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Title: 6 spoke skyways
Post by: Daddybass on October 03, 2009, 09:46 PM
are 6 spoke skyways any better/worse than 5 spoke and wot year did they come in i know 5 spoke to me is proper old school classic design as i remember as a yoot but i know the 6 spoke always sells for less but is the six spoke not as good for freestyle if so why did skyway make them? :-\
Title: Re: 6 spoke skyways
Post by: adeshere on October 03, 2009, 10:30 PM
Your refering to skyway OE wheels

They are not as popular as the Tuff 2's so even thou they are rarer they dont fetch that much.

I believe they came on the skyway complete bikes
Title: Re: 6 spoke skyways
Post by: bobafett on October 03, 2009, 11:03 PM

I believe they came on the skyway complete bikes



............and the 1986 mongoose FS1 :


(http://www.jpdeane.com/BMX/fs1.jpg)

 :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: 6 spoke skyways
Post by: bigsman on October 03, 2009, 11:55 PM
Seem to be unloved but they seem tuff enuf for day to day riding. Also standard on the mongoose m1 n decade i think.
Title: Re: 6 spoke skyways
Post by: bobafett on October 04, 2009, 09:24 AM
Seem to be unloved but they seem tuff enuf for day to day riding. Also standard on the mongoose m1 n decade i think.

Probably did come on the decade as that replaced the FS1 but that's getting out of my collection era  :-\

The M1 came with pro-steel wheels (cheapo steel pro-class jobbies  ;) )

Title: Re: 6 spoke skyways
Post by: bigsman on October 04, 2009, 11:50 AM
Thats a bit bizarre then mate as I have an 87 M1 in me garage which I bought in the early 90s from the same place and at the same time as my mate who took the Decade and both had/have the 6 spoke oem Skyways on....

Far be it from me to argue with the goose-meister but as far as I know mine was completely standard when I got it...


Title: Re: 6 spoke skyways
Post by: bobafett on October 04, 2009, 01:11 PM
Thats a bit bizarre then mate as I have an 87 M1 in me garage which I bought in the early 90s from the same place and at the same time as my mate who took the Decade and both had/have the 6 spoke oem Skyways on....
Far be it from me to argue with the goose-meister but as far as I know mine was completely standard when I got it...

87 is beyond my collecting years bud so maybe they did  :-\ or maybe it was an option wheel - early 80's you could always choose yer wheels on a complete goose - steel rims / arayas / tuffs / motomags....... so maybe when you bought your M1 in 87 you could choose pro-steel / pro-class / Skyway OE depending how much you were spendin  ??? :daumenhoch:

"goose-meister" - hardly mate - just goose-obsessive  :D :-[ ;D and the way mongoose specs randomly changed over the years without rhyme or reason I doubt any one person could ever be "all knowing" about mongoose.....................

..............It's a fookin mine-field  :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: 6 spoke skyways
Post by: bigsman on October 04, 2009, 02:35 PM
Good theory bud...I wouldn't even try and work it out personally :LolLolLolLol:

I hear what you're saying about that era goose as well...the M1 is no looker thats for sure - lime/mint green f/f and white tuffs I mean come on :idiot2:
Title: Re: 6 spoke skyways
Post by: dirtskirt on October 04, 2009, 05:30 PM
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ff341/scottblackman/oldbmxs073.jpg)
 :-\
Title: Re: 6 spoke skyways
Post by: bigsman on October 04, 2009, 07:07 PM
I take it back shes a stunner  :smitten: :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: 6 spoke skyways
Post by: spesh on October 04, 2009, 08:39 PM
i bought an m1 back last year for £35 and then transformed it into this.......which i may split if anyone is interested in the parts
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g279/spesh1967/100_1148.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g279/spesh1967/100_1150.jpg)
Title: Re: 6 spoke skyways
Post by: bobafett on October 04, 2009, 09:38 PM

...the M1 is no looker thats for sure - lime/mint green f/f and white tuffs I mean come on :idiot2:



I take it back shes a stunner  :smitten: :LolLolLolLol:



Quality  :2funny:  PMSL  :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: 6 spoke skyways
Post by: sparky on October 05, 2009, 12:02 PM
The OE also came on some 1986 Diamond Back's such as the Hot Streak and Cool Streak. :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: 6 spoke skyways
Post by: bigsman on October 05, 2009, 12:37 PM
i bought an m1 back last year for £35 and then transformed it into this.......which i may split if anyone is interested in the parts

Now thats nice  :4_17_5: 

I admit I've been tempted to do something with mine but as much as its pretty horrible to look at it is gen and I kinda like keeping things original.  No doubt about it though yours looks 1000x better than mine. 
Title: Re: 6 spoke skyways
Post by: pickle on October 05, 2009, 12:57 PM
i think they also came stock on some GT Performers (world tours) i think  :-\
Title: Re: 6 spoke skyways
Post by: Swivel on October 05, 2009, 01:32 PM
i think they also came stock on some GT Performers (world tours) i think  :-\

They did indeed. Pete or Costa will know more on that but I think its from 87 onwards  ;)
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