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Pandemic Legacy Season 0
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Everdell Spirecrest
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Detective - A Modern Crime Board Game Season 1
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Sherlock Holmes - Jack the Ripper and the West End Adventures
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Twilight Struggle
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Cards Against Humanity (AU)
Cards Against Humanity is a party game for horrible people. Unlike most of the party games you've played before, Cards Against Humanity is as despicable and awkward as you and your friends. The game is simple. Each round, one player...
Bang Gold Rush
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Bang The Duel
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Dirty Neighbors
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Chronicles of Crime 1400
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Cards of Ice and Fire
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Codenames Deep Undercover V2.0
Codenames: Deep Undercover is an adults-only, mature version of Codenames using the same popular game mechanics, but introduces all-new words, packaging, "by-standers" and art. A new twist is added with the inclusion of blank cards, allowing players to introduce their...
Exit - The Enchanted Forest
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Exit- The Cemetery of the Knight
Ganjaland
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Travel back to the roaring twenties to the city Birmingham after the first World War. Play your own role in an exciting gangster war between different factions. Increase your personal stats in charisma, strength and intellect to overcome your enemies...
The new moon is a symbol for a new beginning, the perfect time to start something new and to plan your future — and that is what Nova Luna (latin for new moon) is all about. In each round of this abstract...
Poetry For Neanderthals
(By Exploding Kittens) Poetry for Neanderthals is a family-friendly party game similar to Taboo where players earn points by getting their teammates to guess words and phrases. The catch is that the "Neanderthal Poets" are only allowed to use single syllable...
Escape Room the Game - Funland
A bunch of free tickets to the amusement park: you're not sure if you should feel lucky or doomed. Expansion for Escape Room: The Game. In this escape room you have to try to escape a scary theme park. Content: 3...
Escape Room the Game 2 Players - The Little Girl and House by the Lake
Keep your cool in a race against the clock! Feel the tension of an Escape Room in your own living room! Now available to play an Escape Room the Game for 2 persons at home or on holiday! Not having...
Escape From The Asylum - Part 1 & Part 2
You open your eyes and find yourself in a cold, padded cell. Unfortunately, this is not a dream: your own brother committed you to this hellhole of a psychiatric hospital. The betrayal stings, but there is no time for a...
Half Truth
Half Truth is a party game for all ages and people, created by legendary game designer Richard Garfield and 74-time Jeopardy! winner Ken Jennings. With art by well-known artist Ian O'Toole, the game comes with 500 trivia question cards and...
Geek Out!
Geek out! is the game of mind-altering fun that finds out once and for all which player is the most Knowledgeable about your favorite geeky pop culture subjects! you don't have to be a geek (but it helps!) to win...
The Shadow of Fafnir the dragon, spreads over Nidavellir. Sent by the King, search the Kingdom's taverns to form the most powerful battalion. Simultaneous bids, collections and combinations in a dark and captivating universe for 2 to 5 players. Ordered...
Clank!
Burgle your way to adventure in the deck-building board game Clank! Sneak into an angry dragon's mountain lair to steal precious artifacts. Delve deeper to find more valuable loot. Acquire cards for your deck and watch your thievish abilities grow....
There's hustle and bustle at Istanbul's grand bazaar as merchants and their assistants rush through the narrow alleys in their attempt to be more successful than their competitors. Everything must be well organized: wheelbarrows must be filled with goods at...
Dominations: Road to Civilization
In this domino-based civilization building game, players take on the role of a primitive tribe, which they will seek to grow into a nation whose influence will echo through the ages... Place your triangular dominos carefully to expand your population...
Ticket to Ride Nordic Countries
Ticket to Ride Nordic Countries takes you on a Nordic adventure through Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden as you travel to the great northern cities of Copenhagen, Oslo, Helsinki and Stockholm. Visit Norway's beautiful fjords and the magnificent mountain scenery...
Game of Thrones Boardgame
Based on the best-selling novel series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones: The Board Game Second Edition lets 3-6 players take control of the great houses of Westeros in an epic...
Fog of Love
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Betrayal Legacy
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Letters from Whitechapel
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Endeavor Age of Sail
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Exploding Kittens Recipes For Disaster
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Unlock: Mythic Adventures
Unlock! is a cooperative card game inspired by escape rooms that uses a simple system which allows you to search scenes, combine objects, and solve riddles. Play Unlock! to embark on great adventures, while seated at a table using only cards...
"You are Victor Lavel, a young ambitious journalist working for a major newspaper. It's the year 1900, the middle of the Belle Époque, and Paris flourishes. There are so many stories to cover, the Exposition Universelle, the Summer Olympics, the...
Iron Clays: 100 Chips Luxury Game Counters
100 beautifully-designed luxury gaming counters in a magnetic box. Contents: Gaming Counters: 1 x (40), 5 x (20), 10 x (10), 20 x (20), 100 x (10)
Across the globe, ancient evil is stirring. Now, you and your trusted circle of colleagues must travel around the world, working against all odds to hold back the approaching horror. Foul monsters, brutal encounters, and obscure mysteries will take you...


Most historic buildings have masonry foundations or chimneys, masonry exterior walls and decorative masonry embellishments. Although generally considered maintenance free, masonry is subject to deterioration. Maintenance is essential in order to achieve a permanent and long lasting façade. Lack of proper maintenance and repair can be attributed to the decay or demise of many historic and modern masonry structures. Protection from water damage, atmospheric and environmental staining, seismic stabilization and coating maintenance, can greatly extend the life cycle of historic and modern masonry structures. Common misconceptions concerning maintenance and repair can significantly increase costs, and increase the frequency of repairs.


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This neighborhood is perfect for those seeking single-family homes. The homes in Country Pines represent a wide range of time periods and styles. In general, homes in Country Pines are about $75,000 – $275,000 and sit on 0.75-acre lots with four bedrooms and two bathrooms. The most common types of parking are garage and lot.
How would you rate Country Pines?
Homes in Country Pines are on the market for an average of 117 days and are typically purchased at or above asking price. Property taxes hover around $1,280 per year. On average, homes here are $89 per square foot and typically list for around $135,000.


I received their stunning Fancy Cleated Platforms in black that are only £24.99 and are available in a range of colours from yellow to white.
They are six inches of beauty and are so easy to walk in! The cleated trend is fabulous and chunky but light weight making them simple to wear for any occasion from shopping to an evening out.
The patent straps of these Fancy's add texture and a bit of contrast or pick out to pair with a patent bag or patent clutch for coordinating.
They are every girls dream shoes of beig easy to walk in, gorgeous and so reasonably priced! As well as being so versatile to wear to a lunch date or for a formal occasion like a wedding, they are this weeks must have for me, and how can you say no at only £24.99?
I styled my Fancy Cleated Platforms with the same base outfit but in two different styles a casual and a formal look to show how simple it is to switch an outfit up so quickly.
For my casual look I wore my Lavish Alice SS14 Two Piece Style Mono Print Dress (£45.00), ASOS Leather Jacket (£39.99), Leopard Waist Belt I found in a charity shop (£1.50), Vivienne Westwood Handbag, Amelia Jane London Pom Pom Keyring (£12.50) (www.ameliajanelondon.com) , and my gorgeous Orelia Jewellery (www.orelia.co.uk) Silver Textured Hoops (£10.00) and my Crystal Shard Necklace (£18.00) with of course my amazing ShuSole Black Fancy Cleated Platforms (£24.99).
Then simply switching to a more formal outfit more suitable for a wedding, evening out or any formal occasion can be easily achieve by simply switching a jacket and handbag for a clutch and exposing a small amount of flesh.
I switch my jacket and handbag for my blogger must have white Zara 'Stressed but well Dressed' clutch (£19.99) which instantly too this outfit to a different level suitable for any formal occasion, with the ShuSole shoes and Lavish Alice dress taking central stage with the outfit.
So if you haven't already, get over to www.ShuSole.co.uk and check out there amazing range of footwear for such adorable prices!
As well as over to www.LavishAlice.com and see their new stunning SS14 collection with amazing print styles as well as their new jersey collection.
Oh my those shoes are amazing!! I need them in my life!
ughhh those shoes are everything!!!!!


"European score system has been used to predict the morbidity and mortality rate of the patients who underwent open heart surgery. This is an attempt to evaluate the validity of Euro SCORE in off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery at Afshar Heart Center. 367 consecutive patients who underwent primary or redo off-pump CABG in Afshar Heart Center during October 2010 to March 2011 were collected. The Euro SCORE forms were filled and incidence of post-operative morbidity and mortality were determined. The Patients were categorized into 4 groups of low-risk (logistic score: 0-1.99), medium-risk (logistic score: 2-10.99), high-risk (logistic score: 11-19.99) and severe risk (logistic score: 20-62.80). The mean patient age was 61.19±10.90 years including 66.8% male and 33.2% female. Overall average mortality rate was 4.4%. Hospital stay was 6.1±3.6 days. IABP was used in 3.8%. Major complications were renal failure, bleeding, arrhythmia, pulmonary emboli, CVA, respiratory failure and MI. Arrhythmia was the most common complication that was the cause of mortality. The mortality rates were 0%, 1.7%, 13.2%, and 38.9% in low, medium, high and severe-risk groups, respectively. Euro SCORE is valid in OPCAB to modify the risk stratification of the patients who underwent OPCAB."


