Dug the Old Skyway T/A Frame and Parts Out of Storage

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Posted: 3/15/2024 10:09:38 PM EDT

Bought the frame and the fork back in ~~1983~~ January 1984 via mail order. Spent the next couple of years saving money and buying parts. Been boxed up in storage for the past 30-years. Will assembly it tomorrow and hit the skate park. I did have to buy NOS grips and tires as the old ones melted away.

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Done.

Skyway T/A Frame and Fork
Skyway Tuff II Mag Wheels
Redline Flight 401 Cranks 180mm
Redline 44-tooth Sprocket
TuffNeck Stem with Potts Mod
GT Handlebars
Dia-Compe MX-1000 Rear Brakes
Dia-Compe 901 Front Brakes
Skyway Tuff Rear Pads
Skyway Freestyle Front Pads
Patterson Half Bent Seat Post
Skyway Hot Shot Seat
Tange Hinge Seatpost Clamp
Tange BearTrap Headset
Suntour Freewheel
ODI NOS Mushroom Grips
Shimano DX Pedals
Skyway 3-Pad Set
Izumi Chain

ETA2:
Made it to the skate park

Posted: 3/15/2024 10:12:49 PM EDT

[#1]

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Bought the frame and the fork back in 1983 via mail order. Spent the next couple of years saving money and buying parts. Been boxed up in storage for the past 30-years. Will assembly it tomorrow and hit the skate park. I did have to buy NOS grips and tires as the old ones melted away.

https://i.ibb.co/prmx1mh/IMG-20240315-210411276.jpg

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Hell yeah!

Posted: 3/15/2024 10:31:46 PM EDT

[#2]

I wanna see it all put together!

Posted: 3/15/2024 10:54:53 PM EDT

[#3]

Right outta the back of BMX Plus!

Posted: 3/15/2024 11:35:48 PM EDT

[#4]

That is Rad!

Posted: 3/15/2024 11:51:01 PM EDT

[#5]

No Haro?

I can't remember what happened to my old Redline

Posted: 3/16/2024 1:48:39 AM EDT

[#6]

Holy crap !! That is freakin' awesome !!!

I just had a memory blast to 1983.

Go find a Haro number plate for the handlebars, and you are pretty much done.

Bottema forks would be the only upgrade I would do.

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Posted: 3/16/2024 3:29:58 AM EDT

[#7]

I don't have the collection that I'm sure some here do, but I will try to post some pics of a couple of mine when I get a chance. And no, unfortunately I don't have my TA from back in the day but I do have some cool stuff. Also not trying to get in trouble but most of what I got needs to go. I need room in the garage for the 71 Rally Sport

Posted: 3/16/2024 3:43:56 AM EDT

[#8]

Can't wait to see that thing assembled.

My old 1988 HARO Team Master is somewhere in my parents' storage. One day I'm going to get it out and restore it.

Posted: 3/16/2024 6:09:18 PM EDT

[#9]

Day 1 safe thread

Posted: 3/16/2024 9:20:36 PM EDT

[#10]

I was hoping this was going to be a thread on BMX, delivered.

I dont get the Haro love. I would have taken a Redline or Kuwahara any day of the week over any Haro.

I had a custom Supergoose nearly identical to the Skyway with the mag wheels and chrome frame etc. It was tuff and I loved it, nobody could afford the fancier stuff were we lived in the 70s. Skyway did a limited edition run recently, I was envious.

Those were the days.

Posted: 3/17/2024 12:19:38 AM EDT

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Almost done. Spent several hours servicing the bearings. Only have the chain left to service and install, everything else is assembled. The brake pads are quite brittle so I will need to get some replacements. It rained all day today so no skate park, went to see Dune Part 2 instead. Should have a picture of the completed bike tomorrow.

Posted: 3/17/2024 12:41:23 AM EDT

[#12]

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Right outta the back of BMX Plus!

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It was the November 1983 BMX Plus! issue advertisement that inspired me to buy the frame and fork. I kept the original issue here it is:

Posted: 3/17/2024 12:44:45 AM EDT

[#13]

Here is some provenance for the Skyway T/A frame and fork purchase.

Posted: 3/17/2024 1:29:07 AM EDT

[#14]

Nice.

I'm having having flashbacks.

