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Skyway Graphite`s with Silver Flanges
Ady:
Gutted I missed these..
Skyway Graphite Wheel set with Silver Flanges
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Old-School-Bmx-Skyway-Graphite-Wheel-set-Silver-Flanges-NOS-PK-Wheels-/262737828369?hash=item3d2c651a11%3Ag%3At%7EcAAOSw5cNYOzpP&nma=true&si=YkF9c3Nc8k1Yd8vt1xvCJCDS1zc%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557#viTabs_0
Being looking for a set to fit on my torker sport build to replace the set with gold hubs.
Did they ever make a set like these for the general market or was they only for the haro team.
He had them listed for builds from 1984 to 1988 but looking at the date codes they look newer..
Are these gen 3 ?
workshyfop:
how has one of them got sealed bearings, but the other looks to be a looseball.
Ady:
I noticed that too mate.
Someone did ask about that and said matching set but they date codes are different colours .
workshyfop:
thought sealed ones didn't appear until 2005 \ 2006 ish....going by the regular tuffs.
were graphites sealed bearing earlier than this, although i wouldn't have thought you would have a pair of wheels where one was sealed but the other loose ball.
and then theres the dates on them....
Picklez:
ok, the little I know:
Gen 1's, campy axles and bearings, very square 'star shape' ran from 80 - 81/82 ish
http://bmxmuseum.com/reference/1230
Gen 2's, campy axles and bearings, more conventional rounded style star shape hub', ran from 81/82 - 83/84 ish
http://bmxmuseum.com/reference/2736
Gen 3, same hubs as Gen 2's but with sealed bearings, ran from 83/84'ish until some time later, at least 86
I may be slightly out on transition dates, I'm definitely no expert, but that's roughly right.
The ones in that ad are definitely not an unmolested matching pair. May be someones mucked about with the loose ball one, it's not a std campy axle etc but more of a conventional loose ball and dust shield setup. Campy dust seals are chrome and more doomed in shape (see the second picture in the gen 2 link). May be someone far more knowledgable than I will be along soon.
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