TCU TV – The Odyssey BMX Interview

It’s really quite impressive that in over 50 episodes of TCU TV, I’ve pretty much never gotten into an in depth discussion of bike parts. Well with this podcast we officially put that tradition to bed. Jim Bauer and Nuno Oliveira came to the shop and delivered over 2 hours of real talk in which we covered their personal histories in BMX, how they both ended up at Odyssey, Odyssey’s countless bicycle innovations over the years, Texas Toast, social media, Texas Toast, the current state of BMX and much, much more. All in all we had a great conversation and anyone who has any interest in bike parts in particular is going to want to make sure they watch this one. Thanks to Jim and Nuno for coming through the shop and look out for some madness associated with Odyssey’s 30 year anniversary dropping on Friday.

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00:00 Early history
08:00 Bauer goes to college
11:30 Odyssey’s origins
18:00 California
23:00 Early era social media
25:30 Jim C
29:30 Forks
33:00 The weight weenie revolution
40:00 Commodification
44:40 “Moeller comes down with a bowl of cereal”
52:00 Issues with the Wolmbolt cranks
54:30 Freecoasters and Wave downtubes
1:02:00 Bottom brackets
1:04:30 Plastic pegs
1:12:45 Aaron Ross and social media dominance
1:19:00 Odyssey opening up an Austin branch
1:22:00 Fairdale
1:27:00 Texas Toast
1:49:30 Social media’s effect on BMX websites
1:56:00 BMX brands going under
2:07:00 Longevity for pro riders

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