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Saturday, September 29, 7pm: Otway Ross – Indie Folk.
Born in Esperance on the wild and majestic coastline of south western Australia, Otway's formative years were spent in a small country town called Brookton where he learnt the timeless importance of space, and took seeing the stars for granted. High school years were marked by the peaceful detachment of the jarrah forrests to the east of Perth.
Classical piano from the age of 6 transitioned to guitar in his late teens – it seemed a more practical instrument for church gigs, garage bands and jam sessions between surf sessions and uni. Songwriting came naturally but slowly, and it was not until his move to crowded, busy Paris that the orange really started to be squeezed …helped by the numerous musicians drifting through and a staggering array of social issues to write songs about.
The first full length album "All Having Reasons" was recorded and mixed in a Paris apartment with artwork by Melbourne artist Luci Everett.
Otway Ross recently moved to the San Francisco Bay Area and is currently in the studio recording some of the backlog of songs.


We're back from our week in Toronto covering UFC 165: Jones vs. Gustafsson. While we were excited for the show going in, we had no idea that the main event would turn out to be one of the greatest fights in Mixed Martial Arts history.
We've been in Toronto all week for the build-up to UFC 165: Jones vs. Gustafsson. In addition to our previous show previewing all of the matches, this is a bonus show now that we've attended the various media events (including a UFC Fit program hosted by Mike Dolce that Greg's still feeling).
This week's show is up a little bit early because we're on the way to Toronto for the week for UFC 165: Jones vs. Gustafsson. There's a lot for us to discuss between the two title fights, the multiple up-and-comers on huge win streaks, and the UFC debut of another of our local fighters Jesse Ronson.
This week's episode is up a couple of days early so that we are able to preview the upcoming UFC Fight Night: Texiera vs. Bader, which is the second Wednesday night UFC card in a row.


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Maestro Benjamin Zander conducts the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. Photo by Hilary Scott.
The Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra conducted by Maestro Benjamin Zander performs Mahler's Symphony No. 2 in Symphony Hall Boston with soprano Sonja Tengblad, mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano, and Chorus Pro Musica.
A live performance of Mahler's Resurrection Symphony is always more than a concert—it is a communal experience. This overwhelming, heaven-storming symphony takes the listener on a long journey towards an exalted destination. It starts by laying the hero of Mahler's First Symphony, the Titan, to rest, with a shatteringly dramatic, annihilating funeral march. And then the rest of the symphony builds a new pathway to hope and ultimate affirmation. In the second and third movements a critical
A live performance of Mahler's Resurrection Symphony is always more than a concert—it is a communal experience. This overwhelming, heaven-storming symphony takes the listener on a long journey towards an exalted destination. It starts by laying the hero of Mahler's First Symphony, the Titan, to rest, with a shatteringly dramatic, annihilating funeral march. And then the rest of the symphony builds a new pathway to hope and ultimate affirmation. In the second and third movements a critical eye scans both the beauty and the absurdity of this world. And in the final two movements the transition is effected from earthly striving and insufficiency to heavenly fulfillment. There is no work in the repertory, none whatsoever, that so completely unites performers and audience in a transformative musical affirmation. We are extraordinarily fortunate in our vocal soloists for this performance.
In-Person tickets: $20.00, $40.00, $60.00
There will be no pre-concert talk however, Maestro Benjamin Zander will speak briefly about the music before it is performed.
Wed, May 3, 2023
May, 03, 2023 at 08:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Wed)

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EASA to introduce mandatory Upset Prevention and Recovery training to ATPL/MPL
The European Aviation Safety Agency has published a proposal for new rules on pilot training which covers the topic of Loss of Control In-flight. Loss of Control of the aeroplane by the pilot is the result of an 'aeroplane upset'; a condition whereby an aeroplane unintentionally exceeds the flight parameters experienced during normal flight. Upsets are likely to lead to Loss of Control In-flight if they are not timely corrected.
The Notice of Proposed Amendment to the rules (NPA) proposes to integrate so-called upset prevention and recovery training (UPRT) requirements and provisions into the EU pilot training. The main focus of the new training standards is on pilots who intend to pursue a pilot career with a commercial airline. Such pilots would likely complete either an aeroplane Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL(A)) or a Multi-crew Pilot Licence (MPL) integrated course, followed by a type rating on a multi-pilot aeroplane.
According to the NPA, the proposed training aims to, 'deliver enhanced pilot competencies through additional upset prevention and upset recovery related theoretical knowledge (TK) and flight instruction.' The newly developed upset recovery training is set to be mandated for the ATPL(A) training and will serve as a pre-requisite prior to beginning an initial multi-pilot type rating course, is aimed at enhancing a commercial pilot's 'resilience to the psychological and physiological aspects often associated with upset conditions.'
The NPA continues, '(The new training) goes towards providing them with an enhanced ability to not only overcome these human factor aspects, but to also apply appropriate recovery strategies to return the aeroplane to safe flight.'
Upset prevention training is also to be integrated into existing flight syllabi for other aeroplane licence training courses, such as for the Light Aircraft Pilot Licence (LAPL(A)) and Private Pilot Licence (PPL(A)), though they will be lighter and more proportionate when compared to the CPL(A) and ATPL(A) training courses.
Patrick Ky, EASA Executive Director, said, "A number of accidents in recent years have demonstrated that Loss of Control remains a major area of concern for regulators and should be tackled with the highest priority."
"Although LOC-I events are rare, 97% of the LOC-I accidents over the past five years involved fatalities to passengers or crew. Partnering with EASA on this important initiative based on global standards and best practices will reduce the likelihood of such events in future," said Tony Tyler, IATA's Director General and CEO.
In support of the new standards, the proposals place greater emphasis on the flight and Flight Simulator Training Device (FSTD) instructors who are foreseen to deliver the various UPRT elements. New instructor privileges are proposed for the upset recovery training course in an aeroplane. In addition, FSTD instructor training standards are to be increased, notably for those instructors that deliver upset recovery training in existing Full Flight Simulators (FFSs), to ensure that negative transfer of training is avoided.
EASA has set a foreseen entry into force date of the proposed requirements and provisions of April 2018.
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Egnatia Aviation in Kavala, Greece has received EASA approval for its in-house ATPL examination centre. "This marks a big milestone for the Academy ...
It's a quandary facing cadet pilots about to start their training but one answer is: Both, with FTA Global.
UK govt urged to secure recognition of UK licences by the EU
UK pilot licences have been "seriously degraded in value and utility" following Brexit, according to a letter sent by the British Airline Pilots' Association (BALPA) to the Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps.


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Chris Martin, Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Will Champion
Birds (Coldplay)
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Фортепиано, Голос, Классическая гитара
"Birds" is the title of the post-britpop song by the famous alternative rock band from Britain – Coldplay. The song was written by the four Coldplay members – Chris Martin, Guy Berryman, Will Champion and Jonny Buckland – and arranged/produced by the Norwegian duo known as Stargate consisting of the songwriters Tor Erik Hermansen and Mikkel Storleer Eriksen (the duo arranged all of the tracks on the album). The song appears as the No.2 track on the band's 7th album "A Head Full of Dreams" that was released in 2015. Other popular songs on the album include "Up & Up", "Adventure of a Lifetime", "Amazing Day". The sheet music to all of the album's compositions can be printed at MusicaNeo.
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First things first.
If you came here looking for info about EXACTLY what Hutch you have or where it came from you will quickly learn that identifying it can be quite difficult sometimes due to Hutch not really following a set standard on how they did things. Therefore you may find yourself wondering why you have a Hutch frame that in nearly every aspect appears to be American made but it may have one odd characteristic about it that would make you think it was done overseas. Good luck. It won't always be easy figuring this stuff out. The information presented below is as accurate as I know at this point but the possibility exists that some precise piece of information could be inaccurate. I do know that Richard Hutchins himself has seen the site and did comment that there were a few things here and there that weren't totally right. It would be very cool if someday he chose to set the record straight but until then this is what we have. Enjoy! And for all that come here looking for any info I hope this site helps.
Also I'd like to thank Jeff Haney for all the help he has given me in putting this together! He met the last owner of Hutch when he bought all of the remaining inventory from him and has lots of knowledge about the company. Without his input I could never have put all this together.
Remember though, this info is all second hand knowledge and there is always a possibility that some of the stuff on this site is not entirely accurate. Please understand that none of this info came from Richard Hutchins himself so there is really no way we can be 100% sure of the authenticity of it.
