Author Topic: New school 25th Anniversary Skyway T/A !! (Read 14204 times)

darkersomeday · « **Reply #100 on:** July 10, 2007, 09:09 PM »

this is the first retro that i've been allowed to buy

i'll take a "20 version please

muttley · « **Reply #101 on:** July 10, 2007, 09:57 PM »

I wanna 20 and a 24, seriously cant wait for these to come out

highrisedrifter · « **Reply #102 on:** July 11, 2007, 07:41 AM »

Quote from: Zippy on June 28, 2007, 11:42 PM

I got that email too but that was a long time ago and nobody's been after my deposit.

Same here. I've emailed Ed, and left a PM for him on here. Nada yet.

HRD

ColoredTuffs.com · « **Reply #103 on:** August 16, 2007, 11:01 PM »

Hey guys!
Things have been crazy busy here. Early mornings and late nights! Being a one man operation is taking ALL of my time now..... but I love my job, so that's the way it is....

OK.... we finally had a slight breakthrough with the Original Skyway T/A frame and fork project. I've been put on hold the last 6 months due to Skyway's overwhelming busy production timelines, so I've been just waiting to get word on who they have found to weld these puppies up.

Well, they still have not figured things out, mainly due to the fact that they are making so much non-BMX stuff, and their work day just doesn't have enough time..... so, the "ball" has been placed back in my end of the court!

I got Skyway's blessing to have the tubing sent to my first choice in welder's- Mr Greg Esser, here in good 'ol Florida, USA. In the 70's, Greg's family founded the NBL (National Bicycle League) and brought BMX here to the East Coast of the USA. Greg's dad started MCS Bicycles, and Greg was one of MCS's main welder's for decades. Greg also was one of Skyway's earliest factory riders, and is considered to be one the East Coast's best racers back in the day, earning the very first NBL Number One Pro title.

Greg was inducted into the ABA Hall Of Fame recently, and I'm honored to call him a friend.

Greg recently suffered a heart attack a few weeks ago, and is recovering VERY well after having a triple bypass surgery. He's eager to get back into the shop and start building things again!

We talked today about having him weld 150 skyway T/a framesets, and he's very interested in doing it. If anybody can do an absolutely beautiful job making a classic BMX frame and forkset, it's Greg Esser!

A tubing set, and a completed TA frameset (to make a new jig from) is on the way to him so he can look at it and see if he wants to take on the job.

I've got a good feeling that this will work out just fine!

Once we've finished this, we'll start working on the Retro's. But this project needs to be first on the list!

That's the very latest......!

Cheers!

-Ed Ferri

RATTY · « **Reply #104 on:** August 16, 2007, 11:09 PM »

nice one Ed, keep us updated

Stace · « **Reply #105 on:** August 16, 2007, 11:10 PM »

Looking forward to them Ed....looking forward to mine !!

Zippy · « **Reply #106 on:** August 17, 2007, 11:03 AM »

Phew, I thought it had been forgotten about or they'd all been sold already.

FuNMoNsTeR · « **Reply #107 on:** August 19, 2007, 08:10 PM »

Wow... a T/A put together by the legend that is Greg Esser...how cool is that

You lucky barstewards...

ColoredTuffs.com · « **Reply #108 on:** September 20, 2007, 11:24 PM »

SKYWAY T/A framesets......
OK... we are moving on this finally! Greg Esser is working on welding the first T/A tubeset. Once it's done it will go to the powder coaters, THEN go to Skyway for QC. Once it passes all QC inspections, we'll begin production on the framesets 50 at a time. 3 production runs of 50 framesets each run.
We'll begin the process soon of going through the email list that we've compiled over the last few months and check with everybody to see who wants a frameset.
More details will follow soon!
-Ed

highrisedrifter · « **Reply #109 on:** September 20, 2007, 11:54 PM »

Great ews Ed!

I hope i'm in the first batch of 50.

HRD

Stace · « **Reply #110 on:** September 21, 2007, 07:18 AM »

So do I !

OrgasmDonor · « **Reply #111 on:** September 21, 2007, 09:57 AM »

mcs frames were built to perfection, will be cooool frames

dialledbikes · « **Reply #112 on:** September 21, 2007, 10:18 AM »

After 8 pages it's all a bit confusing

Are these the frames made out of the original tubing and with old school geometry; or

A retro project (like the Azusa JMCs), so new tubing, new school geometry, but look like an original TA?

Stace · « **Reply #113 on:** September 21, 2007, 10:28 AM »

Old Geometry with old tubing. 150 being made.

New Retro F&F are coming out later.

dialledbikes · « **Reply #114 on:** September 21, 2007, 10:36 AM »

Thanks for clearing that up.

SaMAlex · « **Reply #115 on:** September 21, 2007, 10:37 AM »

I think it said they were going to stamp something in the BB to say it was one of the newer built ones.

Stace · « **Reply #116 on:** September 21, 2007, 10:38 AM »

Yeah, I think they'll be stamped and decal'd 25th anniversary

muttley · « **Reply #117 on:** September 21, 2007, 12:12 PM »

Just hurry up with the new school project

Jazzchimp · « **Reply #118 on:** September 21, 2007, 01:12 PM »

Listen to you lot,

well while you're waiting have a tasty gander at mine

Zippy · « **Reply #119 on:** September 21, 2007, 07:56 PM »

I rode a TA at Hersden last weekend and really liked it so I might even race mine. Either way I'm still on the list and better be in the first 50.

Author Topic: New school 25th Anniversary Skyway T/A !! (Read 14204 times)

darkersomeday

muttley

highrisedrifter

ColoredTuffs.com

FuNMoNsTeR

ColoredTuffs.com

highrisedrifter

dialledbikes

dialledbikes

SaMAlex

muttley

Jazzchimp