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Old 12-29-06 | 01:03 PM
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You are very wrong. The cranks are very strong, although the arms do come loose quite often. I doubt they will stop making them anytime soon. The thermals could be the last set of cranks you ever need.

No kidding, he didn't mean that literally.
Better call Ody...

I'm good friends with most of the guys up their and the 41thermals are being discountinued soon. Plus, compared to Fly, Wombolts and Profiles they are on the heavy side.

I've rode BMX for 27yrs. I have alot of guys who work for compines, own compines or ride for them that I speak to alot. At Interbike, they said flat out that Wombolts will be REPLACEING 41 Thermals.

Want Nuno's number? I'm not BSing you...I'm trying to help the guy not get cranks that won't be made shortly if he messes them up. ANYONE remember RNC? That warranty is useless seeing they went out of the BMX side of the industry.
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Old 12-29-06 | 01:15 PM
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Better call Ody...

I'm good friends with most of the guys up their and the 41thermals are being discountinued soon. Plus, compared to Fly, Wombolts and Profiles they are on the heavy side.

I've rode BMX for 27yrs. I have alot of guys who work for compines, own compines or ride for them that I speak to alot. At Interbike, they said flat out that Wombolts will be REPLACEING 41 Thermals.

Want Nuno's number? I'm not BSing you...I'm trying to help the guy not get cranks that won't be made shortly if he messes them up. ANYONE remember RNC? That warranty is useless seeing they went out of the BMX side of the industry.
I don't need to call Odyssey. Regardless, if they will be discontinued or not, they are still nice cranks. If they are going to be discontinued then you could just buy them at a discount price.
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Old 12-29-06 | 02:07 PM
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um, im pretty sure 41 thermals are LIGHTER than profiles.

edit: profiles are only .5 ounces ligher
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Old 12-29-06 | 02:10 PM
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True story. Depending on which profile cranks you get. If you just get the normal ones, then the 41 thermals are lighter.
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Old 12-29-06 | 09:52 PM
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True story. Depending on which profile cranks you get. If you just get the normal ones, then the 41 thermals are lighter.

Well, really it depends on set up. I know afew guys running TI spindles on Primos and they are just slightly lighter than Profiles with a cromo spindle.

It is all in the spindle type, and pedals.
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Well, really it depends on set up. I know afew guys running TI spindles on Primos and they are just slightly lighter than Profiles with a cromo spindle.
of course theyre going to be lighter when one has a Ti spindle and on has a steel spindle.
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Old 12-29-06 | 10:49 PM
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Well, really it depends on set up. I know afew guys running TI spindles on Primos and they are just slightly lighter than Profiles with a cromo spindle.

It is all in the spindle type, and pedals.
That's like saying that this bike is lighter than that one because it has better/lighter parts. Ti parts are always lighter than chromo parts. A Ti spindle takes off a lot of weight.
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Point is bikes will all be different weights(with the same common parts-rims,frames,forks) depending on whatelse you throw on.

My T1 is at about 31lbs now, with 36's(both 14 mm axels). A friend has the same basic bike but runs Flys, Wombolts and 48's with 7KA's and his bike is 3lbs lighter.

It's all in setup.
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Old 12-30-06 | 12:23 PM
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Point is bikes will all be different weights(with the same common parts-rims,frames,forks) depending on whatelse you throw on.

My T1 is at about 31lbs now, with 36's(both 14 mm axels). A friend has the same basic bike but runs Flys, Wombolts and 48's with 7KA's and his bike is 3lbs lighter.

It's all in setup.
I think this calls for Beerman's "captain obvious" picture.
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Old 12-30-06 | 02:42 PM
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Old 01-01-07 | 12:02 PM
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The Odyssey Wombolt has an even better waranty.
The Wombolt also costs more.
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Old 01-02-07 | 11:39 AM
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Alot more, including the bb
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Old 01-02-07 | 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by dayzednconfuzed
The Odyssey Wombolt has an even better waranty.

True, and Profiles have an even better warranty. But how many people do you honestly know who have NEEDED the warranty?
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a few people, but they didnt bother warrenting(sp) them just because they lasted so long.
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a few people, but they didnt bother warrenting(sp) them just because they lasted so long.
Yep. Believe it or not, some people have broken Profiles.
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One of my friends bent them, he was fat though
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One of my friends bent them, he was fat though
Damn fat people. They ruin everything. When you see there isn't any water left in your local pool, look for a mammoth jumping into the pool repeatedly.
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Old 01-03-07 | 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by FitRider 921
Yep. Believe it or not, some people have broken Profiles.

i have snapped a set and had to warranty them. I'll post a pic ASAP
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i have snapped a set and had to warranty them. I'll post a pic ASAP
You don't need to post a pic. It doesn't matter.
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im curious, lol
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yea i would say go for it
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Snapped Profile arm at the park after a huge transfer...it blew. The transfer is below the snapped arm.





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Why would you post that? We got the idea. You broke a crank arm... I cracked my pedals once, but you don't see me posting pictures of it. Honestly, no one really cares.
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Old 01-04-07 | 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by FitRider 921
Why would you post that? We got the idea. You broke a crank arm... I cracked my pedals once, but you don't see me posting pictures of it. Honestly, no one really cares.
Because someone asked to see it.

I have snapped many pedals aswell.
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