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Retrodan72:
I'm not sure how long these have been available, I was away from the hobby for 9 months, so apologies if this is old news.

I'd heard that John De Bruin (JDB) at www.hutchbmx.com was in the process of remaking the OG Hutch grips and due to the thread outing of the Cannock Coont (again), realised that these were already on sale.

I'd always wanted a set for the Pro Racer that I bought off Andy as I'd done a deal with Bretty to get a Hutch seat and bear traps, but as those that know me will know, I'm all for saving cash on my builds, providing that the bike looks right. So, I looked at them on the website and they were $40 with $15.50 postage, this at today's exchange rate works out at £42 posted.

If you're like me and don't care about mixing up your OG and Repop parts, I seriously recommend investing in some of these for your Hutch as I predict that once JDB has sold all these on his site the price on these will be pushed up.

Gnarlyscoots:
Allegedly Dan, the quality of these grips are horrendous. I personally have never liked the look of them and wouldn't waste my money, but that bellend on eBay pushing up the price for his own personal gain (they didn't sell legitimately) will just get others trying to rinse others for repop items.

Retrodan72:

--- Quote from: Gnarlyscoots™ on October 12, 2017, 10:51 AM ---Allegedly Dan, the quality of these grips are horrendous. I personally have never liked the look of them and wouldn't waste my money, but that bellend on eBay pushing up the price for his own personal gain (they didn't sell legitimately) will just get others trying to rinse others for repop items.

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I knew you'd put a negative spin on them Tel.

The thread is aimed at people HAPPY to use repops and NOT worried about mixing repop and OG parts.

Taipan:
If money was no object or original parts werent so over priced? I think we would all go with original bitd stuff but some stuff is just way out of a lot of peoples reach so I can see both sides of this one  :daumenhoch: tbh I really love to see a bike loaded with all original parts as it looked bitd but when I see them on here I can only wonder what the hell jobs you all have to be able to spend that type of money on a single part never mind a complete bike! disposable income? whats that lol .... I'm not lealous tho lol  ??? ::) :D :daumenhoch:

Retrodan72:

--- Quote from: Taipan on October 13, 2017, 09:06 AM ---If money was no object or original parts werent so over priced? I think we would all go with original bitd stuff but some stuff is just way out of a lot of peoples reach so I can see both sides of this one  :daumenhoch: tbh I really love to see a bike loaded with all original parts as it looked bitd but when I see them on here I can only wonder what the hell jobs you all have to be able to spend that type of money on a single part never mind a complete bike! disposable income? whats that lol .... I'm not lealous tho lol  ??? ::) :D :daumenhoch:

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The thing is though that some OG parts are only at an increased value due to shill bidding on eBay pushing them up and hoarders keeping hold of them for investment purposes which makes things more rare and desirable to those who are quite happy to wait for a part and for those with enough spare income to afford over inflated costs - let's be honest, most of these OG parts aren't really worth much are they?

Personally, I earn an OK wage, if I wanted to I could hold out and get an original set of Hutch grips, but my priciples and conscience won't allow me to because IMHO paying £200 for a set is ridiculous (no offence to anyone happy to spend this). Sorry, but I can't justify spending this amount on a set of grips that aren't worth half that.

As for these repops, I'm not put off by Terry's review of them which is only based on hearsay, not actual personal use or testing, but even if he'd owned a set and ridden to the end of his drive and back and they'd fallen apart, then said they were horrendous, I'd have probably still bought a set.

I think what's happened here is that a load of bitter OG Hutch grip owners are bad mouthing the repops as they're shatting themselves that their original examples will devalue.

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