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Jeff Bottema Forks .. What's the deal?
factory pilot:
Okay, since I've been back into OSBMX these things keep turning up on bikes and being mentioned.
I personally have no recollection of them from BITD so what was the crack with these bad boys?
Did anybody have 'em or see then BITD?
I've seen them on race bikes but more so on Haro freestylers?
Did the original Gen 1s only come as a frameset?
Who was Jeff Bottema and what happened to him?
Please don't say ... "Google it"! Lol
GRAB ON KID:
Ant,you really need to check your bmx history bud as this is bordering on ignorance.
Bottema was one of the OS OG heavyweights.He rode for Webco,DG,Raleigh & Murray.Toby Henderson's main bro & invented the forks to be bomb proof as was sick of snapping other brands..The most expensive forks BITD but worth it.No frames were made,he just manufactured the forks.He later made skatepark versions for freestylers who were also tired of snapping their forks.
factory pilot:
I heard that these forks were made by Vorris Dixon .. Is that true ? .. What were the years of production? Had Jeff stopped riding by then?
GRAB ON KID:
Yeah Voris fabricated them for Jeff early on.Years available were around late 79- 84.Jeff retired from racing in 83 to become manager of the Murray team.
factory pilot:
Cheers bud and sorry for my ignorance .. I was well aware of the name but knew nothing of the details .. Didn't realise that they were around as late as that .. My knowledge of pre-82 BMX is very poor to be fair :-\
I thought he had some connection to Raleigh but my knowledge of Team Murray is very limited.
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