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09-10-12, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Poguemahone

Okay. Technically, what I'm posting here is outside the scope of this thread. This is not for sale, not on Craigslist, not on Ebay, not anywhere. However, this fits well within numbskullery.

I'd been wondering why I have seen so many seriously overpriced Huffy Aerowinds lately. So in the interest of Science (capital S, ya'll) I googled "Huffy Aerowind" and here is what is at the top of the pops:

http://www.livestrong.com/article/34...uffy-aerowind/

Read it and be stunned:

I think I may have just peered into the abyss of misinformation and half truths the internet is. I think I need a shower.

It should also be noted that Huffy made sold a several model Aerowinds the ones that are worth close $1000 are the limited edition competition version which had full alloy components Chromoly frames and are no relation to the standard steel ones worth about $100.

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