Author Topic: SKYWAY ON EBAY (Read 2297 times)

HARORIDER · « **on:** February 21, 2010, 02:00 PM »

not mine but a good price for a cheap complete rider

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Skyway-Streetbeat-BMX_W0QQitemZ270535239930QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR?hash=item3efd2828fa

markyp · « **Reply #1 on:** February 21, 2010, 07:14 PM »

saw that,thought that too

pickle · « **Reply #2 on:** February 21, 2010, 07:29 PM »

Street Beats are cool and make great rides! just hate it when people stick TA decals on em

Moose · « **Reply #3 on:** February 21, 2010, 07:51 PM »

Don't like it - all wrong - someone please rescue it

Oh, and it's a Streetstyler and not a Streetbeat

frostey · « **Reply #4 on:** February 28, 2010, 12:03 AM »

Well guys, I am new/old to the old school bikes and the person that bought it, although I did not know it was not a streetbeat, does this make a difference to its value? Have I been ripped off ?

I have not picked it up/paid for it yet so if its wrong and its not as advertised then I will duck out and keep looking. I was planning on getting the correct stickers for it but then just ride it as is.

Thanks for your help.

Moose · « **Reply #5 on:** February 28, 2010, 12:12 AM »

Streetstyler/streetbeat, I'd probably day £50 difference? But then again I'm a bit out of touch with prices.

Del · « **Reply #6 on:** February 28, 2010, 12:17 AM »

looking at Biaggio's prices on ebay, he's got street stylers on for £200 for the F&F!

frostey · « **Reply #7 on:** February 28, 2010, 12:20 AM »

Wow, thanks for the quick reponses. I guess it wasnt such a bargain as I first thought, maybe I need to have a chat with the seller about his description and get some money knocked off......or should I keep looking?

Cheers?

Del · « **Reply #8 on:** February 28, 2010, 11:22 AM »

Quote from: frostey on February 28, 2010, 12:20 AM

Wow, thanks for the quick reponses. I guess it wasnt such a bargain as I first thought, maybe I need to have a chat with the seller about his description and get some money knocked off......or should I keep looking?

Cheers?

that's totally up to you
For futrue referencr....the Streetstyler, as fare as I'm aware, had a different tubing... check out the seattube on a Beat compared to a Styler and also the downtube.. the styler might have even been hi-ten steel or trimoly compared to the chromoly Beat... I'm sure the skyway fans will put me right.

sweetbeats · « **Reply #9 on:** February 28, 2010, 11:33 AM »

Decent bike for £350 spend a few bob on a better seat and you will be the raddest man on the block

tigerbrown · « **Reply #10 on:** February 28, 2010, 11:38 AM »

Decent bike at a good price mate.. A few tweeks to make it your own
and bobs ya uncle ya back in the ildschool

frostey · « **Reply #11 on:** February 28, 2010, 04:03 PM »

Thanks guys, feel a whole lot better about it now, shame its a streetstyler though, really wanted a streetbeat...not that I now the difference!

frostey · « **Reply #12 on:** February 28, 2010, 08:39 PM »

I am still trying to find the differences so that I can be sure of the model......anyone know how I can tell just looking at it?

The frame number is 4384352.

Thanks

Del · « **Reply #13 on:** February 28, 2010, 09:06 PM »

seattube, downtube and forks are the give away:-

Streetbeat's seattube is like a Skyway TA's, strrestyler is just a normal round one
Streetstlyer downtube is not as thick as a Streetbeat
Forks are different

Moose · « **Reply #14 on:** February 28, 2010, 10:02 PM »

The easiest way to tell if it's a Streetbeat or Streetstyler is to look at the toptube and downtube where they join the head tube. If there's a gap, it's a Streetstyler if there's no gap, it's a Streetbeat.

Both were 100% cro-mo, so still a quality frameset

frostey · « **Reply #15 on:** February 28, 2010, 11:23 PM »

I guess it is a streetsyler then

.....not sure what to do now, still looks good value to me but its not wat I was really after. Missed out on a Haro freestyler in the meantime as well $:-\$ .

Cheers guys.

frostey · « **Reply #16 on:** March 11, 2010, 11:43 AM »

Well someone else is probably the proud new owner of that skyway. Ipassed on it and the seller was very good about it.

I have since got myself an 85 Haro FST frame in green, and some UK made white skyways to go on it. My plan is to build it up to my own spec slowly.

I have been very confused about the skyways though, from what I gather the alloy hubbed ones are most desireable, but are the UK made ones ok?

Del · « **Reply #17 on:** March 11, 2010, 12:07 PM »

the Uk ones are fine, and if you were building that FST back in the day you probably would have wanted the latest tuffs out there.. which were the plastic hubbed ones which came out about that time.

frostey · « **Reply #18 on:** March 11, 2010, 01:39 PM »

Thats good to know. Thanks

Any ideas on where I can get the FST sticker from? It currenlty has a master one on it :-(

I will post up some pics (in a new thread) when it arives :-)