Brakes We Created Odyssey BMX Doesn't Want You To See!

In todays video Phu Vu from EPIC BMX ( / _epicbmx ) creates his own version of the Retro Odyssey BMX Calipers out of the Modern Odyssey BMX evo brakes!
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[@josephdelasierra4890]

I knew a guy that rode but worked at a machine shop and drilled his brakes like that around 2007 when the light bike craze was going on. Good to see you guys doing it now. Those would look nice on a modern retro Haro Lineage, Gt Performer, Hoffman Condor or Big Daddy, Trick Star, Colony Oz-one or Prody, EF Formerpro. Odyssey should do a run in different colors, U brakes and V brakes for the big bike builds.

[@AlfredoMancuso]

Bonus episode! 🎉

[@mexman000]

beautiful brakes!

[@cfmechanic]

To make paint stick self etching primer helps also heating the parts before spraying them also helps the paint stick

[@michelletapiz6462]

Rad design! Love it.

[@potaylor9992]

Thats awesome, the right amount of holes . Now I need a few sets

[@cbr600rrturbo]

Looks sick

[@General_Loco]

You can powder coat small things in a toaster oven. You can watch bullet powder coating how tos to learn how. You could try bead blasting the brakes before paint that sometimes helps also degrease the areas that are going to be painted. After paint you could try laser etching logos.

[@adhaetjamn]

2 minutes in, and I gotta try this!

[@skapeartist5897]

That turned out nice

[@LUC.Knives]

i think it looks dope as is

[@chrisclark9769]

Heck yeah! I want some

[@thehobbyjournal]

I love these videos!

[@keam210tx]

Keeping the game on its toes 💪

[@machongtalong1210]

Awesome idea. Maybe less holes. May even lessen a few micrograms.

[@jeremiefitzpatrick9722]

This video was soo good bro!:) low key i kinda want these front and back for my cult!! but idk. i still love and want the shadow sano v2. great retro effect also on those brakes.

[@shanegarry6214]

Sick idea !! Odyssey could learn something here 🤙

[@keepinit1hunnid448]

That retro looks is 🔥

[@evans3821]

Sick video!

[@hatchkid91]

So cool

[@cfmechanic]

I think it looks sick. I wanna see some trans red. Great idea and very nice final product

[@jasonsolvang6805]

I think it looks cool

[@skylarsoper241]

Super rad retro mod guys great ides

[@Gornflyin]

Brakes look awesome. Nicely done :)

[@ytelpeloncito5151]

I would ride brakes if they made those like that. 👍

[@ogbmx420]

they look awesome ! but do the holes create any flex ? i got some evo 2's i want to drill out now ..

[@bmxscape]

if you put the part submergered in a solvent, the grease and stuff will disolve in the solvent, so when you pull it out and there is solvent(with grease disolved in it), the solvent evaporates leaving all the impurities left. You want to wipe the parts with clean white rags and alcohol

[@SamanthaTheyThem]

How much flex will this add to the arms? They look awesome and I like doing this type of thing to my bike.

[@rtaylor1105]

That's my question...flex

[@RichardCholwich]

Epic

[@matthewradwanski7287]

Drill out some Odyssey 1999s

[@kenhulliberger8394]

Eastwood power coat gun! And a toaster oven. It can help you refinish with a durable finish for very cheap. And it beats spraypaint 10/10

[@kurtweber4813]

Man i love his broken english, all the Vietnamese speak the same in Australia. So cool there is no change in their speech. Even the old guys.💪👍

[@mexman000]

ever see the Iranian imitating Vietnamese talk?

[@dennisd4452]

Nice! Also I really love them bright green shadow grips. Ship to Chicago?

