what does huffy mean
03-06-07 | 09:53 AM
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All your huffy are belong to us.
Make your time.
Make your time.
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Elwood: It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, 1/2 a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses.
Jake: Hit it.
Elwood: It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, 1/2 a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses.
Jake: Hit it.
03-06-07 | 10:06 AM
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All your Ross are belong to us, too.
This is why it's a 'Huffy'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huffy
Enjoy.
East Hill
This is why it's a 'Huffy'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huffy
Enjoy.
East Hill
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03-06-07 | 11:37 AM
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This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
03-06-07 | 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by rykoala
Someone set us up the bomb
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Elwood: It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, 1/2 a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses.
Jake: Hit it.
Elwood: It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, 1/2 a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses.
Jake: Hit it.
03-06-07 | 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by rykoala
Someone set us up the bomb
Originally Posted by mwrobe1
All your huffy are belong to us.
Make your time.
Make your time.
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03-06-07 | 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Wikipedia
Huffy Sports manufactures various sporting goods, including the Hydra-Rib® basketball systems used by the NBA..
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03-06-07 | 12:36 PM
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Huffy...
For Great Justice
For Great Justice
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Elwood: It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, 1/2 a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses.
Jake: Hit it.
Elwood: It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, 1/2 a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses.
Jake: Hit it.
03-06-07 | 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Cyclaholic
Well, if a huffy is good enough for the NBA then surely its good enough for all of us!
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03-06-07 | 12:58 PM
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I know what you mean. A lot of bicycle company names are confusing. Take Giant Bicycle Company for example. I was thinking they make some large ass frame sizes, like a 66 cm or more. Nope, they top out at 60 like most other manufacturers. Probably should be called Normal Range of Bicycle Frame Sizes Bicycle Company instead. And then there's Schwinn. What's up with that? No one riding a Schwinn has schwonn anything in several decades.
03-06-07 | 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by ax0n
You are on your way to destruction!!
There is no chance to survive make your time!!
Ha ha!!
There is no chance to survive make your time!!
Ha ha!!
Brilliant use of italics.
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03-06-07 | 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by unkchunk
And then there's Schwinn. What's up with that? No one riding a Schwinn has schwonn anything in several decades.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwinn
03-06-07 | 03:21 PM
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From: Take a deep breath, and ask--What would Sheldon do?
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The same for Huffy, George P. Huffman.
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03-06-07 | 06:49 PM
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Well, if a huffy is good enough for the NBA then surely its good enough for all of us!
03-06-07 | 11:00 PM
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Originally Posted by n4zou
Huffy and puffing on a too hard to pedal heavy POS bike.
In the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics, United States athletes riding Huffy labeled bicycles combined to win 2 gold, 2 silver, and 1 bronze medals.
03-07-07 | 04:02 AM
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Originally Posted by GTcommuter
Ummm...that was Ignaz Schwinn's last name. Since he founded the company, I guess he got to name it after himself.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwinn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwinn
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03-07-07 | 04:04 AM
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Originally Posted by unkchunk
What do you mean POS bike? From the wiki article:
Jeeze, I think even Dave Stoller won riding a Huffy bicycle.
Jeeze, I think even Dave Stoller won riding a Huffy bicycle.
There is a big difference between "Huffy Labeled Bicycle" and "Bicycle Actually Made in the Huffy Factory"
Huffy never touched the bikes that won those medals, except with a paintbrush.
03-07-07 | 06:22 AM
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I do not understand why Huffy is still in business, and other companies like Schwinn and Raleigh got moved to the side.
I can see one reason to buy a Huffy, and that is to spraypaint it white for use as a ghost bike (a memorial.) However, using one for riding is a totally different matter... but that's IMHO, of course.
I can see one reason to buy a Huffy, and that is to spraypaint it white for use as a ghost bike (a memorial.) However, using one for riding is a totally different matter... but that's IMHO, of course.
