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BMX General => BMX Chat => Topic started by: Taipan on November 18, 2014, 10:51 AM
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How rare are original White tuff pads to use with white skyways? do they come up often? what price to they command? interested to know
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Not particularly rare, unless you mean white Pro Pads which are probably the hardest to find Pro pads. Expect to pay £80+ for a pair of those or c.£20 for a mint pair of Tuff Pads.
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where have you seen nos white tuff pads for £20 :shocked: please lmk :)
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where have you seen nos white tuff pads for £20 :shocked: please lmk :)
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I would personally say white Tuff pads are the hardest colour to come by in mint/NOS condition. I am not sure if it is because no one will sell them or, there are in fact just not many sets left about.
Price wise, they can range from £45 per pair to £100 for a complete set in the packets.
There is complete set here in the packets for $65 (£42 to us here in the UK).
http://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=618262
Expect him to over charge on the postage though and he will put the exact price on them, thus you paying a customs charge when they arrive. If you want them, let me know as I can help out on that for you ;)
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where have you seen nos white tuff pads for £20 :shocked: please lmk :)
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I would personally say white Tuff pads are the hardest colour to come by in mint/NOS condition. I am not sure if it is because no one will sell them or, there are in fact just not many sets left about.
Price wise, they can range from £45 per pair to £100 for a complete set in the packets.
There is complete set here in the packets for $65 (£42 to us here in the UK).
http://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=618262
Expect him to over charge on the postage though and he will put the exact price on them, thus you paying a customs charge when they arrive. If you want them, let me know as I can help out on that for you ;)
So he's selling a pair for £21 - I was a £1 out :shocked:
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where have you seen nos white tuff pads for £20 :shocked: please lmk :)
Happy to get the set Terry mentioned posted to my house in California and then forwarded on bud :daumenhoch:
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cheers lads I have the newer type on my skyways that work ok but would have liked the older type as like the look but i'd rather spend the money on something else to be honest ;) to me £40 odd quid is a lot for four little blocks lol,but I appreciate the replies and knowledge lads thx :daumenhoch:
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So he's selling a pair for £21 - I was a £1 out :shocked:
The price is all relevent Chris. If you lived in the US, you would be paying $65, just like paying £65 in the UK. Just because of the dollar to pound exchange rate, it makes it cheaper for us in the UK. Until you add postage and customs of course :)
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to me £40 odd quid is a lot for four little blocks lol
You pays your money, you takes your choice :daumenhoch:
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So he's selling a pair for £21 - I was a £1 out :shocked:
The price is all relevent Chris. If you lived in the US, you would be paying $65, just like paying £65 in the UK. Just because of the dollar to pound exchange rate, it makes it cheaper for us in the UK. Until you add postage and customs of course :)
I take your point about exchange rates distorting value.
As for "relevant", I think you mean "relative", having lived and started companies in the UK and US, $65 in the US most certainly isn't the same as £65 in the UK.
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It may be slightly cheaper to find a set of the original tuff freestyle blocks, but they are still hard to find-especially any that are actually anywhere near white even when nos in packets! ....It's a bit like trying to find a white set of 80's tuffs that are actually white!Alternatively you are more likely to find a set of kool stops which look exactly the same except they say 'kool stop' instead of 'skyway' and are more likely to be whiter....and cheaper! I have seen original white tuff blocks you are talking about for sale at £100 for 4 before....The ones Terry is talking about are a bargain imo as they rarely come up. :daumenhoch:
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If there the Tuff pads i think you're on about, then they are rarer than rockin horse poo!! I scored these 4yr's ago from the States.
(http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz80/buzzer1971/pubbikeearlypics007.jpg) (http://s815.photobucket.com/user/buzzer1971/media/pubbikeearlypics007.jpg.html)
(http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz80/buzzer1971/pubbikeearlypics008.jpg) (http://s815.photobucket.com/user/buzzer1971/media/pubbikeearlypics008.jpg.html)
They look yellow'd in the pics but that's just the plastic packaging, as i scalpel'd open slightly to look inside and they where minty white :). I sold them to a fellow radster about 2yr's back for £110 :shocked:.
Wish i had kept them now, as i have acquired some white alloy hubbed tuffs a few months back :'(.
Buz :daumenhoch:.
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With the White Tuffs I've used those White DC blocks as an alternative. Seem to work ok and don't leave marks on rims.
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I bought them and i'm going to flip them for £1 million
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Rah rah rah.