[@scottbradford4130]

Phu always exposing the truth THEY don't want you to know lol

[@Troubledboy88]

I think this is sick, my uncle gave me a GT Dyno Compe when I was a kid and just last summer I put it all back together for him and looking at the old odyssey brakes made me want to do this to mine as well before I went brakeless

[@CUSTOMTOYSLF22]

good tip is get an undercoat base coat on the item you want to paint first before you spray it, use light coats from a distance and build layers 20 min gaps 3 or 4 coats never hurts. and apply a clear coat for protection

[@dumpywhite]

Spray painting can be finnicky and time consuming. First clean the part. Then scuff the surface. Give ot a wipe down then use degreaser to remove any oil. Oh and wear rubber gloves from the beginning, touching a part you just degreased kinda defeats the purpose lol. Hang the part from a wire or fishing line and let it dry. Once dry, leave it hanging and start with a thin coat of primer. Most spray painting fails are from rushing and using thick coats of paint. Each coat should be as thin as you can manage. The first coat youll probably still see the layer under it, which is why people try to cover the entire bike all at once. Youre going to get full coverage because youll be using a lot of separate coats. Let dry completely between coats. Gently sand each coat and use compressed air to remove dust, then apply your next coat. Apply 3 or 4 coats of primer. Sand and dust. Now switch to your colored paint. Use good, artist grade or automotive paint, but dont skimp. And use a matte or satin finish instead of gloss. The reason for that in a sec. Do the same as you did with the primer and sand each coat with a finer grade, and remember to blow off any dust. Apply as thin a coat as possible, and apply around 6 coats. Now, the reason i said use a matte or satin finish is because the next step will ultimately dictate the way it will look. Its onto clear coating. Some people sand, some dont, i dont usually notice a difference with this layer. Maybe sand the first couple coats, its up to you. This is the layer that will dictate the final look, so choose whatever finish you like, matte, satin, gloss, just depends on how you want it to look. Again, dont use cheap clear coats. Apply thin coats, super thin coats, and apply 5 or more. Some matte paints advise against clear coating because it changes the way light interacts with the paint. For this reason matte paintjobs can often chip since theres no protective clear coat to act as a sacrificial layer. I dont dislike matte paintjobs but i prefer a clear coat but then it usually makes it less matte and more satin or eggshell looking. After youre finished you want to treat the surface. You can wax and buff, you can use ceramic finish, but find a finishing method that is suited to how you want it to look and follow their instructions. For example a gloss finish youre going to probably wax and buff and then polish. Its kinda like sharpening knives, youll start with a coarser stone and work your way up to very fine stones then hone and strop until you have a mirror polish. Same idea. Just look up paint finishing products and follow their instructions. I actually really like ceramic coating. Its almost like applying a coat of glass and is really low maintenance but requires pH neutral soap when you clean your bike. You can usually get away with just spraying the bike down with water because unless the bike is seriously dirty or gets something acidic like bird droppings on it, for the most part dirt and dust just slides off. And when the bike gets wet the water just beads up and flows off, leaving your bike looking brand new. All in all, its simple but can be tedious and time consuming but the extra effort pays off. If you take away only one thing from this, id reccomend it be to use numerous very thin coats. Youll get the coverage, and it wont feel thick and sorta sticky or tacky, and itll still look great. That and use quality paint. A buck or two extra is worth it, and you only need one, maybe 2 cans anyways. Anyways i hope this might help. And always use protection. Wear a respirator, protect those lungs!

[@mikehagen3785]

That's a great idea, turned out well.. paint probably wasn't sticking to the original coating that Odyssey used, I dunno if the Evo 2.5 is anodized or powder coated,.. or just cleared? Anyways I'm stealing this..

[@michaelpence68]

Odyssey build brakes with holes please !!!

[@stevebarnett155]

Hay bro, you can get the small Odyssey decals on e bay

[@BlackyBrownDestruction9337]

Do you sell rim brake bracket adapters for frames that don’t have brake mounts on them

[@karl11]

Honestly, i am not into machining/reshaping the parts unless they don't fit. The paint, try anodizing it. I have 36h front atomic hub. But the washers are missing.

