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trickydeno

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skyway silky smooth rider
« on: July 04, 2010, 10:03 PM »


just been for a blast on me street beat! so smooth to ride....the rider not so smooth with the tricks though anymore :-[

i nearly sold this aswell a couple of months back....glad i kept it  :)

skyway street beat f&f-1985
lilac tuff ii's with suntour coaster-panaracer gumwalls
oddy opc-bb-turbo disc-sr pedals
oddy calipers & gyro
dc-tech 77 levers
gt freestyle stem-e-z bars
tioga layback-suntour clamp-copy aero seat


 :smitten: it is a proper buzz riding your old school builds.its great to have show ponies aswell.....but nothing like ridin em

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Re: skyway silky smooth rider
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2010, 10:14 PM »
I would loose the seatpost, if your going to ride it you will probably crack the frame seat tube  :(

The rest of it looks spot on  :4_17_5:

sweetbeats

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Re: skyway silky smooth rider
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2010, 10:46 PM »
Cool Build Deno..Diggin the Lavender Tuffs too..but deffo lose the post

And no snake or elina cosmic's please  :LolLolLolLol:
« Last Edit: July 04, 2010, 10:47 PM by sweetbeats™ »

monkian

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Re: skyway silky smooth rider
« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2010, 11:10 PM »
Seems loads of folk have a problem with these posts but isn't this effectively an era correct freestyle upgrade?
With all the extra tubing and gussets etc on freestlyer's, personally I don't think it looks out of place, a bit too high maybe ::)
If it was on a race bike, now that's a different story. JMHO.

Nothing like an OS buzz :daumenhoch:
« Last Edit: July 05, 2010, 11:30 AM by monkian »

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Re: skyway silky smooth rider
« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2010, 11:54 PM »
Looks great I wouldn't be changing anything the bike looks Awesome

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Re: skyway silky smooth rider
« Reply #5 on: July 05, 2010, 08:06 AM »
Seems loads of folk have a problem with these posts but isn't this effectively an era correct freestyle upgrade?
With all the extra tubing and gussets etc on freestlyer's, personally I don't think it looks out of place a tough too high maybe ::)
If it was on a race bike, now that's a different story. JMHO.

Nothing like an OS buzz :daumenhoch:

No it looks okay, but they put a lot of stress on the frame seat tube & it might crack.

But having said that, I have never seen or heard of a Streetbeat seat tube cracking  ???  I have seen them crack on TA's, Rippers, Hutch, Haro's etc

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Re: skyway silky smooth rider
« Reply #6 on: July 05, 2010, 08:25 AM »
NICE BEAT!!!  i do love a nice street beat  :daumenhoch:

have to admit though, i agree about the post but fook it mate, it's your bike and if you like then fair play  :daumenhoch:

trickydeno

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Re: skyway silky smooth rider
« Reply #7 on: July 05, 2010, 01:23 PM »
NICE BEAT!!!  i do love a nice street beat  :daumenhoch:

have to admit though, i agree about the post but fook it mate, it's your bike and if you like then fair play  :daumenhoch:
no your right guys,i agree on the seat post,just that i wanted to put a white one on it and at the time this was all i had in white....gonna replace it with an oddy post  :daumenhoch:

ozone

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« Reply #8 on: July 05, 2010, 01:56 PM »
Good stuff.  I also hate those hideous braced posts so an Odyssey post seems like a great idea to me. :daumenhoch:  If the post is chrome, maybe try a white seat as the purple seat is a few shades out compared to the colour of the frame and that would be a way around that little problem.   

White grips would be a winner as well. :)

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Re: skyway silky smooth rider
« Reply #9 on: July 05, 2010, 04:38 PM »


Good stuff mate - always nice to see an OS build that gets ridden  :daumenhoch:

My couple of sheckles worth on the seatpost...........

Yes they look cack - I can't stand how they look and I've never had one on any of my builds.....BUT..... if you're not too bothered by it, for a street cruiser you may as weel keep it - the odyssey post will not put your seat as far back as that one positions it and the odyssey posts are crap at accepting the extra weight that comes with 30 something / 40 something riders  :D i.e. they bend like fook with too much weight  :D

Either way - have fun  :daumenhoch:

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Re: skyway silky smooth rider
« Reply #10 on: July 05, 2010, 06:17 PM »
agree with mr bobafett regarding the Oddy posts, they bend real easy!  if you want a strong normal layback go for a Renthal  :daumenhoch:

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Re: skyway silky smooth rider
« Reply #11 on: July 06, 2010, 01:34 PM »
Deano, if you bring it to MK I've got a white Kashi & white Ami Tri's we can try on it to see how it looks in case you want to try it first. Just bring it to the Gazeeeeeebo and we can give it a whirl ;-)

Loose that fooking seatpost though bud.....
Still limping......

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