[CR]Re: Huffys

(Example: Framebuilders:Norman Taylor)

From: <RDF1249@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 01:39:17 EST
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Re: Huffys

Peter Kohler writes:
> Indeed. But does anyone here have any on topic Huffys? On topic you say?
> Indeed... in the late 1960s Carlton actually made a range of very on topic,
> high quality lightweights for Huffy which were, sob!, sold as... Huffys! I
> remember my dad telling hell would freeze over before he bought me a Huffy,
> even one made in England. And even today, well.. I just wouldn't be caught
> dead riding a Huffy. Someone did.. there was even a Huffy "racing" jersey on
> eBay recently. There were also some lower end Huffy "racers" that were
> British built in the early '60s.. these may have been built by CWS.
>

And who can forget the early 80s Huffy team racing bikes made by, I think it might have been Mike Mellman, after Huffy took over Raleigh USA? We called Raleighs "Ruffys" then. Forgive me if this was already mentioned. I just jumped into this thread.

cheers
Bob Freeman
Seattle