Skyway Graphite Tuff Wheels - The Original Tuff Wheel
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Skyway Graphite Tuff Wheels - The Original Tuff Wheel

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Skyway Graphite Tuff Wheels - The Original Tuff WheelThese Skyway Retro Flange Edition Tuff Wheels feature hand made and machined alloy flanges with a throwback look to the classic "Campy style" hubs from the early 80's! Just like Eddie Fiola had on his bike back in '81 and now! These hubs feature precision sealed bearings for years of maintenance free use that will roll on and on! These hubs are gold anodized, like ALL classic Graphites are. The wheels themselves are made using the very same wheel mold

These Skyway Retro-Flange Edition Tuff Wheels feature hand-made and machined alloy flanges with a throwback look to the classic "Campy-style" hubs from the early 80's! Just like Eddie Fiola had on his bike back in '81 and now!

These hubs feature precision sealed bearings for years of maintenance-free use that will roll on and on! These hubs are gold anodized, like ALL classic Graphites are. The wheels themselves are made using the very same wheel mold from the early 80's! You don't get much more "retro" than that!

Skyway's Graphites are molded from a proprietary blend of long-strand CARBON FIBER and ZYTEL NYLON. This blend produces a wheel far stiffer than any composite wheel on the market. These wheels put the power to the ground yet take the abuse of hard landings without having to true your spokes after every ride. Strength and stiffness allow higher tire pressures than possible with previous composite wheels. These are made with today's better, lighter graphite materials and technology only improving on the legendary Tuff II performance. Identical spoke pattern as the vintage Tuff II's, precision-made.

Features:

  • 3/8" Cr-Mo axles. Front axle is slotted to fit pretty much all eras of BMX forks.
  • 26tpi thread on both axles.
  • Sealed bearings.
  • Graphite composite (Carbon fiber / Zytel nylon mix).
  • Threaded freewheel style. Fits most 16 tooth and larger freewheels. Freewheel NOT included.
  • For tires 20" x 1.75" and wider.
  • Made in the USA.

We STRONGLY suggest the use of Kool-Stop brand brake pads in BLACK for these wheels.

NOW Available in the Freestyle Set — 20" with 3/8" Front axle and Rear with 14mm Rear Axle and 9t Rear Driver. Fits all Freestyle Frames with 14mm Rear Drops like the Torker Racing LP-F, Supercross Passions, Ikonix and others.

Now available in 24" Cruiser sizes as well!

Frequently Asked Questions

What are Skyway Graphite Tuff Wheels?
The original BMX 5-spoke mag wheel — the wheel that defined the entire era of 1980s BMX. Made by Skyway from a proprietary blend of long-strand carbon fiber and Zytel nylon. The Graphite is the gold-anodized hub edition, faithful to the early 80s spec Eddie Fiola ran.

What sizes are available?
20" Race (3/8" front and rear), 20" Freestyle Set (3/8" front, 14mm rear with 9t rear driver — fits Torker LP-F, Supercross Passion, Ikonix and other 14mm-dropout freestyle frames), and 24" Cruiser.

Will they fit my BMX frame?
Race wheels: yes, fits all standard 3/8" dropouts. Freestyle wheels: built for 14mm rear dropouts (Torker LP-F, Supercross Passion, etc.). 24" Cruiser: fits any 24" cruiser frame with 3/8" rear dropout.

What freewheel does it use?
Threaded freewheel style. Fits most 16 tooth and larger freewheels. Freewheel NOT included.

What brake pads should I use?
We strongly recommend Kool-Stop brand brake pads in BLACK for these wheels. The composite surface needs the right compound to brake well.

Are they really made in the USA?
Yes. Made in the USA, using the original early-80s wheel mold for authentic vintage spoke pattern.

