So I was visiting my friend in Philly, and he had just picked up an incredibly strange bicycle from the Bike Church. It was a Huffy "Aerowind" or something like that. I noticed it at first, because the downtube was shaped into a semi-aero oval shape in the middle, and then rounded out to regular circlular tubing at the braze points. I don't think it was lugged... maybe though. It had shimano derailleurs and some bizarre brakes that were similar to the 70's Weinmann center-pulls, but they had a roller that moved the arms (Bad description). The shifters weren't exactly on the stem, they were mounted on the top-tube with some large clamping device. The pedals looked like older Shimano's, but they were of inferior quality.

The wierdest part was the BB and cranks. It was a one-piece sized BB shell with three piece cranks!

Anyways, I was just curious as to what this monstrosity of a bicycle was and what the history is behind it.