Old School BMX Parts

The Superbyke Tuf-Neck 2000 stem had the aluminium block rounded at the front and rear.

• September 1979 - Superbyke advertisement Quality BMX Parts featured in BMX Action.
• May 1980 to July 1980 - Superbyke Tuf-Neck 2000 advertisement featured in BMX Plus!

• September 1979 - Superbyke Advertisement featured in BMX Action.

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The 1979 / 1980 version of the Superbyke Tuf-Neck stem has a square corner aluminium block with "Tuf-Neck Patent Pending" engraved on top cap.

• May 1980 to July 1980 - Superbyke Tuf-Neck 2000 advertisement features the the Engraved Square Corner Stem as a current Superbyke product. This advertisement is featured in BMX Plus!

Bakton Enterprises were the original designer and manufacturer of the original Tuf-Neck stem. Superbyke which, in addition to its own products, purchased Tuf-Neck stems from Bakton Enterprises and marketed and distributed them.

Three versions were released in 1977 and the final version continued on through 1978 and 1979.

The first version was simple it had the quill shaft pressed into the aluminium block and relied only on the wedge bolt to keep everything together.

Other advertisements:

• Superbyke Advertisement from June 1977.

The second version had a hole drilled into the back of the aluminium block that would protrude into the shaft and pin the stem to the shaft.

The third and final version had the shaft is pressed into the aluminium block and a hollow bolt secures the aluminium block and shaft together as one. The wedge bolt uses the top surface of the hollow shaft bolt to torque against instead of the aluminium block.