Originally Posted by
Lug Steel
My 3rd bike (1972, age 7) was a used Huffy "Dragster" S/S in that same copper color. My Mom paid $15-
I remember EVERYONE (it seemed) had a Huffy "Cheater Slick" back then, yellow w/ white rims & black seat w/ yellow stripe, which a couple years later
were replaced by EVERYONE riding Black Huffy "Thunder Road" BMX bikes (which came w/a sticker-"Not for off-road use")-
Seemed only rich kids rode Schwinns, we weren't rich, but I begged my Mom to put one in layaway and got a new Stingray ($65) for my 8th birthday.
I used it for a BMX conversion when that got huge in 1974-Heavy as hell but it held up where Huffys would turn to dust!
The only Schwinns I ever had I got second hand, a lime green Sting Ray for $10, and many years later a partial Varsity that I restored and sold.
My Huffy Rail was used to deliver papers, I took the banana seat off and replaced it with a middleweight seat, than added one of those heavy steel newspaper racks. It worked reasonably well and stood up to my abuse.