Hutch was started by a guy named Richard Hutchins. Richard was a bike shop owner in Maryland. Sometime around 1979 or 1980 he put his bike ideas into motion and started his own company. He of course named it Hutch. I don't know his age when he started the company but he was probably in his thirties. Profile designed and manufactured the first Hutch frames (up to around 82). This is of course the same Profile who are famous for their 3 piece cranks. Later Speed Unlimited (in New Jersey) took over production. Speed Unlimited were the makers of the racing bikes called Thruster.
Interesting little bit of info:
Speed Unlimited was also starting to pile up a lot of good Hutch bikes that had minor chrome flaws. Richard was extremely particular with the chrome on a Hutch as it was basically what he marketed his bikes with. This is where colored Hutch frames came in. They told Richard that they had to do something as there were tons of good bikes with minor flaws so they decided to paint them instead of scrapping them. So if your Hutch is scratched somewhere and you can see some show chrome shining through then there is a good chance it is an early Hutch "chrome flaw " bike. I wouldn't say this necessarily makes the bike worth more money, they just didn't want to throw out all these frames because the chrome wasn't dead on perfect.
THE "LOOP TAIL"
Regarding the famous "loop tail" design you see on nearly all Hutch frames, Hutch did try around 1986 to actually patent this design. They sent statements to the US patent office saying it was the benchmark of their bikes and what their bikes were recognized by. The pursued it pretty hard but came up empty. Lots of companies have utilized the loop tail design at some point in time. Among those that have are Robinson, JMC, Diamond Back, Mongoose, Titan, Webco, FMF, Cook Bros., Panda, Kuwahara and SE. I think with most people however, when you think of the loop tail you probably think of a Hutch or a Mongoose. They seemed to be the most well known with that design. As for why that design even came about, from what I understand it was that back then it was easier and cheaper to build a bike that way then it was to have the seat stays and chain stays as separate tubes. Some people claimed it made the bike stronger. I doubt it actually made any bike stronger but it looked cool. According to SE the loop tail is a bad idea for aluminum bikes. That's why they scrapped that idea on their PKs and Quads. Bending aluminum like that caused it to break too easy. As for chromoly the design is fine. I've never seen any chromoly bike with this design break in the back end. (The Trick Star 2 is another story however. I'll cover that later.)
THE CRANKS
Profile made the original Hutch 3 piece cranks. They were the same as the first production Profile box cranks except they were flat with a Hutch sticker on them instead of the oval cut in the middle of the crank arm where the Profile sticker went. Hutch later had the cranks made themselves and called them Aerospeeds. There were not many made however and to this day they remain difficult to find. They were produced in small machinist shops and were basically hand made one at a time. Production was almost nothing and it really put them in a bind. There were many advertisements in magazines for mail order companies like Wes BMX, which was a big distributor of Hutch, and they were advertising their Pro Star and team Trick Stars with your choice of Redline flights or Profiles instead of the Hutch cranks and this was in 1986 when they were practically new. I've heard lots of people say these weren't particularly good cranks but due to their rarity they command a lot of money now. And really, if you're going to restore a Hutch to factory condition you'll probably want these.
THE RACING BIKES
Here's where it all started for Hutch. They made many different racing frames. The most common is the Pro Racer. Most of their racing frames looked pretty much identical which makes identifying them not so easy by sight alone. Here's a basic rundown of how to figure out which one you have. You will need to measure the top tube from the center of the head tube to the center of the seat tube.
Don't know the top tube length of this one. This bike was available in chrome. It was essentially a cheap version of the Pro Racer. This frame and fork were steel instead of chromoly. It came with nearly all generic parts. It was available in 20", 16" and 12" versions. This one can be spotted from the other racing frames by the rear end. The rear dropouts have small triangular cut outs in them. It may also have a tube for a brake bridge instead of the flat plate but I'm not sure. This was a late 80's model bike that was built in Taiwan and sold complete.
JUNIOR RACER
EXPERT RACER
18 1/4 inches
PRO RACER
19 inches? Some people have reported that they are actually 19.5 inches.
The version manufactured under the name Hutchins is likely the same length. It probably won't have a Hutch logo on the brake bridge though. The Hutchins version may have thicker dropouts but I'm not sure.
19 inches? (see Pro Racer). This was a complete bike with all top of the line parts. The frame was identical to the Pro Racer except of course the sticker kit said Pro Star.
LIL' HOLE SHOT
17 inches. This should be obvious what it is if you have it. It's a mini.
CRUISER (Pro 24, XL24)
It's a cruiser. You'll know it if you see it. The Hutchins Cruiser is probably the same though it doesn't have the logo pressed into the brake bridge.
PRO RAIDER
? Probably 19 or 19.5 inches.
JUDGE 2
? Probably 19 or 19.5 inches. This bike is easy to spot because it doesn't have the Hutch logo pressed into the
brake bridge. Hutch was called Hutchins at this time. This bike also has extremely thick dropouts and an oversized top tube. Also, on both the Judge and the Judge 2 (and maybe the Hollywood? not sure) the top tube is not even with the seat stays where it welds to the seat tube. On these bikes it's slightly higher. The main differences between the original Judge and the Hollywood is that the original Judge has thicker dropouts and different geometry. I know the Judge bikes are slightly oval where the top tube meets the seat tube. It appears the Judge 2 frame was only made in 1990. The 91 catalog doesn't have it listed.
examples of the original Judge and the Judge 2
THE TRICK STAR
When freestyle started up Hutch released a new bike called the Trick Star. Of course the first freestyle bike ever made was the Haro Freestyler (AKA Master) which was, at first, made by Torker for Haro. If I'm not mistaken, the second freestyle bike on the scene was from GT and the third was from Hutch (the Trick Star). From what I hear Hutch had the Trick Star in development before GT had started on a freestyle bike. The Trick Star is probably one of the most popular freestyle frames ever made. When most people think of what the biggest freestyle bikes ever were they likely think of the Haro Master and the Trick Star.
The Trick Star was an awesome flatland frame and many loved it on the half-pipe as well. Of course street riding is pretty much the rage these days and being as that Trick Stars are somewhat of a collector's item now and people who like them wouldn't want to grind them down a ledge, Hutch frames aren't ridden much anymore. I know of flatlanders who still use them but nobody else really. And as cool as the frame is there are frames today that are made specifically for flatland which pretty much renders the Trick Star obsolete. However, this is the only "old school" freestyle bike I still see people using on occasion. I haven't ran into any flatlanders anywhere still riding old GT frames or whatever else but I've still seen guys here and there using a Trick Star frame. Like I said, arguably the most popular freestyle frame ever invented. Hutch could have soared to popularity on this frame alone. Unfortunately, they never really managed to make another freestyle bike that was as good as this one. Their other successes were in the racing area.
The first Trick Stars had regular forks (no fork pegs) and a sticker kit that just said HUTCH. Changes were made as time went on. The sticker kit was changed so that the downtube said Trick Star. The forks had standing platforms added. Due to being broken off easily these were quickly replaced with welded on round pegs. The fork pegs were lengthened a little later on too.
examples of the original forks made specifically for theTrick Star and the later pegged versions
The Trick Star was discontinued sometime before 1988. Originally they were American made but later on many were done in Japan and Taiwan. Differences between place of origin is described in a section below.
Regarding the gold Trick Star: At some point Hutch made a Trick Star covered in 24K gold. Woody Itson had one. This was probably intended as a gift for team members though I'm sure you could have bought one if you had the cash.
All Trick Star frames were 100% 4130 chromoly.
THE JUMP OVERSEAS
Eventually, the strain of competing against companies like Haro and GT combined with Hutch's financial losses forced them to move production overseas. The catch here was that GT and Haro had been building stuff in Taiwan yet managed to save face in America and still sell bikes. When Hutch built their frames in Taiwan they pretty much signed their death certificate. Nobody wanted a Taiwan Hutch and for a good reason. Most of them were pretty bad. The Trick Star of course continued to sell but sometime around 87 / 88 Hutch discontinued it. I still don't know who built the Taiwan frames but the forks were made by Akisu. They were pretty bad too. They bent out fairly easily. I think the main reason Haro was able to pull of selling Taiwan bikes was that whoever was welding those Masters and Sports was doing a pretty good job. They looked great. They held up pretty good too other than the design flaw of the seat tube gusset (the infamous Torker crack). This really isn't a bad mark on their workmanship. It was just a design flaw. Had Hutch secured the same Taiwanese welders for their frames maybe they would have sold better.
I remember seeing Hutch bikes in Western Auto stores around 1989. I'm not sure what the logic was behind what they were doing at that point. Maybe they were making a serious effort to be a mass market 'department store' bike. I hear the company was in pretty bad financial shape so maybe they really were trying to compete against Huffy. Maybe they figured anyone going out to buy a cheap bike would be willing to spend a few bucks more for one that said Hutch instead of the Huffy. Among the low tier Hutch bikes, honestly, there really wasn't much of a difference between the two.
