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4:31 pm July 23, 2008
| duane900
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I got the Eastern Element and i cracked the frame, bars, and bent the forks all in a year. Don't waste your money on a Eastern!
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5:48 pm July 23, 2008
| animalallday
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i just have have to say… things i hate:
odyssey v3 hub…i blew out like 20 bearings in the driver or w.e
dk r/t forks…totally gay…bent in like two days
eastern ultra lite bars….bend in half
fit grips…lasted me like two days
khe folding tires…popped every couple of days
demolition medial lt cranks…bent the left crank arm 5 times
shadow brake cables….gay just gay thats it
tree pegs….like fell apart literally just like fell apart
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9:52 am July 24, 2008
| Haro_lover_n
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i think the worst bike ever is an ironhorse jump.
lets just say the brakes are totaled.
the headset fell off the first day
the back tire wiggles alot and almost fell off (chain is also loose)
the pegs…SUCK - 5/8 and you cant grind worth crap
the crank bolt fell off 3 times in a week
the sprocket is so big you cant go up skatepark ramps without bending it
so heavy you can barely lift the back tire off when you bunnyhop never mind what happens when you wheelie
the tires have like no treds
the tubes are as thin as 2 pieces of paper on top of each other
the grips are pretty much styrofoam.
and you guys thought you had it bad. this bike was my first bike and i don't recomend this to anyone. I now trust haro (bikes) and flybikes (parts) as brands.
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3:05 pm July 24, 2008
| aleksandr
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Parts that are horrible, not necessarily the company:
Eastern pedals (stripped spindle threads)
New primo powerbite crank arms (stripped pedal boss, twice)
Demolition f-1 chainwheel (absolutely destroyed it just from riding normally)
Demolition trail tires from a few years ago (ledge grind, popped tire)
Oddyssey aluminum sealed gyro, the steel one was alright
Most older Haro products failed me miserably
Most of these issues with certain products are from at least a few years ago, as I've gotten smarter about what I buy, and I don't ride quite as much, so less wear.
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8:26 pm July 24, 2008
| Freecoaster Friendly666
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animalallday said:
i just have have to say… things i hate:
khe folding tires…popped every couple of days
demolition medial lt cranks…bent the left crank arm 5 times
tree pegs….like fell apart literally just like fell apart
i poped 2 tubes in 8 months in the back tire for my khe. and in the front i poped it once from missing some kind of footjam and snapped the valve off my tube. tires are fucking mint.
demo cranks ive had for over a year no problems.
tree peg i have in the front for almost a year, no problems.
maybe since you ride street, you should stop being so sketchy.
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3:55 pm July 25, 2008
| Corey
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Freecoaster Friendly666 said:
maybe since you ride street, you should stop being so sketchy.
maybe you should stop sitting on his nuts cuz, if he even said that he rode street, he should ride as hard as he wants and not let the parts and their quality get in the way-and besides-im pretty sure you're SUPER gentle on your bike because you ride park…maybe you should take up riding sketchy and enjoy your parts for real
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9:04 am July 26, 2008
| UtahJake
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I am not going to say they were the worst but the way I used them was well cheesey?
I used to have BIG Cheese spike pads on my crossbar and toptube. It would have been understandable on a race bike but I have only ever ridden freestyle. It was fun to go to the park though. Most people didn't know they were pads and even pedestrians just walking by would come up with the most dumbfounded expressions and ask ” What happens when you miss the pedals?” . I joked with them ofcourse…” well then I better not miss and skewer my nuts huh !!”
Big cheese though made some other stuff that wasn't bad from what I heard.
I also used to run this poverty 44 tooth sprocket that was like an inch thick and oversize profile cranks. The chain I used was this thick looking motorcycle thing. I think that bike was close to like 40 lbs. The companies are good but the heavier than anchor parts were kinda crappy.
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2:59 pm July 26, 2008
| bmxgoalie12
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I can't stand premium stuff anymore.
i got the solo complete and have had problems with seriously every part,
first day i got it the chain broke,
replaced the heavy as hell bars
grips slid all over and lasted like three days
blew the bearings in both hubs at least 3 times each
bent the frame doing a 180
brake lever snaped in half
bent the fork.
so now im lookin at
new director fork
demo anorexia front hub
demo bulimia driver
odyssey sprocket with guard
elementary v3 stem
sunday frame or fit s3
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HEY YOU! YEAH YOU, WHAT ARE YOU DOING ONLINE??? WHY ARENT YOU RIDING?!?!?!?!?!!??!