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★★★★★ 5
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Fully gold plated inside and out! I initially got the amazon basic connectors for the same price, but was disappointed in the tiny burgundy positive label they had. It was also very dirty inside the connector and it wasn’t gold plated through out the connector. These are excellent in quality and have a bright red ban on the connector! You wont be disappointed and beats out Sewell connectors for the price!
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Mark
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★★★★★ 2
Decent, but be careful of frequent use.
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The looks are very nice, functional if left alone once assembled. After that I would leave them alone otherwise you risk the main male portion just coming loose of the housing, sound quality is decent, nothing to write home about, but again, not very durable. If they could fix that 1 thing, these would be very good buy and value, the rest of each plug is hefty and well made.
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Dean
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★★★★★ 5
Great Quality and Value - Perfect Connections
Size: 10 Pairs, Pattern Name: Banana Plugs
I used these Monoprice 24k gold-plated banana plugs to connect both my surround sound and desktop speakers, and they work perfectly. The connections are solid and secure, with no looseness or signal issues. They’re easy to install, look great, and offer excellent value for the price. Highly recommended!
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Janeee
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Fantastic speaker plug at a great price!
Size: 5 Pack, Pattern Name: Banana Plugs
This is a product that gets the job done effectively, and at a good price. Banana plugs are used to clean up speaker wire - you can generally screw in speaker wire, but banana plugs provide a nice interface that allows you to plug in and remove speaker wire as needed. These closed plugs do a good job terminating / hiding the wire. They fit very well into various components and amps that I own. INSTRUCTIONS to install / use them: * Remove around 1" - 2" of the white casing to expose the red and white individual speaker wires * Strip each wire so ~1/2" metal is showing * Make sure the plug end is screwed in tightly (this does not need to come out) * Unscrew the base of the plug from the other end * WithOUT twisting the metal wiring, insert the wire (match wire color with plug color; start with either one) from the bottom of the plug until the metal sticks out the top * Have ~1/4" metal hanging past the plug * take the wiring and drape it down the sides of the plug (just the smooth side, do NOT cover any of the screw threading or it will be very hard to close it) * Spread the draped wiring around the plug as evenly as possible (makes it easier to screw in later) * Screw the two ends of the plug back together (the side with the draped wiring will go inside the plug) * If you get stuck while screwing it back in, unscrew and adjust the wiring * Repeat for the other side, and you're done!
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★★★★★ 4
pretty good banana plugs
Size: 5 Pack, Pattern Name: Banana Plugs
i bought these over 6 months ago and i just installed them to the front left and right floor standing speakers - sony ssf-7000 i have them for over 10 years hooked up to a yamaha 7.1 AVR. alot of people have had trouble installing this - one single banana plug comes in 3 parts - the bottom and top (the banana plug tip) can be unscrewed. what i did was tightened the top first (top being the tip of the banana plug) then unscrew the bottom off completely - make sure you have like 3/4" - 1" (depending on your gauge of wire) of exposed speaker wire that is straight - then thread it through the hole at the bottom up - i then rolled the exposed 3/4 - 1" exposed copper wiring into a ball that is bigger than the hole of the banana plug bottom piece so the wire doesn't fall back through where it came from. then i screwed on the top and middle piece back with the bottom piece - tightening it a bit so i know there's good contact. also make sure the tip is screwed in all the way as well as a double check. what you don't want to do is have the copper wire touch the threaded part of the bottom piece - the wire will cut off from the screwing action. i plugged it into my sony speakers and it wasn't a real snug fit - a bit too loose to feel secure - it didn't seem to go all the way in - but it fit fairly well in my receiver. my intention was to use these banana plugs with my 2 channel set up but i decided to go pre-constructed mediabridge 12 AWG speaker cable instead - those fit my 2 channel set up on my receiver and elacs really snug and secure. i tested it and it works fine. i didn't hear any loss of signal or any extraneous noise. none of my (14 awg?) wiring fell through the bottom and it sounds good. so no complaints there. i bought 5 pairs - but i find that it is an odd number to include a package - even numbered pairs would be better. anyway they seem constructed well - easy enough to install and they do work. thanks for reading
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