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troynlori wrote:

Spokes - hands down.  I get the mag thing, and I get Skyway T/A...call me a fool, but I never got the two together.  Skyway is sleek and fast looking.  Mags...are not.  Mags look flashy on freestyle.  I know Skyway made 'em both, but that don't mean they've got to go together.  Thing is...."BITD" I had a Skyway with spokes...never even thought about Mags on it.....with all due respect to those who did.

Ya.  What he said.

While the Pro Class do have a cool factor I have to say mags. It is a Skyway it should have mags on it. From the pics it is hard to tell so please forgive this question if they are, but are they OG metal hub mags? Because if they are newer ones with "kaps" to make them look like the metal hub tuffs I would say add a cool little touch of color and get some blue anodized caps. If not leave them OG.

They are new Tuffs with flashcaps installed. Love the way they look.
As far as the Skyway T/A / Skyway Tuffs issue, I ran 7X rims on
my T/A BITD. The T/A was a race frame, and mags just weren't
raced with back then. I wound up running OGK mags eventually,
because I lost the racing bug and just thrashed it in the neighborhood.
In my opinion, mags have no place on a race bike (except graphites),
but they sure look cool.

troynlori wrote:

Spokes - hands down.  I get the mag thing, and I get Skyway T/A...call me a fool, but I never got the two together.  Skyway is sleek and fast looking.  Mags...are not.  Mags look flashy on freestyle.  I know Skyway made 'em both, but that don't mean they've got to go together.  Thing is...."BITD" I had a Skyway with spokes...never even thought about Mags on it.....with all due respect to those who did.

Troy said it well too.

There were mags being run on race bikes back then, even just check out the old magazines. But not that many compared to spokes.

That said, my vote would be the Pro Class wheels! I'd probably still vote spokes if they weren't Pro Class, but since they are, that definitely tips the vote. They look great, nice wheels.

One purple mag and one green mag!!!!!

Well, I voted spokes not only for performance (I think the performance difference is overstated, by the way), but for looks as well. The mags look good, but I think in this case the spokes look better.

In the end, what difference does this really make? You obviously already own both sets of wheels, the mags are cheap, so may as well just keep those too and swap them out whenever you feel like it. Problem solved.

My thoughts exactly on the seat.
Endos, rock walks, light dirt, small jumps, nothing hardcore here.
The goal was to free up the mags for another build, and to make
the T/A more era and genre correct. Maybe I should just leave
it well enogh alone. Oops, just bought some pedals...

Thanks mirage. I guess ultimately that's what I'm going for
(a kickass bike).

sonikk71 wrote:

Well? What did you decide?

Nothing yet. It still sits with a rear mag and spoke front.
This thread only confused me more!

changachump wrote:

sonikk71 wrote:

Well? What did you decide?

Nothing yet. It still sits with a rear mag and spoke front.
This thread only confused me more!

Well then obviously you should jsut do what I suggested. I think its a great idea...Just ask me!

Looks good!