Check out this new Haro Master Freestyler retro edition. Looks nice, doesn't it? According to their website, they say
It took us two years to get this bike out of the vault, but it feels like 30.
There have been some rumblings on VintageBMX and BMX Museum that this new bike is not all it has been made out to be. The first Haro Freestyler from 1978 was made by Torker, and was made of 4130 chromoly. This one is a trimoly bike which means the frame's main tube is made of chromoly steel and the other parts are made of hi-tensile steel. It seems that they tried to cover it up on the website, saying it is chrome (which it is) but conveniently left out the moly part. The links to VintageBMX and BMX Museum should shed more light on theissue.
But here is the shocking part. When a VintageBMX member sent an email to Haro asking about it, he got tossed off. Further proof that bike companies nowadays are all about money. The reply is below:
you're an angry guy...guy. Chill out and realize that we have almost sold out of these bikes spec'd as is. I am sorry for the lack of Chromoly, but with the quality of HI Ten on the area's that we decided to put it, it held up perfect during testing and because of this, we were able to keep the price at $550.00 for the whole bike.
Some kind of customer service right? Testing? Yeah right. Lucky for me my Haro Backtrail cruiser is made of full 4130 chromoly. I will not be getting this bike. No way, Jose.
It took us two years to get this bike out of the vault, but it feels like 30.
There have been some rumblings on VintageBMX and BMX Museum that this new bike is not all it has been made out to be. The first Haro Freestyler from 1978 was made by Torker, and was made of 4130 chromoly. This one is a trimoly bike which means the frame's main tube is made of chromoly steel and the other parts are made of hi-tensile steel. It seems that they tried to cover it up on the website, saying it is chrome (which it is) but conveniently left out the moly part. The links to VintageBMX and BMX Museum should shed more light on theissue.
But here is the shocking part. When a VintageBMX member sent an email to Haro asking about it, he got tossed off. Further proof that bike companies nowadays are all about money. The reply is below:
you're an angry guy...guy. Chill out and realize that we have almost sold out of these bikes spec'd as is. I am sorry for the lack of Chromoly, but with the quality of HI Ten on the area's that we decided to put it, it held up perfect during testing and because of this, we were able to keep the price at $550.00 for the whole bike.
Some kind of customer service right? Testing? Yeah right. Lucky for me my Haro Backtrail cruiser is made of full 4130 chromoly. I will not be getting this bike. No way, Jose.
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