A very interesting mix and match of a bike.
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See above for correct definition of hooptie. I used to have one. Side view mirror held on with duct tape, no hubcaps, dents and faded paint. 18 years old but still got me where I needed to go until some idiot kid totaled it while it was parked outside the GF’s house in Jersey.
My response: "Do about it? It got me here, didn't it?"
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A Hooptie is just the urban equivalent for 'beater' although the classic definition is a 'B'-body GM, like a Buick or Olds, something that would have been a 'nice' car, once.
What you're describing is a Donk, with the giant wheels and look-at-me paint and graphics. Ironically, the same 70s-80s Detroit land yachts are sought after as the base material. Properly done, they're full-on show cars; but if you have to ask why, you probably wouldn't get it.
Hooptie
Donk
What you're describing is a Donk, with the giant wheels and look-at-me paint and graphics. Ironically, the same 70s-80s Detroit land yachts are sought after as the base material. Properly done, they're full-on show cars; but if you have to ask why, you probably wouldn't get it.
Hooptie
Donk
The discarded water bottle , what looks like cigarette butts, plus the chainlink fence with razor wire on top in the background , and then theres the graffiti --- , add the right ambiance to this photo of some vintage Detroit steel
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I'd assume the fork was designed for 590 wheels.
PRODUCT MANAGER: OK, how about forks, for 559 wheels with cantilever brake bosses?
CHINESE MANUFACTURER: $1.80 apiece if you order 200000 of them.
PM: Too much. What else you got?
CM: We have forks we put on 3-speed townie bikes, but no cantilever bosses for $1.10 apiece.
PM: Will they clear a 2" tire?
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PRODUCT MANAGER: OK, how about forks, for 559 wheels with cantilever brake bosses?
CHINESE MANUFACTURER: $1.80 apiece if you order 200000 of them.
PM: Too much. What else you got?
CM: We have forks we put on 3-speed townie bikes, but no cantilever bosses for $1.10 apiece.
PM: Will they clear a 2" tire?
...
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A Hooptie is just the urban equivalent for 'beater' although the classic definition is a 'B'-body GM, like a Buick or Olds, something that would have been a 'nice' car, once.
What you're describing is a Donk, with the giant wheels and look-at-me paint and graphics. Ironically, the same 70s-80s Detroit land yachts are sought after as the base material. Properly done, they're full-on show cars; but if you have to ask why, you probably wouldn't get it.
Hooptie
Donk
What you're describing is a Donk, with the giant wheels and look-at-me paint and graphics. Ironically, the same 70s-80s Detroit land yachts are sought after as the base material. Properly done, they're full-on show cars; but if you have to ask why, you probably wouldn't get it.
Hooptie
Donk
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I just find it ironic how people on a bike site will claim a bike isn't interesting but will talk on and on some old cars nobody owns.
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Donks started out in NorCal where they called them scrapers , because the tires always scraped on the wheelwells.
Scraper bikes were also done up.
This one's pretty sweet:
Now take that bone stock late 80s early 90s WalMart mountainbike and put some 32" wheels in there and make em look like candy wrappers, then we got an interesting bike
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See above for correct definition of hooptie. I used to have one. Side view mirror held on with duct tape, no hubcaps, dents and faded paint. 18 years old but still got me where I needed to go until some idiot kid totaled it while it was parked outside the GF’s house in Jersey.
Customer: “I need a gas cap for a Yugo”
Clerk: “Seems like a fair trade.”
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Love the backwards fork.
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We could bring it back to bikes if you like.
Donks started out in NorCal where they called them scrapers , because the tires always scraped on the wheelwells.
Scraper bikes were also done up.
This one's pretty sweet:
Now take that bone stock late 80s early 90s WalMart mountainbike and put some 32" wheels in there and make em look like candy wrappers, then we got an interesting bike
Donks started out in NorCal where they called them scrapers , because the tires always scraped on the wheelwells.
Scraper bikes were also done up.
This one's pretty sweet:
Now take that bone stock late 80s early 90s WalMart mountainbike and put some 32" wheels in there and make em look like candy wrappers, then we got an interesting bike
Y'all are missing the coffee theme. Starbucks colors and trademarks on the wheels. Check out the cup on the seat post.
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Can I find exact examples? No. But there are plenty similar examples that show the same elements. For example, this Huffy Scout looks exactly with the same brakes. Conversion from a road bike? Probably not.
Huffy Cherokee. Probably mid80s given the bull moose bars. Again, similar brakes, crank, and drivetrain.
Newer version of the Cherokee. How do I know? The flat bars and stem very similar to the one in your pictures. Bull Moose bars fell out of favor by the mid80s and were mostly gone by the 90s.
And here are two Huffys from a 1990 J.C. Penney catalog. Notice the same elements like Aushtabula crank, long reach stamped brakes, plastic clips for the cabling, and cheap stamped steel stem.
And here’s Huffy’s hybrid version. They have 26” wheels and the same long reach side pull. Note the distance between the fork and the tire, then compare it your picture. It’s easy to see the similarities and to note that they aren’t due to a wheel change.
Although I hate to admit it, I’ve seen and actually worked on enough of them that I’ve become something of an expert on them.
Huffy Cherokee. Probably mid80s given the bull moose bars. Again, similar brakes, crank, and drivetrain.
Newer version of the Cherokee. How do I know? The flat bars and stem very similar to the one in your pictures. Bull Moose bars fell out of favor by the mid80s and were mostly gone by the 90s.
And here are two Huffys from a 1990 J.C. Penney catalog. Notice the same elements like Aushtabula crank, long reach stamped brakes, plastic clips for the cabling, and cheap stamped steel stem.
And here’s Huffy’s hybrid version. They have 26” wheels and the same long reach side pull. Note the distance between the fork and the tire, then compare it your picture. It’s easy to see the similarities and to note that they aren’t due to a wheel change.
Although I hate to admit it, I’ve seen and actually worked on enough of them that I’ve become something of an expert on them.
Well done, I concede the point.
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Good on you, mate! If we never make mistakes, we never learn anything.
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Bruh... those stupid cars are everywhere, especially here in the south. One around here was made from an 80's LeSabre hearse.
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