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Top Secret Hutch Delivery
58 delray:
i can only go by my experience of working in and managing bike shops from 81-86 (youngs bmx being one of them)
hutch stuff broke all the time and i'm not talking about race stuff being used in the skate parks, i'm talking about on the track, darren wood snapped hutch pedals out of the gate !! the cranks were a crap design with the spindle and broke all the time. the frames broke near the head tube.
i know you didnt mean me christian but i do have first hand experience from back then of most of the brands so am of the opinion that hutch were over priced for what they were and cant understand the mythical thing they have become.
JMC broke just as much like you say :)
i could start a whole new thread about parts and frame reliabilty and warranty issues from back :LolLolLolLol:
Jaan:
we can all recollect breakage stories for every manufacturer but I have to agree that Aerospeeds were particularly crap which probably goes some way to explain their inflated "value" today... Because there are so few left in one piece (or 3 piece) :LolLolLolLol:
Badbaldie:
--- Quote from: hunterdubber on December 20, 2013, 07:38 AM ---Just to add
Does anyone know who builds the latest frames. Is it a factory in Taiwan (which isn't a bad thing ) where most of today's professional standard £350 + frames are made like ,Fit,etc
Or more likely ,,,comissioned to Johnny chopper to produce in_house. Who has a reputation to make well made quality products more than suitable for today racers.
As Diggler says the price certainly isn't in question ,,the bars are £70 and the rest is £420 , with chrome forks being around £125 that would make these frames around £295 .
Doesn't sound bad at all comparatively ???
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to answer the question "is it made in TAIWAN ?"... the answer is YES . and the main reason they are made in Taiwan is simply this. nobody in England can make/mass produce bike frames anymore. yes there are bespoke bike frame makers , but the cost is BIG. the question has been asked and some well known companies/people have tried to "remake" bikes we on radbmx are well acustomed to. a well known company tried to get back into making a limited number of frames not so long ago.. looking up their old "contacts" and after knocking on many doors and discussing the posabilities about the idea of making some frame sets the same reply was given time after time untill all the doors hand been shut ... if you wana build bmx frames you need to go to TAIWAN.
In2bmx:
No need .
Gizmo:
Regardless of the price i wouldent want one .
Hutch bmx never floated my boat bitd
Nor does it now , just my opionion .
Needless to say cut the lugs off on the back
& it will be a cool old school style bmx .
Them lugs got no place on old school :)
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