THE TRICK STAR 2 / TRICK STYLER
In 88 Hutch made a new bike called the Trick Star 2 which had the twin top tube design and 990 mounts. The bike was supposedly primarily designed for vert riding. It worked fine as a flatland bike as well. The 88 version had small chainstay platforms like the original Trick Star that were at an angle. The 89 and later versions did not have these. This particular frame was not without it's problems. First off flatlanders didn't like the fact that the 990 mounts were on the bottom of the chainstays instead of on top. Being on the bottom puts your brake in the way of being able to do certain tricks. Second, the bike had a serious design flaw which has left many people calling it the most fragile freestyle bike ever built. Hutch decided to do the loop tail a little differently on this frame and consequently the idea they used was a bad one. The rear end always cracked by the dropouts. Had Hutch done the rear end just like they did their other bikes then there likely wouldn't have been a problem. Kudos to Hutch for seemingly solving "the Torker crack" problem on their twin top tube bike. The Trick Star 2 had two seat tube gussets, one acting as a frame standing platform and one welded a little lower. Whether or not that really solved the stress crack problem that plagued other twin top tube frames I can't say for sure but I still haven't seen a Trick Star 2 cracked there. Unfortunately the rear end design ruined everything anyway so it doesn't really matter.
Hutch made a different version of the Trick Star 2 called the Trick Styler. The Trick Styler came as a complete bike only and had 24K gold in the stickers and on many of the parts as well. A pretty nice looking bike. No Trick Stylers ever had chainstay platforms. In 88 the Trick Styler had a sticker that said 4130 on the loop tail. The 89 and later models didn't have this sticker. They instead had stickers on the seat tube that said 4130 Chromoly - 24 Carat Gold.
All Trick Star 2 and Trick Styler frames were 100% 4130 chromoly and made in Taiwan.
(By the way, for those who don't know what I'm talking about when I refer to "the Torker crack" it was just a term we used to describe the problem twin top tube bikes had in which the welds around the seat tube gusset would crack from stress. Torkers always cracked there. Being as Bob Haro made his first bike after the Torker frame design all Haro frames broke there too.)
THE "ENTRY LEVEL" BIKES
Hutch also started a whole new line of lower priced bikes to be sold complete. Most were for freestyle. The freestyle bikes were the Jet, the Exel and the Wind Styler. The Jet was hi-tensile steel and came with parts like Lee Chi brakes, Cheng Shin tires, Hutch double crossbar handlebars (probably steel instead of chromoly but I'm not sure), plastic blue and white Wellgo pedals, white nylon mags and a bunch of generic stuff.
The Exel was chromoly. It came with Hutch double crossbar handlebars, Hutch Hi-Caliber 48's with Joytech hubs, Hutch Hi-Caliber seat, plastic Hutch Hi-Caliber pedals, Hutch CD and an ACS rotor and stem among other things.
The Wind Styler was chromoly and came with Hutch Hi-Caliber 48's with Joytech hubs, Hutch freestyle tires, metal Hutch Hi-Caliber pedals, Hutch CD, Hutch double crossbar handlebars, Hutch freestyle stem, Hutch Hi-Caliber headset, Hutch Hi-Caliber seat, Hutch Hi-Caliber seat post clamp, Hutch laid-back seat post, Hutch Hi-Caliber FZ-2001 brakes and an Odyssey Gyro among other stuff. Some parts may have changed as each new model was released over the few years that these bikes existed. In 88 the Wind Styler came with a choice of 3 different sticker kits. In 89 the Wind Styler sticker kit went back to the old logo with the western letters and stars. The Wind Styler originally came out in 84 as Hutch's bargain answer to the Trick Star. Originally Wind Stylers had forks like the Trick Star with welded on pegs but later on they changed it to forks with screw in peg holes. Other than the Wind Styler, I think the other bikes originally came out in 87. I'm pretty sure the last year any of these were available was either 89 or 90. You may see some Wind Stylers with "USA" stickers on them (I've seen one that way myself) but it's highly likely none of these frames were ever actually assembled in the USA. More than likely all Wind Stylers were done overseas but maybe stickered or painted in the USA, hence the USA sticker. Many other companies at that time did things similar to that such as the GT and Dyno bikes for instance.
They also made the XR-1 and the Pro Street. The XR-1 was a racing bike. It is described above in the racing bike section. The Pro Street was considered a cheap all purpose bike (racing or freestyle). From 88 on the parts on the Pro Street were basically the same as the Jet except that it came with wheel discs and no rotor. The frame and fork (88 and later versions) were exactly the same as the Jet but with a different paint job. Both the XR-1 and Pro Street were hi-tensile steel.
How do you tell all these bikes apart from one another without a sticker kit? The Jet only came in the neon blue/grey paint scheme and the brake bridge is tubular rather than the usual flat plate with the Hutch logo on it. The Pro Street is the same but had a different paint scheme. In 88 it was a two tone blue paint job. I don't know about the other years though it appears the Pro Street was available as early as 87 and at that time was chrome with the flat brake bridge and pressed in logo. The 88 Pro Street is identical to the Jet in the following ways. They both have built in seat post clamps. They have two welded on tabs for a chain guard. The rear dropouts have small triangular cut outs in them. Both the Jet and Pro Street (88 and later) had fatter forks that also had a flat bottom instead of the angled type usually seen on other Hutch forks. The XR-1 looks similar to a Pro Racer but has small triangular cut outs in the rear dropouts. It may have a tube for a rear brake bridge instead of the flat plate with the Hutch logo. The Exel has L shaped rear dropouts that make a standing platform similar in a way to Haro. The Wind Styler has welded on chainstay platforms that look sort of like a half circle. It also has an odd top tube platform design. Instead of the seat stays curving around to the top tube they just come right up next to it, which is kind of difficult to actually stand on and sort of defeated the purpose of having a platform in the first place.
While it would be easy to dismiss these bikes as no good you have to take into account that they weren't really intended for serious riders. These were made for beginners and for that they served their purpose just fine.
THE "SUPER" BIKES
In the late 80's Hutch also made a few bikes designed specifically for serious speed. The HPV (Human Powered Vehicle) was designed by the famous Dan Hanebrink and was built with looks similar to a motorcycle. It had a 12-speed derailleur with a click shift and fairings. It was incredibly fast. This bike was only available in white.
In 89 they also did a lower priced version of this bike and called it the FZ-1. I'm unsure of the parts for this one and I don't know what it was made of either. You can tell the difference between the FZ-1 and the HPV easily. It will be obvious which is which once you see pictures of the HPV.
Also they made a bike for downhill gravity racing called the GPV (Gravity Powered Vehicle). Get on a steep enough hill, let gravity take it's course and hold on for life. This bike had no crank of course and could reach speeds that were dangerous. There were small pegs for your feet similar to the way a motorcycle is. If you want to fly down a hill and scare the hell out of yourself then here's the bike for you.
And there was also a Grand Prix racing bike called GP-1.
THE TRAIL STAR
Something not commonly known is that Hutch also made a mountain bike called the Trail Star. I don't know much about it yet but I'll add information and pictures as I get them. From what I know so far it was available only in the candy apple red paint color and the frame somewhat resembled a "10-Speed" style of design rather than the look most mountain bikes have today. It was also made in Japan.
As far as we know this is the story. Again, this may not exactly be 100% accurate.
What killed Hutch? Simple. Hutch had been slowly dying for years due to money problems. Combine that with having to compete against companies as big as GT and Haro. Why was Hutch having money problems and how could a company that sold so many products go under? There were several reasons actually. Mr. Hutchins' propensity for extravagance was one thing. It seemed he spent more on advertisements, did more advertising, paid the highest prices for the racers and freestylers etc. Somewhere in the middle of it all he made a lot of money but If you made a million dollars and it cost you a million and a half then you are a broke rich man. The pursuit of trying (and succeeding) to make the Hutch name so big caught up. He used to rent town cars and nice rides for himself and his riders to ride in while they were racing at nationals. Just to be going in style! I probably sound like I'm slamming Hutch or Mr. Hutchins himself. That's not the attitude I wish to present. This is Hutch were talking about, the coolest bike company that ever existed. It's just that it appears the company had made some monetary decisions that ended up hurting the bottom line. In hindsight I'm sure these things are probably obvious. Getting a factory sponsorship from Hutch had to have been a blast though. The riders seemed like they were living like rock stars or something. I'm sure it was one hell of a party while it lasted. Now combine all that with the fact that in the late 80's the BMX market in general hit a big slump. BMX bikes just weren't really selling anymore. The craze (particularly freestyle) had reached it's pitch and was now coming back down. Lots of companies, Hutch included, surely felt the pinch. Perhaps the way to go should have been to keep production in America but focus on being a small company and only make frames they absolutely knew they could sell such as the racing frames and the Trick Star all the while evolving the designs to take advantage of emerging technology in BMX. The whole idea of going for 'gimmicky' type bikes like the HPV and mass market bikes like the Exel should have been avoided. Hutch should have focused on doing what they did best. But that's just my opinion. I think the reason Hutch did stuff like the HPV was that they were attempting to attract a new market to make up for the lost BMX sales. Other companies did the same thing. We saw GT and Haro coming out with mountain bikes for example. It seems all the major companies were scrambling to find ways to keep bringing in money since at that time there just wasn't much money in making "kids" bikes. It seems to me though that there was always a demand for the Trick Star frame well after Hutch quit making it. Perhaps it wasn't profitable to build those frames anymore? It seems maybe they were hoping the Trick Star 2 would fill the demand? As you'll see in the interview below, Jeff also mentions a new bike simply referred to as a Hutch Freestyler. Maybe that was what they were going to go with instead of the Trick Star but I still have never seen one and when he mentioned it to me it was the first time I had ever heard of it.
