorts of nasty injuries!!!

wouldn't want that now would we! the old man would have a heart attack second time around
Title: Re: i can't handle this anymore!
Post by: darkersomeday on April 26, 2008, 12:23 AM
plastic cables?

http://www.iodupont.com/default.htm
Title: Re: i can't handle this anymore!
Post by: billy-bmx on April 26, 2008, 12:25 AM
there much gripper than you think
gripper then normal pedals
Title: Re: i can't handle this anymore!
Post by: Philbert on April 26, 2008, 12:28 AM
my arse are they!

tried them on a bike a couple of weeks ago, thought they were as crap as the cheap sh!t we sell at work for £3.50
Title: Re: i can't handle this anymore!
Post by: Philbert on April 26, 2008, 12:29 AM
do you wreckon some tw@t is going to try and do a plastic rim again?!
Title: Re: i can't handle this anymore!
Post by: HEYWOOD BMX on April 26, 2008, 12:33 AM
plastic seat post
plastic axle
plastic cranks
plastic brake
plastic spokes
plastic chain
plastic headset
plastic stem
would be such a good idea
and loads more too   Stick it all on the carbon fibre GT! It`ll go all soft in the heat of summer!
Title: Re: i can't handle this anymore!
Post by: darkersomeday on April 26, 2008, 12:38 AM
plastic spokes ;D

http://www.spinergy.com/
Title: Re: i can't handle this anymore!
Post by: darkersomeday on April 26, 2008, 12:45 AM
sadio euro flatland bb

euro ???

fooking freaks.
Title: Re: i can't handle this anymore!
Post by: pickle on April 26, 2008, 07:52 AM
there much gripper than you think
gripper then normal pedals

personally i agree.......i've got a set at the moment and find them really good!  lovely and grippy......but then i am wearing DCs  ;)
Title: Re: i can't handle this anymore!
Post by: zed4130 on April 26, 2008, 08:07 AM
there much gripper than you think
gripper then normal pedals

personally i agree.......i've got a set at the moment and find them really good!  lovely and grippy......but then i am wearing DCs  ;)

i still use the same old outland peds i got back in 02ish , my newer vans work better than my old worn out ones  ;) 
soon the new khe seat & post combo will be out, plus there is a new plastic saddle coming out , ill keep my padded one i thing  ;)
Title: Re: i can't handle this anymore!
Post by: Rombloke on April 29, 2008, 09:38 PM
plastic spokes ;D

http://www.spinergy.com/


come on joe....
http://www.skywaytuffwheels.com/

lol

fook it...plastic bike
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Dave
Title: Re: i can't handle this anymore!
Post by: Longun on April 29, 2008, 10:30 PM
Plastic? Nah, I prefer wood (http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/ne/p/2007/wooden_bike01_550x413.jpg)  though not in a gay way.


Title: Re: i can't handle this anymore!
Post by: oberonspacefruit on April 29, 2008, 11:07 PM
(http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F2I/04B9/F68BFXWB/F2I04B9F68BFXWB.MEDIUM.jpg)
Title: Re: i can't handle this anymore!
Post by: evamedia on April 30, 2008, 08:04 AM
Did they reconstitute that from Orac on Blakes 7?
Title: Re: i can't handle this anymore!
Post by: revcore on April 30, 2008, 12:28 PM
Plastic this and plastic that.....Whats the go with the sudden urge to make BMX parts out of plastic? When I was a kid I used to throw away plastic pedals for the very reason they were JUNK. Now it seems plastic pedals appear to be cool. Well not with me they aint!!!!
Hell, I might even some stickers made up for my bikes that reads "Classic Not Plastic"
Title: Re: i can't handle this anymore!
Post by: SaMAlex on April 30, 2008, 12:49 PM
I quite like those platic BB sets, a few companies are lookin at them now. Nice and simple, easy to fit. They are more of a "self lube bearing" than just a coller of plastic. Im sure they can take the weight and its not like BMX cranks ever spin that much.


Plastic rims would be much better now, than they were in the 80s. At least no one would be trying to get a brake to work on them  :idiot2:
Title: Re: i can't handle this anymore!
Post by: muttley on April 30, 2008, 01:47 PM
Have you see the 'HITMAN' Sir Hans frame coming out? Friggin thing looks like swiss cheese  ???
Title: Re: i can't handle this anymore!
Post by: lazychubs on April 30, 2008, 07:03 PM
vw beetles do a plastic self lubing inserts instead of roller bearing for the front beam
and similar ones for the rear swing arms
so if they can carry a car should be ok for a bottom bracket
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