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Offline Swivel

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Kelloggs and alloy hubs
« on: December 31, 2007, 02:50 PM »
Just been watching Kelloggs Track Wars 2, excellent stuff but I noticed that nearly all the riders with Tuffs didn't have alloy hubs, especially the freestylers... i.e. fiola, ruffell, wilkinson etc.. Today everyone seems to go for the alloy hubbed ones for show bikes but it looks like many of the pros in this competition especially didn't favor them, wonder why?...  ???

Also Team Ammaco kicked arse on the track!!!!!! :D

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Re: Kelloggs and alloy hubs
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2007, 02:52 PM »
WOW How do i get a coppy of this  :smitten:

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Re: Kelloggs and alloy hubs
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2007, 02:59 PM »
prob cos they buckled under the tricks plastic hubbed was stronger

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Re: Kelloggs and alloy hubs
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2007, 03:02 PM »


skyway changed to plastic hubs in 84 i think

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Re: Kelloggs and alloy hubs
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2007, 03:06 PM »
When was Kelloggs, 85? I think I see one rider on the track with alloyed hubs... apart from that all was plastic.

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Re: Kelloggs and alloy hubs
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2007, 03:09 PM »
yes, all it is, is the fact that alloy hubbed look sweeter, and are therefore more desirable, but as a sponsored rider, you would want to have, and skyway would want to see you using their latest product.

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Re: Kelloggs and alloy hubs
« Reply #6 on: December 31, 2007, 03:10 PM »
I put alloyed hubbed tuffs on all my builds as thats what i had BITD. Saying that, i was only into it from 82-85 and i didnt remember placky hubbed ones. I deserted after that! :-X

I hate placky hubbed tuffs.

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Re: Kelloggs and alloy hubs
« Reply #7 on: December 31, 2007, 03:15 PM »
I actually prefer both... I think that alloy hubs suits some bikes and plastic ones suit others.. for example, seeing the orange Neil Ruffell Streetbeat on this kelloggs dvd, that had plastic ones and it looked good, even more so that it was the Ruff's bike and that's desirable in itself. I guess its down to personal taste.

So to the discussion of strength then, were the alloy prown to buckle more compared to the plastics?  ???
« Last Edit: December 31, 2007, 03:20 PM by Swivel »

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Re: Kelloggs and alloy hubs
« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2007, 03:23 PM »
Certain colours of tuffs only came with front plastic hubs anyway, orange being one of them  :daumenhoch:
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Re: Kelloggs and alloy hubs
« Reply #9 on: December 31, 2007, 05:21 PM »
Anything 85 or after, I would only put Plastic Tuffs on  8)

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Re: Kelloggs and alloy hubs
« Reply #10 on: December 31, 2007, 05:23 PM »
I remember riding with the plastic hubbed ones late 84 early 85 - had lots of problems with the alloy rear hubs collapsing when doing tricks standing on the wheel/tyre.


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Re: Kelloggs and alloy hubs
« Reply #11 on: December 31, 2007, 05:34 PM »
Most alloy hubs collapsed because the axle cones and lock nuts were not pinched together properly ... one cone would loosen and begin to wind itself tighter on the bearings until it eventually crushed the hub. I saw it happen BITD and it was messy

The switch to plastic hubs was simply to cut manufacturing costs  :crazy2:

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