Who manufactured Aerospeeds for Hutch? I assumed it was Profile because they made the first generation 3-pc. cranks for Hutch, but it turns out they didn't. So who did?

From Hutch-bikes.com:


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.

[ May 07, 2006, 05:31 PM: Message edited by: MoGas ]