Author Topic: WHEN DID PRIMO POWERBITES COME OUT? (Read 1113 times)

generallee · « **on:** July 12, 2008, 05:44 PM »

anyone? Id love to know the year, as Id like to put some on a mid school build!

magna13 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 12, 2008, 05:53 PM »

Yeah I'd Like To Know This To

region11 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 12, 2008, 05:57 PM »

i'm sure they were around in 93/94. black, silver and anno red and blue

Philbert · « **Reply #3 on:** July 12, 2008, 07:33 PM »

more like 98!

Lazarou · « **Reply #4 on:** July 12, 2008, 09:43 PM »

I'd say 1996

rory · « **Reply #5 on:** July 12, 2008, 09:48 PM »

i ve always wondered too,,
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perry · « **Reply #6 on:** July 12, 2008, 11:01 PM »

im going to agree with about 98 for the powerbites we all know

but im sure primo had some similar cranks before that ( the red and blue ano )

and they are of course a copy of GT so you could grind off the logo to make them look a bit more era correct http://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=410720

i think it was around 2003/4 they used the steel threaded insert for the pedal thread

generallee · « **Reply #7 on:** July 15, 2008, 02:37 PM »

imabout to do a makeover - gt pwerseries stylke - with these - Prolite Pro Stealth cranks... nice and shiny, and also a very flat lightly etched logo to cover, not a deep primo one. ... aprt fomr that , they are identical to my Primo and Fit cranks. These are also amazingly like my Fusion 1992 aloy cranks too.. guess this design has been around and copied for a while!
Prolites

Fusion alloy very early 90's

SaMAlex · « **Reply #8 on:** July 15, 2008, 02:46 PM »

When you get something made in the far east, its just a question of time till everyone gets access to the tooling. Often the better way is to LET everyone have access, but make them buy into it (eg Pivotal seats)