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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: yogi06 on November 14, 2006, 09:55 PM

Title: Help identifying some skyway tuffs !
Post by: yogi06 on November 14, 2006, 09:55 PM

can anyone give me more info on these skyway tuffs with a strange sealed hub:

here are some pics:

http://217.146.93.27/wheels.zip

Cheers
Yogi

Title: Re: Help identifying some skyway tuffs !
Post by: billstup on November 14, 2006, 09:59 PM

They are Skyways fitted with an after market sealed bearing set of hubs  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Help identifying some skyway tuffs !
Post by: crazycraig on November 14, 2006, 10:00 PM

skyways with sealed hubed conversion .correct me if im wrong  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Help identifying some skyway tuffs !
Post by: Frosty on November 14, 2006, 10:04 PM

I'm sure I have seen somewhere that some of the Aussie ones had this type of hub as standard!!

Title: Re: Help identifying some skyway tuffs !
Post by: yogi06 on November 14, 2006, 10:34 PM

They are from AU!

Title: Re: Help identifying some skyway tuffs !
Post by: Mattdub on November 15, 2006, 08:01 PM

They look like homemade hubs  :-\

Title: Re: Help identifying some skyway tuffs !
Post by: Coastvl on December 02, 2006, 11:34 AM

These hubs are from a wheel called Aussie tufs. They are a brilliant hub and way better than any of the Skyway hubs. The wheel design was about  5 years before the Skyway OE came out. They are identical to OE's. Go figure. I have one of the hubs I installed myself about 81.
Mine
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v108/coastvl/bike%20bits/Resizeof2006-01-17002.jpg)
Aussie Tuffs ad from 81-82.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v108/coastvl/bike%20bits/aussietuffs.jpg)