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Title: did skyway make wheel disc covers ??
Post by: COZZFATHER on July 07, 2008, 05:20 PM
back in 86 or 87 a lot of  the top lads  had wheel discs/covers on their Skyways, i remember seeing Gt ones and some
 that were blank, who has them now or likes/dislikes them  :P
Title: Re: did skyway make wheel disc covers ??
Post by: magna13 on July 07, 2008, 05:22 PM
I Think The Only People That Made Them Were UNI And GT (Correct Me If Wrong!). I Dont Really Like Them I Think They Were Just Created So That Sponsers Were Able To Be More Known, Seen Etc. They Just Look Silly IMO  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: did skyway make wheel disc covers ??
Post by: Dark Diggler on July 07, 2008, 05:27 PM
I think the Ruler had a/some bikes with em on, may be wrong though. Drop him a pm he will advise  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: did skyway make wheel disc covers ??
Post by: daz bmx it! on July 07, 2008, 09:55 PM
Acorn made them,as in the acorn mag wheel,big advert in the bmx mags bitd ;)
Title: Re: did skyway make wheel disc covers ??
Post by: vdubferret on July 07, 2008, 10:15 PM
Yep I had a set too BITD on my Haro!

They were also made by SM & specifically for skyways: they fitted perfick! & had a circular cut out for the valve caps, but was still a bitch to get to if you needed air!  :)
Title: Re: did skyway make wheel disc covers ??
Post by: Trev on July 07, 2008, 10:22 PM
does anyone remember the plate thing that fitted on the front triangle of your frame?

possibly the only thing worse than wheel discs...

i remember trevor cowell used to have one. :idiot2:
Title: Re: did skyway make wheel disc covers ??
Post by: Bob_Acid on July 07, 2008, 10:47 PM
I rode for a while with a set on my Tuffs but not for long as they were noisey and no fun for jumping if you had a cross wind because the bike blew out from under you. Not made by Skyway though.
Title: Re: did skyway make wheel disc covers ??
Post by: Longun on July 07, 2008, 11:45 PM
I seem to remember Fiola riding a demo at Harrow with some on.
Title: Re: did skyway make wheel disc covers ??
Post by: sean on July 08, 2008, 08:04 AM
Fiola did use them for a while and I thought they were cool............ until I saw them in the flesh. They were so noisey,  even Bob Haro would sound like a sketchy rider using those.
Title: Re: did skyway make wheel disc covers ??
Post by: bmxer4ever on July 08, 2008, 10:57 PM
does anyone remember the plate thing that fitted on the front triangle of your frame?

possibly the only thing worse than wheel discs...

i remember trevor cowell used to have one. :idiot2:

You mean THIS isn't cool....?!

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