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5 Most Influential/Important BMX Companies

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Redline:
..... looking over the thread, Billy "Mr Air" Stupple and Kirk don't seem to rate Redline Bikes!

John

teamsano:

--- Quote from: Lazarou on October 29, 2007, 09:53 PM ---You must agree with the first 5 Gogo!

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yes i do, and i'd find it hard to narrow it down to a final five tbh. different riders on here dropped into or out of bmx at different times, hence having differing views which is fair enough.
i find the whole standard influence pretty over-rated tbh, wheras i can appreciate redlines/linn kastans engineering brilliance.
companies 'influence' bmx and riders in differing manners, eg skyway, who never really made many technological advances imho.
s+m was a huge influence on myself throughout the 80's and 90's, but not due to technological reasons.


--- Quote from: theŽuler on October 29, 2007, 11:16 PM ---
--- Quote from: teamsano on October 29, 2007, 09:51 PM ---primo? you having a laugh?

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never ridden a v-monster tyre then?

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yes i have, but it was only a couple of years ago, not in the  mid nineties when they came out (yes, i know its probably one of the biggest selling products of all time, EVERYONE HAD THOSE TYRES!). i was impressed with its performance tbh, however i feel it was more of a flatland tyre, and again i feel my opinion of primo is tainted after their treatment of sean mckinney/day smith or whoever else contributed to the development of this tyre. again, this is my opinion of odyssey, another blood sucking company, who deserve zero credit, but thats another topic.  :angrysoapbox:

Philbert:
just wanna get in on this primo tyre thing!

they might be one of the biggest selling products but i don't think they influenced the sport in any way! its not like they were a new idea, they were a flatland tyre firstly, when tyres like the haro multisurface and acs rl edge tyres were already around. the main reason they sold so well was because primo released a load of products just as the big boom hit around 96, they probably had he 'coolest' team and every kid wanted the products they were riding,

they are though a bloody good tyre and i still use them myself and have done now for 10 years, and will continue to use them! don't know whether this still rings true due to the mass production of the tyre, but when first released they quoted that when testing the tyres blow out point the black wall blew out at 700 psi and the amber wall at 500 psi as it was developed for flatland!

but influential? sorry not IMO, just a good product!

Bob_Acid:
nobody's mentioned Schwinn.

dialledbikes:

--- Quote from: Bob_Acid on November 01, 2007, 12:42 AM ---nobody's mentioned Schwinn.

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Schwinn are like Huffy.  Come back to BMX when times are good, throw lots of money at a few select pros to get exposure, flood the shops with mediocre bikes with huge profit margins, then just as the bubble is about to burst again they drop the whole team and disappear for another 10 years.

Sure, Schwinn and Huffy have their place in history, but have shown they don't have the commitment to BMX long term as the likes of GT, Redline, Haro, Mongoose (across the range, not just the lower end) who have continuously made BMX bikes since the 70s/early 80s.

Where are Schwinn and Huffy now (other than Wal Mart)?

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