is there demand...

[ringlatron]

for the current owners of onza to re-issue a white porc?

it could be arranged i know the factory well...

 

[kona kid]

I'd guess so, they're an iconic tyre that still sells for high prices - but not sure about the value of re-issued version, as there's the whole "its got be original/NOS" viewpoint from some people (said without prejudice )

any i'd buy them (once the black porc2 have worm out!)

ps in your gallery is that you in MBUK? remember that article well when i was trying to properly wheelie/end etc - never could tho.. probably why i liked John stevenson as he said he couldn't bunny hop more than an inch! (hence the hot airballon jape - anyone got pics of this?!)

 

[ringlatron]

haha yeah thats me

i need to dig out more old pics - probably have some shockers of me and kingroon ripping up the south downs with his mate simon.

i'm still doing stuff for mbuk now, did you see John Stevenson in a recent issue?

 

[kona kid]

that's really cool, nice bike too like the airwalks with lycra

misses the JS atricle , stopped reading MBUK when they stopped collecting my subscription in about 96/97 for no reason, but by then john had left and it moved away from being XC/just riding into DH and basically being a bit childish... it just didn't seem to fit anymore with me and my riding so have read MTB pro and MBR occasionally since (and Cycling Plus most recently ) - maybe i should give it another chance?!

 

[pete_mcc]

I'd buy em, seeing as most people who are using black porcs these days are using reissued ones not the originals anyway!

 

[toons]

i'd buy a set.

Class hair in them photo's dude.

 

[ringlatron]

was quite a barnet wasnt it... ;-)

i will have a word then about porcs, see what we can do...

 

[Dar Kuma]

same with the porcipaws, they should make those too

 

[gradeAfailure]

If they were skinwall and kevlar folding, then yeah, I'd buy some...

 

[ringlatron]

the owners of supercycles in nottingham have been doing something with the name for the last couple of years - mainly trials stuff...

but whats weird is that the proper onza trademarks are dead according to the USPTO. any clever legal types on here?

http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=hs6e6f.4.2

by the looks of it - the brand is fair game, and i just spoke to the original factory. who's in!!!??