So what is it with Blue Tuffs ????

[bobafett]

..... Postman finally dropped mine off this morning - got my hands on some after what feels like forever ! Ended up getting a pair on US ebay (metal coaster hub rear and placcy hub front so probs around '85 ish) wanted a set of all alloy jobbies but after seeing a set go on UK ebay a while ago for around 140 quid that were pretty well faded I settled for these which i thought were a bargain at 85 quid all in posted from the states 
The original ebay listing had a crap description and the piccies were crap too - he hadn't even cleaned them so looked worse than they were and the sprocket covered the rear hub pretty well so maybe people thought they were a used all placcy new set 
So what is it with blue tuffs ? Are they that much in demand ? Or were they not very popular BITD hence not too many around ? 
Anyways - glad I've finally got a set and after a scrub with some hot soapy water I'm well happy with my 85 quids worth  :

[lodge]

I think your right they were around bitd but blue and red tuffs never seemed that popular in the uk, black and yellow were in abundance due them being stock on Burners and white seemed to be the most popular.
I have been thinking who ran blue tuffs bitd and there's not many tbh, Craig Campbell ran blue tuffs on his prolite and streetbeat flatland bikes and Ron Wilkerson ran blue tuffs on his chrome performer.

[Bettyswallocks]

Scrubbed up nicely and a bargain... 

I'd a red pair for a while bitd, didnt really like em ended up runnin just the front one for a while with a zed on the back, wish i'd kept em now.. 

[pickle]

I had an alloy hubbed set BITD  ..... on my burner 

[sweetbeats]

Good find..passed on my blue alloys to Meticus and they look sweet on his gen1.
I only knew 1 person BITD with blue alloy tuffs these where on a gen1 frameset as well.
Weird thing with blue tuffs they don't photograph very well for some strange reason...maybe I ned to change my 10mm instamatic camera.

[pickle]

i don't think they took the colour particularly well, as most of em looked faded even when new! 

[sweetbeats]

i don't think they took the colour particularly well, as most of em looked faded even when new! 

Agreed and they look pap in pics.

[teamsano]

well done bobafett, i think you got a bargain there mate! ignore the haters.

[bobafett]

well done bobafett, i think you got a bargain there mate! ignore the haters.

 

 

[meticulous]

mine off mr sweatbeats, now very happy, and i also had a ally hubbed set on a white PK back in the day.....

[bobafett]

mine off mr sweatbeats, now very happy, and i also had a ally hubbed set on a white PK back in the day.....

That looks ace 

[sweetbeats]

They went to a good home 

[meticulous]

They went to a good home 

 

[WARDY]

I won  some on the bay, hopefully en route from Oz , so Sam ya cant rub it in anymore

[meticulous]

 


steally hubbed ones too!!!!

well done...

[WARDY]

Cheers Sam  just need to buy a gun and get them red ens off ya now