BMX Action october 1982 : Haro Freestyler frame designed by Bob Haro. The reinforced chrome-moly frame features double tube construction, heavy duty rear dropouts with a built-in coaster brake mounting slot. All chrome-moly. Haro Designs.
Bob Haro : I used to ride for Torker. They were one of my sponsors. Haro Design, as the company was called back then, was growing. We were making different things. Freestyle was a novelty back then and I thought it was time to create a Freestyle only bike, instead of a BMX racing bike used for freestyle... I basically had a Torker BMX bike and I asked them to modify it to a bike for freestyle riding. It needed thicker drop-outs, a steeper head angle and the double top tube made sense for the type of riding at that time. I had a good relationship with the guys at Torker at the time and I basically went in one day and told him I wanted to have my own frame and my own brand. I think I told them I could either do it with, or without you, and then they worked with me. We ordered really small numbers at the time because it was so novel. Torker gave me a big start, they really helped out. They had the fixtures and things like that. We bought the frames of my design from them, put our graphics on them and sold them. It was very expensive at the time because the numbers were very small but that got us started. That was the beginning.
Ils jetent ainsi les bases d'une nouvelle géométrie qui sera reprise (copiée ?) par la plupart des constructeurs. A l'époque, les principales révolutions concernent le cintrage du tube inférieur au niveau du tube de direction et la plateforme rabaissée.
The bend at the top of the downtube was to enable full 180° x-up without crushing the front brake cable (this was before Potts Mod cable routing)
Ron Wilkerson : GT was coming out with a freestyle frame and we were TOTALLY stoked because that was a BIG thing - another company besides Haro making a freestyle bike.
Street bikes sporting bash guards are produced by Haro .
Peregrine frame and forks weighs 6 pounds 1 oz made from 4130 chromoly tubbing, drop outs are 3/8 inch has 1 inch gusseted headtube twin top tubes 990 rear brake mounts
Rueben Castillo, Ride BMX US february 1998 : It's basically a thought that came to my head when I started flatland to get a small lightweight bike. Smaller than any other flatland bike, I'm only 5'3" and a half. Most bike geometry's are made for someone around 5'10 or a 6 footer. I helped with Woody Itson and some of the people at GT. We came up with a bike that has an 18" top tube and a 13" rear end. It's something that has never be done before. We all put our heads together and came up with something that we are really happy about.
18.75" top tube - 74° steering angle - 13" rear stay - weight under 5.75 lbs - full cro-mo - bent down tube allows maximum clearence where needed on front wheel tricks - lowered seat-stays allow for maximum clearence during back wheel tricks
www.agoride.com, 2001 : Conçu et testé par Vincent Vernet et Vincent Poupinot, le Cinquième élément est un cadre de street/trail.
Des innovations et des renforts multiples sont présents sur ce premier cadre de la marque : Plaque de renfort sur les haubans inférieurs, tube de direction usiné dans la masse avec cuvettes et roulements scellés intégrés, wishbone inférieur ovalisé et d'autres choses encore
2,55 kg, Top tube : 19", Angle direction : 73.5°, Longueur arrière : 12.8", Matériau : 4130 cr-mo, Pédalier : euro ou classique, Made in : Taiwan.
