FujiFish1@aol.com wrote:
> Collect? ... Nah. But that reminds me ... I think I never sent a link to
> PICs of a true POSEUR bike I nabbed from the local thrift for about 4 bucks.
> It's a Huffy Aerowind, inspired by the 1980s "aero" craze that we cover from time
> to time. The frame has flattened gaspipe tubes, and a super low level
> Shimano (Adamas?) AX gruppo, that poorly emulates it's Dura Ace distant relative.
> Still, some of the mechanisms are very similar looking to the real deal, and
> the rear derailleur is an AX Positron. Oh yes, the bike weighs a ton, and I
> have not (yet) ridden it :)
>
> http://www.wooljersey.com/
>
> It's probably not really on topic, since it is neither lightweight, nor warm,
> let alone hot enough to be keeping any flame; but it might still fall in the
> timeline. Just thought some of you might want to see it ... for kicks.
Oh, yeah. I remember those. It looked like they just took one of their normal gaspipe frames and mashed it in a vice to give it the fashionable aero look.
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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA