Originally Posted by Velo Mule

I am glad to see you posting pictures of your bike and riding it as much as you have. It is nice to see something like this on the C&V thread. I have learned so much from this forum. A quality Huffy? Yea, this looks to be a well made Japanese bike that is worthy of posting here. It looks great, and seems to get you around just fine. I love the fenders that it has.

Sheldon Brown says that the early Shimano 333 hubs had some issues. The later ones were better. When I worked in a bike shop in the early 80's we had almost no issues with these Shimano hubs, We sold Panasonic and Ross bikes with these hubs. My dad picked up a Sear Three speed bike that I borrowed a lot . I rode it to school and all over the neighborhood. Being a teen, I might have been a bit harsh with it too. It survived fine. This is just based on my limited experience.