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1984 Hutch Pro Raider

Courtesy of Santa Claus himself (Special thanks to Mom for making and selling all those arts and crafts so they could afford this).

I've had this since Christmas 1984, and it's been in the attic the past 15+ years. It's finally restored - Love this bike!

Many thanks go out to guys like BDaly, jrny, indy, bmx, DoubleXXElf, jez, liljspeed, crash-endo, and many others for your help with this.

Last edited by mattygaff (2008-04-04 12:07pm)

BDaly · 2008-03-24 9:29pm

I am not sure that I want to thank you for getting me addicted to this site and back into this bike thing...I can not believe that I am on here right now, my wife is about to kill my ass.

mattygaff · 2008-03-25 1:40pm

You should most certainly be thanking me! Your wife needs to start coming around on this deal, or I'll have to set her straight. My bike finally gets finished this week - pics/updates to follow on that as well as Curt's ride. Gettin it done!

Reliot · 2008-03-28 4:23pm

Lol, good luck with the wife coming around to BMX thing, and if you manage it, let me know how. Mine is completely and totaly opposed to "stupid little bikes" She just doesn't get it, and I could use some ideas on how to make her understand.

-Andy

BDaly · 2008-04-02 8:42pm

That thing looks better than it did when we put it together, sweet ride. Well worth the effort, you must feel great about it.

mattygaff · 2008-04-03 4:09am

Hell yeah I love it! Thanks for the help with it. Now the question is, what should I build next? Thoughts????

crash-endo · 2008-04-21 12:54pm

cool bike I do like the freestyle stuff, I would build a windstyler it would match this great.

jlummox · 2008-05-01 10:31pm

i like it!!!! ditto on the street stuff.. im building a pro raider and am soakin in the ideas..thanks!!!!

tahoeproraider · 2008-05-06 2:16pm

Great Raider! I just got mine out of the attic and so it's back to school. What kind of hollow bolt do you have in your stem?

mattygaff · 2008-05-06 8:48pm

Thanks for the kind words.

The hollow bolt in the Hutch stem is one that Ace Bike Shop just happened to have laying around, so I was lucky on that one.

sport · 2008-07-09 10:03pm

Very nice hutch bro thats cool youve had it so long i wish i had half my old bikes Keith

mattygaff · 2008-07-09 10:10pm

sport wrote:
Very nice hutch bro thats cool youve had it so long i wish i had half my old bikes Keith

Yeah, I am lucky to still have it, and I was just days away from ebaying it away not too long ago. I'll never make that mistake again.

liljspeed · 2008-08-02 9:50pm

cool that you still had it to restore,i had to settle for a replica.but its all good,and that raider is sweet.

mattygaff · 2008-08-02 10:02pm

liljspeed wrote:
cool that you still had it to restore,i had to settle for a replica.but its all good,and that raider is sweet.

Thank you, kind sir!

undr8ed · 2008-08-11 6:27pm

I like the whitewalls.

mattygaff · 2008-08-12 6:09am

undr8ed wrote:
I like the whitewalls.

Thanks, but those are gumwall Odysser Barefeet tires...

07CARRERA · 2008-09-20 3:57pm

Absolutely stunning Hutch! Awesome to hear that you've kept it all this time

squirrelsmith · 2008-10-05 1:08am

sweet raider. nice to see that someone else takes the raider seriously!

marsmann · 2008-10-05 3:30pm

Cool bike Matt. Glad to see you are not afraid to do what you want to with it. Too many nagging purists on here at times. Back then our bikes were multi-purpose (FS, racing, street, lake jumpers, etc.) so I'm glad to see you built it up in a fashion that suits your riding style.

I had a candy red SE Bronco at one point that had all GT white FS parts on it and pegs so although most of my bikes were dedicated FS or racers there were a few that snuck through this way and it was all RAD.

10 points for keeping an original child hood bike.

However, now you have no excuse for bustin' out multiple bar spins when jumping on dirt or vert since you got that gyro. If you're gonna put it on you HAVE TO USE IT!!

mattygaff · 2008-10-05 4:44pm

Thanks for the kind comments, fellas!!!

funkwit · 2008-10-09 1:01pm

Well done on the Raider dude. Nice looking bike - all I ever wanted was a Hutch when I was 15. And a Diamondback. And a GT. And a Race Inc. And... well, to be honest I was happy with my clunky old Raleigh Burner. Keep your eyes peeled for that time machine fellas, I know where I'll be heading!!

Peace.

mzsnowman · 2009-02-16 8:31am

Very cool that you've had this Hutch since '84. Just acquired a Hutch Jr. Racer. Just checkin' out local Hutch owners. My husband is rebuilding my Hutch to my liking. This is all very fascinating... and addicting I might add!!! Beautiful bike. Since this is my first OS bike, I'm becoming quite partial to the Hutch's, but finding that all the components are pricey - YIKES!