jdiggitydawg

I like Huffys! Unfortunately Huffys seem to get a bad rap even though Huffy has built many fine bikes over the years. Tell us about your favorite Huffys and be sure to post photos. I'm proud to ride a Huffy, you should be too!
(Below are photos of my Aluminum 1998 Huffy Maxx Mountain Bike)

jnewkirk77

Just bought one - a 3-speed Bay Pointe that I'm either going to use as a campground cruiser or my campus security ride. Everything works as-is, but it needs a good lube job and I'll of course clean and tune it up. Pics to come!

10 Wheels

My 52 huffy.

Lacumo

I never have had one. I feel so unfulfilled and incomplete...

Ernest_T_Bass

That's good looking bike! I might have to put some duct tape over the brand name though. I had no idea Huffy made a bike like that!

CbadRider

Moved from Introductions to General.

fietsbob

Huffy Toss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFn3ndv71qc

Johnny Mullet

My 95 Huffy Thunder Ridge. Shimano Deore XT groupset and Mavic wheels........................

Frizlefrak

What....you don't have yard sales where you live? Bring at least $5 with you....they aren't giving them away...well, not until after 1 PM when the customers stop showing up....

We had Huffys when I was a kid in the early 70's. Cut my teeth on one....in fact, I may have lost a couple of teeth riding one. Grew up poor, so was lucky to have the Huffer....and we rode them everywhere as kids. No pics...and if I did, they would be 40 + year old Polaroids.

Don't have a Huffy these days, but my Trek does have a Wal-Mart BSO (actually 2) as a stablemates. If I need to run over to Walgreens (mile away) it's perfect....I can leave it outside with no worries of it riding itself away. Although the homeless people asking if I need help and offering me money gets old

fietsbob

Ashtabula County Ohio sounds like the perfect place for a heavy bike with the steel forged one piece crank ..

as the old term for them was the same as the name of the County.

VegasTriker

Ashtabula is the name of the Ohio county and town and was the company name of the one piece crank. Ashtabula cranks were used on most American made bikes up to the time they were replaced by 10-speed bikes. I passed by the building on my way to a DOE site nearby years ago. The name was on it but it was vacant. Cheap one-piece cranks were made in Taiwan in those days. It is the same story for both Huffy and Schwinn. Their frames were welded which meant the bikes were heavy. When the Europeans and later the Japanese began to import light-weight lugged frames the days of Huffy and Schwinn were numbered. It took a lot more finesse to braze a frame rather than to weld it and the two American companies never mastered it on a large scale production basis.

jdiggitydawg

Thanks Ernest T. Contrary to popular belief it is a Huffy, it is light & in 16 years I haven't had to spend a penny on it in repairs. Also I have no problem with the Huffy name. Huffy had a very long history of building bicycles in the United States and I don't believe there is any shame in the name.
I grew up in a working class family and we were raised to appreciate what we had and we bought what we could afford. I was one of the kids who bought their bikes at the Acme Supply/Firestone Store rather than at the Schwinn/Raleigh Bike Shop and I took care of what I had. When I graduated from high school my late parents bought me a Sutton Super 10 Racer at a new bike shop in town. I'm sure it wasn't the most expensive bike in the store, but 40 years later I still ride it (see photo 1) as well as my 1998 Huffy Maxx Mountain that at the time probably was the most expensive bike in the store, but that store happened to be a Service Merchandise and it was marked down on clearance at 50% off. I had never seen a $300 or $400 Huffy before, but I was impressed with its features and with its very light aluminum frame. 16 years later and I am very satisfied with my purchase. It really is a terrific bike.
BTW - Nice Bikes & Pics - Wheels & Johnny!

mlhughes

The Huffy Paydirt!!!

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jnewkirk77

Here it is, getting ready to mark its 28th birthday this Friday -- my 1986 Bay Pointe:

I took it for a short ride before work and EVERYTHING is in working order. There's some rust, but nothing I can't remove or replace. I'll be replacing what I believe are the original tires ... They do hold air, but I'm not sure how. The goal for now is to get it clean, get it lubed and then ride it. What I've not yet decided is where I'll be riding it. I'm currently using my Magna Rip Curl for my campus security patrols, but the Bay Pointe may do a better job. Then again, with three speeds, it might be a better campground cruiser -- the campground where I work on weekends does have some mild hills. We'll see!

Leebo

Wow, I'm so sad I don't own a huffy, we call them a BSO. Power to you.

jdiggitydawg

jnewkirk - Best of luck with your Bay Pointe. I'm sure it will be a nice ride!

Artkansas 

How is that pronounced? Ashtab ula, Ashta bula or??? I've never known.

Johnny Mullet

It's pronounced like...............

Ash ta bule a

Bule as in mule.

Johnny Mullet

The Huffy I posted is actually being converted to a 26" BMX Cruiser in the near future.

jnewkirk77

Thanks! I'm really enjoying it so far. I brought it to work tonight to see how it does on patrol around campus, and I'm pretty happy with it. Gotta get these tires changed out, though! They wouldn't last long if I decided to park the Rip Curl. I'm leaning toward the Michelin World Tour tires, which I'd have to order as no one here carries them. :-\

Artkansas 

Thanks. That's what I thought, but though I've read it many times, I've never heard anyone say it.

hillyman

Tried looking up 1970s era single speed Huffy to remember my paper route days back then. Put on high rise handlebars and horns to haul paper bag. Only thing I remember having to do to it was replace broken goosenecks from loads. Never realized was basicly what they call beach cruisers today.

jdiggitydawg

hiilyman - That really brings back memories. In 1966 I began delivering the Assabet Valley Beacon Newspaper and my route took me all over my small town, including my grandmother's house which to get to I had to ride up a very steep hill. I had a cruiser as well, a black & red bike that my dad bought me from the local Acme Supply/Firestone Store. That bike & I worked very hard delivering those papers. A few years later I sold that bike to a neighbor and went back to the same store and purchased a Phillips 5 speed. It wasn't until I was in high school that I bought my first 10 speed a 'Le Super' that I bought at a local bike shop (I sold it when I was buying my first car). When I graduated from high school my parents bought me a Sutton Super 10 as a graduation present. 40 years later it is one of the 2 bikes that I ride daily(along with my Huffy Maxx Mountain Bike).

Johnny Mullet

This is my wife's brand new Huffy Rival. It's a "made in china" version, but the welds are nice and the pearl white paint is awesome................

jnewkirk77

The Rival is a nice looking bike. Can you tell me if the pedals have bearings in them? If they don't, you should make plans to replace them now ... They look identical to what came on my Magna and broke within 2 months. Split right along the axle. Fortunately I wasn't riding fast and I wasn't far from the house. I ended up buying DK PE2000 pedals from Y'allmart. They've been on there for almost 1,000 miles, trouble-free.