Here are a few more photos of my 1998 Huffy "Maxx Mountain" Mountain Bike. Some may laugh at the brand name 'Huffy', but it really is a very nice Mountain Bike. I ride it both on the street & on rough unpaved roads and it handles them easily.

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I brought a six speed Huffy Cruiser in 1979 for $79.99. I still have it but do not ride it any longer. It now is a ten speed: 39/52 in the front and 14/28 in the back. The only original part is the frame, fork, handle bars, and seat post. As parts broke, I would go to local swap meets and buy used name brand parts. The bearings in the bottom bracket were from a bike shop used (cost $5.00). As long as I did my own work and got cheap used parts, it was a good ride and affordable.

It's cool that you still have a bike from the 70's. Great story how you replaced the parts. I also have a bike from the 70's, it is a Sutton Super 10 racer that my parents gave me when I graduated from high school in 1974. In fact my newest bike is my Huffy Maxx Mountain that I purchased in 1998. My oldest would be my tricycle, that's still in my basement. The tricycle is 54 or 55 years old.:)

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I have an early 90's Huffy Thunder Ridge MTB and it is a great bike........

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It might be heavier than my better bikes, but it's a great beater bike and I don't mind going down dirt roads and through the mud in it. This one was actually equipped with Shimano Indexing Components......

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This is my wife's brand new Huffy Rival MTB. This bike has cheap suspension stuff and the bike is way heavier than my older Huffy, but for as much as she rides, it's perfect...........

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Johnny - It's cool to see another Huffy Mountain Bike from the same era as mine (mine is a 1998 Maxx Mountain). It looks like yours came equipped with bar-ends too. I find it very interesting that Huffy was using center pull brakes on their mountain bikes in 1996 (at least on the model you own, and perhaps other models). It appears that your Huffy was a predecessor to my Maxx Mountain (the Maxx Mountain came with aluminum frames and a Ballistic forks) but I can definitely see a strong family resemblance there. Your Huffy appears to be a very well-built mountain bike and it's good to hear that after 18 years it is still going strong. I absolutely love my Huffy and believe they were building fine bikes in the 1990's. I recently bought my wife a new mountain bike (just something to get her bike riding again) a Roadmaster 'Granite Peak' (see photos below) It reminds me of a Huffy in that it is well-built, but this bike was very inexpensive (less than $80) and like your wife's bike, it is perfect for the casual riding that she does. I'm sure that if she gets serious about bicycling eventually she will upgrade to a more expensive bike, but right now for casual riding around the neighborhood the Roadmaster serves her well. I ride my Huffy several miles per day and its the bike I prefer to ride. I'm sure one day I'll purchase a new bike, most likely a Raleigh, as my cousin owns a bike shop and Raleigh is one of the brands he sells (I really like the Raleigh Tokul line), but even when I do, I'll keep my Huffy and continue to ride it. Much to my surprise, my cousin (who sells a lot of rather expensive high-end bikes) is actually impressed with my Huffy and its build quality. I am too, it's a very comfortable bike, has proven to be very reliable and after 16 years of ownership, it's like an old friend.
One last thing, if you email your Huffy's serial number to Huffy Customer Service (Service@Huffy.com), they will actually send you information about your bike (I received a build sheet for mine). Happy Riding!


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My Huffy Tiempo commuter originally a 10 speed now a 12. Not sure what year it is.. got it free from my uncle. Greased all the bearings and had to replace the bottom bracket bearings. Not perfect but put over 300 miles on it so far. Planning on about 1k miles and may start looking for something else.

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I'm agree with you. However, I don't agree that one should be cheap with clothing or furniture. One should be cheap with cars and bikes.

I've found that when I dress nice/stylish, that I get treated much better. For example, I don't own T-shirts and always wear dress shirts, even when backpacking in Asia. As far as furniture, I only buy Scandinavian classics, usually used and restore them. High-end furniture never really depreciates in value, in fact, one usually breaks even when accounting for inflation. Look at the prices of used Eames chairs, for example (this prices should be in English, I know that Eames is an American).

As far as bikes go, I'm doing the long-term BSO test to see what is the sweet price point for reliability vs. cost. As far as cars go, my Audi just turned 20 (Baujahr 1994) and still runs really well!

This is my contribution to the zombie thread!

esmith - If you want to find out what year your Huffy was made if you can email your Huffy's serial number to Huffy Customer Service (Service@Huffy.com), they will actually send you information about your bike including the year it was made. I sent them the serial number of my Huffy last week and they emailed me the build sheet. I'm very pleased with Huffy's customer service department.

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I've heard recently that money spent on experiences often leads to more satisfaction than money spent on things. Looking back on my life, it would seem there's some truth to that. I can remember vacations we took when I was very young. The pleasure you get from things tends to be more fleeting.

There are "things" though that facilitate wonderful experiences or can lead to bad ones. That's where you need to be careful to avoid false economies, but sometimes "cheap" works.

My 2nd car was a '78 Pontiac Sunbird that I purchased used in 1982, - the year I graduated from High School. There was already some rust on it that the dealer had hidden under a decal, which I made them fix when I found it. It was cheap in every imaginable way except that it had a very reliable drivetrain. By the time I totaled it in 1987, the interior was starting to fall apart but the car had gotten me through college without trouble and I could now afford a better one. I would equate it to a BSO: cheap, but it had served its purpose.

