9/1/2023 0 Comments Redline flight cranks for saleBut they are not from China last I checked.C&p windstyler.thx for those who gave the info My other good friend owns a bike shop in San Jose, and he races for Redline, and says nothing but good things about the current Proline high end bikes.I kinda base my comments on what I see and hear talking to my 2 bike shop owner friends.Īny Chinese NEGATIVE COMMENTS WHERE FROM MY OWN OPINIONS, NOTHING ELSE.Īnd I will defend HONDA, until I die.And Yamaha., as I have owned many of both. They would not even send him a replacement tire for a 2011 24 Cruiser he had trouble with out of the box. And they are from China, AND HAVE HORRIBLE CUSTOMER RELATIONS, AND HORRIBLE TO DEAL WITH. My buddy owns Woodside BMX, and he deals with Redline bicycle division, now. I thought it was a few years after the move to SBS.I posted this as I never heard about SBS before, and thought it was worthy of sharing. Looks like you copy and pasted this from somewhere.įound this in Wikipedia, so I asume its fact. Define briefly? 88 through today is pretty far from briefly. Huh, might want to do some fact checking. I dont know who welded the frame for those 3 years, my guess would be Giant, or a similar frame company. So, it seems Redline was briefly owned by Seattly Bike Supply, just before going to China. Redline eventually sold out to China, the rest, is garbage. Kastan went on in 1988 with his new BMX company which he named Kastan. They went on to manufacture road bicycles in the early 1990s and would eventually change the colors back to the original red, black, and white in 1993. The company produced its first mountain bike in 1989 and changed its colors to pink, white, and black. In 1988 Kastan sold Redline to Seattle Bike Supply (SBS) and they relocated the company to Kent, Washington. During the next three years they would continue to further develop these models with many variations. 1985 was arguably the height of Kastans success with Redline. Not an instant hit but it would later gain popularity with the RL-20ll in 1985. In 1983, they expanded further into the freestyle market with the RL-20 Prostyler. The PL-24 would be their first BMX bike with 24 inch wheels, commonly known as a cruiser. In 1982 Redline introduced the Proline ll, the MXlll series and expanded their line with the PL-20 and the PL-24. They would be BMX's first tubular chromoly three piece cranks which would become Redline's most popular product. With these additions the company was gaining success again and by January 1980, Redline Flight cranks were going into production. Soon after the famous V-Bars handlebars, the MXll frame and the Microline frame (mini series) were released. In 1977 Kastan and Konle agreed to go separate ways and Kastan would take over full ownership of Redline Racing Frames and Konle would carry on with the motorcycle side renaming his company Champion.īy this time Kastan had designed and was releasing the Proline, their first official Team Model frame and fork. Due to the high price at the time of $85 the sales were dismal. Later that year Redline would release its first chromoly frame, the Squareback. They were an instant success and became a favorite amongst racers at the time. In February 1974 the first pairs of tubular chromoly forks were being produced. The bike was noticed by a company called Pedalers West and they challenged Kastan to come up with a stronger and lighter fork specifically for 20 inch BMX racing. His son soon raced this bike under his fathers company name Redline. In 1973 Kastan decided he would weld a bicycle frame for his son as a Christmas gift that same year. The company consisted of a staff of six people and was receiving much success with their motorcycle swingarms. Redline Racing Frames was founded in 1970 by Linn Kastan and Mike Konle in Chatsworth California for making chromoly motorcycle frames and swingarms. REDLINE.History from the begining, to when they went to China. I thought I knew everything, like most of us? And while calling out a seller on CL about his Redline, he claimed was made in America, I learned something.
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