On Aug 28, 1:50 pm, Luke <
[email protected]> wrote:
> On ebay, 300+ dollars for a pair of bmx pedals.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/25pdbm
Before the page came up, I was thinking "Well...if they're Hutch..."
Those pedals are worth it to somebody out there. They were stock on a
bike that was $800 in the mid-'80s, and were so rare that I'm not sure
I've ever actually seen a pair in person. I'm pretty sure they were
ungodly expensive back then too (which means, IIRC, $100, which felt
like $3,000 when I was making minimum wage.) Most people I knew rode
Shimano DXs or clones of the Beartraps.
Also, IIRC, BMX Action's review of the Hutch pedals whimpered that
they were just too sharp, too nasty, and left their Vans shredded.
There may have been a rule in place that required they be filed down
for racing lest they eviscerate someone in the event of a crash.
In other words, they were not just good and functional back in the
day. They were obscene and dangerous to everyone within 15 feet. In
other words, coveted, lusted after, no less a teenager's unattainable
fantasy than the pictures from the Fredericks of Hollywood catalog I
had hidden under my mattress.
Scott
PS: Yes, I used to dream in Hutch. Sometimes I still do. No, I'm not
bidding on the pedals.