80's Huffy

[Carbon]

Scored this here 80's steel 56cm Huffy road bike last night for a staggering 15 bucks, she's a beast, strip down began immediately. I threw on a set of 26" coaster wheels with some blue 1.5" Origin 8 tires, a 52t Crown Japan crank sprocket and 18t rear, cleaned and repacked all the bearings, added seat, pedals, chain, everything, fun little quick build, bike is smooth, fast and fun to ride. Weighs in at a modest 26.2 lbs. First pic is as received last night,...


Then she turned into this,...

 

[oldcruiser26]

Nice transformation

 

[Carbon]

Thanks.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Looks, and I bet it rides, GREAT!

Luke.

 

[Carbon]

Thanks Luke, she's a blast to ride, has that good ole 80's feel to it, I really like the colors on it.

 

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

That has a nice look.


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[Gdcast]

I really like this one

 

[Zumo]

Nice! Old ten speeds are perfect for this setup.

 

[nito900rr]

I like that one alot! I don't know much about road bike parts but love that look.

Nito

 

[Araya51]

Nice Street Rider..

 

[Carbon]

Thanks fellas, these old frames are perfect for single speed setups, American bottom bracket, horizontal dropouts, fun and great riding bikes, they can also be picked up for cheap! They weren't afraid to put a little rake on the fork back then.

 

[Carbon]

Thanks us56456712, good thing is they can be had for cheap, these pop up quite often on craigslist and other local sites for next to nothing.

Wow, whoda thought that was hiding under there. Makes me sad I threw away my old 10 speed road bike last summer.

 

[mick5cents]

wow that is nice