Country: UK
Donger Pegs
Ride BMX UK june 1994: These pegs are some of the best we've ever seen - 4 1/4 inches long by 1 1/4 inch diameter and knurled, and made from 304 grade stainless steel. Stainless steel is much harder than regular steel and these pegs will last longer than a steel peg with twice the thickness and will also grind way faster than a non-stainless peg. Guaranteed for life, these Donger Pegs are £22 a pair inc p&p. You can also buy an anti-unscrew version for an extra fiver, which has a stainless bolt which slides into your dropout slot preventing movement - there are three threaded holes for this bolt, so you can rotate the peg six times for extra life.
Ride BMX UK august 1994: Hub from George French's new engineering firm G Sport. If you've ever bent an axle, then think about getting a set of these hubs laced into your 48 hole rims. The idea is simple: the hub doesn't have a traditional axle as we know it. Instead, it has a hollow 17mm high-tensile 'axle' which fits inside the width of the dropouts, and steel allen bolts replace the regular nuts and thread inside the hollow axle keeping flight. You can not bend the axle: if things go awry the allen bolts bend instead and these are easily replaced and only cost 50p each, and you don't even need to take the wheel off and fanny about with bearings to replace 'em. The shells are machined from aluminium, and the bearings are super smooth cartridge units making things roll like glass.
Front and back versions available, and a pair should go for about £140. Simple. Ideal. Totally impressive Could it possibly be any better?
The tiny brake cable nipple clamp in the picture (made from 303 stainless steel, with 10mm hex and 2.5mm alien grub screw) fits in levers to shorten upper Gyro cables, or in AD99O brakes for dual cable tower Gyro systems.
Ride BMX UK october 1996: George gave us a set of bars to ride and test - these are the new G-Sport Wunder bars as designed by Waddy and George, and they are made in Sheffield from awesome T-45 carbon manganese tubing which is strong as a house [reputedly stronger than 4130 cromoly]. The size and bend is similar to a set of S&M Slam bars, but they're a bit narrower - they feel perfect in fact. Everyone who checked these bars out while on my bike said they felt superb. The shape gives load of room for lookbacks/flatland manoeuvres, and the oversize tubing [regular OD tubing used for grip/stem sections] makes them not only look beefy, but will stand up to extreme stuff. G-Sport bars may be pricey at around £75 a pair, but you genuinely can't buy a better set of bars.
Existing G-Sport component production will move to Taiwan, but will retain the strict quality control that has always been the hallmark of the brand. Odyssey in turn will use their strong customer support, distribution and marketing to make the products more affordable and readily available.
G-Sport products will be available from Odyssey in Spring 2005.