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11-18-23, 10:35 PM
#76
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1965 Carlton Catalina
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11-19-23, 08:26 AM
#77
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11-19-23, 08:55 AM
#78
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Waukesha WI
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Bikes: 1978 Trek TX700; 1978/79 Trek 736; 1984 Specialized Stumpjumper Sport; 1984 Schwinn Voyageur SP; 1985 Trek 620; 1985 Trek 720; 1986 Trek 400 Elance; 1987 Schwinn High Sierra; 1990 Miyata 1000LT
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The first Trek I got was a 1984 420. Completely unmolested or maintained. 30 year old grease, but with all the reflectors, the dork disc, all the stock components, bar tape and accessories.
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Commence to jigglin’ huh?!?!
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Commence to jigglin’ huh?!?!
"But hey, always love to hear from opinionated amateurs." -says some guy to Mr. Marshall.
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11-19-23, 08:57 AM
#79
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Location: NW Ohio
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Bikes: 1984 Miyata 310, 1986 Schwinn Sierra, 2011 Jamis Quest, 1980 Peugeot TH8 Tandem, 1992 Performance Parabola, 1987 Ross Mt. Hood, 1988 Schwinn LeTour, 1988 Trek 400T, 1981 Fuji S12-S LTD, 197? FW Evans
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I bought this Huffy Techtra for $5 a few years ago. It looked like it had seen less than 100 miles in its lifetime. I replaced the heavy gumwall tires with some Paselas and it actually had an okay ride. It had nice Araya rims, so I swapped them out and put flat bars on and donated the bike back to the thrift store.
Huffy Techtra
Huffy Techtra
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12-08-23, 11:18 PM
#80
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: The Le Grande HQ
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Bikes: 1965 dept store special, 1972 basket case, 1978 garden ornament, 1980 garbage heap, 1987 mutt, 1996 frankenstein
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I bought this Huffy Techtra for $5 a few years ago. It looked like it had seen less than 100 miles in its lifetime. I replaced the heavy gumwall tires with some Paselas and it actually had an okay ride. It had nice Araya rims, so I swapped them out and put flat bars on and donated the bike back to the thrift store.
Huffy Techtra
Huffy Techtra
Gorgeous
Actually, this bike reminds me of Johnny Mullet who I don't think we've seen in a long time - he had one of these in the red/white scheme and his posts on that bike were a great read. Huffy had so many models like this one, the 626, and others, that were basically just the same thing just different paint and graphics. But a lot of these were bought by 'non-bike people' and so never really got ridden and can often be found in really nice condition, on the cheap.
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