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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: bigsman on May 14, 2009, 10:14 AM
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I've been reading up on tuff wheels on here and vintage for a fair while now but I'm still not sure how you can tell for 100% certain whether an 80s metal hubbed tuff is a graphite or not? It seems that theres a few things to check - the flanges themselves, even though they're not always consistent i.e they don't have to be anno gold. then theres the writing inside the rim...ok but surely thats a piece of p*** to put on yourself if you were that way inclined so that it looks the part? And it seems like it can be in white or yellow marker so again more uncertainty.
Other than that I've heard that they 'look' different as in more graphitey coloured :LolLolLolLol: but I still don't think thats 100% reliable by eye after all these years what with resto techniques like back to black, nitro cleaning etc etc
I'm thinking the weight has got to be the best method of telling for sure but does anyone know what weight a standard vs graphite tuff should be?
Reason for the question is that I 'think' I've got 3 graphites here but the more I look at one of them the less convinced I am its real. Its got the rim writing & the 'right' flanges but they are bolted so they could be a red herring. I also think it looks a bit too black and more like my standard black tuffs than the other 2 graphites but its not night n day. I'd just like to come up with a way of knowing for sure...anybody got any ideas/surefire ways of finding out?
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Maybe try to throw it into a fire and see how it burns :LolLolLolLol:
Ok, I'll get my coat..
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i weighed my graffites and they were heavier than normal skyways, not by much though....
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ii194/quattro2008/bmxpickies234.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ii194/quattro2008/bmxpickies243.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ii194/quattro2008/bmxpickies233.jpg)
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Maybe try to throw it into a fire and see how it burns :LolLolLolLol:
Ok, I'll get my coat..
Cloakrooms thataway dude ==> :LolLolLolLol:
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i weighed my graffites and they were heavier than normal skyways, not by much though....
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ii194/quattro2008/bmxpickies234.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ii194/quattro2008/bmxpickies243.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ii194/quattro2008/bmxpickies233.jpg)
That blows that theory out the water then I just assumed they were supposed to be lighter :shocked:
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i weighed my graffites and they were heavier than normal skyways, not by much though....
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ii194/quattro2008/bmxpickies234.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ii194/quattro2008/bmxpickies243.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ii194/quattro2008/bmxpickies233.jpg)
Whats the % of graphite in those wheels ( it`s what the writing inside the rim refers to) because they look too black to me, and they should be lighter and stiffer than the normall tuffs ::)
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my graphite z rims are lighter than the normal ones.
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Weight comparisons .
Gen 3 Graphite Tuff II on left , Standard Tuff II on right .
(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v201/Mattdub/DSC00164.jpg)
Graphite = 2 lb 8 3/4 oz
Standard = 2 lb 12 1/4 oz
Approx weights from old kitchen scales ( not digital ) .
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could these be copies... :-X
the writing reads GN.8C then there is the valve hole, then 1 11 84 (year?) then OHI in smaller writing, does this make any sence?