jdawginsc 

Dang! That’s cheating PB. I have been lurking seeing if I could get the 1000th post! Haha

jdawginsc 

Haha! And you really did a great job on the fork crown AmCo! Looks great and it only cost you the cartilage in your hands!

A worthy sacrifice!

AdventureManCO 

HEY ALL THAT IS TOTALLY CHEATING



Which, of course, is perfectly acceptable!

I'm going to finish the other 'H' this afternoon and post a shot of that! Then I can finally get that dumb fork on that dumb bike! Gonna have to see what I can do with the decoration under the 'H' first however, because now I've revealed the great juxtaposition of having this lovely 'H' panto, drawing all eyes right to the horrendously ugly blobby fork crown underneath it. It is so ugly that I was completely willing to take the weight penalty to include the crown. THAT is how bad it was.

Oh, and also...




Yes yes yes!

Got a package!

Another HUUUUUGE round of applause for... Mad Honk , Crapmaster Extraordinaire!


Wow, that lockring is super disgusting. And Kurt IS CORRECT. In fact, here is another BB picture!


Only he's not sending me crap, he's sending me stuff to GET THINGS DONE


It is a little difficult, if I'm honest, just because I have been so appreciative of thumpism 's donation as the very first offer I'd ever received to help with the build, which was a huge boost to the project. What we found out is that the current Record bottom bracket spindle will not be able to work with the O.M.A.S. adapter currently, since it adds about 5mm overall to the BB shell width (my bike heard me talking about how w-i-d-e she's getting, and I got slapped). So, we are going to try this one, and see how it goes. If all goes well, I will take it back apart and trim it down and do some weight relief. In the meantime, it will absolutely get some engine turning treatment. I'm actually a bit excited to see what it could look like to have the highly polished aluminum, engine-turning, and black anodized parts next to each other. It sort of reminds me of the same color scheme of the Campy Super Record rear derailleur, so it may end up matching really nicely. I'm going to try it and see how it goes.

I want to take just a moment to thank these following individuals...

thumpism
Mad Honk
Macguyver909
stoneageyosh @Drilli...oh
roadcrankr
Hondo6

(If I'm forgetting someone, please embarass me and let me know in front of everyone!!!)

...For their unfailing loyalty and dedication to the Huffy Corpor...eh, well for donating some sort of part, sticker, therapy gift card, or other item or service in support of this comical escapade through the back alleys of the vintage bike world with me. This dumb thing would be NOWHERE near as insane, nonsensical, ridiculous, and unbelievable if it was not for their help. I am truly grateful. And there are many others of you that continue to post, comment, lambast, offer unsolicited opinions, or are just generally around for the food. Heaven only knows why y'all continue to prop up this swampy mess of a project, but I'm really thankful for your twisted, morbid fascination as well. Humbled, in fact.

I'd also really love to put together a list of people that absolutely despise the project and have nothing but grouchiness towards it so I can highlight them too!

As we celebrate 1000 posts of almost nothing of substance happening at all, it brings a tear to my eye. You all have been just great. And pretty patient, honestly. My only hope is that you continue to run through the rosebushes with me as we near the finishline - it will be worth it in the end...or at least, 'in a month'. We WILL have a completed, rideable bicycle. It WILL be a Huffy, and it WILL be wearing Campagnolo Super Record gruppo. While it will not be in it's final form, we've already discussed that will be in the second arc.


MUCH more to come, unfortunately for everyone.

jdawginsc 

That’s a great group of enablers there!

AdventureManCO 

If you have contributed to this thread in any way shape or form, even especially if it's been only to complain, your name will be forever written on the stone of...well, Huffy Campagnolo Super Record lore.

cudak888 

I don't want to be the one to piss in the Wheaties again by bringing any sort of sanity to this wonderous LSD trip of a thread, but...

...how on earth does one tighten the lockring with this combo?

It looks as if it's made specifically to work with a sealed BB that has a splined remover tool and no lockring.

-Kurt

Mad Honk 

Kurt,
Get your Wheaties ready, cause you only need the right Var tool to tighten the lock ring. Or for that matter just a pin spanner to lock it down. The fixed cup on the other hand would be best tightened by the Sheldon bolt through method in a vise before assembly. But; What in Hades do I know? Smiles, MH

Mad Honk 

You need to put Kurt on the Seat tube of Fame as well for all of his (ahem!) encouragement in this wonderful endeavor that you have undertaken. Smiles, MH

AdventureManCO 

Yes, there are many names that should be included, especially if they don't want to be.

Legit, I'd be cool if folks wanted to sign part of the bike - if they could make it look like Mario Confente's signature, and put it near the back of the top tube, that would also be sincerely appreciated.



Oh, and I got another little Happy Huffy Care Package today!








Sincere thanks to stoneageyosh !! Awesome stickers, nice little piece of Campy history, and of course, a lovely, caring message written from the heart. What's not to love?