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8:29 pm July 26, 2008
| bmx_mitch
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SCG's are the worst shoes I've ever bought. They fall apart in no time. I guess that's what happens when you try to pass SOAP shoes off as BMX shoes. I heard they went out of business. Figures.
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10:16 pm July 26, 2008
| spencer p
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i got a diamondback joker 08 as my first bike and it wasnt as great as i thought it would be when i got it i bent the back wheel really bad so i had to get a new one and the pedals had no grip also the chain wheel bent and the freewheel broke in the first week i had it
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9:10 am July 27, 2008
| animalallday
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aleksandr said:
Parts that are horrible, not necessarily the company:
New primo powerbite crank arms (stripped pedal boss, twice)
that happens to everybody…althought i got mine sent back to primo and they gave me brand new ones…
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1:24 pm July 27, 2008
| animalallday
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Freecoaster Friendly666 said:
animalallday said:
i just have have to say… things i hate:
khe folding tires…popped every couple of days
demolition medial lt cranks…bent the left crank arm 5 times
tree pegs….like fell apart literally just like fell apart
i poped 2 tubes in 8 months in the back tire for my khe. and in the front i poped it once from missing some kind of footjam and snapped the valve off my tube. tires are fucking mint.
demo cranks ive had for over a year no problems.
tree peg i have in the front for almost a year, no problems.
maybe since you ride street, you should stop being so sketchy.
if youve been riding tires for 8 months…especially folding tires and there not worn or anything you clearly dont ride hard enough.
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9:40 pm July 27, 2008
| soldoutbmx
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i have snapped 3 profile arms but i still keep getting them
bent some kink high life bars
bent 2 pairs of t1 bars but still run t1 oob bars
cracked a pair of s and m pitch forks but i still ride pitch fork xlts
everything will break sometime and i like all these companys so who gives a fuck.
go ride some trails
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11:41 pm July 27, 2008
| cameron.smith
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colony - sect worst frame i bent and twisted the shit out of that in six months
shadow torrid cranks - ewwww i snapped one arm in 4 months and the other 2 weeks later
s&m redneck xlt - cracked it in about 7 months
s&m slam xlt's - bent the fuck out of them in about 6 months
snafu - tyres suck soo much they split and wore out realy fast
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9:56 pm July 28, 2008
| toebee
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eastern frames are the worst bike frames ever!
my friend bought one (forgot the name) and he let me ride it
a week later i bent the frame from the front bar that holds the forks..
im a pretty heavy rider. and since then my friend lets me test out all
of his new bikes.. he's gone old school and uses a damn Gt. hasn't messed up on him and i drilled out the back to get some up to date rims n pegs.
also, fit grips suck.. they lasted me like 2 weeks..
bendable tires stink! i ripped the treds on my back tire
eastern handle bars are just gay!
mmmmm, i think thats all ihave to say for now..
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11:12 pm July 30, 2008
| durk
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original profile cranks..snaped, primo powerbites stripped, dk chopsticks snapped in half..demolitions snapped, holowbites…still going..number of times i hit a park in the past 2 years…under 10..flat to flat hack life.
Sundays last forever. GET ONE. Animal pegs keep on going and going…if you wanna icepick bricks…you need them animals.
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12:20 am July 31, 2008
| RG111
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i think some of the worst rims on a bike that i've ever had was the stock wheels and spokes that came with my haro F3. im only 13 and weigh like 95lbs!! i bent the crap outta them
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5:41 am July 31, 2008
| Tobbogan08
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honest to god guys thats rediculous, i cant stand people that sit behind screen names and bag companies and there parts … sure everyone goes through parts … but if ur going through a set of cranks a week then ur doing somthing wrong … whether u ride like a tank or just arnt putting them on properly …
and most of the stuff u guys are listing is stock … HELLOOOOO STOCK PARTS ARE SOLD TO MAKE MONEY NOT TO LAST FOREVER … everyone dose it. its a money making thing
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8:25 am July 31, 2008
| StreetRider
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Haro….I hate everything about their bikes.. they also weigh alot
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8:00 pm July 31, 2008
| ducker85
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i jsut snapped my wombolts on the drive side after 13months (i'll still run them)
i snapped primo excel cranks after 4 years
crack the internals on primo pedals
cracked a federal frame in 31 days
carcked and twisted a hoffman D130 frame in 11 months
chewed out 2 odyssey cassette hubs, on the drive sides
bent the drop out my my odyssey dirt forks after 2 or 3 years of street
twisted n stripped my primo powerbites
and dont wanna coment on my stocker specialized vegas trx it wasn't even mid range i couse it was gunna break
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