Posted: 3/17/2024 3:22:05 AM EDT

[#15]

Love the old school BMX. Just so you know this forum is for the motorized variety and the real bike nerds hang out over in their forum

https://www.ar15.com/forums/General/Mountain-and-Road-Bicycles/195/

Posted: 3/17/2024 7:22:27 AM EDT

[#16]

This takes me back.

I had a green Haro Master I built from the ground up piece by piece just like this.

It was green, one of the last years before the left the fork and rear drop outs chrome. Had 401 Flight Cranks, Redline forklifts, GT laid back seat post.

Before that I had a Redline 500a. White and black.

Man, this takes me back.

Posted: 3/17/2024 9:16:45 AM EDT

[#17]

Someone on that bmxer’s over 50 fb group would give you a few grand for that.

Riding it is more fun!

Posted: 3/17/2024 9:22:59 AM EDT

[#18]

I bought a 29er

Posted: 3/17/2024 9:28:18 AM EDT

[#19]

I used to ride the 85 Redline to college and lock it with a kmart chain

Posted: 3/17/2024 11:09:44 AM EDT

[#20]

IIRC I was about to get the Kos Kruiser but Mongoose introduced the TwoFour just in time...

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Posted: 3/17/2024 11:56:09 AM EDT

[#21]

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Fell down this rabbit hole a month ago. Waiting on a Monza 26” and an S&M 29, brings back so many fond memories

Posted: 3/17/2024 1:56:07 PM EDT

[#22]

Done.

Skyway T/A Frame and Fork
Skyway Tuff II Mag Wheels
Redline Flight 401 Cranks 180mm
Redline 44-tooth Sprocket
TuffNeck Stem with Potts Mod
GT Handlebars
Dia-Compe MX-1000 Rear Brakes
Dia-Compe 901 Front Brakes
Skyway Tuff Rear Pads
Skyway Freestyle Front Pads
Patterson Half Bent Seat Post
Skyway Hot Shot Seat
Tange Hinge Seatpost Clamp
Tange BearTrap Headset
Suntour Freewheel
ODI NOS Mushroom Grips
Shimano DX Pedals
Skyway 3-Pad Set
Izumi Chain

Posted: 3/17/2024 4:59:44 PM EDT

[#23]

Hit the skate park. Conclusion, old men shouldn't be on a BMX bike. I left before I tried dropping in on a bowl. Probably for the best.

Posted: 3/17/2024 5:02:23 PM EDT

[#24]

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Fell down this rabbit hole a month ago. Waiting on a Monza 26” and an S&M 29, brings back so many fond memories

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That is a nice bike. I like the SE Landing Gear forks. 41-years ago I was deciding between the PK Ripper and the Skyway T/A. I should've got both back then.

Posted: 3/17/2024 5:34:35 PM EDT

[#25]

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That is a nice bike. I like the SE Landing Gear forks. 41-years ago I was deciding between the PK Ripper and the Skyway T/A. I should've got both back then.

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Yup I tried a twenty inch but that was wishful thinking. 24 inch I got is about at the limit. It is going to be my mail getter.

Posted: 3/17/2024 6:01:17 PM EDT

[#26]

Curious what OP weighs. You trust the 40 year "mags" ie, plastic wheels?

90's BMX kid here. Redline, and GT were some of big names when I was kid. I don't recall every hearing about Skyway.

Posted: 3/17/2024 8:43:21 PM EDT

[#27]

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Curious what OP weighs. You trust the 40 year "mags" ie, plastic wheels?

90's BMX kid here. Redline, and GT were some of big names when I was kid. I don't recall every hearing about Skyway.

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Plastic, that's space age Zytel Nylon mister.

Posted: 3/19/2024 4:51:34 PM EDT

[#28]

Fucking rad

I wish that I still had my Kuwahara on Tuffs that I used to race ack in the day

My fat ass wouldn’t fit on it now!

Posted: 3/19/2024 6:15:04 PM EDT

[#29]

Awesome bike!

In 1982, 12yr old me jumped a driveway curb-ramp and clipped the curb on my way down, cracking the back rim on my Skyway Tuff IIs.

A week later someone went into our back yard and stripped my bike during the night. (It was a Schwinn scrambler, chromed cro-mo)

Home-owners insurance bought me all new parts. Including a new set of Tuff II mags.

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