Manny66 

The Huffente is carrying on in a second life ,,this time in wood .

RiddleOfSteel

I just knew we could keep this thread going, getting closer to 2000 posts! I still don't appreciate Huffy never building a big enough frame for taller people...

smd4

It's still worth the price of admission to get to see the Cinelli in the first post!

And now, you've passed the 1900 mark.

AdventureManCO 

lol underrated comment. I knew that picture would come in handy!

AdventureManCO 

Much to the chagrin of all the purists! There was a collective ‘oh no’ upon seeing this thread back in the front page, I’m sure. Sure warms my heart though

Mad Honk 

I have been trying to resurrect the 950 that was the donor bike for the Huffiente. What a fun exercise! I started to add wheels and found my wheelset was not compatible with the frame rear triangle. I have sourced a new hub set and will re-build the rear wheel so that it fits correctly. The 125mm rear triangle required a bit of stash raiding to get the rear hub correct but I think the wheel re-build should go fairly easy. Getting things right on the 950 has been a journey of sourcing parts and specialty bits like ASE bolts for the seat binder. But the re-build is just a continuation of the Huffiente journey and history. Smiles, MH

Aubergine 

I am happy to have done my part.

stoneageyosh

I can understand that there are many, for good reason, that would like to bury this thread. Especially since I used to work for Campy in the Super Record era.
However, having aided and abetted the initial sacrilegious actions of the Ultimate Blasphemer, commitment and loyalty to his cause calls for dredging up any relevant and/or irreverent blurbs that contribute to prolonging the consternation and hand wringing of those offended by the mere mention of the Huffente. More to come.

AdventureManCO 

Haha YES!! It is to you guys that this was even able to happen. It would be impossible for this project to be as pointless and offensive as it has been if it wasn't for heroes like you and many others here, some of whom we lost in the war.

The Huffente is not dead. Not even close. The ride last year was hampered by me, not the bike. We are going to be riding it more this year, a LOT more. I've gotten distracted by fleeting projects. That will end. As a matter of fact, I've started laying out the course for this years Huffente plans:

RCMoeur 

I reckon them's fancy words for saying "unindicted conspirator."

AdventureManCO 

*blink twice if complying under duress*

stoneageyosh

I will have to concede to “CO-conspirator”, one of many.

AdventureManCO 

Watch out for the ‘torches and pitchforks’ crew showing up at your door

RB1-luvr

what is Huffente's current weight?

RCMoeur 

"The best we can do is framebuilding torches and Tange forks."

stoneageyosh

Yeah, being rural, this time of year torches are no big deal as we are allowed to burn slash and brush piles. However, nobody uses pitchforks as haying is all mechanical. Now manure forks would be a problem.

noglider 

"Honey, what are you up to?"

"Reading bikeforums for my daily dose of humor."

RCMoeur 

And in spite of a deficiency of such humor, he optimistically persists.

AdventureManCO 

And don't forget, according to iab it will also help you feel better about your own life and circumstances. You know, sort of a daily mental self care routine

AdventureManCO 

I probably tried 3 times today to respond to this question, but each time something happened with the browser, the internet connection, etc.

I don't know the current weight, as the bike is in a somewhat disassembled state, but given some calculations, I think we will be in the mid-to-high 21lb-ish range when all is said and done.

Also, I may drop even more than that, seeing as how the scale I was using to get the initial weight of the bike (23.4lbs) has since been weighing all my bike boxes by too much, and when I take them to the UPS store, they always weigh a bit less. So who knows,I might drop some weight for free and out of thin air!