I have always liked Haro Bikes. Since day one, they have been churning out quality bikes at affordable prices and they last a long time. My Backtrail X24 cruiser is proof of that. And it is still with me after all these years and still riding great.
Which brings me to the topic of this new bike by Haro, called the Race Lite. All I can say is, nice colours. The specs of the bike are as follows.
| Frame | 7005 Alloy w/fully internal head tube - 21" TT |
| Fork | Sinz Stealth Carbon 1-1/8" Threadless |
| Grips | SINZ Sticky Grips |
| Handle Bar | Full Crmo 8" rise |
| Cranks | "2-pc Alloy 175mm, Euro Sealed Bearing external cartrige BB" |
| Gearing | 39/14 Cassette cog |
| Tires | Intense Micro Knobby 2 20x2.125 F/20x1.75 R |
| Hubset | 36H Alloy Shell sealed bearing / Cassette rear |
| Rims | Alienation 36H Deviant DW Frt/36H Runaway DW Rear |
| Seat/Seatpost | Haro plastic Pivotal seat w/Pivotal post |
| Pedals | Haro DX Alloy |
| Rotor | N/A |
| Pegs | N/A |
Looks like that they are going the Kuwahara way (new-school, not old-school) of using Deviant as their main supplier of rims. What I would replace is the SINZ carbon fork and get a Supercross fork that is WAY stronger and weighs about the same. As for cranks, well, everyone seems to be gearing (pun not intended) towards aluminium cranks nowadays. I would personally change the cranks to Promo Powerbites. But all in all, it looks a pretty killer bike...but it is not a thrasher. So much for those days when one could do some nifty tricks, even with a race-bike. For me? I would rather wait for the SE Racing PK-Ripper looptail that is about to be released. But I am rather torn as I do love Haro.
