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hoplias · 2016-02-03 6:41pm

Andy43 wrote:
http://www.vintageredline.com/wp-conten … tinbox.jpg

They did 100 of these like 10 years ago.

26" I meant

Axel10 · 2016-02-03 6:46pm

coloredtuffs wrote:
Redline's parent company was recently acquired by Raleigh.

You should update their wiki page...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redline_bicycles

Andy43 · 2016-02-03 6:50pm

They should do a line of 24" - 26" retro cruisers. Like someone mentioned - an RL24 II and RL26 II. And do a couple high-end modern-retro bikes as flagships, even if just as F&F sets w/ bars. Even if they're not money-makers, they make your brand look stronger. That helps you sell more of everything else.

Basically do exactly what Haro is doing (but in their own style), and keep current with the race division also.

They could get the guys at PlanetBMX to help out like with what they offered in colab with Skyway.

jrkcfrank · 2016-02-03 6:55pm

Redline has no interest in changing there new brand I ask a few years ago about the retro bike they took the old decals and changed it a little .. on the mx series. .I was a redline dealer or as know as Seattle bike supply... but never know just watch. ...

perront · 2016-02-03 9:21pm

Doug has informed me that he has infected my pictures with a virus! Let's try again...

Draw · 2016-02-03 9:23pm

coloredtuffs wrote:
Here's my perspective as a Redline dealer.
Redline is in trouble. The brand as a whole has lost vision.

holy crap. thats horrible. they see bmx as a fringe market with the 'global' marking being mtn and commuter i guess.
i just checked and you can see how they have leaft it....
the redline timeline has not been updated in 4 years.
http://redlinebicycles.com/history/
it stops at 2012!!!!

Axel10 wrote:
coloredtuffs wrote:
Redline's parent company was recently acquired by Raleigh.
You should update their wiki page...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redline_bicycles

Accel owns redline and its a damn dutch holding company

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raleigh_Bicycle_Company

Raleigh being the owner would be kinda cool.
its arguably the oldest bike company in the world.

but sadly also owned by the damn dutch.

i hate the dutch!

itsdug wrote:
Draw wrote:
@itsdug - and redline is one word
I beg to differ!
http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/ … 44d30d.jpg

I dont!!

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Gatorpit boy · 2016-02-03 10:40pm

This is a great shot

itsdug · 2016-02-04 1:50am

Draw wrote:
itsdug wrote:
Draw wrote:
@itsdug - and redline is one word
I beg to differ!
http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/ … 44d30d.jpg
I dont!!

Back in the beginning there was clearly a gap between Red and Line. Single words generally don't have a gap... Even all the new/newer logos they use an R and an L. Even on the bike you pictured along with that era pad sets had an R and and L... Why would that be if it was one word? Just a friendly debate of course.

80 PRO-LINE · 2016-02-04 5:06am

Yes, it was two words as was Pro-Line. Unfortunately, it may be two words once again; In Trouble as stated above.

Draw · 2016-02-04 11:15am

itsdug wrote:
Draw wrote:
itsdug wrote:
I beg to differ!
http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/ … 44d30d.jpg
I dont!!

Back in the beginning there was clearly a gap between Red and Line. Single words generally don't have a gap... Even all the new/newer logos they use an R and an L. Even on the bike you pictured along with that era pad sets had an R and and L... Why would that be if it was one word? Just a friendly debate of course.

http://c304977.r77.cf1.rackcdn.com/back … 0x3121.jpg
http://bikeandtrike.com/merchant/557/im … 00x500.jpg
http://redlinebicycles.com/wp-content/u … S-logo.png
http://www.ogc.ca/DATA/NOUVELLE/17.jpg
http://redlinebicycles.com/wp-content/u … mb_800.jpg
http://redlinebicycles.com/wp-content/u … mb_800.jpg

its been the copyrighted single word 'redline' for far longer then the two word generic 'red line'.

and thats why its one word... copyright.

i posted my 84 pl20 to show that it had become one word in the early 80s.

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Kurt_Rad · 2016-02-04 11:21am

itsdug · 2016-02-04 11:42am

Draw wrote:
itsdug wrote:
Draw wrote:

I dont!!

Back in the beginning there was clearly a gap between Red and Line. Single words generally don't have a gap... Even all the new/newer logos they use an R and an L. Even on the bike you pictured along with that era pad sets had an R and and L... Why would that be if it was one word? Just a friendly debate of course.

http://c304977.r77.cf1.rackcdn.com/back … 0x3121.jpg
http://bikeandtrike.com/merchant/557/im … 00x500.jpg
http://redlinebicycles.com/wp-content/u … S-logo.png
http://www.ogc.ca/DATA/NOUVELLE/17.jpg
http://redlinebicycles.com/wp-content/u … mb_800.jpg
http://redlinebicycles.com/wp-content/u … mb_800.jpg
its been the copyrighted single word 'redline' for far longer then the two word generic 'red line'.

and thats why its one word... copyright.

i posted my 84 pl20 to show that it had become one word in the early 80s.

I get that, but to me it's still Red Line. The head tube decal on your bike clearly has an R and and L on it, same as the stem pad of that era. Copyright or not, it's silly.

stonie · 2016-02-04 12:25pm

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ByStickel · 2016-02-04 12:42pm

hoplias wrote:
How about a 26" squareback in nickel...

That would be a Nickelback. Millions would buy them buy them, but nobody would admit it

Redline could sink a bunch into their race line, but it wouldn't boost sales because racing is a shrinking market. People want value.

And while the race line looks improved, their graphics sucked for a decade or more,making decent bikes look really cheap. They weren't doing themselves any favors.

itsdug · 2016-02-04 1:03pm

stonie wrote:
My Redline PL-20 800P with 1 word

https://s3.amazonaws.com/uploads.bmxmuseum.com/user-image … b3a717.jpg
https://s3.amazonaws.com/uploads.bmxmuseum.com/user-image … b3bf9a.jpg
https://s3.amazonaws.com/uploads.bmxmuseum.com/user-image … b3cf56.jpg

You need this headtube decal. It has an R and an L on it. Two letters for 2 words!

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tim1218 · 2016-02-04 1:11pm

itsdug · 2016-02-04 1:14pm

tim1218 wrote:
http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g47 … 56hice.jpg

Not you. Go ride your Hutch!

D1976 · 2016-02-04 1:38pm

Yes, they've always made stuff, but at least on the freestyle side, I'm not sure how they still exist. Redline hasn't been a really sought after brand for serious hardcore riders since the late 80's, at least for the freestyle lines, and hasn't been THE must have brand, Ferrari brand since RL left in what, 1987? I think they've always had good team riders, over the years they've sponsored Augustin, Rooftop, Adam Streiby, Jason Brown, and Berringer, but I don't think I've ever seen a serious rider on a Redline freestyle bike that wasn't sponsored by them since the 80's or early 90's.

Kurt_Rad · 2016-02-04 1:44pm

tim1218 · 2016-02-04 2:03pm

itsdug wrote:
tim1218 wrote:
http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g47 … 56hice.jpg
Not you. Go ride your Hutch!

Hutch, YUK!

itsdug · 2016-02-04 2:05pm

Is DG one word or two?

stonie · 2016-02-04 2:19pm

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itsdug · 2016-02-04 2:26pm

Build that thing. Looks sweet.

stonie · 2016-02-04 2:29pm

itsdug wrote:
Build that thing. Looks sweet.

Thanks, but.....

I don't ride 20" bikes anymore.
If/when I get the chance it's a cruiser or sidehack for me

stonie · 2016-02-04 2:30pm

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