Well, you guys must have been right about the cog wear. This morning I took my wife's "girly bike" out for a ride, but eventually it occurred to me that it has 26" wheels with about the same spoke count, though they're narrower than mine. I also noticed that the new Meijer store tires I put on her bike last month, while they have aggressive lugs on the side, are much more suited to road use in the middle than the ones I still have on my Huffy. So I simply switched the wheels (along with the cassette, of course) from her bike to mine, and et voila! No more skipping.
Now that I think it over, I'm sure I made the problem much worse than it had to be by riding it while it skipped all that time. Each time it skipped probably took a little more material off the cog in just the wrong place, right?
By sight alone, I absolutely could not tell the difference in wear between the two sets of cogs, though, even on the cog I use almost exclusively on the Huffy bike (the only one that was skipping.)
Next is to see if I can adjust the derailleur with the links above. Thanks all!
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