After that I bought a sporty little Nissan that I loved. Had to sell it after our second child but it was almost 15 years old by then. I haven't really had my own car since. We own two vehicles and I'll take whichever one is best suited for the trip (or whatever one is a available).

I bought a trek 7100 from bike store and had similar problems with spoke breakage... no real resolution from the bike store I purchased it from (basically said that I was too heavy)... so I bought a bikes direct type of bike (low end road bike) and rode it for few years with no spoke problems... finally, went back and bought another wheel for 7100 and finally got it to work.

When I was eleven years old, one of my best friends got a brand new Huffy Santa Fe. I remember how awesome it looked in the earth tone paint schema that was all the rage in 1980. It looked so much better than my old repainted Murray with ape hangars and a banana seat. I was so jealous.
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Years later I realize that it was like being envious that my friend got to get a root canal. Those things were crap on wheels.

You were right to be jealous, I had one of those as a young teen and it was awesome. :) I put lots of miles on it but the Positron II ™ shifting was a bit quirky. I was mechanically inclined so I managed.

It could be that I got a bit lucky. I remember my mom trying to get a Huffy 10 speed for my younger brother about a year later. She took two of them back because they were so awful.

I also knew the bike's limitations. Even though I still had it while I was in college I borrowed somebody else's bike for a triathlon.

Every once in awhile I still run across one of those. If you want to finally outdo your buddy, you can get a step-through model that somebody put ape-hangers on. It's available on Ebay for only $130.

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I grew up and still live in the Dayton, OH area. the birthplace of huffy bicycle. I rode a thunder road back in the day and it was awesome.

1976 Huffy Thunder Road - BMXmuseum.com

huffy was a major player in cycling in ohio and could easily be credited for the beginning of the hundreds of miles of great trails we have in southwest ohio.

History | Miami Valley Bike Trails

I'm glad to see so many folks understand that there is nothing wrong with riding a Huffy or any other brand you may choose to ride. I really don't see why there are people who look down their noses at what other people ride & enjoy riding. It comes down to personal choice as well as what bike fits your needs and budget. I own two bikes; a 1974 Sutton Super 10 Racer & my 1998 Huffy Maxx Mountain, neither is what you would consider an expensive bike and neither is a 'high end' bike, however I enjoy riding both bikes and they both mean a lot to me. Isn't the way it should be? I'm not trying to please anybody but myself & I get a lot of pleasure riding my bikes.

If you like it, ride it! Or put a ring on it ;)

I also had friends that got a pair of his/hers santa fe's for Christmas. sooo jealous at the time. for my birthday (march) I got an amf 10-speed that kicked arse. unfortunately, it was stolen later in the summer and the replacement was a huffy 10-speed. that was the last huffy I owned. however, being a Dayton, oh native, buying huffy's went a long way to supporting the local economy. at least till they were bought out and production moved elsewhere.

I owned a Huffy Aerowind 12-speed back in the early 1980’s, but it didn’t weigh anywhere near 80 pounds via its OEM configuration. The only thing I installed was a mechanical speedometer. I had to carry that Huffy up and down my apartment stairs and it was easily accomplished, as it wasn’t very heavy. I don’t recollect ever weighing it, but it couldn’t have been any more than roughly 30 to 35 pounds.

Gnosis - You appear to be right on the money regarding the weight of an Aerowind. I saw an ad for a Huffy Aerowind online from a bike shop that offers a lot of used bikes for sale and they listed on at 31lbs. Which isn't really 'heavy' at all, as my aluminum framed Maxx Mountain weighs about 30lbs. and I feel that is pretty light. The price for the 1982 Huffy Aerowind? $1,999.00 Who said Huffy's can't command good money?

I was exaggerating.

I've been commuting 7.5 miles each way for a year on a $200 Walmart Schwinn Varsity 1200 (google it...hybrid with thin tires, alluminum frame). Ive been happy with it...ive upgraded grips, saddle, freaked the fit 50 times, and very soon after purchase, took it to the local bike shop for a tune-up to get any"assembly"issues fixed...it shifted much better after that.

And the bike shop treated me very professionally...didnt laugh me out of the place....

I currently ride a Huffy Rock Creek (dual suspension) as my daily commuter - $99 and some change from Walmart. I have custom mounted rear rack, and pannier bags. My commute is mixed bike lane, neighborhood roads, bike trail, industrial, and country roads, and is 24.6 miles each way (no I don't have to do this daily, nor do I have to ride this whole way both directions)....
The bicycle is not the best - but suspension was needed for this ride, and total invested (including rack, bags, lighting) is still under $160. Bang for the buck, it gets me to work, but I'd really like to better, but money is a thing.

Back in the day, and those were the days. My first real bike. Black and gold Huffy, coaster brake, and the pads. Don't mind the bowl cut and the tucked in t shirt.

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I love my old Huffy MTB so much I stripped the components from a road bike that I could not ride and converted my Huffy into a drop bar/700c conversion and also turned it into my commuter bike so I can ride it every day...............

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I was gifted with a sears no name 12 speed in the late 80's... it had friction stem shifters; 26inch wheels. That bike got me into cycling. I put alot of miles on that bike. Iactually still miss that bike...