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Prefer speedlines meself, for no other reason than looks
Definately Ukais for me . the colour quality and the look , hands down winner.Although I bet if you did a poll with Joe Bloggs to ask about memorable things from Old BMX . I bet more remember Araya 7X from their youth .
Upgrade to Araya Aero. Really? They were cheap and ugly.
Quote from: That Swan Guy on August 11, 2015, 09:05 AMUpgrade to Araya Aero. Really? They were cheap and ugly.Not when you're a 13 year old kid in a bike shop seeing the latest parts...
I got my first Ukai Speedlines back in mid '84. I went to Shoreham track to race with my mates and I had on my rig white Tuff's, Tuf Neck stem, chrome MX1000 and CW pro bars. These guys come over to chat and one of them had blue speedlines on his rig. He also had a blue MX1000, blue Suntour stem and Tioga straight bars.Anyways, I just had to have those wheels, they were awesome, so I asked him about them and he said they are new and had double skin sidewalls for strength etc. So I offered him my white Tuffs and chrome MX1000 for a swap. He laughed and said, throw in the stem and bars for swaps and you got a deal. I had to think about it as I hadn't the stem long, although I got it in a trade myself. So I agreed and we swapped parts. It was the first time I raced on them and they just pissed all over having Tuffs on