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Title: Can you date these Tuffs?
Post by: (((sonic))) on January 12, 2009, 06:50 AM: As the title states..

What Tuffs are these, i know they are SKYWAY Tuffs but i have no idea on the age/era, thought i would throw it to the gurus..

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ll466/pr200/skyway6spoke.jpg)

Later ;)
Title: Re: Can you date these Tuffs?
Post by: JT71 on January 12, 2009, 06:56 AM: they're the OE wheels off the Streetstyler completes aren't they?

Guess that makes them mid to lates 80s, someone will be more accurate soon I'm sure. :daumenhoch:

Think these were on the completes from about 87, but they might have been around a bit earlier.
Title: Re: Can you date these Tuffs?
Post by: snav69 on January 12, 2009, 07:05 AM: http://freenet-homepage.de/thx1138/Bikes.html

:coolsmiley:
Title: Re: Can you date these Tuffs?
Post by: (((sonic))) on January 12, 2009, 07:22 AM: Is it safe to say that these are not as desirable as the Tuff II's?
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Post by: pickle on January 12, 2009, 07:31 AM: yes you are correct, i can't see the picture but i'm guessing they are the 6 spoked ones? as Joe said they came as OE wheels on the street beats and also on mongoose decades as far as i know??
Title: Re: Can you date these Tuffs?
Post by: (((sonic))) on January 12, 2009, 07:37 AM: You are correct, they are the six spokers!

Any idea what they are called?

B
Title: Re: Can you date these Tuffs?
Post by: pickle on January 12, 2009, 07:44 AM: Skyway OE wheels
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Post by: bobafett on January 12, 2009, 09:02 AM: They came on the mongoose FS-1 as well (as shown in the 1986 catalogue) :daumenhoch:
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Post by: sweetbeats on January 12, 2009, 09:54 AM: Does the O.E Stand for One Extra Spoke?
:D
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Post by: jT Racing on January 12, 2009, 02:12 PM: original equipment. LOL
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Post by: Bigfrawg on January 12, 2009, 02:17 PM: think these came out 86/87