Rumor has it the final nail in the coffin came when Hutch designed a new Aluminum racing frame. It was extremely light. (The frame weighed 1lb 9 oz.) However it didn't hold up well. A kid was seriously hurt on one when the frame broke. Hutch was sued. The frame was recalled. Again, this is frequently referred to as a rumor. I am unsure as to the complete authenticity of this.
The company was sold to a man named Bill Bellis.
THE REBIRTH
Bellis took over and brought production back to America. He was no stranger to BMX. He owned several bicycle distributors in the 80's including Louisville Cycle and Columbus Cycle and not only was he the money man behind Hutch he was the co-owner of CW / Revcore with Roger Worsham. Revcore of course was the racing company that manufactured extreme high quality American made frames. The quality of a Revcore is astounding and they went out of their way to make sure they were strong as well as light. Around the time Hutch was turned over to Bellis, Roger Worsham wanted out of the bike business and sold his half of CW / Revcore to Bellis under the condition that he stay on in some capacity, like a manager. So he was now the owner of CW / Revcore and Hutch. He moved Hutch from Maryland to Kentucky. The plan was to sell off the remaining Hutch inventory while building new stuff and getting team members to ride and promote the product.
The following quote is from the racer Jeff Donnell who was sponsored by Revcore and then rode for Hutch.
"The sponsorship deal is sort of a long, complicated story... there's a part owner of Revcore - Richard Bellis, and he also bought Hutch when they got into their financial troubles. So Bellis still has a warehouse full of fixtures, bikes, products - everything that wasn't sold. So, he wanted to start getting rid of all that stuff and wanted a pro to wear their uniform and promote their product. I was going to stay amateur and still ride for Revcore, but Roger (Worsham) knew I was getting burned out on trophies. He called me up and asked if I wanted to turn pro and ride for Hutch and I said yeah. They're not only getting rid of the stuff they got, but they'll start making new Hutch frames with the fixtures. The name now is also going to be Hutchins, but Big Daddy Hot Rockin' Gold has nothing to do with it."
THE NAME CHANGE
Hutch had been fighting a lawsuit brought against them by Hutch Sports USA (makers of stuff like football helmets). According to new information this lawsuit was actually settled for about $250. Apparently part of the agreement must have been that Hutch Bikes change their name. This name change to "Hutchins" appeared to have taken place sometime between 88 - 89. I have seen Hutch ads for 89 model freestyle bikes with the company name as Hutchins Bicycle Designs and the company address in Kentucky instead of Maryland. The bikes themselves were still called "Hutch" at this time. Soon the bikes themselves said Hutchins instead.
THE HUTCHINS BIKES
The new Hutchins frames were the Judge 2, Pro Racer, Pro Cruiser and a new freestyle bike. Some XL versions were made as well. The Judge 2 of course was a new version of the popular Tim Judge Hutch frame from back in the early 80's. I don't know what the freestyle frame was called. I don't think it was a Trick Star but I'm not certain. I saw an ad for a company called Derby Towne Cycles who sold only Revcore and Hutch stuff (the ad is in the picture gallery). It said they had new American made Hutchins frames. One was listed only as "USA made freestyle frame". I don't know what it was called or what it looked like. I contacted Hutch around 90 and asked if there would be a new Trick Star. The reply was that there would be a new Trick Star in 91 and it would be American made. I saw some mail order companies advertising that they were going to have Trick Stars again. When I contacted one about the price they said that Hutchins had changed their mind and were going to focus on racing frames instead. Whether or not this is true I don't know. Like I said, Hutch definitely told me that they were building a new Trick Star.
What kind of sticker kits did these bikes have? At first they had the same Hutch stickers as the old racing bikes had but that was quickly changed. Some of the different styles were ones that looked just like the old Hutch downtube sticker except that it said Hutchins instead of Hutch. Another style was an elongated H with stars trailing behind it. One head tube decal was just a large western H with a star behind it and another design was a large western H with the words Hutchins Performance Products written all around it in the same font as the late eighties logo.
What differences exist between the Hutch and the Hutchins bikes? One example would be the dropouts. Hutchins dropouts are all thick. The dropouts on the Judge 2 look like they are even thicker than the others possibly. Hutchins bikes likely will not have any logo pressed into the brake bridge. Some don't appear to have serial numbers either. Some of the last batch of Hutchins frames had a different looking dropout on the fork. Most were done like the original Hutch dropouts but some were shaped a little different and had no hole.
In the first picture are both Hutchins forks side by side.
In the second picture the Hutchins fork on the left is the later style
The Hutchins fork on the right is the original style.
(photos: Chris Reimer)
If you ever find one of the few Hutchins frames I suggest you get it. They are very nice. The name may have slightly changed but it's still Hutch and it was American made again. Unfortunately though, Hutchins / CW / Revcore just couldn't keep up and ended up going out of business. I don't know the exact date Hutch closed down but it was probably sometime around 1992.
In the end some people might look back at Hutch and claim the company was a failure. No way. When you build a bike company that has as strong of a history as Hutch has, a company that greatly contributed to the sport of BMX / Freestyle, one that built some of the coolest and most incredible products around, one that had many of the most famous and talented riders the sport has ever seen, that can only be looked upon as a shining success. Hutch may no longer be with us but many who look back on the history of this sport are going to see this company as one of the leaders. No doubt about it.
I mean come on...what other bike company ever inspired such a notoriously fanatical following? : )
As for Richard Hutchins and what he's doing these days...the last known information was that for awhile after Hutch he was into muscle cars and classic cars. That's about all I can find on him.
BILL BELLIS (no photo)
What about Mr. Bellis? According to Jeff Haney, "He his doing what all of us dream of when we get to that age. Traveling, living, and doing whatever the day brings. He is a very wealthy man and loves to talk about the good old days."
The Hutch name has been purchased by John DeBruin and new parts, and eventually frames, are in the works.
Some of the people who ran the Hutch teams over the years. I have no idea how many there actually
were. These are the only two I know of so far.
RANDY BOWSER
RICHARD HUTCHINS (son)
*Here's an odd piece of trivia for you. I hear that in 1986 both Hutch and CW made some skateboards.
*Right after Haro began drastically scaling back their team sometime around 1990 I remember hearing a rumor that Dennis McCoy was about to be picked up by Hutch. I don't know if it was real or not but that probably would have been a good move on Hutch's part to grab someone as big as him. Then again, perhaps Hutch was in no financial shape to be sponsoring someone as popular as McCoy was. Of course, as we all know, Dennis was soon snatched up by Mongoose who made a new frame for him called the Hooligan. If you remember, the Hooligan had a top tube frame standing platform that slightly resembled a Trick Star. I'm sure the frame was made with his input so perhaps the design was a nod to the Trick Star. Again this was just a rumor going around at the time. It may not have been true.
FIGURING OUT WHERE YOUR HUTCH WAS MADE
Here's what everyone wants to know and sometimes this isn't easy to figure out. I can tell you right now that I have never found anyone who could make sense of Hutch's serial numbering system. There doesn't appear to be any pattern to it. There are, however, a few ways to tell where your frame probably came from.
SERIAL NUMBERS IN REGARD TO PLACES OF ORIGIN:
American made frames will have a serial number on the inside of one of the rear dropouts. There will be a serial number ONLY with no symbols next to it.
If your Hutch frame doesn't even have a serial number on it at all then it is one of the first ones. They had no serial numbers originally. Of course this would also mean the frame was American made.
Foreign made frames usually have the serial number underneath the bottom bracket. On some foreign frames (notably the Trick Star) the serial number is in the same place as the American frames except that there is a small logo next to it that looks kind of like a baseball. Below are examples of serial numbers. I'll post more examples as I get them.
A picture of the serial number from a Taiwan Wind Styler
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(photo: Justin)
(photo: Jason Schmidt)
A picture of the serial number from a Taiwan Pro Racer
This particular Pro Racer serial number looks a little botched up.
All the Taiwan frames I've personally seen had perfectly lined up serial numbers.
(photo: Scott Fair)
Pictures of the serial numbers from foreign made Trick Stars
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(photos: left: Bill Lazdowski - right: Nate)
A picture of the serial number from an American made Trick Star
(photo: Bill Lazdowski)
I can't give you any info on Japanese made frames because I still haven't seen one so I don't know what differences, if any, there are between these and the others.
