Originally Posted by
sbarner
Yes, my analogy was a bit unfair--to the lawnmower that is. I was impressed that anyone could make an IC engine cheaply enough to slap on a lawnmower frame to be sold for under a hundred bucks and it actually served very well for over five years, which is far longer than the average life expectancy of a Huffy in the hands of an American youth. Both the lawnmower and the vast majority of Huffys suffered a similar demise: that of being left outdoors to rust into oblivion. I think it may still be buried in the leaves somewhere.
See if you can dig it up and find some way to attach Campagnolo to it - I know only crazy ppl do that, and it destroys your reputation of being an actual human being, but there is some sort of deranged enjoyment that comes from it. So a friend tells me.
Actually, this reminds me of a photo I’ve seen on this very sub forum…maybe
52telecaster knows what I’m talking about…