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are tuffs essential on a mid 80's ride???
stidds:
--- Quote from: gt0733 on February 22, 2007, 12:24 AM ---tuffs for freestyle
spokes for racing............imo :angel:
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Quoted for truth.
If you are building a freestyle bike, then tuffs are a must. However, Tuffs should bo no-where near a race bike UNLESS, the race bike is a Skyway T/A then it is acceptable.
phantom photon:
--- Quote from: stidds on February 22, 2007, 11:30 AM ---
--- Quote from: gt0733 on February 22, 2007, 12:24 AM ---tuffs for freestyle
spokes for racing............imo :angel:
--- End quote ---
Quoted for truth.
If you are building a freestyle bike, then tuffs are a must. However, Tuffs should bo no-where near a race bike UNLESS, the race bike is a Skyway T/A then it is acceptable.
--- End quote ---
Agreed :daumenhoch:
oberonspacefruit:
i dont agree, look how good richs quad looks with them tuffs.
what i would admit, is if you are a serious racer, and really want to get the edge, then maybe dont use tuffs.
anything else, tuffs rule.
phantom photon:
--- Quote from: oberonspacefruit on February 22, 2007, 11:44 AM ---i dont agree, look how good richs quad looks with them tuffs.
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For looks yes I agree Tuffs look good on any bike (race or freestyle) - but for practical use it's spokes for racing and tuffs for freestyle for me ;)
theRuler:
modern old school rules dictates "tuffs on everything"
but actually bitd people rode on both.
and by the end of the 80's tuffs were very much in the minority
spoked wheels were always commonplace in freestyle. were the norm by 86-87. and were always better wheels.
and not just for serious racing either
serious anything bmx, alloys were always the way to go. in the beginning some knew that. eventually everyone knew it.
i started riding in 83 and rode right up until the end of 89
i didnt see the glorious tuff wheel years that people hold in high regard
i had tuffs, but never a complete set. pegs would murder the hubs on them.
tuff wheels do personify a certain era of bmx. and they will always suit an 80's ride. some bikes even benefit from tuffs! take daves haros - you couldnt imagine a haro replica that had alloy wheels.
however put mags on anything after the 80's and it's not good. in my opinion.
the black/white rule of tuffs for freestyle and spokes for racing is just not how it was.
look in the old action bikes.
as for what is "acceptable" put what you like on whatever bike you like (so long as the year is right!)
THAT is how it was. dress codes for bmx is a new thing
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