Re: [CR]Re: The Huffy lab

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing)

From: "Aldo Ross" <swampmtn@siscom.net>
To: <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <B74A39A5.34BA%d.kennard@home.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: The Huffy lab
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 13:37:50 -0400


From the mid 198-s until the mid 1990s, Mike Melton at the "Huffy Lab" in Miamisburg built custom frames for our Huffy-sponsored racing team. These were usually black with yellow-green headtube and bands on seattube and downtube. Very basic racing frames... not alot of attenion to cosmetics, but they were sturdy racers. These were also available to the local touring club, but at a higher price.

Huffy Lab also produced some of the big black carbon fiber time trial monocoques that were banned by the IOC and UCI... I had one briefly, and will try to post some pictures later this week.

Aldo Ross
Monroe, Ohio


----- Original Message -----
From: "D. Kennard"
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 12:02 PM
Subject: [CR]Re: The Huffy lab



>
> I'm jumping in a little late on this thread, but what high end Huffy bikes
> were there, besides the ones made by Serotta during the mid '80s?
> Was there another high end Huffy? If anyone is interested, I can send
> pictures of one of the Serotta-built Murray bikes from '85; full first gen.
> C-Record/Cobalto. I picked it up for a great price(!), from a guy who
> claimed "no one wants to pay anything for an old Murray"....
> Cheers,
>
> Duane Kennard
>
> > That's kind of interesting since Huffy had the best bicycle R&D labratory
> > in the world up until the early 80's. It's was closed for budget reasons,
> > since Huffy gave up all hopes to make high end bikes. The even built
> > many of the frames
> > we're talking about there. I think it's Dave Schwalbe(sp?) who's on the
> > iBOB and Framebuilders list that now has the jig. There were people at
> > Huffy that knew bikes and were some of the best bicycle engineers
> > around. In the late 80's one of the US cycling magazines did a story
> > about the lab and its resources and history. Anyone have any more info
> > since all mine is fromm reading about it and one person who had actually
> > been there.
> >
> > Weren't there rebadged A-D's marked Sears Free Spirits?
> > enjoy,
> > Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
> > in 72 sunny Santa Barbara, CA