Does anyone have info on this shirt jedi138 is selling? I have never heard of “King Bikes” before. Seller says,
“King Bike Company (BMX) shirt from the 1990s. Homage/rip-off of the Revelation Records logo, and probably way rarer than a Judge Storming Through shirt, so you should pay top dollar! (I kid, I have no idea if anyone outside of me and 4 other people know/care what this is and am just listing it to see if anyone is interested before I cut the sleeves off and wear it to mow the lawn).”
King made great frames and pegs, maybe some other stuff but I’m not sure. King pegs were slotted so they wouldn’t loosen your axle nuts when you did grinds. I feel like they were one of the first companies to do that.
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I’m the seller, so thanks for the post and here’s a bit of info I can help with.
King Bike Co. was a mid 90s DIY bmx company run by Stuart King, a UK rider. They made some solid forks and axles and a few signature frames (bmxmuseum.com probably has a few pix with descriptions). In my mind the bmx (street and park anyway) of that era is inseparable from late 80s and 90s hardcore (and epitaph/fat wreck styled punk on the other end), so the rip totally makes sense. I have no idea how rare the shirt is. It’s from 1995 or 96.
King Bikes timeline: http://www.23mag.com/com/king/king.htm
and the pegs, yeah!
side note- Stuart was very into h/c and edge at the time he did these.
I have two pairs if the pegs, still in the box. The packaging also has the Rev logo rip printed on it.