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Title: Fave and worst part?
Post by: ORB on July 20, 2005, 01:43 PM: As it says, what part do you think is the coolest in all of BMX and what do you think sucks the most?

I personally think:

- Campy Graphites have to be the coolest
- No reason, I just dont like Tripple Trap pedals.
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Post by: Jazzchimp on July 20, 2005, 01:46 PM: Fave - Redline cranks
Worst - plastic rear brake protectors
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Post by: pkradman on July 20, 2005, 01:53 PM: for me my favorite is hutch hubs /son-lite turbo hubs .. and the worst skyway tuffs >:( no reason just dont like them .. and yes im ready for the abuse boys !! ;D
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Post by: oberonspacefruit on July 20, 2005, 02:04 PM: thats not wot u sed last night :(

fave the -skyway logo
worst- tacky pads.
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Post by: muttley on July 20, 2005, 02:07 PM: Quote from: pkradman on July 20, 2005, 01:53 PM
and the worst skyway tuffs >:( no reason just dont like them .. and yes im ready for the abuse boys !! ;D

:o
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Post by: oberonspacefruit on July 20, 2005, 02:08 PM: oh i see lets delete posts so i look stupid >:(
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Post by: ORB on July 20, 2005, 02:17 PM: dont need to delete posts for that Mr Fruit ;)
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Post by: oberonspacefruit on July 20, 2005, 02:19 PM: ba da dum tschhhh........
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Post by: Bob_Acid on July 20, 2005, 03:55 PM: Twin top tubes

Straight laced wheels
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Post by: loosenut on July 20, 2005, 05:16 PM: best: ODI grips
worst: old school frame dropouts
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Post by: musicmitch on July 20, 2005, 05:37 PM: My Fave! Whitewall tyres on black tuff 2's

Pet hate! new school bike colours.... >:(
Sorry New Schoolers!
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Post by: Zippy on July 20, 2005, 06:58 PM: Favorite = Racing Again
Worst = Still being crap
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Post by: region11 on July 20, 2005, 07:27 PM: Fave: Chrome (not a part i know)

Worst: copy grips.
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Post by: Waxintaxin on July 20, 2005, 07:45 PM: Fave Skyways ( rad you know nothing)

Worst Landar

Rich :)
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Post by: billy-bmx on July 20, 2005, 07:59 PM: fave-riding in general
worst-people that take the piss outa bmx!!
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Post by: greentoad on July 20, 2005, 08:26 PM: The frame & fork designs including stamps, cut out holes & shapes....DB diamond in frame + forks, Haro, MRD, Quad, PK, Torker etc etc

Lack of style and wow factor on new machines...They just don't have it any more...and look like army issue.

;)
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Post by: Zippy on July 20, 2005, 08:27 PM: Good point, well presented.
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Post by: Moose on July 20, 2005, 11:46 PM: Quote
Worst Landar

eh, c'mon now. It was cheap for those of us that were poor bitd ;D
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Post by: QUADROPHENIA on July 21, 2005, 07:11 AM: best gt performer
worst ogk or cack copy grips
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Post by: oberonspacefruit on July 21, 2005, 09:24 AM: im havin another go.

best......that bit in the top of a ta seat tube...you know wot bit i mean.... ;)
worst snowflake chainwheels and chainguards..they just go through me.... :-\
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Post by: diesel on July 21, 2005, 11:52 AM: Fresh Mushroom grips...

Punctures 5 miles from home... :)
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Post by: OrgasmDonor on July 21, 2005, 12:04 PM: FAVE BITS: GHP back dropouts and pre 84 forks, landing gear, GT Pro frames, tech 3s, mx900s, square tuf-necks, comp IIs, Elina lightnin bolts, black ladies bottoms.

UNFAVES: SE Frames, Streatbeats, graphite tuffs, too much rake on bars, Hutch, Diamond Back, Haro bars,Redline forklifter stems.

im gonna get flemed aint i ;D
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Post by: ORB on July 21, 2005, 12:18 PM: Bruce Willis is a puff
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Post by: OrgasmDonor on July 21, 2005, 12:28 PM: is that who it is?

are you in denial sir? you seem to protest to much. :D
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Post by: OrgasmDonor on July 21, 2005, 12:33 PM: prefer me as a girl do ya dude? ;D
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Post by: oberonspacefruit on July 21, 2005, 12:40 PM: i do..
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Post by: OrgasmDonor on July 21, 2005, 12:53 PM: me too, ye know if i was a girl id just stay in by my slf and play all day ;D
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Post by: OrgasmDonor on July 21, 2005, 01:38 PM: Quote from: oberonspacefruit on July 21, 2005, 09:24 AM
im havin another go.

best......that bit in the top of a ta seat tube...you know wot bit i mean.... ;)
worst snowflake chainwheels and chainguards..they just go through me.... :-\

dont eat them then
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Post by: mivvi on July 21, 2005, 02:52 PM: Best.................Skyway wheels. They might not be the lightest but they still look the dogs after all this time!

