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5 Most Influential/Important BMX Companies

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RATTY:
Purely from a UK viewpoint and from the first days of bmx

1. Mongoose, despite Halfords staging the first UK race, Ammaco and mongoose developed BMX in the South of the UK, without ammaco and mongoose Im sure BMX would have struggled to grow as it did.

2. ACE racing, a very small manufacturer and shop in East London, The MD Richard Barrington had an amazing team and spotted some of the best talent this country has ever seen, especially back in the 80s, Andy Ruffell, Nicki Mathews, Cav Strutt, Steve Gilley and Pete Middleton to name a few, He wasnt able to fund the team like ammaco etc. Im sure if he had of been able to, ace racing would have been huge.

3. Raleigh, for the wrong reasons, they was the first to mass produce shit, despite being able to produce quality they choose to sell absolute garbage to a naive UK market, then they was the first to offer ridiculous salaries to riders, threw large amounts of cash at the sport and then pulled the plug in favour of MTBs, thus nearly killing BMX as a sport in this country.

4. Haro, a true inspiration to every BMX rider, from nothing he developed his business, with innovative and futuristic products, and what an ambassador, I remember Bob visiting the track at walthamstow, I asked him why he had cut his perm off in favour of a crew cut? His reply was he wanted to be accepted by the kids in the UK. Like he needed to be accepted over here, he was a star.

5. Redline. A very biased answer as I do have a redline fetish but, they had the best team, the best bikes, the best PR and the bikes everyone wanted to own.

5a. I know its a sneaky 6th one but SE does need to be mentioned, not a great influence on the Uk scene, but very important in the development of BMX

 :daumenhoch:

Redline:
I'd go with.....

1. Redline - first Chro-Mo forks, Flight Cranks etc

2. Mongoose

3. Se Racing

4. Haro

5. Hutch

John

mark 2:
On the Redline front again I think they raised the bar when it came to engineering. As much as I'm a Hutch collector if anything I've had a good think whether I'd include them in a top 5. Maybe just for taking it to the next level of image and bling. I don't know crap about mid and new school but I'd have a biased stab with limited knowledge at......

1. SE
2. Haro
3. Redline
4. Hutch
5. Skyway or GT........

Based on who moved things forward for different reasons......I'll change my mind a by tea time

munners:
1 Skyway (wheels, break pads and the best multi purpose frameset - the TA)

2 GT (Legendary company that are still going strong)

3 SE Racing (rippers and quads..... what can i say!)

4 Redline (for their cranks in particular. Flights were the Daddy. A must have for the real deal bike)

5 Haro (1st freestyle bike and again still rocking on)

How could you argue :2gunsfiring_v1:  ....... Although i know jack about mid and new skool. Sorry.

Trev:
In no particular order

1. Raleigh
2. Skyway
3. Haro
4. Redline
5. GT

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