Author Topic: Skyway TA stickers (Read 14680 times)

wirewheel · « **Reply #50 on:** January 23, 2006, 01:56 PM »

i still think my length theory holds some weight is anyone going to measure some frames???

Jazzchimp · « **Reply #51 on:** January 23, 2006, 02:05 PM »

My NOS TA is untouched (see Billstup's post on page 1) and they are the original stickers. I have a contact at Skyway but by the sounds of things they would probably have started off with 'Skyway' decals then moved on to the 'TA' ones they literally would have slapped on whichever ones thay had lying around - hence the inconsistancies...

but I will ask

wirewheel · « **Reply #52 on:** January 23, 2006, 02:15 PM »

that's cool, my theory is the skyway tA sticker is for the XL and skyway for the regular. it just seems logical to me
thats why all the early ones got just skyway sticker cuz they are the original length frames
GET MEASURING or i'll need tamazepams by the bucketload

can't sleep at night thinking about bloody skyway stickers!
has anyone else lost sleep over this ?

Waxintaxin · « **Reply #53 on:** January 23, 2006, 02:49 PM »

But XL frames had EXTRA LONG written on the sticker I do belive

I say that they changed in around 84 ish to the TA decal on both chrome and white so most chrome would have SKYWAY , most WHITE would have TA and some would have either

Rich

2020mad · « **Reply #54 on:** January 23, 2006, 04:40 PM »

See 3rd post on page 1 of this thread

oberonspacefruit · « **Reply #55 on:** January 23, 2006, 04:45 PM »

extra long do have xl on them....

email skyway...they replied to me last time.

Bob_Acid · « **Reply #56 on:** January 23, 2006, 04:55 PM »

i'm going with what Bill said, i expect they just used the ones they had to hand i don't think it's an exact art.

The earliest TA's didn't have the true temper they had a black all chromoly tubing sticker, they were K serial numbered and made in Japan.

Frosty · « **Reply #57 on:** January 23, 2006, 05:33 PM »

Some answers can be seen on the advert topic here

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=6964.0

billstup · « **Reply #58 on:** January 23, 2006, 06:33 PM »

I`ve had a look at all of the pics of white T/As from bitd and it looks like they all have the sticker with the T/A on it, but I haven`t got any of chrome T/As as mine was stickerless :o

Bob_Acid · « **Reply #59 on:** January 23, 2006, 06:35 PM »

mine had the original stickers but someone had cut around the skyway on the downtube leaving a nice knife line

scary_leary · « **Reply #60 on:** January 23, 2006, 09:35 PM »

Whats the story with the different size for fork stickers?

i was lucky too get the smaller ones for my old blue ta

adeshere · « **Reply #61 on:** January 24, 2006, 01:09 AM »

Well i sent hte question to Skyway and go the following reply

Adrian:

Thanks for the email.

Good question. I will check into it and let you know.

I used to race for Skyway and I know there was a difference between the original TA’s and the new versions. The originals of course had the cool tear-drop tubing and the later versions did not.

Stay tuned.
Regards,

Rick
Skyway Wheels

Will let you know what he finds out

Bob_Acid · « **Reply #62 on:** January 24, 2006, 02:20 PM »

Bart at Skyway had absolutely no idea that the first run were made in Japan and said the K numbered ones were probably fakes till i showed him the pictures of mine and one of the guys from vintage found the original test of the bike which has the details so i doubt you'll have much luck from them.

the smaller fork stickers you had are handle bar stickers Scary

scary_leary · « **Reply #63 on:** January 24, 2006, 03:20 PM »

Quote from: Bob_Acid on January 24, 2006, 02:20 PM

the smaller fork stickers you had are handle bar stickers Scary

lol...is that what they are..

theres a few bikes in vintage's musuem with them..Chris Barons is one of them

Bob_Acid · « **Reply #64 on:** January 24, 2006, 03:49 PM »

probably the same thing mate, if they ran out of fork stickers that day they stuck bar ones on

adeshere · « **Reply #65 on:** January 24, 2006, 08:30 PM »

The answer i got was :

Adrian:

The frames with the Skyway Only are the older version from the early 80’s.

Cheers,
Rick

retrogeezer · « **Reply #66 on:** January 24, 2006, 08:55 PM »

Quote from: Bob_Acid on January 23, 2006, 06:35 PM

mine had the original stickers but someone had cut around the skyway on the downtube leaving a nice knife line

Ha, I remember pointing that out to you at Slough Bob, must have been 4 years ago.....do you remember??

2020mad · « **Reply #67 on:** January 25, 2006, 12:29 AM »

page1

Bob_Acid · « **Reply #68 on:** January 25, 2006, 03:56 PM »

i do indeed mate

jimwise68 · « **Reply #69 on:** January 25, 2006, 05:16 PM »

Quote from: adeshere on January 24, 2006, 01:09 AM

Well i sent hte question to Skyway and go the following reply

The originals of course had the cool tear-drop tubing and the later versions did not.

If they later TAs didn't have tear drop tubing would they be TAs? What shape are they?

This thread is getting more questions than answers!!

Bob_Acid · « **Reply #70 on:** January 25, 2006, 06:10 PM »

in a test we dropped both types of frame off the top of a tall building and they both hit the ground at the same time. That's the royal we by the way

dial8d · « **Reply #71 on:** January 26, 2006, 07:06 PM »

my white TA f&f that i bought new bitd definately had the TA stickers, and i always thought it was only the white ones which di, but seems as though its a bit of a lottery.

Bob_Acid · « **Reply #72 on:** January 26, 2006, 10:00 PM »

Well all the evidence does seem to point to the facts. So, even if it wasn't an exact art, they did seem to use different stickers on the white ones to the chrome ones when they could. Interesting stuff, you learn something new every day here on RADBMX.

does anyone have that add; race, freestyle or street? i think it has a couple of white ones and a chrome one, does that show the stickers?

phantom photon · « **Reply #73 on:** January 27, 2006, 02:38 PM »

Just to add to the thread here are a couple of pics both from 1984 showing chrome TA's with "Skyway TA" stickers

(the 2nd pic is an XL - not sure about the 1st)

dordymush · « **Reply #74 on:** April 11, 2006, 07:26 PM »

lol sorry to bring this back.
but we never did get to the bottom of it

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Author Topic: Skyway TA stickers (Read 14680 times)

wirewheel

Jazzchimp

wirewheel

2020mad

Frosty

scary_leary

adeshere

scary_leary

adeshere

retrogeezer

2020mad

dial8d