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goose vs sky beat
Trev:
you have to also remember that everyone running bmx companies bitd were adults running companies that catered for kids. they didn't really have the love for the sport like we did. they were just there for the money. nowadays you have people running companies who use to actually ride bitd. these people are more likely to stick by the sport. hence why hoffman bikes was one of the biggest and most successful bmx companies of the 90's.
gt, haro, redline & mongoose may well have carried on, but i don't believe they are up there with the elite as they were in the 80's.
theRuler:
i think haro have done ok!
and gt/mongoose have always had top riders on their roster
Trev:
i have to admit, i don't know too much about what happened between about 1992 and 2006, so please ignore my ignorance. thinking about it now, i am not in a position to comment about it, so please ignore my previous comments.
all i know is that a haro now is not as much cop as a proper, fly, fit, FBM, mutiny, metal, wtp etc.
theRuler:
haro pioneered stuff like left side drive (obviously copying our alex ;) )
and they had mirra and nyquist on the team for years helping design stuff
a haro is probably not as a cool a brand as fly fit etc but i am pretty sure they make some decent shizznit!!
your mate si tabron rides (or used to) a mongoose
the RAF is his sig model. or was at least!
and that dude is number 1!!!
Trev:
i am guessing that the 80's companies may have had more money to temp the top riders during the dark 90's. the mongoose name always seemed big, but to me was never elitist during my career of 85-92. i would love the original companies to be the biggest now as they deserve to be able to cash in on the latest boom.
companies like haro, skyway, gt, hutch, redline, kuwahara, raleigh (yeah i know), cw, se, even vincent and dp.
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