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Title: wheel build
Post by: WARDY on October 09, 2007, 09:25 AM
 gonna get some spoked rims made 4 me ripper i like the look of this hub set (nos sr dated 1983) are they any good and how much should i b paying for these hubs Cheers Carl :daumenhoch:(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ee16/lockjaw1/srhubs1983.jpg)
Title: Re: wheel build
Post by: theRuler on October 09, 2007, 09:27 AM
20 quidish if unsealed
add a tenner if sealed
Title: Re: wheel build
Post by: RATTY on October 09, 2007, 11:11 AM
20 quidish if unsealed
add a tenner if sealed
Gra, you sure, I would say sealed would be more expensive!!
Title: Re: wheel build
Post by: motomagII on October 09, 2007, 01:58 PM
come on ratty it says add a tenner for sealed not a tenner# :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: wheel build
Post by: theRuler on October 09, 2007, 03:11 PM
yeh unsealed are 20ish and sealed are 30ish

i say ish

sometimes less, sometimes more, but that's a ball park figure for that sort of hub in my experience
Title: Re: wheel build
Post by: Redline on October 09, 2007, 03:44 PM
If it were me, I would spend an extra tenner and get a set of NOS Suntour sealed hubs from Vert-ego.... a better quality hub in my opinion and a Ripper should have tip top parts..... think he has unsealed too for a few quid less!

John
Title: Re: wheel build
Post by: thesku11s on October 10, 2007, 01:14 AM
I have NOS suntour hi flanges you can have for that (perhaps less) unmatching colours though.
Title: Re: wheel build
Post by: login_user on October 10, 2007, 04:16 PM
Is that 2 odd ones?  :-\ 1 high flange and 1 low flange  ;)
Title: Re: wheel build
Post by: WARDY on October 12, 2007, 10:10 PM
that thought had crossed my mind but the guy has 4 sets of these and 4 sets in blue. I seem to remember, may be wrong,when i was a kid that me mates brand new ultra burner had  high at front and low on the rear that was laced to blue arayas ???
Title: Re: wheel build
Post by: ron burgundy on October 13, 2007, 01:25 AM
If it were me, I would spend an extra tenner and get a set of NOS Suntour sealed hubs from Vert-ego.... a better quality hub in my opinion and a Ripper should have tip top parts..... think he has unsealed too for a few quid less!

John

Rippers came with stock SR parts, nothing flash at all...
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