[@theshamanarchist5441]

Inspiration from the past + technology of the present = vision of the future. I call this sort of thing, 'Retro-Up-Teching' Looks kool man.

[@pauljames4510]

@odyssey what you think of this 🔥👍🚲💨

[@KOSIGNMEDIA]

Yurrrr

[@DonJoseMediaTV]

You can use permanent vinyl for lettering or cut out a stencil and paint it on

[@x88868]

Whats the location of the old mans shop? I want to do the same to my brake and lever.

[@magicgundam]

I had one of those Odyssey 2000 brakes bitd and they straight sucked on mag wheels.

[@meme-uo5yu]

amazing job looks sick. would be cool if they already did that to the brake levers or gave an option

[@scottlincoln3149]

I believe that would just make the part cost the bicyclist more money.

[@skylarsoper241]

Holy shit I have a ramp room flash pro in black and is a ff set . Also just bought a 95 ramp room condor

[@hbskifffisher2021]

You need to strip the anodize off the aluminum with sodium hydroxide in order to get the paint to adhere.

[@eddiebruce2961]

Looks good !! Lot of these companies need to do things like they used to!! ACS needs to produce ZRims again, and not CHARGE and "arm and a leg " like Oakley does with B1B grips,shouldn't be $300 + for a pair of grips

[@mikehagen3785]

No shit! Remember when Odyssey basically had every color to match GTs colors? Those were the days. Now, understandably, it's small batches of colorways and you gotta get lucky to get it sometimes.

[@bobbygzzz7116]

Do u primer first...b4 paint....not sure...sum will use etching liquid

[@andrewbell2749]

Where can I find your content on cars, your sheepy stuff and old guy vu’s old celica thing

[@themocho]

Like yellow

[@meme-uo5yu]

looked like u used to much of a smooth high grit sandpaper, ive painted and sanded loads of stuff n it never sticks like that, more rough sandpaper like even as low as 50 to properly scratch the surface but gently can work. real smooth shiny things like that are always tough to sand and paint

[@HAMMER_2.2]

Use wax and grease remover, and a Self etching primer first on any stripped down bare parts. Might be better off doing this to brakes that are painted from the factory, then just scuff up that factory paint and use it as a base coat.

[@3rdWorldNola]

Kinda car is that? Reminds me of an old civic wagon I had that I loved but she didn't love me back. 😢

[@lcrdcastro]

I remember these old odyssey brakes braking where the first holes are. It's not a good idea to make holes in brake arms.

[@dropzilla8398]

Make it in all colors odyssey it's that time now

[@user-ix4mc2ke3f]

Im looking for a back wheel of a 20inch

[@illwarez899]

sand it with 400 grit. prep and clean paint. after that dry it. now you wet sand again with 800 prep clean paint again.

[@tylerchase9027]

How can I get ahold of you guys I have an idea

[@beebmuff2011]

Alf should give max a wedgie next time he sees him

[@SharkAttackSkinder]

Aluminum is one of the toughest metals to paint without doing it professionally. Spray paint almost never works for longevity.

[@wburke1759]

White, black, light blue, a lightish green and I think pink. I don’t remember yellow

[@wburke1759]

And polished

[@colbyJacc]

that bike behind you fitbike looks like my Trl XL 2023 i have in black frame with 30 tooth sprocket if so that back is a solid cruiser and just overall fast sidewalk cruiser

[@skatebizzle]

drillium

[@chrislong8013]

I don’t think my hand is steady enough to drill these holes

[@byronfranco6606]

Give me price on lever

[@wakingbadtarot]

lazer engravers are cheap dude

[@lesliebarth8026]

🤦definitely not a good idea. Here's a joke: While jumping, what color do you not want to hear? A: PINK! Couldn't imagine my lever or brake arm snapping when needed most.

[@tonypeters7504]

My question is does the brake and lever function any better after having it drilled out ?

[@theshamanarchist5441]

Yeah. It's more aerodynamic lol