What have you done to your bike today?

one piece crank said:
I don't remember Hutch as a strong product, more lighter with a tendency to break. I have also never owned one, so cannot speak directly to dropout thickness. You certainly don't see many forks sold alone.
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It was 37ish years ago, so I don't remember where I got the fork from. The mail-order ads I found don't show the forks sold by themselves, but I also didn't dig into it very deep. I think I bought the cranks from Guy's since I know they did the install of the bottom bracket. I remember installing the fork, stem and headlock myself.

Fortunately, to bring this part of the saga to (hopefully) a close, the fork winner did pay last night and the fork went into the mail today. If they had to wait until payday I pay for it, a little heads up communication would have been nice, but whatever.

On the plus side, I now have some extra play-money to get new cranks and a shock for the Megatower. 😎 Now to decide between a DB Coil or the new DB Air... or if I have enough $$$ to say "Eff-it" and get both...
 
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one piece crank said:
I don't remember Hutch as a strong product, more lighter with a tendency to break. I have also never owned one, so cannot speak directly to dropout thickness. You certainly don't see many forks sold alone.
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I race on Hutch Pro Racer for 20" class. They were sold as race only bikes at the time before freestyle had gotten big so yes lighter and a tendency to break if you weren't smooth. Dropouts were thin on both the fork and frame (I remember I had to be cautious on the rear dropouts when tightening axle nuts). I remember reading that for the Timmy Judge and Hollywood framesets they made the dropouts thicker as those guys were known to jump (actually sessioned a jump behind the barn at a Whip City BMX national with Miranda hanging with us kids :thumbs🙂. Which leads me to think the ProStar/Freestyle versions were just as thick if not more so.

Add on: had to look it up and found the Judge and Hollywood frame test from BMXA: http://www.jjrbmx.com/hutchbmx/intertest/hollywoodjudge85.html

(Crazy that the TJ had a 74.5 degree HT angle - that's modern day BMX bike numbers.)
 
don said:
I race on Hutch Pro Racer for 20" class. They were sold as race only bikes at the time before freestyle had gotten big so yes lighter and a tendency to break if you weren't smooth. Dropouts were thin on both the fork and frame (I remember I had to be cautious on the rear dropouts when tightening axle nuts). I remember reading that for the Timmy Judge and Hollywood framesets they made the dropouts thicker as those guys were known to jump (actually sessioned a jump behind the barn at a Whip City BMX national with Miranda hanging with us kids :thumbs🙂. Which leads me to think the ProStar/Freestyle versions were just as thick if not more so.

Add on: had to look it up and found the Judge and Hollywood frame test from BMXA: http://www.jjrbmx.com/hutchbmx/intertest/hollywoodjudge85.html

(Crazy that the TJ had a 74.5 degree HT angle - that's modern day BMX bike numbers.)
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I'm curious how much 20" race bikes have changed over the past 20 years. I still have my 1998 Gary Fisher Lush Rush 20" (with a few upgrades) and when I ride it it feels ok under me after a bit of acclimation time (I don't ride the 20" very often). My old Predator (the source of the various Hutch parts) felt so short it was basically unrideable, which is why it has basically been sitting for over 30 years. My plan for 2021 is to try riding at Hunterdon County a few times. If the bug really bites me again, maybe I'll upgrade to a newer bike. By "mtn bike standards" a top quality 20" is pretty cheap.
 
I have one on both my 429s now. Had one on the M6 I just sold. Would have put one on my Spot but that's external.
I like them.
User serviceable.
Re building one tommorow and dropping travel 10 mm on the race bike.
 
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