[RepoGirl]

I have a sticker on my truck that reads:

"If Huffy made an airplane, would you fly in it?"

I remember way back in the early or mid 70s, when I was but a wee lass, Huffy put out these fake moto-cross bikes that made vroom-vroom! noises when you turned the grip-shift handlebars.

Funny, every kid I knew, even back then, thought Huffy bikes were crap. Schwinns, on the other hand, were COOL.

Now that I am older, though, its Specialized all the way.

[Charles Martel]

I remember way back in the early or mid 70s, when I was but a wee lass, Huffy put out these fake moto-cross bikes that made vroom-vroom! noises when you turned the grip-shift handlebars.

Funny, every kid I knew, even back then, thought Huffy bikes were crap. Schwinns, on the other hand, were COOL.

Wow, I'd completely forgotten about the Huffy bikes with the twist-grip noisemaker. There was also a Mattel V-Room bicycle about a decade earlier; you can still find the "engines" on eBay. Very interesting artifacts, to be sure.

I remember the "Huffy = crap" opinion being prevalent, too. Of course, Schwinns *were* cool. Especially the Krates. I remember showing my dad an "Apple Krate" ad in Boy's Life magazine. He looked thoughtful for a moment, tamped down the tobacco in his pipe, and said: "No."

I did get a blue StingRay, so life was still pretty sweet. Wish I could still comfortably ride that little bike. Nowadays, both Schwinn and Huffy appear to have gone to the dogs.

[gringo_in_Akita]

Hey Huffy,
When I need a 77-pound mountain bike, I'll be sure to get in touch with you guys.