Worst...............Any copy parts. What's the point, they just look similar to the real deal but don't work???? :-\
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Post by: The-flying-banana on July 21, 2005, 08:45 PM: :) Definateely the pots mod and giro well cool 8)

Worst :the butterfly levers what the feck you needed fingers like et to pull on yer brake :-\
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Post by: rom_kid_04 on July 21, 2005, 09:07 PM: best = light but strong frames with good geometry

worst = cones in wheels
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Post by: lazychubs on July 21, 2005, 10:01 PM: fave free stuff
worst paying for it lol
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Post by: Lazarou on July 21, 2005, 10:38 PM: If we are talking old school....

Best - Trick Star

Worst - Trick Star 2
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Post by: gruffbmx on July 21, 2005, 11:07 PM: ok here we go
best: all the oldschool frame designs. so much variety!!

worst: loose headsets & DX pins in your shins!! :o
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Post by: motomagII on July 22, 2005, 06:19 AM: my favourite has to be se racing everything great bikes parts totally .quadangle amazing frame in its year .if i put it down to best part must be giro it brough bikes and riding forward by years .
worst is cheap crappy parts and threaded headsets always come loose .also stemmed from this headset locks they didnt seem to work for me
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Post by: jon016847 on July 22, 2005, 04:23 PM: Too many of each to mention but here is an example of each

BEST - Hutch titanium mini spokes, I would kill for some for my minibuilds

WORST - Stunt Pegs
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Post by: pickle on July 22, 2005, 04:25 PM: Fave = Have to agree with Gruff, Old school frames, everyone seemed to have it's own identity. Tuff II's. fresh out of the box Mushrooms or Sharp grips. Airials

Worst = All the best old school frames as i was far too poor to afford one (just a Burner :) ) Airials (I just couldn't bloody master them!) Bike snobs that look down on you just cos you had a Burner and not a DP freestyler as most did around my area >:(
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Post by: scary_leary on July 22, 2005, 04:53 PM: fave: nos suede seat's

worst: soft padded number plates
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Post by: 2020mad on July 22, 2005, 05:03 PM: Fave: mushroom grips

worst: those crap bikes in supermarkets and in mail order catologes sold as bmx's
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Post by: billstup on July 22, 2005, 08:13 PM: Fave: Redline Flights 401`s

Worst: Those early quarter pipes.
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Post by: darren on July 22, 2005, 09:52 PM: mrd race frames, esp stems.

worst burners.
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Post by: dordymush on July 22, 2005, 11:27 PM: my fav has to be skyway tuffs.the wheel of the 80's 8).

my worst would be alloy cranks.
i knackered 3 of these in the 80's racing. no strenth at all.
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Post by: OrgasmDonor on July 23, 2005, 11:25 AM: Quote from: pickle on July 22, 2005, 04:25 PM
Fave = Have to agree with Gruff, Old school frames, everyone seemed to have it's own identity. Tuff II's. fresh out of the box Mushrooms or Sharp grips. Airials

Worst = All the best old school frames as i was far too poor to afford one (just a Burner :) ) Airials (I just couldn't bloody master them!) Bike snobs that look down on you just cos you had a Burner and not a DP freestyler as most did around my area >:(

good call on the sharp grips and bike snobs, like it!
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Post by: retrogeezer on July 23, 2005, 08:09 PM: Fave - Curtis Pro frames - the biz for just £99!!

Worst - the really cr@p bikes like Kalkhoff etc that just looked like a BMX ( oh and pro-gards!)
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Post by: fischflo on July 23, 2005, 10:15 PM: i like v bars, those high mongoose boxbars and certain old redline bars and for some reason i like the skinny ashtabula gooseneks. Weird taste shift. a year ago i by far would have preferred slicker rl20II looking stuff and i was stunned about how people could be keen on puttin weird motomagson their bikes. Might be tending to like in the future what I feel uneasy with right now -- that would be some kind of horror-theory. Also love suntour cassette hubbed tuffs.
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Post by: spex on July 23, 2005, 10:28 PM: favourite - jive handles + 14mm axles

worst - loose grips + bent 10mm axles
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Post by: BuffaloUK on July 25, 2005, 11:45 AM: Favourite: Shimano DX pedals (the best designed pedal ever)

