Author Topic: Graphite Tuff IIs - now with added piccy goodness! (Read 6795 times)

adeshere · « **Reply #25 on:** January 19, 2010, 11:21 PM »

Cant you weigh each wheel and compare the weight against a normal tuff,

as i believe the graphite just means they are lighter

boofy44 · « **Reply #26 on:** January 19, 2010, 11:25 PM »

didn't mike d have a white pair with gold hubs?

bigsman · « **Reply #27 on:** January 19, 2010, 11:26 PM »

Already been done a few months back...they are marginally lighter.

Gonna get shot done for this but I prefer the chrome/metal look to the gold. As a rule I don't like gold components on my bikes I think they look a bit...tacky

I know they're maybe not for purists but there you go!

sweetbeats · « **Reply #28 on:** January 19, 2010, 11:36 PM »

Quote from: boofy44 on January 19, 2010, 11:25 PM

didn't mike d have a white pair with gold hubs?

Mike D and other factory/sponsored riders could get what they want,sure Jay said Dominguez had his own Hubs coloured by himself...don't quote me though.

baldbmxer · « **Reply #29 on:** January 20, 2010, 09:27 AM »

You can clearly see that in wheels two and three that the annodising has been removed, theres marks left by some sort of abrasive

dordymush · « **Reply #30 on:** January 20, 2010, 10:26 AM »

i thought you could see where its been rubbed up (ooh err missus)

pickle · « **Reply #31 on:** January 20, 2010, 10:51 AM »

i understand anyone thought process who would actively take off the gold anno?

surely that's gotta be up there with painting Tuffs?

bigsman · « **Reply #32 on:** January 20, 2010, 11:43 AM »

Like I said personally I think the gold looks tacky...gold ano on bikes is like fake bling to me.

Besides the point tho - wheel 3 was de-annod by me so my polishing skills obviously need work

. In my defence though that hub is bolted on and since I had a front which was bare metal I didn't want a mix n match chrome front and gold rear...yeuch. Wheel 2 came to me like that and I dunno about the ano being removed...maybe but like you guys I'm not sure why someone would when the wheel is otherwise near perfect...strange.

I think its still possible that you could get em like this from the off..sounds like skyway did a few specials back then and didn't always stick to the rule book. In my head these are now even rarer than common or garden graphs

...might consider a swap for some tacky gold campy hub jobs tho

pickle · « **Reply #33 on:** January 20, 2010, 11:44 AM »

did they actually make the white ones with blue hubs? i thought i read somewhere that MD just coloured them blue himself??

mark 2 · « **Reply #34 on:** January 20, 2010, 01:16 PM »

Quote from: pickle on January 20, 2010, 11:44 AM

did they actually make the white ones with blue hubs? i thought i read somewhere that MD just coloured them blue himself??

I saw a pic in maybe Freestylin' or BMX Action and Mike D's hubs did look painted to me, the rivets were blue also.

sweetbeats · « **Reply #35 on:** January 20, 2010, 01:57 PM »

Quote from: mark j. on January 20, 2010, 01:16 PM

Quote from: pickle on January 20, 2010, 11:44 AM
did they actually make the white ones with blue hubs? i thought i read somewhere that MD just coloured them blue himself??

I saw a pic in maybe Freestylin' or BMX Action and Mike D's hubs did look painted to me, the rivets were blue also.

My mate done his red tuffs gold on his goose in the 80's with metalic gold marker...looked great from about 40 yards

WARDY · « **Reply #36 on:** January 20, 2010, 02:07 PM »

might drill holes in me steel hubbed to make em lighter

ozone · « **Reply #37 on:** January 20, 2010, 06:53 PM »

Years ago a US eBayer called Golo55? used to sell NOS silver Skyway hub kits and they had Graphite stamped on them. $:-\$

Moose · « **Reply #38 on:** January 20, 2010, 07:10 PM »

Quote from: ozone on January 20, 2010, 06:53 PM

Years ago a US eBayer called Golo55? used to sell NOS silver Skyway hub kits and they had Graphite stamped on them. $:-\$

Are you sure they had Graphite stamped on them? I know I bought one, so tomorrow I can pop in the garage and try and find it.

ozone · « **Reply #39 on:** January 20, 2010, 07:24 PM »

Quote from: Moose on January 20, 2010, 07:10 PM

Quote from: ozone on January 20, 2010, 06:53 PM
Years ago a US eBayer called Golo55? used to sell NOS silver Skyway hub kits and they had Graphite stamped on them. $:-\$

Are you sure they had Graphite stamped on them? I know I bought one, so tomorrow I can pop in the garage and try and find it.

100% yes, I bought a couple of sets but they went on wheels/builds that are long gone. Wish he still sold them as they are handy things to have. You might as well dig yours out anyway to see if yours are the same.

Moose · « **Reply #40 on:** January 20, 2010, 07:29 PM »

Quote from: ozone on January 20, 2010, 07:24 PM

Quote from: Moose on January 20, 2010, 07:10 PM
Quote from: ozone on January 20, 2010, 06:53 PM
Years ago a US eBayer called Golo55? used to sell NOS silver Skyway hub kits and they had Graphite stamped on them. $:-\$

Are you sure they had Graphite stamped on them? I know I bought one, so tomorrow I can pop in the garage and try and find it.

100% yes, I bought a couple of sets but they went on wheels/builds that are long gone. Wish he still sold them as they are handy things to have. You might as well dig yours out anyway to see if yours are the same.

I'll have a butchers tomorrow - I noticed the other day golo is still selling OS

ORANGEZIPPY · « **Reply #41 on:** January 20, 2010, 10:03 PM »

i had a single front graphite couple of years back,

was original silver colour, graphite stamped in the hub, and gn serial in the correct place.

Was deff untouched and hadnt had a hub replacement.

The previous seller was either the 1st or 2nd owner, and mentioned Skyway Pro's who were given them, could ask for gold or Natural silver.

I sold it, as prefer the gold all day long.

billstup · « **Reply #42 on:** January 20, 2010, 10:56 PM »

Blue hubs ?

boofy44 · « **Reply #43 on:** January 20, 2010, 11:05 PM »

just looked through an old bmx bi weekly and they were on about grey
graphites with blue hubs.they did talk a lot of cack sometimes though.

kirk · « **Reply #44 on:** January 21, 2010, 06:53 AM »

I have a NOS hub in silver with Graphite stamped in.

I did here that the skyway team used graphites with silver hubs so they looked like regular tuffs, the Graphites were mega money back then.

Moose · « **Reply #45 on:** January 23, 2010, 11:06 PM »

Quote from: kirk on January 21, 2010, 06:53 AM

I have a NOS hub in silver with Graphite stamped in.

Me too!

Ozone was right, it's the one (a rear) I got from golo55 ages ago.

JAY · « **Reply #46 on:** January 24, 2010, 01:15 AM »

Cool, I've been looking for some Skyway team graphites for a while now, they definetly made Graphites with the silver graphite Hubs, I helped restore a set some years ago, let me know if you ever want to sell

.
Mike Dominguez told me he actually just painted his hubs blue himself, Skyway did do a few different things with tuffs though, Rich Sigur ran blue tuffs with silver graphite (campy II ) hubs in and i've seen quite a few sets of white with gold graphite hubs in, most of the early Haro team ran these, Bob Haro, Ron Wilton, Rich Sigur, etc.