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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Race (riders ready, pedals ready... GO!!) => Topic started by: Zippy on December 05, 2005, 09:29 PM
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What do you think. I've just put some black ally hubbed Skyways on my black Patterson. Not sure what to think really.
I'll take a picture at the weekend and post it.
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its not really the "done thing" BUT if it looks good then i'd say it works :santa_afro:
i personally love Skyways, they epitomise Old School BMX & are an instantly recognisable icon of that era!
Skyways Rule. end of :santa_afro:
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i like em on anything lol.
i'd have em on me van if i could :santa_afro:.
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I have got some 24" skyways on my new school cruiser. Whilst they look fantastic it does make the bike and especially the front end feel heavy
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(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v290/orb200181/P8290039.jpg)
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Patterson..skyways..hell yes :coolsmiley:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y52/suedehead_1/DSCF1164.jpg)
Hey ORB that ripper is sweet mmmmm
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shouldn't it be graphite's on a Race bike?
Tim March rode with graphites didn't he? - I remember a pic of him jumping Kong with a pair...
Patterson pic has them on also - other I remember from bitd racing were Raleigh's John Lee - can't think of anyone else right now. :buck2:
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I've seen a few Pattersons with Tuffs and I think they look great. Bang them on and send in pics. :santa_afro:
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Only graphites are acceptable race fodder.......if you want to be able to race the bike. You will soon be changing them back to alloys if you do try to race.....especially knowing how competative you are.
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Nothing wrong with Skyways on a race bike Zippy...enough people used to do it
But its got to be a chrome frame with black Tuffs ...mmmmmm
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tuffs on race bikes look class, they emphisise the f/f, the f/f on race bikes usually get lost in a load of shiny spokey shite, i raced tuffs on my GHP BITD and no one suggested i should use alloys, even Mr Ruff said he loved it. Im puttin white ones on my GHP build, bollox to what is thought of as correct now, break the rules and achieve that true oldschool feel.
ps graphites are poo :santa_grin:
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Graphites.... mmmmmm i always wanted a set. Andy Patterson used to use them too. Tim March ran them on his 20inch and Cruiser setups.
Does anyone have a set of the new Skyway Graphite CFs. I thought about buying a set from the states for my black vector but wanted some feedback first. I know they are stiffer than regular skyways but whats the weight like etc.?
I raced Yellow Tuffs on my Torker at Derby Greyhound stadium. It wasn't a wise choice and the Gold 7xs were back on the bike that very night.
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there was a bloke racing with skyways in this years nationals, think he was in master class :santa_smiley:
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Jay Lewis ran the whole season on his Mongoose Craig Reynolds with black ally hubbed Tuffs & he is quick ! , Smooth too .
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we`ve done this arguement before but anyway im up for it again ,as sandro said graffys on a race bike :santa_afro: the paterson in the pic looks the bizzzzz :santa_afro: as for any other tuffs,skip food !!! :knuppel2:
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Yep they suit anything....here's my old GT box series.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v605/scary_leary/CopyofPicture3072.jpg)
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The new graphites are much stiffer than the normal plastic ones, I use them on my T/A for old school races and they seem fine.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v472/billstup/SkywayTA010.jpg)
However they wasn`t quite up to freestyling use, but they took a good beating first :
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v472/billstup/BrokenGraphites001.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v472/billstup/BrokenGraphites002.jpg)
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bill .. one must take thing a lil easier now ,u dont get free replacements now :santa_afro:
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Get em on there!!!
My Quad with graphites
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y79/dingobmxer/alumdingo.jpg)
:) DINGO :)
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Be fair Bill not many wheels would've survived the punishment you gave those graphites at Skaterham.
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(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y79/dingobmxer/alumdingo.jpg)
Loving that Alloy Quad :smitten: :santa_afro:
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Only a few bikes should wear Tuffs and a Patterson is one of them, good choice mate :)
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Only a few bikes should wear Tuffs and a Patterson is one of them, good choice mate :)
sez who? rats jism! :santa_grin:
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However they wasn`t quite up to freestyling use, but they took a good beating first :
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v472/billstup/BrokenGraphites002.jpg)
:o Nasty.... expensive break...(for me anyways) :santa_cheesy:
I only just twigged who you are.... Wow...Billy(the airmeister)Stupple :smitten:
Were you selling your Skyway Ta at ROM Skatepark in 1983 with a flight bag and everything? I am sure it was yours in the main building part where you pay... Had a sign on it saying Billy Stupples Skyway Ta.. It was up for £250 if i remember. I had £120 in the bank and tried selling my Hutch at the park to anyone who would buy it just to try to get the Skyway.... FLASHBACK!! :santa_shocked:
You should have won BMX BEAT btw :santa_grin: it was rigged
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Yep, and guess what, It got stolen along with quite a lot of Roms stock in a break in so I got nothing for it :(
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:o Thats awful....
I was gutted i couldnt raise the cash to buy it that day truly gutted. I was offering a Hutch pro racer with araya aeros and 185 flights, rickman freestyle bars etc to any rider for £130... no one had any money. One guy went to ask his dad and never came back.... I would have drawn the rest from my savings and bought it... Just to be able to sniff the Stupples seat would have been worth the cash :santa_grin:
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I only wanted some petrol and fag money for it, bit of a waste really I had put the bike, my flight bag, bell magnum crash helmet, a spare front graphite tuff, and some of my Skyway Team uniform all together and up for sale over at Rom, and got sweet F A for it, now I`m spending loads of £ trying to do replicas of my past bikes :'(
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WoW..FLASHBACK... I do remember more now... that flight bag was full of goodies.
I hate theives... my mums garage got turned over 3 years ago. I lost my quad with haro vector bars and cookbros cranks, my Haro DV8 and my redline 500A. I ended up with £300 insurance money. Still its better than sweet FA....
I feel bad for you m8... we should have a site whip round and rebuild your old Haro Freestyler for you(BMX ACTION BIKE number 10 page 9) :santa_afro:
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I`m already doing the Gen 1 freestyler, well someone is giving it a bit of tlc and some new chrome for me, but I have most of the parts now its just a case of getting it back and putting it together now :coolsmiley:
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Thats great..:santa_afro: Front graphite rear zeddy?
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As promised here it is. Sorry for the not so good pic but the shadows combined with a black bike make pictures a nightmare sometimes.
Still not convinced about the wheels on the bike though so it'll probably be for sale early in the new year.
Anyway here it is.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y80/hondadominator/DSCF0090.jpg)
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flemos been using them at regionals, they look good when you wheelie out the gate.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v283/power70/skywayflem.jpg)