MastrBlastr said:

animalallday said:

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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ok get real….

every part has a purpose, like the dk fork you mentioned. the r/t means RACE/TRAILS. Thats RACE/TRAILS. One more time….RACE/TRAILS. Which also means NOT STREET.

moving on, i have the shadow linear cable and i do whips and barspins, not one problem this cable is as good as the odsy linear which is a beast of a cable. wraps around the frame and evo2 brakes lock up perfectly.

ive been riding my regular hazard cassette laced to a hazard lite for over a year no problems what so ever. got a 9t driver simply to have 25-9 not because mine broke.

no personal experience with khe folding but have 2 friends who are brakeless street and park riders and theirs are fine. i use the ruben foldings which are simply amazing.

maybe get the right parts to ride what you ride

MastrBlastr maybe you should just stop sucking at riding a bike

MastrBlastr said:

FBM is always a good way to go, along with odyssey shadow and fly. You can call FBM and get the names of their 3 or so welders who make the frames my hand every day. they are built to last and i guess new york is in the USA so they are made in the USA. they just dont super stamp it everywhere like s&m. New FBMs may only be 5 lbs flat (omg sooooo heavy—bs) but that extra half puond more than one of the little tiny trendy light frames means you can guarantee your frame to last a good long time. odyssey doesnt need explaining they are just odyssey.

You Stole my username!

I bought a haro complete, happy with it. I agree Haro could lighten their bikes up a bit but my bike feels verrrry sturdy.

I do plan to slowly replace the parts as I need, but the cranks, sprocket, wheels, and frame all feel and look very well put together. The bars, forks, etc, will all be replaced soon.

Say what you want about haro, but I'll be rocking this frame for a while im sure.

PS When you ride a heavier bike, you might get some meat on yer arms there you scrawny fuckers ahahahh ;P

mr.530 said:

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ok hoffman is a peice off shit and i real need a new bike so wat is a good bike under $450????????????

Haro Forum Intro Light.

upgrade your parts when needed.

Eastern are shite. The only good thing, they've made are pedals.

shadow and eastern are shit. cant trust easterns frames and shadows part like to break really fast

you get what you pay for

dont expect anything from haro gt diamondback hoffman and never consider any thing from any store but a damn bike s etc they dont have interest in progression

and never consider any thing from any store but a damb bike shop

eastern is the same a gt and harro, quality changed for profit

demolition has its strong points but rims, back hub, and cranks are not,

macniel is a very promising company with inovation in their heads,wethepeople has stuff in the works that will change your look on them shadow is puttin out great products with some hits and some misses, mirraco is eccelent especially the chocolate frame, kink is in it for the riders so dont dis just ask their team, same goes for odyssey and g sport, animal is built for street and it holds up for street, s&m is one of the top in inavative products and inavation includes trial and error, fit is one of the companies that is all about their riders and keepin them runnin, fly,sunday, and odyssey make damn good products and they are changing the bmx industry with the way they look to improve the bikes, there is more to say so dis on and i will defend

omg mongoose sucks i got one of thoes and it broke in the first week and they sell thos in wallmart gosh man got any sense in you the only way youl get a mongose that wont brake you got a buy a billion dallor one

ok, i think that primo is shit now, their hola hops were good, and they had some good seats back in the day (the new pivitol ones aren't really primo). their cranks creak and even grease won't stop it, besides that they strip out or break. the next thing is their balence rims, the idiots made the things way to thin at the nipple seats and every single rim has a shity ass weld on the seam that splits. but of course you can rely on at least 5 of the nipples pulling through before that happens. the good part is that primo has warrantied every single one of the 20+ rims i have seen this happen to. ok, now onto their hubs. the primo front is ok, i've seen a few of the axles bend and one break, they did a good job by putting oversized bearings in it. the locknuts are made of aluminum to save weight and they end up stripping out and eventualy pinching the bearings, but that takes a while. ok, on to the mix cassette. this hub is not so good, the one peice drivers always split right where the pawls pivot, making them only engage half-way.and they regular drivers have a lock nut that always strips out. i have also seen the bearings blow up a few times in these hubs. over all, i have seen way to many primo parts fail to ever be able to trust the name again.