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Offline BADDH

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Skyway hub type introduction /I'D
« on: May 12, 2012, 08:45 PM »
Hi

A pal has bought some skyways off the bay , they are described as 80's   and he is a touch concerned  they have plastic hubs with loose bearings not the Alloy hubs he thought the 80's Skyways had fixed into them.

Can anyone help us I'D these please ?  :idiot2:

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Re: Skyway hub type introduction /I'D
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2012, 08:48 PM »
alloy and plastic in the 80s obviously alloy or steel as you thought but also plastic
they make them today .

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Re: Skyway hub type introduction /I'D
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2012, 08:57 PM »
Thanks  :daumenhoch: 

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Re: Skyway hub type introduction /I'D
« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2012, 10:46 PM »
picture or ebay link will also help to make sure they are not a new set of 2012 plastic hub skyways  ;)
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Re: Skyway hub type introduction /I'D
« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2012, 03:43 PM »
Around 84 Skyway introduced a loose ball plastic front hubbed wheel with an alloy/coaster rear wheel.  Sealed bearing were introduced many years later and are what are widely sold today by Skyway.


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Re: Skyway hub type introduction /I'D
« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2012, 05:42 PM »
When did they introduce the plastic rear then ?

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Re: Skyway hub type introduction /I'D
« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2012, 07:52 AM »
i think it was around 86 Steve  ???

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Re: Skyway hub type introduction /I'D
« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2012, 09:23 AM »
I always remember a school friend giving me a skyway with an imploded rear. This consisted of a cog and a circlip. Im assuming this was a set of gen 1"s. Probably worth a fortune now???............  It was a POS though

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