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Title: NUTS
Post by: Flaz on October 29, 2006, 06:02 PM: can i get nuts for skyways new shiney ones ? if so where from ?

cheers flaz
Title: Re: NUTS
Post by: mightynimrod on October 29, 2006, 06:10 PM: Surely any local fastners place would be able to sort you out?
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Post by: Rombloke on October 29, 2006, 06:14 PM: i think biagio sells these, im pretty sure that skyway thread is a different pitch to 'normal' axle nuts

Dave
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Post by: oberonspacefruit on October 29, 2006, 06:17 PM: it is.

26 tpi?

or am i sniffing thinners.
Title: Re: NUTS
Post by: Flaz on October 29, 2006, 06:33 PM: cool :daumenhoch:
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Post by: mightynimrod on October 29, 2006, 06:34 PM: Quote from: oberonspacefruit on October 29, 2006, 06:17 PM
it is.

36 tpi?

or am i sniffing thinners.

Pass em round yer tight git !

Cant have yer hallucinating all by yerself now can we?
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Post by: oberonspacefruit on October 29, 2006, 06:38 PM: put it this way, i can smell colour.
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Post by: MartyC on October 29, 2006, 07:01 PM: Quote from: oberonspacefruit on October 29, 2006, 06:17 PM
it is.

36 tpi?

or am i sniffing thinners.

You must be, Skyways are 26tpi whereas most other (excluding Suntour) are 24tpi, or it's the other way round :D
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Post by: oberonspacefruit on October 29, 2006, 07:08 PM: see, thats what i said.
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Post by: MartyC on October 29, 2006, 07:13 PM: Quote from: oberonspacefruit on October 29, 2006, 07:08 PM
see, thats what i said.

:LolLolLolLol: Cheeky :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: NUTS
Post by: duncan on October 29, 2006, 07:32 PM: Needing some myself, so this is the information I've managed to gather so far:

For the latest sealed bearing Tuffs: a mix of 24tpi and 26tpi. Skyway plan to go all 26tpi soon.
For older non-sealed bearing Tuffs: Front 24tpi, Rear freewheel 24tpi, Rear coaster 24tpi.

BUT, you should consider whether your axles may have been replaced before you received the wheels.
Take them along to a shop if you're not sure what size to buy.

Also some people recommend '10mm x 1mm metric' nuts for Suntour coaster brake axles.
Title: Re: NUTS
Post by: Flaz on October 29, 2006, 08:08 PM: well i just bought some from vertegos he said there for skyways so they better fit
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Post by: oberonspacefruit on October 29, 2006, 08:11 PM: yep, flaz, thats it, if in doubt, replace the axle. it will fit pegs on better any hoo...
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Post by: greentoad on October 30, 2006, 05:07 PM: The NUTS title just got me thinking....

I got a phone call last week from a chap that I gave a Black Burner too. Anyway, he is big on snow boarding, wake boarding, water skiing and has a Camper etc so a bit of a nutter. A gang all went to the lakes for the weekend for some board action and got rather mashed up during the Bar B Q and evening session. The bike came out and it was jumped off the jetty into the water by the whole croud (loads of pics to follow). It was a crazy night and many tricks carried out.

One chap was a very worse for wear and ripped his leg open - he sent in a pic (the story has been changed though) and got £1000 for a few hundreds words of edited text in the last issue!

Easy money!

J.