Makes of Top Line BMX's You Didn't Like

[Zippy]

I just wondered if there were any makes of bikes out there that as a kid you just didn't take to.

For me it was Mongoose, I just never actually liked them then or now. I don't know why really but I just thought that they used too many Mongoose branded parts on them to warrant the price.

I would have said Dimond Back too, but I remember quite liking a bike in one of their adverts, I have a feeling it was a Silver Streak and I really liked a bike that I think was called the Reactor. I remember the advert for that and thinking that it looked fast just stood still, The head angle was quite steep.

[QUADROPHENIA]

VDC                           a mate had one it was the biggest piece of cack going

[zed4130]

haro's  as although i rode street 'i prefered race frames 

[MartyC]

VDC is definitely one of them, I always thought they were over priced and didn't actually look that good anyway.  The other one I never really liked at all was the Raleigh Burner (sorry) more a look alike than a wannabee and was never going to cut the mustard as a race or jump bike.  Then there are all the so called BMX alikes, like Saxon and Townsend (not Jon  ), remember selling loads of those, hated putting them together and hated having to fix them after some poor kid had broke it trying to wheelie or jump  .

[Trev]

I grew up on a Street Beat, so BITD I didn't like any other make.  I had a go no Haro's, GT's, Hutch's & Vincents etc and none of them felt as good as the skyway.

[priv]

dp freestyler,the rear drop outs were made from monkey metal,i bent one and striaghtened it by hand,i was about 13.


priv

[zed4130]

i had one of those ady 'after my ripper 'i didnt like it eather 

[bmxmatt1974]

never liked the quadangle

[harris]

the scorpion breakdancer  and freeway

[jT Racing]

VDC is definitely one of them, I always thought they were over priced and didn't actually look that good anyway.  The other one I never really liked at all was the Raleigh Burner (sorry) more a look alike than a wannabee and was never going to gut the mustard as a race or jump bike.  Then there are all the so called BMX alikes, like Saxon and Townsend (not Jon  ), remember selling loads of those, hated putting them together and hated having to fix them after some poor kid had broke it trying to wheelie or jump  .

 


my mate had an ammaco freestyler with grey(i think striped?) pads. I never liked that bike.

[bmxmatt1974]

the scorpion breakdancer  and freeway

oh yeah forgot about the scorpion

trm is another

[stidds]

I never liked Redlines or Diamond Backs when I was growing up.

[RATTY]

TORKERS. like riding with suspension

[stuntmaster]

never liked the quadangle

yep same as for some reason never like the look but for some reason i like the looptail as never saw one bitd

[Geth]

Any multi-tubed "freestyle" frame. Hideous things even then.
Hutch's. Chrome flaked off everything. Rubbish. Expensive but cheap if that makes sense!

[Lazarou]

Never liked Redlines, still don't, any era they just do nothing for me, also never liked  VDC, CW and Vector bars.

[dordymush]

have to agree with the vector bars. mind i dont like none of there stuff to be honest.

haro's never got me going neither.
i know im gonna get beat up by rombloke for that lol.

[theRuler]

scorpion breakdancer and freeways weren't top line round where i lived

[tricknuts]

CW. reminded me of citreon

and Scorpion, hutch, Fox, quadangles, all that rubbish

[theRuler]

back in the day i never really thought of "top line bikes and parts" as such

the main aim was keep a bike running with whatever i could find that wasn't fooked.

i was always more of a rider than a bike polisher

[munners]

Haro's, just didnt look good to a 10 year old. I was a Skyway boy, even to this day i look at the logo and it makes me think, WOW!

The PK was always the bike that you had if you had a few quid. The welding always seemed chunky. It made it look expensive.

My uncle had a bike called a TRM (totally radical machine). I think it was a UK bike. It had Reynolds Tubing. Anyone remember?

[theRuler]

baz keep used to ride a TRM in the early 90's
got a backyard vid of him doing a flip on one when he was 12

[Zippy]

Two of the TRM riders lived in Worcester and would come to Malvern occasionally to ride our quarter pipe at the Hillbillies track.

I think it was Paul Heyfon??? that I toaught how to indian air. I actually showed him a can can air too but that was an indian air that went wrong when my foot slipped off the pedal in the air. Bloody rain.  

[OrgasmDonor]

Never liked hutch coz thought they where way over rated.
Redlines coz the geometry looked all wrong, they never looked sleek.
Quadangles coz the headtube looked and felt too high.
Diamond backs coz i always felt they where a wannabe pro bike.
gt performers coz i associate these with the start of the death of bmx in the mid 80's and firms competeing with sticking bits on frames n bendin tubes rather than ride or build quality.
Haro Gen 1, too slight.
Rippers, too weak n front heavy

not in any particular order and my attitude has changed slightly but still woulnt wanna ride any of them.

[theRuler]

blimey

what did you like?

the hutch trickstar was an amazing bike btw.
and the GT performer's platform set the scene for the years to come. many many years