Hats off to bmx engineering....whats your favourite bit?

[dancetothedrummersbeat]

Skyway T/A Tubing. a thing of beauty 

[meticulous]

se racings PK ripper and quadangle,  and without question landing gear forks....   

[ron burgundy]

1 1/8 head tube/stem/headset

...and DX pedals

[glenboy]

se racings PK ripper and quadangle,  and without question landing gear forks....   

Good call Sam

[factory pilot]

1 1/8 head tube/stem/headset

...and DX pedals

totally agree with DX pedals..they seemed to come from the future if you compare them to the rat-traps and bear-traps of the time

[bobbbbsy]

the japanese work 15 hours a day .. why all the surprise ?

[solow79]

Kingpin forks and Dragonfly rear dropouts.

[ash1970]

THE quintissential piece of BMX engineering.

WHAT would we have done if this had not been invented?

The Potts modification hollow stem bolt.

[QUADROPHENIA]

THE quintissential piece of BMX engineering.

WHAT would we have done if this had not been invented?

The Potts modification hollow stem bolt.

Gone brakeless

[Bigplinky]

JMC Aero Tubing bikes which probably inspired the Skyway TA, from 1978  (the forks look amazing on these from the front)



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[BMX1973]

+1 

Im sat here looking at the seat tube on my TA and Ive got to hand it to skyway, they made a great looking frameset.
Its not just a case of lopping off lengths of chromo tubing and sparkling them together, as with a lot of framesets. Even taking into account the aero tubing, a feat in itself, the taper on the chainstays is a million miles away from cold drawn steel stock. And even though I'm a practical guy, Ive no idea how the sculptural part at the top of the seat tube is realised in steel. Plus the dropouts are a work of art. they look more like the head of an oriental dragon, than a bit of steel for holding the wheel in place.
Its great, looking at good engineering, on what was essentially/probably a kids xmas present in 1984, and seeing the thought and design thats gone into it, and as such, its one of my fave bits of bmx engineering.

Got any faves of your own to share?

[OrgasmDonor]

JMC Aero Tubing bikes which probably inspired the Skyway TA, from 1978  (the forks look amazing on these from the front)



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that's not you is it rinkydinkyplinks? 

[Redline]

Skyway Tuff Wheels.... love 'em or hate 'em they are iconic to the world of BMX