Author Topic: Has anyone got their 24" Skyway yet?? (Read 3162 times)

hooga1975 · « **on:** August 28, 2012, 04:40 PM »

I have been tracking mine for the last week or so. I just had a look and it saw it had cleared UK customs. Do you think that I have got away with out paying import tax?? Hopefully that means that it wont be long before it arrives!

HARORIDER · « **Reply #1 on:** August 28, 2012, 04:44 PM »

on the tracking it should say whether or not there are customs charges

Darren KAP · « **Reply #2 on:** August 28, 2012, 05:15 PM »

It sometimes says cleared customs then a few days later it will then say awaiting payment of custom charges .
Did you buy the bars too

matt · « **Reply #3 on:** August 28, 2012, 07:26 PM »

I've not even had a tracking number yet.

pickle · « **Reply #4 on:** August 28, 2012, 07:32 PM »

Really looking forward to seeing these

glenboy · « **Reply #5 on:** August 28, 2012, 07:38 PM »

i'll be chuffed to see one it seems like years since people were going on about these

stidds · « **Reply #6 on:** August 28, 2012, 08:08 PM »

Quote from: Darren K.A.P on August 28, 2012, 05:15 PM

It sometimes says cleared customs then a few days later it will then say awaiting payment of custom charges .
Did you buy the bars too

Hate to say it but Kappy is right

It will tell you in a couple of days whether you owe the charge or not, fingers crossed for you.

QUADROPHENIA · « **Reply #7 on:** August 28, 2012, 08:20 PM »

If you haven't ordered one yet, contact Stodge at the Radshop as he will have em in 2 weeks

hooga1975 · « **Reply #8 on:** August 28, 2012, 08:35 PM »

Quote from: Stidds on August 28, 2012, 08:08 PM

Quote from: Darren K.A.P on August 28, 2012, 05:15 PM
It sometimes says cleared customs then a few days later it will then say awaiting payment of custom charges .
Did you buy the bars too

Hate to say it but Kappy is right

It will tell you in a couple of days whether you owe the charge or not, fingers crossed for you.

Knowing my luck I am going to arse raped by customs

I have been lucky in the past but I reckon there is going to be quite a few coming through customs so I doubt it will sneek in undetected!

mattuknc · « **Reply #9 on:** August 28, 2012, 09:06 PM »

Nothing on mine yet... $:-\$

hooga1975 · « **Reply #10 on:** August 29, 2012, 08:14 AM »

Just checked this morning and it has arrived at the post office.

I really hope it slipped through the net tax free!

pickle · « **Reply #11 on:** August 29, 2012, 08:15 AM »

Ohhhhhhh exciting stuff!

can't wait to see the unboxing

mattuknc · « **Reply #12 on:** September 04, 2012, 11:35 AM »

Any updates? Still no news here...

jimwise68 · « **Reply #13 on:** September 04, 2012, 02:20 PM »

I've had no news of mine at all, apart from making the final payment. Will have to check

gossa · « **Reply #14 on:** September 04, 2012, 02:59 PM »

I hate to piss on the parade but I saw one at Eurobike last week and even though it was nice, it was not without it's flaws.

Looking down from above the stays, the chainstay brace and seatstay brace did not line up and the chrome was a bit pitty in places. At the end of the day, it's an Asian made frame so despite the rhetoric from the Skyway mob, it is what it is and not a bad frame at all, it will just disappoint the perfectionists.

jimwise68 · « **Reply #15 on:** September 04, 2012, 03:13 PM »

Mines going to be my commuter bike, so im not bothered about it being perfect. Just hope it rides as well as the 20"

Rob1 · « **Reply #16 on:** September 04, 2012, 06:08 PM »

Got my new 24" delivered this morning but it ain`t a Skyway....

pickle · « **Reply #17 on:** September 04, 2012, 06:09 PM »

The one at the show might've been a prototype? That's why it was a bit out of line

gossa · « **Reply #18 on:** September 04, 2012, 08:32 PM »

Quote from: pickle on September 04, 2012, 06:09 PM

The one at the show might've been a prototype? That's why it was a bit out of line

It was on the Avocet stand who distribute in the U.K. I did ask them and even pointed out the wonky welding, they didn't say it wasn't a production bike. However I was really looking it over, i'm sure a lot of people wouldn't notice but I know Skyway were making a big song and dance about the build quality and I also know like the GHP debacle that peoples expectations of these projects can be very high!

Geometry looks good, it is a heavy old beast but built with some nice bits I reckon it will be a great shredder.

ColoredTuffs.com · « **Reply #19 on:** September 05, 2012, 07:42 AM »

I certainly don't know who made the frame that Avocet had, but I can certainly say that every Skyway frameset that I've seen from our new production run has great welds with no misaligned stays! The frames are hand welded while clamped in a jig. The jig doesn't allow for chain stays to be misaligned.
Skyway had 800 framesets made on this production run. . 100 is going to a distributor in Australia, and about 650 are going to me at PlanetBMX in the US, with the remaining sets going to "family and friends", ex-factory riders, and warranty issues.
I received 180 sets already at PlanetBMX, with another 250 arriving tomorrow, with the balance arriving next week.
I've posted photos on our Facebook page- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Planet-BMX-ColoredTuffscom/125256600836815

Feel free to check out the photos of the production framesets to see for yourselves how good they look.

If you ordered a frameset from me, you will get you tracking info in the next few days. I estimate it will take me a good 10 days to get out all of the framesets, starting today.
Thanks!
-Ed

Serial number stamping

Chrome fork leg

gossa · « **Reply #20 on:** September 05, 2012, 08:43 AM »

Ed I am just saying what I saw, not dissing the frame of course, I went over there to specifically look at it because like many people, I am excited about it.

However the expectation will be sky high on these looking at the comments from yourself and Skyway and the one I saw was 'ok' not 'amazing'.

I hope the one I saw was a one off, possibly proto or pre production, who knows?

Anyway, it looks like it will ride great. Do you have a weight on it yet?

Clive

pickle · « **Reply #21 on:** September 05, 2012, 08:45 AM »

those frames look like they could do with a tad better protection for shipping

jimwise68 · « **Reply #22 on:** September 05, 2012, 09:11 AM »

Ed, can I put a small request in???

Can you ship in reverse alphabetical order please

crazycraig · « **Reply #23 on:** September 05, 2012, 09:25 AM »

Rob 1 . What have you got going on there ?

I like the look of the skyway 24" . it's a pity I don't get to rife as much as I'd like to or I would bag one of those beauties !!!!