Regarding Hutchins frames, I can't really say. If you have a Hutchins frame and can help out please let me know. Where is the serial number on yours located? Can you take a picture and send it to me? I do know that some Hutchins frames have no serial number. That's about all I can tell you.
OTHER WAYS TO SPOT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A TAIWAN AND AN AMERICAN FRAME:
If it has fork ends that are "spot welded" instead of welded all the way around then it was done in Taiwan. Really, the welding itself may give it away. You can usually tell the difference between an American Hutch and it's Taiwan version by the welding quality though many Taiwan Trick Stars look quite nice.
If the forks say AKISU on one of the dropouts then it's Taiwan made.
If your frame is a Trick Star and it still has the original sticker kit on it and the down tube says "Hutch" instead of "Trick Star" then it was made in America not Taiwan. The first Trick Stars didn't say "Trick Star" on the down tube. That came a little later. If your down tube says "Trick Star" that doesn't mean it was made in Taiwan. American frames had that sticker kit too just not the first ones.
Around the time that Trick Star production moved to Taiwan Hutch had the fork pegs lengthened a little bit. If your Trick Star forks have slightly longer pegs then it's likely made in Taiwan.
Some people claim that the top tube frame standing platform on the Trick Star is also a giveaway about where it was made. Supposedly on American frames the platforms extend past their supports and on Taiwanese frames the platforms stop right at the supports.
If the Hutch logo is pressed into the frame anywhere then check to see what logo it is. If it's the old style western looking logo then it's probably American (but not necessarily) . If it's the newer futuristic looking logo then it's definitely Taiwanese. As far as sticker kits go, the new logo versus the old logo isn't always a foolproof way to tell them apart. Some Taiwan made racing frames as well as Taiwan made Wind Stylers and Trick Stars had sticker kits with the old logo instead of the new one.
If you have a really early Hutch frame you'll notice the Hutch logo on the brake bridge is made with lots of small holes instead of being pressed into it.
If your Trick Star has square fork pegs instead of the round ones then it's American. The first Trick Stars came with regular forks but soon came with the square type fork pegs. These were quickly replaced with the round ones. Needless to say if you have the forks with the original pegs then you have some pretty rare forks.
The following bikes were only made overseas:
Trick Star 2
Trick Styler
Trail Star
As for the Wind Styler:
The original Wind Styler appears to be American made but production must have quickly moved to Taiwan.
I've seen Wind Stylers with "Made In The USA" stickers on the seat tube. My friend had one. It was a sticker though so it's possible that someone just put it on there. I haven't yet been able to 100% confirm that the Wind Styler was originally made in America.
This, of course, may be incomplete at the moment. You could let me know of any I have missed.
manufactured as "Hutch"
Cruiser (Pro24, XL24)
XR-1 (20", 16" and 12")
an aluminum frame
Trick Star
Wind Styler
Jet (20", 16")
Pro Street (Considered a bike for racing or freestyle. It came with pegs and wheel discs but no rotor.)
HPV (human powered vehicle)
FZ-1 (lower priced version of the HPV)
GPV (gravity powered vehicle)
GP-1 (grand prix)
Trail Star a mountain bike
manufactured as "Hutchins"
Pro XL 20"
Pro Cruiser 24"
Judge 2 XL
? Supposedly one was made but I have no idea what it was
THE INTERVIEW WITH JEFF HANEY
The sell....
Last year a very good friend of mine contacted me and told me that he had actually located the remaining inventory of Hutch. Knowing that I was an avid BMX, and especially Hutch, collector he gave me the number and who to contact which was Bill Bellis. Bill was a pleasure to talk with. He was a very good business man and had a superb memory, which was awesome as I was all ears to hear his "tales from the inside" of what really happened to this great company.
Explain exactly what it was you bought from Bill Bellis and when that occurred.
Originally I had agreed to buy the remaining inventory, tooling and rights to all three names of Revcore, CW, and Hutch. When I got there, the inventory was just kind of tucked away in corners and the loft of a huge barn. There was quite a bit there and it took 4 of us around 3 hours to load it all into a huge Ryder truck. Although I did buy the inventory the deal did not work out as originally planned as there was basically zero tooling and the Hutch name had been legally changed to Hutchins which I was not interested in buying. Personally if I was going to purchase the rights it was going to be to Hutch. We actually had the lawyer scheduled to sign the rights to all three companies over but I declined them after I knew that Hutch now was Hutchins and we just adjusted the purchase price accordingly.
Does Bill Bellis still own the Hutch name?
As of today Bill still owns the rights to all three companies CW, Revcore and Hutchins.
If I don't ask you this then people are going to ask me why I didn't ask you this...Do you know if anyone has any plans to build a new Trick Star frame?
As far as any plans to build Hutch bikes again there is no plan in the works. The company is totally dead as of today but who knows what tomorrow may bring. The only drawback would be the name itself as it would have to go under Hutchins instead of Hutch.
Explain for everyone what it is you plan to do with the Hutch stuff you have.
As for the inventory most of it I put away in my personal collection but there are some extra parts and accessories that I am willing to sell or trade just to buy other BMX things with. But all of the prototypes and things like that I have tucked away and will be put into my basement which I am turning into a 70's and 80's BMX shop with display cases and wall to wall NOS BMX items. I am also working on a web site and should be finished with it sometime this summer.
When did it start? Who started it? I believe his name was Richard Hutchins. Is this true?
As for how and when the company started I don't have an exact date but Richard Hutchins actually was just a bike shop owner in Maryland and around 1979 to 1980 he put his ideas in motion and went from bike shop to manufacturer seemingly overnight. A pretty impressive feat considering the riders he accumulated and the quality of product he put out in such a short time.
How old was he when he started the company?
I don't know how old Richard Hutchins was when he started the company. According to most of my photos of him he looks in his early 40s when he started Hutch. I am not for sure though.
Why did Hutch move production to Taiwan? Everyone I knew really complained about this.
It was the simple fact that they were financially in the red and Taiwan manufacturers were able to produce their products at a much cheaper cost.
Were Hutch frames, at one time, really made in the Thruster bike factory in America?
The first Hutch frames were actually made by Speed Unlimited which produced Thruster. Rich farmed this work out with them for the frame, fork and bars etc. The twist is that Profile was involved with designing the Hutch bike. This is why if you hold a Hutch next to a Profile they are almost mirror images of each other all the way down to the forks. Hutch stayed with Profile on their first cranks also. They were the same as the first production Profile box cranks except they were flat with a Hutch sticker on them instead of the oval cut in the middle of the crank arm where the Profile sticker went. Hutch later introduced their own cranks which were named Aerospeeds. Speed Unlimited was also starting to pile up a lot of good Hutch bikes that had minor chrome flaws. Rich was extremely particular with the chrome on a Hutch as it was basically what he marketed his bikes with. This is where colored Hutch frames came in. They told Rich that they had to do something as there were tons of good bikes with minor flaws so they decided to paint them instead of scrapping them. So if your Hutch is scratched somewhere and you can see some show chrome shinning through there is a good chance it is an early Hutch "chrome flaw " bike.
Once and for all let's settle this...were any Trick Star frames (not the Trick Star 2) made overseas? If so where and what years did this occur?
Yes they did produce some of them in Taiwan. To my knowledge this happened sometime around 1986. Even though it would have been sent from the factory in Baltimore and probably came in a made in the USA Baltimore box most of the later Trick Stars were made in Taiwan and shipped to the Baltimore factory. Although at a quick look they look pretty much the same, the USA made Trick Star is superior in quality, tubing, welds, and chrome. The USA Trick Star is also a lot more scarce! The very first Trick Stars had no pegs on the forks and actually had just a normal Hutch downtube sticker. Hutch then changed the design of the fork and added the Trick Star sticker kit. These bikes had the short 1 inch pegs on the forks. Almost all American Trick Stars have 1 inch pegs. The longer pegged forks were made in Taiwan and you can also identify your frame easily by looking at the serial number. If it has a small baseball logo next to it then it is a Taiwan made frame. If not you have a USA frame. Again this information is on the Trick Star not the Trick Star II.
When did Hutch introduce the Trick Star and what was the last year they made it?
It was around late 1983 early 1984 when it was marketed for retailers but as for when it ended it was around 87 and I have no idea when the American made frames stopped.
Why did they stop making it?
As for why they quit making it, they actually liked the design of the "new " Trick Star II and Hutch freestyler, which looked a little like the Trick Star and I guess I even liked it when it was new and that was probably just because it was new but now that the "new" is worn off there definitely is no comparison to the original Trick Star!
Is there a way to tell when a Hutch frame was made by looking at the serial number? If so how?
Unlike most bikes that have the year in them Hutch generally has its own numbering system. I myself haven't studied it a lot but all of the ones that I have seen just have a coinciding number without a date or year actually stamped in it. They may have a code that a number represents.
Why did Hutch sell to Bellis in the first place? I have heard it was regarding legal problems due to a broken prototype frame. Is that true? If so what kind of frame was this and what happened?
