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No. Imported, knock off, stuff.

vintage chromoly wrote:

No. Imported, knock off, stuff.

Rob, I get the knock off part, but would imported be a truly valid argument? Aren't a good amount of (maybe even a majority) old school frames and parts Taiwanese and/or Japanese?

I'm still not hip to why it seems like everyone on here has so much bad blood for the chop either, is there a reason? It can't be too serious, cause i see dudes bashing the hell out of him then turn around and finish their bikes with his crap
Just askin

I have had no problems with the quality of their parts.

Especially the "pork" branded items.

Perfect for a retro build, if you ask me.

People can hate all they want, if you don't like the product or what he does, vote with your wallet.

I personally have had no issues.

The dude ships fast as Hell also.  If you need it. It will be thier.

MasterBri wrote:

vintage chromoly wrote:

No. Imported, knock off, stuff.

Rob, I get the knock off part, but would imported be a truly valid argument? Aren't a good amount of (maybe even a majority) old school frames and parts Taiwanese and/or Japanese?

I'm still not hip to why it seems like everyone on here has so much bad blood for the chop either, is there a reason? It can't be too serious, cause i see dudes bashing the hell out of him then turn around and finish their bikes with his crap
Just askin

Everyone gets an opinion. This guy thinks if it wasn't built before 1985 it is junk. To say it is all imported shows you don't even have a clue what he sells.

His stuff is fine if your building a BMX bike to ride. If your building a show bike or era correct then you may want to look elsewhere.

As to why everyone hates..Well there are are probably more than a few reasons, some may even be valid, but I think most of it is just because the niche market he provides parts for isn't what they want to use on their bikes. They build themselves up by tearing him down. Sad that grown men act like this, but it's pretty common in the "Hobby" of BMX and not as common in the "Sport" of BMX.

oh yeah, the schwinn repop decals (officially licensed) are unreal perfect!

I had another look just now at their pork stems, and they look very similar to the square tufnek stems for a reasonable price.

For those who care where stuff is made, this was posted on the Porkchop FB page.

623 of our 1429 products are proudly MADE IN THE USA - getting dangerously close the the 50% mark!

There is this girl we used to call pork chop BITD...

changachump wrote:

Why? Did she just lay there like a porkchop?

Exactly...or at least that's what I heard

I've ordered from Justin and used his parts. No quality problems here. His
chainrings are made in the USA, and work great. I used a seatpost  clamp,
chainring, tires, seat, grips, brake levers, seatpost, pedals, cables, etc.
The parts worked great.

All that being said, most of those parts are no longer on my bike. I eventually
replaced much of the Pork with non repop stuff.

everything I've ever purchased from his has been great.. .except for the Duro tires. Way too soft of a rubber. I wore out a set of the Comp ST style tires in like a month. Bald and flat spots all over and the rubber seems like it just wants to crumble.

But I think Justin does the BMX community a great service.

Porkchop, Dans Comp, FlatlandFuel.... I think they are all great.