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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: animal on April 16, 2007, 08:57 PM
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Has anybody come across a set, if so where, would love to get my hands on a pair, had a rear bitd when my hub did the collapsing trick. Miles from home iI might add lol. ::)
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they are getting hard to get.
i have a few, but I need them, and the rears are super rare.
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they are getting hard to get.
i have a few, but I need them, and the rears are super rare.
These hubs are not made by Skyway, they were made in the Midlands as a replacement hub assembly with sealed hubs. Are we both singing from the same song sheet as I have no pics.
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yeah there was an ozzy company also knocking these sealed replacment hubs out.....but in my opinion, they make skyways look like aero zytecs.
lol
Dave
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You mean these? These are harder to find than proper Skyway hubs.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v108/coastvl/bike%20bits/Resizeof2006-01-17002.jpg)
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i agree with Rom Bloke, makes em look ugly, like Zytec hubs !
i think the bloke from Skyway (coloredtuffs) has some proper replacement jobbies, would look much nicer.....imo :)
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Just an idea (if it's purely a rider) could you not use Zytecs hubs? they have the same 5 bolt system?? not sure if anyones tried it?? i agree wouldn't look as nice but smoother to ride
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Not like the ones in the pic. but similar, used to be advertised in BMX Action Bike bitd. Maybe there was only a sprinkling in the Midlands? I don't know. Know they were made in Rugeley. Will try and find the addy. Would really like to find a pair though.
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zytecs im pretty sure are four bolts
Dave
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indeed they are
i did not mean those by the way, i meant the actuall skyway replacement hub kits
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PAIR-ACORN-BMX-MAG-WHEEL-HUBS-NEW-OLD-STOCK-BRITISH-MADE-IN-80s-CAST-ALLOY-NOS-/391671040768?hash=item5b3169cb00:g:zvkAAMXQVT9SzsI1
These have five bolts could anyone measure to see if they would fit in a skyway please?
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PAIR-ACORN-BMX-MAG-WHEEL-HUBS-NEW-OLD-STOCK-BRITISH-MADE-IN-80s-CAST-ALLOY-NOS-/391671040768?hash=item5b3169cb00:g:zvkAAMXQVT9SzsI1
These have five bolts could anyone measure to see if they would fit in a skyway please?
They should fit, there's a pic of one on a red Tuff one further up the thread.
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They look like they are for Skyways as I thought Acorns had a 4 bolt fixing
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They look like they are for Skyways as I thought Acorns had a 4 bolt fixing
Acorn had 5 bolt, Aero Zytec had 4 bolts iirc.
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They look like they are for Skyways as I thought Acorns had a 4 bolt fixing
Acorn had 5 bolt, Aero Zytec had 4 bolts iirc.
Spot on Marty, I was mixing them up in my foggy memory :daumenhoch:
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I think the Acorn ones look different to the Skyway ones up earlier, not sure if the bolt pattern would be the same
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/brimfull/IMG_0873.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/brimfull/media/IMG_0873.jpg.html)
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I'm pretty sure they are the same bolt pattern and diameter
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(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/q103/animalmrd/retrofithubadd_zpsc19ecfba.jpg) (http://s134.photobucket.com/user/animalmrd/media/retrofithubadd_zpsc19ecfba.jpg.html)
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I think the Acorn ones look different to the Skyway ones up earlier, not sure if the bolt pattern would be the same
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/brimfull/IMG_0873.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/brimfull/media/IMG_0873.jpg.html)
I tried the the Acorn hubs and they are the same bolt pattern but they make the hubs too wide to fit into the drops.
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(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/q103/animalmrd/retrofithubadd_zpsc19ecfba.jpg) (http://s134.photobucket.com/user/animalmrd/media/retrofithubadd_zpsc19ecfba.jpg.html)
Very cool, don't think I've seen them before 8)
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I think the Acorn ones look different to the Skyway ones up earlier, not sure if the bolt pattern would be the same
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/brimfull/IMG_0873.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/brimfull/media/IMG_0873.jpg.html)
I tried the the Acorn hubs and they are the same bolt pattern but they make the hubs too wide to fit into the drops.
Thanks for that mate as I was just thinking of buying the pair of wheels on eBay to rob the hubs - especially the coaster rear hub fistblump
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Took years but I found them in the end . Front was NOS off the the bay and the rear came from Phil Sawzall :daumenhoch:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/q103/animalmrd/20150828_152848_zps3uciexbb.jpg) (http://s134.photobucket.com/user/animalmrd/media/20150828_152848_zps3uciexbb.jpg.html)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/q103/animalmrd/20150828_152905_zpsqoigosmm.jpg) (http://s134.photobucket.com/user/animalmrd/media/20150828_152905_zpsqoigosmm.jpg.html)
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Took years but I found them in the end . Front was NOS off the the bay and the rear came from Phil Sawzall :daumenhoch:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/q103/animalmrd/20150828_152848_zps3uciexbb.jpg) (http://s134.photobucket.com/user/animalmrd/media/20150828_152848_zps3uciexbb.jpg.html)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/q103/animalmrd/20150828_152905_zpsqoigosmm.jpg) (http://s134.photobucket.com/user/animalmrd/media/20150828_152905_zpsqoigosmm.jpg.html)
They're very cool mate fistblump