I really don't think he wanted to purchase it but he had money in the company and when it went up he got the inventory to make up for his loss as an investor and I really don't know when this happened though. As for the Hutch prototype frame that broke it was a Hutch aluminum frame and fork. Although they didn't make many Hutch did make a few. They had just started to market them and a young kid was hurt badly on one. The frame broke for no reason and to my knowledge amazingly Hutch did not have any liability insurance. They were sued for quite a sum and for a company that was already in the red this just simply put them over. All of the aluminum Hutch bikes were then recalled and destroyed. They were only produced for around 4 months and were absolutely beautiful! I do have a few and they are absolutely the lightest frame and fork combo I have ever felt! The frame dials in at an unbelievable 1lb 9 oz!
I have heard that Hutch Sporting Goods (makers of football helmets etc.) threatened to sue Bellis if he used the Hutch name on any new frames he might make and so he ended up changing the name to Hutchins. Is that true? If so why on earth would the other Hutch company wait so long to start complaining about the name? Sheesh!
I too feel like you on the lawsuit. As for the long delay on the lawsuit over the name rights to "Hutch", it was tied up in court for some time as Hutch bikes had been operating so long under that name that Hutch Sporting Goods had quite a time getting it changed but they did prevail after years of fighting for it.
Did Bellis make any new Hutch freestyle frames? I saw an ad for Derby Town Cycles that claimed to have a new American made Hutch freestyle frame but it didn't say which one it was.
As for Bill Bellis making any new frames, I don't believe any of them were his ideas when he took over. Even though Hutch did come out with some new bikes they were still designed, etc by most of the guys that were with the old Hutch designers. Interestingly enough, Bill actually told me that Richard Hutchins did a lot of the actual designs on stickers, bikes, products, etc. He actually had his own drafting table that he did it all from and Bill told me that he was a brilliant designer! I agree! I have a lot of his old ideas and things that never made it to production and some of them were awesome!
Why did Hutch / CW / Revcore go out of business?
Hutch and Revcore both stopped making bikes due to financial trouble. Hard to believe because both companies had great quality bikes at one time but just couldn't get out of the red.
Do you like peanut butter and jelly? 'Cause boy I sure do!
Personally I love peanut butter and jelly.
What's your riding history? You ever raced or done any freestyle stuff (vert, flatland, street)?
Racing was what I loved! I started racing in 1979 and raced for about 2 years. Took some time off and got back into it pretty hard in 1985. Raced for Sport Cycle's National Team out of Riverdale Ga. until 1988.
Regarding Revcore, what came first CW or Revcore? Was one bought by the other or were they essentially the same company? I heard that CW was first and that CW created Revcore to make high quality racing frames (which they certainly did!).
CW came before Revcore and was started around 1979. CW pretty much just became Revcore. Sort of just a "fresh up". As a matter of fact there were some stickers on some of the bikes that actually read Revcore CW on the same sticker.
I had heard that Bellis was the co-owner of CW/Revcore and later bought the whole thing from Roger Worsham. Is it true?
To my knowledge you are right on Bill Bellis buying from Roger. Bill was mainly the money man in most of the bike companies. (those he was involved with)
For the love of God, who is Big Daddy Hot Rockin' Gold?
I still personally don't know. It has to have some connection with the CW / Revcore bike that was produced called a bone daddy. They are both too weird of names!
Has anyone on the face of the planet ever actually managed to crack a Revcore frame?
I must admit that I have never seen a cracked Revcore. Charles Townsend maybe can point one out but I definitely can't.
Who's decision was it to sell Hutch bikes at Western Auto? Why? I saw Hutch bikes right next to Western Auto's Freedom bikes. It was a terrible thing I tell ya'.
I have no idea why Hutch resulted to Western Auto. All I can figure is a last attempt to get rid of all the bikes that were left over. The company definitely knew it was drowning and getting stuck with thousands of bikes was not on the list! I guess they figured that whatever they could sell at cheap prices was better than not selling.
(MESSAGE FROM THE INTERVIEWER! ....a little info for everyone....Western Auto is now called Advance Auto Parts. So when you see one of those stores you'll now know that at one time they were selling Hutch bikes f
What is the founder of Hutch doing these days?
As for Rich he now is involved with old Muscle cars and classic cars.
What's Bill Bellis doing these days?
As for Bill Bellis he his doing what all of us dream of when we get to that age. Traveling, living, and doing whatever the day brings. He is a very wealthy man and loves to talk about the good old days. Of course what I paid him for the inventory he could go on vacation for a year! I enjoy talking to him no doubt.
I have heard that Hutch made some 24 carat gold Trick Stars. One is apparently owned by Woody Itson. Is that true? How many were made?
I do not know how many gold Trick Stars were made but you could buy them. They were outrageous in price but were available for those who had a deep wallet. I do not know an exact production but they definitely were made.
What caused Hutch's financial problems in the first place if it wasn't the prototype frame thing?
I asked Bill how could a company that sold so many products could go under. He said that Richard just tried to push he name Hutch out of this world. It was like he spent more on advertisements, did more advertising, paid the highest prices for the riders and freestylers etc. Somewhere in the middle of it all he made a lot of money but like Bill said If you made a million dollars and it cost you a million in a half then you are a broke rich man. The pursuit of trying to make the Hutch name so big just all caught up. He told me that he used to rent town cars and nice rides for himself and his riders to ride in while they were racing at nationals. Just to be going in style!
I sent you a picture. What Hutch is this? When were these made? It's from an ad for Vans shoes and has Rick Allison riding the bike. Is it even a Hutch or did someone just slap Hutch stickers on it?
I have some photos of that frame in some of the prototype files but the frame is just raw finished in my pictures. The rear tubes piercing the seat tube was actually used on the Hutch HPV. I will check and see if the frame was ever put into actual production.
You mentioned that Hutch tried to patent the loop tail design. What's the story with that?
Yes. Hutch did try around 1986 to actually patent the loop tail design, sending statements to the US patent office saying it was the benchmark of their bikes and what their bikes were recognized by. The pursued it pretty hard but came up empty. It would have been interesting if they could have pulled it off!
What's the story behind the Hutch Aerospeed cranks?
As for the Aerospeed cranks and why there are none, it's simple. There was hardly any to start with. They were produced in small machinist shops and were basically hand made one at a time. Production was almost nothing and it really put them in a bind. There are many advertisements in magazines like Wes BMX, which was a big distributor of Hutch, and they were advertising their Pro Star and team Trick Stars with your choice of Redline flights or Profiles instead of the Hutch cranks and this was in 1986 when they were practically new! I also talked with a major overseas distributor that was a huge Hutch supplier and they told me that they ordered 40 sets and received 6 sets and never received any more! They are by far the most scarce cranks set that you can find but by far the most awesome!
And that's it. I apologize for not having more info about Hutch as far as racing goes but I never was a racer so my knowledge is a little more limited in that department. Other than the Trick Star racing is where Hutch really made a name for themselves and throughout their early years they had some of the best racers around on their team. I will add to this as I get any more info.
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Fine then. So I do this and I include the imports:
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But when we get to showSoftInput, Studio goes red and says "Cannot resolve symbol showSoftInput". Shouldn't it be getting that symbol when I import the InputMethodManager? showSoftInput doesn't seem to be deprecated or anything.

A: Keyboard is not opening because it needs some delay ,
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If you've been following me for a while, you probably know what Lula's nursery used to look like. A bunnyland with a mint, blush and grey color palette.
Lula is now almost 2 years old (21 months to be exact, already?!!) and I've been rearranging her bedroom for the last couple months. She is a big girl now who loves colors, animals, playing with her dolls, dancing, cooking, hiding in her teepee, reading stories… A girl full of energy and adventurous. She started climbing her bed a couple months ago, until she fell out one morning! I never thought this moment would arrive so fast! Most of my friends kids are still in their crib until 2 and half-3 years old. So we first removed the front panel from her crib while I was looking for a toddler bed.
I have been following the work of Kalon Studios for some time and I was obsessed with their beautiful caravan divan. So Lula climbing out her crib actually gave me a good excuse to finally get it! I think it looks perfect in her new room. I love the modern lines, especially the legs and the pink color on natural wood. And I like that when she'll grow out of it, we'll still be able to use it as a little divan to seat on with pretty cushions on the sides.
I started bringing more colors in her room by adding other paper animals than the bunny with bright colored backdrop. In the frame on top of the raccoon is the original paper art I made for her baby announcement and the ice cream cone is a prop I made from her first birthday. I got the poms garland in Mexico and the God's eye too.
I wanted her room now to feel more personal and unique, inspiring for her, filled with colors and decorations that are not baby decoration that you've seen a million times already. Objects we brought back from our trips in Morocco and Mexico. My husband is half Moroccan. Paper decorations I made, photos, gifts… from her first almost 2 years.
It is still a work in progress but like every room in our home, I like to move things around all the time!
