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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Race (riders ready, pedals ready... GO!!) => Topic started by: jonpaul11 on February 16, 2006, 10:57 PM

Title: TA on ebay?
Post by: jonpaul11 on February 16, 2006, 10:57 PM

Is this a TA? Am I right in thinking the rear drop outs look wrong?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/skyway-TA-old-skool-bmx-very-original-good-condition_W0QQitemZ7218543722QQcategoryZ22677QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/skyway-TA-old-skool-bmx-very-original-good-condition_W0QQitemZ7218543722QQcategoryZ22677QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

Title: Re: TA on ebay?
Post by: Bob_Acid on February 16, 2006, 11:00 PM

it's real, the drop-outs are unstamped

Title: Re: TA on ebay?
Post by: Jazzchimp on February 17, 2006, 09:27 AM

Haven't looked at the TA but I have some unstamped TA forks which according to Skyway are quite rare. I have never seen an unstamped frame though. There were a few small later runs Skyway made with solid drop outs. They experimented with options to make the fork/frame stronger. The final conclusion was to heat treat the forks with the lightning slot. Unstamped was not only the best looking, but the strongest as well.

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v636/Jazzchimp/Skywayforks.jpg)