Worst: Raleigh Burner (especially with those copy CW bars, set forward) Yuck yuck, cough, splutter
Ok thats a whole bike, if it has to be just a part then the Burner frame
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Post by: pickle on July 25, 2005, 01:35 PM: Agree on the pedals, timeless design and i still use a pair on my mountain bike, but surely not with the Burner! i know the Burner has probably been done to death on here, but it was a tough cheap bike that allowed the not so well off public to get into BMX (that's me if you didn't quite follow) ;)
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Post by: oberonspacefruit on July 26, 2005, 01:31 PM: Worst: Raleigh Burner (especially with those copy CW bars, set forward) Yuck yuck, cough, splutter

i like those. >:(
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Post by: stuntmaster on July 27, 2005, 10:18 PM: fave trickstar`s and raceinc ra 10

worst part ,sr stem that always bent ,skyway tuff 2 when the cones locked up .skyway hotseats for always pilling the bars through the back of the seat ,would still have one now if could find them .
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Post by: motomagII on July 28, 2005, 06:56 PM: well im having another go

worst odd freestyle frames (http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v638/motomagII/Picture27.jpg)

best .straight forward useable frames for race /freestyle whatever who needs all those bits .(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v638/motomagII/dial8dskyway.jpg)

pinched the skyway pic off museum to prove point how many rode these for freetstyle in the early days no probs
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Post by: Chris on July 29, 2005, 09:30 PM: Best : motocross cool

Worst : pedals in the shin
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Post by: aditup on July 29, 2005, 09:35 PM: Best; being the proud owner of 2 GT performers.
Worst; not recieved either of them. :'(
Still time yet though ;D
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Post by: steve on July 30, 2005, 12:15 AM: everything light, well made and sexy - fave

every thing heavy, badly made and ugly - worst

fave bits, flight cranks, profile chainrings, dk stems, bullseye hubs, mini uni seats(i have 5 since 10 days ago???)-crupi alloy handlebars

-watching my daughter go around the track

worst
-heavy late model iron hi ten frames(whats the point)
not having my old pk ripper-flight cranks-

-coming off me bike on saturday-ouch
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Post by: weston on July 31, 2005, 01:43 AM: fave.. tig beaded welding
worst.. argos bmx's
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Post by: lushbmx on July 31, 2005, 04:39 PM: Quote from: greentoad on July 20, 2005, 08:26 PM
The frame & fork designs including stamps, cut out holes & shapes....DB diamond in frame + forks, Haro, MRD, Quad, PK, Torker etc etc

Lack of style and wow factor on new machines...They just don't have it any more...and look like army issue.

;)

but like the army, they get the job done, no questions asked.

best part s&m pitchforks, they aint never gonna bend.

worst- demolition black chrome rims
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Post by: Rombloke on August 02, 2005, 07:20 PM: anything landar

double clamp stems

Dave
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Post by: WizardWeb on August 02, 2005, 09:21 PM: Best: new bike designs every year

Worst: headset coming loose.
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Post by: keyhole kid on August 02, 2005, 09:22 PM: hated them flat wheel disc things they made so much noise
loved my woody itson bars ,they were the best bars in there time
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Post by: weston on August 02, 2005, 10:12 PM: best...14mm axles & skyways
worst...primo super t's (im sick of them snapping!!!!!!)
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Post by: Zippy on August 02, 2005, 10:55 PM: Another Go

Best = Racing.
Worst = Freestyle.

;D ;D ;D
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Post by: bmxmatt1974 on August 03, 2005, 11:40 AM: best 3 piece cranks

worst 1 piece cranks
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Post by: motomagII on August 05, 2005, 08:24 PM: worst brakes on tuffs /z rims i cant get mine to stop me .

best .coaster brake stop on pin and use rear tyre a week lol
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Post by: dirtyvans on August 05, 2005, 11:05 PM: best bit - loads, but i like crazy chains, remember when white was cool, everything had to be white, i had a white freestyle bike and even speayed my race bike rims white

worst - my first bmx an Alien from the catalogue, made burners look cool, i upgraded to a burner, i was stoked!

ps dave - i have a nos landar sweatshirt! i will make you wear it at the next do!
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Post by: Chris on August 06, 2005, 07:09 PM: Getting my new Silver Streak.