Now, I know your jealous, and you should be. So, there is only one solution. Start a Huffy thread of your own, and decide to build it up with Dura Ace or Superbe Pro or Zeus 2000, or better yet, maybe an 'all Rene Herse build', especially using that $1000 derailleur, and those $180 tubulars. I'd also be okay if you started one and decided to use 50th Anniversary Campy. It's a pretty fun bandwagon, and people might take pity on the pain and unimaginable frustration you will undoubtedly feel trying to make it all work, and send you cool stuff in return!

Thank you again!!!

AdventureManCO 

Sounds complicated.



Drew, meet yer boomstick totin' cousin, Bubba.

wschruba

Just saying, the Campagnolo fixed-cup tool could absolutely tighten that in the frame.

cudak888 

I have the VAR #16 lockring pliers and can't imagine them fitting in that tight a space. I can see a 90-degree angle pin spanner possibly fitting in there, but would one be able to apply enough force with the easy-enough-to-procure Park pin spanners?

-Kurt

gbi

I may have to start buying vintage department store 10-speeds before "CRIMPED-FRAME GRAIL BIKES" become a thing and prices soar!

AdventureManCO 

The work has not been in vain! (who are we kidding, it's all in vain)

Got fork crown done.

And yes, we went there -




Hey, I didn't want to mess it up (yes, the whole enchilada is 'messed up' per se)

But given the amount of pain, suffering, and labor hours into such a small, absolutely completely useless part, I didn't want to destroy it and feel dumb. (yes, the whole project is dumb)






Fork crown, sorted!





Now, what we are up against next (yes, we are always up against something), is this horrendous zit-blob of a fork crown (yes, the real crown, not a deceitful cap that covers the iniquity of lazy grossness) -




The second photo shows the obviousness of how off-center that brake hole was. We are going to plug it and make it look saweet.

I'm hoping to have the fork on the bike AND the BB installed this weekend. I'll make sure to take extra pictures of the BB installation for Kurt.

billytwosheds 

How the fork did that front brake work being mounted so far off center? Or do we even know

AdventureManCO 

It's a real thing. If you see one under $500 GRAB IT

AdventureManCO 

There is a mighty big assumption taking place in the phrase 'How...did that front brake work...'

stoneageyosh

It should probably be considered, upon seeing the purposely placed brake mounting hole, that Huffy’s “Engineering” Department may have had intentionally(?!?) induced brake harmonics as an intended consequence to generate warning of impending doom by an approaching massive, unstoppable mechanical contraption.

SurferRosa

non-fixie 

Excellent! And now it is no longer useless either, as it conveys an important message: "an artist has been at work here!"

cudak888 

That's not a mistake, that's strategic drillium offset to prevent drag from turbulence. Turbulence when the hole is exposed to the elements when the front brake falls off jettisons itself for maximum lightness during a descent.

These Huffy engineers think of everything - do you realize how much the Serotta engineers learned from them?



-Kurt

RB1-luvr

You know how at car shows, the person showing a car sometimes has a photo album showing the progress of the restoration? You should do something like that for this pos amazing bike. Include the letters from the generous people who've mailed you things. It will help provide provenance for that inevitable day when this thing ends up on Antiques Road Show in 2090 (if it's finished by then).

AdventureManCO 

Haha I lol'd, almost spilling my coffee out. This one phrase basically sums up my mindset of the entire project. Mind over matter, you know. The matter often wins, however.

AdventureManCO 

Wow, that's a new angle I hadn't thought of. See, we all know that brakes pads, when placed precisely perpendicular to the rim, induce a chattering squeal, which is why folks often toe-in their brake pads. And here I thought Huffy engineers had found a mesmerizingly genius way of simply adding in an automatic brake pad toe-in design by purposefully drilling the mounting hole off center, thereby saving a time-consuming extra step in manufacturing. But this as well? Man, those Huffy guys, ON THEIR A-GAME. No wonder they were staying on top as the POWERHOUSE of American bicycle manufacturing, Building the Bikes America Likes™.


As an inconvenient side-note, the failure rate for the Serotta-framed Huffy's is astronomically higher than any normal, regular, highly engineered Huffy. Proof that you can't just slap a decal on any old FAKE HUFFY bike and expect it to live up to the Huffy reputation.

Huffy-stickered bike? Frame cracks. Fake imposter!

Real Huffy? Solid as a rock (basically a rock).

AdventureManCO 

Dear Member, we took a look at your records and noticed that you have posted 4 times total in this thread. We wish to take a moment to say thank you for your loyalty to the Campagnolo Huffy program, and wish to award you veteran/survivor status in the thread, whether you like it or not. Your benefits guide should be available soon, and your name will be forever tarnished associated with the The Campagnolo Super Huffy. Have a nice day.