Every time she sees a basket or paper bag, box… she has to put it on her head! This cute mini basket is one of the few I bought in the souk in Marrakesh!
Oh hello! Her outfit is from Pink Chicken.
The name of this post and Lula's bedroom is inspired by her favorite french book called Bienvenue a Dreamland. This is a super fresh and colorful book representing scenes at the beach, at the theme park, in tree houses with animals and cute little characters like a grandmother skateboarding, a flying pig… so many fun and magical details to look for.
Lula loves her new bed, you should have seen her face when she saw it for the first time in her room. In two seconds she was jumping on it with a huge smile. She is still adjusting to it at night. We found her a few times sleeping on the floor with her bunnies against the door, because she wanted to get out but didn't know how to open the door…until this morning!
During the day she likes to put her dolls and bunnies to sleep in her bed. She puts them under the blanket, give them a kiss and say "dodo". I love her so much!
Her crib used to be against that grey wall and the teepee on the other side of the room, where the bed is now. I like this new setup, I think she likes it too! On the white wall you can see my paper bunny and a garland from my friend Jordan's BrightLab!
I bought this gorgeous embroidered scarf (not sure how to call it) in Mexico, as well as the striped blanket and the poms on the bear.
The teepee is from House Inhabit and the arctic rocker from The Land of Nod.
This beautiful Peruvian cushion is from Leif, my favorite online shop!
Shoes, shoes, shoes… I don't know which one of us has the biggest collection! She loves trying on my shoes and walk around the apartment with them, she also like to put her shoes on her dolls, bunnies…and us! Lula is wearing sandals from Zara which I need to find in my size! I am wearing Jelly sandals from American apparel and the ones in the basket are Freshly picked moccasins! We got this beautiful rug in Morocco, during our trip last summer. I am obsessed with it and I want another one…or two!
I started a little photo gallery on her wall of friends and family, we also have one in the kitchen and in the hallway. She likes to pass by, point and say who she sees in the photos. We are teaching her names. It is the cutest thing to hear the way she pronounces them, you should hear her say "Augustine", her friend's name.
She also loves her kitchen my parents offered her for Christmas. She pretends she put salt and pepper and the casserole and taste the imaginary food and say "mmmm" and offers me to taste as well. She like put put things in oven, Every time a key or remote control seems missing, we know this is where we'll find it.
I got the colorful rattle in Mexico and the mini grocery bag at Mapamundi kids, a new fun store for kids in San Francisco.
This cute hairpin is from Hello Shiso. I know she doesn't have many hair yet but I'm just so impatient and I couldn't resist. Her hairs seem actually to be growing lately! I am so excited. All our friend's kids and others we meet at the park who are younger or same age as Lula have always more hairs. I am so jealous! But sometimes, especially during dinner time I am actually happy she doesn't have much. It is really hard to take lasagna off hairs!!!
Thank you to Sabrina Bot for these beautiful photos of my girl in her new room.
I hope you have a colorful week!
Juste une question par curiosité: Lula est-elle déjà bilingue? Vous lui parlez les 2 langues français/anglais?
Elle nous fait un mix des 3 langues, il y a certain mots qu'elle prefere dire en espagnol, d'autre en anglais… elle choisit! C'est chou, on verra comment ca evolue mais ca serait super si elle pouvait continuer avec ses 3 langues.
Ahahah, super les 3 langues! Quelle chance pour elle!!
Est- ce que l'on peut te commander le racoon tel que celui qui est dans la chambre de Lula? C'est à dire avec un fond couleur parme ou mauve? Sur le eshop je ne vois que du rose clair. Par avance merci!!
Oui as de probleme, commande avec le fond rose et ecris dans la section note que tu souhaiterais du parme a la place 😉 merci!
Cette série de photo est superbe. Tout est beau et Lula est vraiment choupinette. C'est coloré et harmonieux ta petite fille a bien de la chance d'avoir une si jolie chambre. Et pour les cheveux ne t'inquiètes pas ça va vite venir, en attendant prépare le stock de barrettes.
Incroyable cette chambre ! Tout est si bien choisi !
C'est fou que certain bébé ait beaucoup plus de cheveux que d'autres, je ne sait pas a quoi c'est du. C'est vrai que je suis impatiente de lui faire des couettes, mais c'est chou aussi ces petits cheveux courts, elle fait encore bébé comme ca!
merci 😉 il sera posté demain!
I want MY room to look like that, haha!! 🙂 You have such a talent for making things look like this!!
truly the most beautiful bedroom i've ever seen! the way you mix color and textures is so thoughtful and playful. lula is a very lucky little girl!
Thank you very much Melissa! I just looked at your portfolio, your work is beautiful!
waow, quelle chambre magnifique, bravo pr la déco !!


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PRE-SEASON | DAY FOUR IN LA CALA
Latics' final full day of training in pictures.
Latics in La Cala | Photos from the fourth day of our pre-season trip.
Hill runs and shuttles were on the menu for starters.
Latics continue to prepare ahead of the first pre-season fixture against Chester FC on Saturday 6 July.
Latics' warm-weather and intense training continued on Thursday, with hill runs and shuttles to get the lads started on day four in La Cala, before drills and eventually a small-sided game.
It's the last full day for the team in Spain before returning home to continue the pre-season schedule back at the Wigan Athletic Training Centre, with fixtures against Chester FC, AFC Fylde, Bradford City, Everton and Burnley all ready and waiting for them.
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JENSEN WEIR | "I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE I WAS EIGHT-YEARS-OLD, SO THIS IS A VERY BIG MOMENT FOR ME."
England U17 international Jensen Weir discusses his first professional contract at Wigan Athletic.
DAVID MARSHALL | "THE MANAGER MADE ME FEEL LIKE THIS WAS THE BEST PLACE TO BE."
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BRAND NEW LATICS STORE OPENS THIS FRIDAY, WITH 2019-20 PUMA KITS ON SALE FROM 4.00PM!
Meet Latics stars and get your hands on our 2019-20 replica kits at the launch of our brand new Latics Store at the DW Stadium on Friday 19 July.
TUESDAY TRIVIA | TOP GOAL SCORERS AT SPRINGFIELD PARK
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RETURN OF THE JEDI | WIGAN ATHLETIC COMPLETE SIGNING OF USMNT INTERNATIONAL ANTONEE ROBINSON FROM EVERTON
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This 1992 report presents recommendations for a basic set of software measures that Department of Defense (DoD) organizations can use to help plan and manage the acquisition, development, and support of software systems.
This report presents our recommendations for a basic set of software measures that Department of Defense (DoD) organizations can use to help plan and manage the acquisition, development, and support of software systems. These recommendations are based on work that was initiated by the Software Metrics Definition Working Group and subsequently extended by the SEI to support the DoD Software Action Plan. The central theme is the use of checklists to create and record structured measurement descriptions and reporting specifications. These checklists provide a mechanism for obtaining consistent measures from project to project and for communicating unambiguous measurement results.


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Puerto Rico's economic crisis has only gotten worse in the month since Gov. Alejandro García Padilla told the New York Times the island's $72 billion in debts was "not payable." Earlier this week, the island missed a key bond payment, making history and setting the stage for a bruising and protracted battle with creditors. There are many reasons Puerto Rico finds itself in this quandary, including its murky political status, and the situation seems to be deteriorating as time goes on.
The lost history of Puerto Rico's independence movement
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April 21 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Pedro Albizu Campos. Most Americans likely haven't heard of Albizu Campos or his plan to challenge the United States' control of Puerto Rico. His supporters remember him as an organizer, an intellectual, and a revolutionary. The FBI and the US government labeled him a radical, a terrorist, and a criminal. Albizu Campos' story and the history of his ill-fated movement are chronicled in War Against All Puerto Ricans: Revolution and Terror in America's Colony, a new book by Nelson A. Denis, a journalist, activist, and former New York state assemblyman.


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ÖBB Rail Cargo Group increases the frequency of round trips to Scandinavia
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The ÖBB Rail Cargo Group announced an increase in two-way trips on the TransFER Linz - Scandinavia - Wels route three times a week starting April 6, 2022. This is done for a sustainable car flow.
TransFER Linz-Scandinavia-Wels RCG creates a reliable and safe transport solution for the Scandinavian region with further connection possibilities in Northern and Western Europe. The company started transporting freight from Linz via Rheinkamp (near Duisburg) to Malmö in Sweden and back to Wels at the beginning of this year, and the load factor has steadily increased since then, especially for shipments of paper, steel, and consumer goods. ÖBB RCG has decided to increase the number of TransFER trips to three weekly round trips to relieve and stabilize the traffic on this route.
In addition, this TransFER shares a route with TransFER Linz-Duisburg-Wels in the Ruhr area, so RCG can also offer the addition of volumes to Scandinavia in Rheinkamp. In the same way, goods coming from Scandinavia can be distributed in Germany, France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Or the transport can go back to Wels for distribution in Austria and Southeastern Europe. Shipments to and from the central transfer station in Vienna are still possible using TransFER combinations.
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