Getting my new Silver Streak nicked.
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Post by: theRuler on August 06, 2005, 08:52 PM: best: pegs

worst: spokey dokeys
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Post by: tailwhip540gimp on August 17, 2005, 01:32 PM: ti pegs-best
unsealed hubs-worst
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Post by: piper on September 12, 2006, 03:55 PM: Best; Hutch bear traps and doughnut seat clamps.

Worst; Any Kalkhoff and Tech 2 brake levers. :daumenhoch:
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Post by: Trev on September 12, 2006, 06:33 PM: Best: Haro Mode 3's

Worst: New school riders with their ar$e$ hanging out their jeans :wtf:
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Post by: spesh on September 12, 2006, 08:09 PM: best > white skyways, dx platform pedals,whitewall tyres, mushroom grips,cw bars,mike dominguez,80s gt performers and torkers

worst > ogk wheels,green and blue haro freestylers,pink/lilac skyways urrgh,my shins after dx/beartrap interface!!!
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Post by: Trev on September 12, 2006, 08:17 PM: Best: Odyssey Gyro

Worst: Skyway Spinmaster
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Post by: jeff spicoli on September 12, 2006, 08:43 PM: best bits for me are skyways, flight cranks, comp 3's , uni seats, oakley grips and goggles, most factory magazine, wizard publications, bob haro, dia comp brakes, sponsorship, Gen 1 haro freestyler,34 upton road,

no worst for me it was and is all good :daumenhoch:
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Post by: Jazzchimp on September 12, 2006, 08:46 PM: Fave - gold mx 1000's
Worst - Landar floppy plates
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Post by: duncan on September 12, 2006, 11:30 PM: Fave - A'Me Tri's
Worst - Mongoose Grips
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Post by: P0LL0 on September 13, 2006, 12:50 PM: Best- New School frame Science, thank god!

Worst- Anything Landar
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Post by: OrgasmDonor on September 13, 2006, 12:59 PM: best=tuf-neck stems

worst=redlines (dont like the geometary, sorry)
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Post by: Coastvl on September 14, 2006, 08:59 AM: Best = Bottema forks :daumenhoch:
Worst= new school headsets! :tickedoff:
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Post by: jT Racing on September 15, 2006, 12:13 PM: best= araya 7x's, the best wire wheel.
worst= them tubes that go over your chain, fookin useless buggers they are.
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Post by: brass monkey! on September 15, 2006, 12:56 PM: Fave: Polished Hutch Donut Seat clamp
Worst: Anything with the name 'Burner' on it ! :LolLolLolLol:
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Post by: selfpreservation on September 16, 2006, 03:37 AM: fave my new chrome turbolite chainring look the nuts
worst grab on grips what a load of do do they are/were
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Post by: dj_benice on September 16, 2006, 10:32 AM: Black chrome gt pro kit

All the cheap catalogue spawned crap that left poor kids with bent xmas presents by boxing day :knuppel2:
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Post by: FIL EBZ on September 16, 2006, 05:17 PM: best = parts that didn`t break

Worst = parts that did
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Post by: Dubs on September 16, 2006, 06:41 PM: best = Red tuff 2's

worst = Tuff brake pads ! .... can't get mine to grip :'(
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Post by: DINODOG on September 17, 2006, 09:58 PM: FAVE...Haro master.............

WORST..Being to old to ride the master properly.............
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Post by: Steve P on September 17, 2006, 10:05 PM: Fave . . . Gen1

Worst . . . Pirahna wheels

Steve
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Post by: sawzall on September 17, 2006, 10:10 PM: fave.......esp stem 8)
worst...........skinny acorn mags :2gunsfiring_v1:
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Post by: haromaster87 on September 18, 2006, 03:01 PM: best- ridin an 86 haro with u-brakes on tuffs, no more slip-and-slide endos for me :) , the feeling of a 1.75 tioga comp III up front and a 1.75 tioga comp pool out back, ITS ULTIMATE!!! performer bars, haro knee savers, fork stands and the feeling of doin my first 180 endo(not much but special to me)
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Post by: christhejob on September 18, 2006, 11:09 PM: best: putting together a standard lengthy in 94 and realising someone was finally doing it right. and your first pair of 48s.

worst: bully. getting all these parts you pestered for years and snapping them in hours. a tuff a week. haro sport seatplates. odyssey tko stems. odyssey bullet pegs,
sr rotor stem. in fact acs rotors. the acs doubler. homeless soulbro (cheese dropouts) 93 redline flites (shite) anything haro gentlemans relished out of taiwan 1988-1991 dyno freestyle bars. all that pocketmoney.spent... wouldn't change a bit of it