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Some Raleigh BMX history
davemac1974:
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--- Quote from: DaveMac on July 25, 2007, 10:01 PM ---I think whoever mentioned that Raleigh were a bicycle company rather than a bmx company were spot on.
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That was me. :angel:
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Trev...in my opinion (which is worth sh!t to some people) you were spot on mate :daumenhoch:
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Trev:
Dave, I'm no big Raleigh fan by any means, but can see exactly where they were coming from. They were around before BMX and were around after it died. Any company is there to make money, and the best way to do that is to follow the trends. Even the full on BMX companies are like that. Proper don't make forks anymore with the brake lugs. Why? Because not enough people ride with front brakes to make it worthwhile. They could plough money into producing some for the few that might want them, but it doesn't make good business sense. The same with Raleigh. Why plough money into BMX when MTB was the next big thing. You may love BMX and hate MTB, but those are the facts. No company is going to wait for you.
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