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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Race (riders ready, pedals ready... GO!!) => Topic started by: SammyVee on January 12, 2006, 06:55 PM

Title: ACORN MAGS !!?? Any good ??
Post by: SammyVee on January 12, 2006, 06:55 PM: Recently bought some Acorns.. always thought they looked cool when I was a kid !

Only problem I remember was the freewheel rippin the mag to pieces and wreckin the wheel !! Also, did they make two versions cus I got some coming that have metal hubs on the photo.. the others haven`t, yet they have ACORN stamped on them!!
Title: Re: ACORN MAGS !!?? Any good ??
Post by: ORB on January 12, 2006, 07:25 PM: 3 types.

All shite.
Title: Re: ACORN MAGS !!?? Any good ??
Post by: SammyVee on January 12, 2006, 07:28 PM: No wander I managed to get em ! Orb, so any cheap frames to put em on?
Title: Re: ACORN MAGS !!?? Any good ??
Post by: electobooty on January 12, 2006, 08:00 PM: had white alloy hubbed acorns for about 2 months bitd
bag o sh*te
tuffs always were and always will be the only solution
Title: Re: ACORN MAGS !!?? Any good ??
Post by: theRuler on January 12, 2006, 08:48 PM: acorn freestyle wheels were ok

but same as any mag wheel
for under 10 stone riders

simplex mags are stiffer. use them.
Title: Re: ACORN MAGS !!?? Any good ??
Post by: power on January 12, 2006, 09:50 PM: they had a good advert on the back of bmx weekly with a wheel on the gate.
but they always looked weak and cheap.
Title: Re: ACORN MAGS !!?? Any good ??
Post by: maghubs on January 12, 2006, 10:08 PM: Are ACORN mags any good? No!!! TUFF II s are the ones.
Title: Re: ACORN MAGS !!?? Any good ??
Post by: Mattskybeat on January 12, 2006, 10:16 PM: what about aero zetec mags ??
Title: Re: ACORN MAGS !!?? Any good ??
Post by: oberonspacefruit on January 12, 2006, 10:22 PM: zytecs are a good wheel.
Title: Re: ACORN MAGS !!?? Any good ??
Post by: Flake on January 12, 2006, 10:59 PM: I agree Zytecs are good wheels the hubs always look sweet. But they are not as good as tuffs. I've seen many more Zytecs crack under the abuse of 8 stone kids than tuffs.
Title: Re: ACORN MAGS !!?? Any good ??
Post by: SammyVee on January 12, 2006, 11:02 PM: Wish I'D PUT THIS POST UP BEFORE i DECIDED TO BUY EM NOW !! Damn
Title: Re: ACORN MAGS !!?? Any good ??
Post by: ORB on January 12, 2006, 11:13 PM: Advert time.

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v290/orb200181/AcormMagnumAdLate83.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v290/orb200181/acorn.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v290/orb200181/acornfirstad.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v290/orb200181/AcornFreestyleWheelAdDec84.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v290/orb200181/AcornMagnumAdNov83.jpg)
Title: Re: ACORN MAGS !!?? Any good ??
Post by: SammyVee on January 12, 2006, 11:29 PM: Nice colours at least !! well the ads sound ok, however after studying marketing !!
Title: Re: ACORN MAGS !!?? Any good ??
Post by: jT Racing on January 12, 2006, 11:45 PM: 2 pound 50 p&p, times have changed thats for sure.
Title: Re: ACORN MAGS !!?? Any good ??
Post by: OrgasmDonor on January 13, 2006, 09:58 AM: i rode metal sealed hud acorns two years ago and i jumped them lke foook, no probs from them at all, the metal hubbed ones are equally as good as zytecs anyday, they just werent marketed as cooly. :)
Title: Re: ACORN MAGS !!?? Any good ??
Post by: theRuler on January 13, 2006, 10:07 AM: and the mag wheel fans say the zytecs were as good as if not better than tuffs

thus making the acorns on a par with skyways.
Title: Re: ACORN MAGS !!?? Any good ??
Post by: oberonspacefruit on January 13, 2006, 10:42 AM: too thinny.
Title: Re: ACORN MAGS !!?? Any good ??
Post by: theRuler on January 13, 2006, 10:56 AM: Quote from: oberonspacefruit on January 13, 2006, 10:42 AM
too thinny.

hehe

the magnums are on a par with skyway graphites
Title: Re: ACORN MAGS !!?? Any good ??
Post by: julian taff on January 13, 2006, 12:07 PM: Acorn mags the skinny ones arent very strong, the freestyle ones are much better but aren't as good as zytecs,skyway or OGK.Zytecs are brilliant wheels, underated BITD because skyway were the front runners. I had white ally hub skyways, the rear caved in after quite a lot of abuse, switched to OGK 5 spokes with plastic hubs, never had a prob with those beauties. My mate had zytecs , he never had probs with them either.
Title: Re: ACORN MAGS !!?? Any good ??
Post by: Coastvl on January 13, 2006, 12:34 PM: Those skinny things look very weak!
I can't recall how many Tuffs I've busted. I just found some yellow ally hubbed tuffs and the front rim has 2 cracks!! Even my graphites lose the tires all the time.
Title: Re: ACORN MAGS !!?? Any good ??
Post by: OrgasmDonor on January 13, 2006, 02:52 PM: they are all shite, skyways are shite and grossly over rated, i have a set of skyways on all my bikes coz i love them, but they are still shite, just coz you like something it doesnt make it better, ogk's where shite mind, they used to part friends with the hub and side from side to side, every pair i saw BITD had that problem coz they where proper shite
Title: Re: ACORN MAGS !!?? Any good ??
Post by: othomas2 on January 13, 2006, 03:18 PM: Found a bmx a while back with Acorn mags on. One was split and the other I sent to motomag I believe. They did looked very vunerable to me. I think the Raleigh mags are very good, along with what I've heard about zytecs and the infamous skyways.
Title: Re: ACORN MAGS !!?? Any good ??
Post by: oberonspacefruit on January 13, 2006, 04:31 PM: take back what you just said about skyways.

(http://www.albion-small-arms.freeserve.co.uk/photos/nonfirers/DuelingAssoc1-m.jpg)
Title: Re: ACORN MAGS !!?? Any good ??
Post by: theRuler on January 13, 2006, 04:39 PM: hehe

twing twang boing ber-doing
Title: Re: ACORN MAGS !!?? Any good ??
Post by: OrgasmDonor on January 13, 2006, 04:46 PM: nah!!!

i love them but they are over rated dude, they crack n shit,

i own loads of pairs and all my bikes wear them coz i think they cool.

and id prefer swords you scoundrel :D
Title: Re: ACORN MAGS !!?? Any good ??
Post by: Peanut on January 16, 2006, 04:14 PM: I had a pair of lavender metal hubbed acorns, never gave me any jip and they saw heap loads of abuse, sad to say I got Craig Campell to sign the front one, he must of thought i was a right dillpot.