Help! Mystery mountain bike...

[Toeslider]

Went to pick up a Specialized Hardrock from a guy today, and picked this up too. It's probably somebody's frankenbike project, but I'd like to know as much as I can about it.

The weird thing is that it has some decent components, like an Alivio rear derailleur, but the wheels are stamped Huffy? At first I thought high end of the department store bike scale, but it is just a weird mix of parts. It has the thickest dropouts I have ever seen on a bicycle, bigger than most motorcycles. The front fork has been painted over, but that cannot hide the fact that it is an SR DuoTrack 7006 "suspension" fork, with about 1" of travel, if you run it straight into a curb. Absolutely no other ID markings on the bike.

Anybody recognize it as something they once owned, or *gasp* something special?

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[old_skool]

it's aluminum, that's why it has such thick dropouts - maybe it's a higher end Huffy aluminum frame MTB with alloy wheels that someone removed the decals from? Like an Ironman Pro or something like that?

 

[deorman]

Or perhaps, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co6-tYS9k1U

 

[old_skool]

since it has canti brakes and bar ends, it's probably an early to mid 90's bike

 

[Toeslider]

Would any Huffy have ever had Alivio components on it? I have had bikes that were over $1000 new that had Alivio components on them.

Edit: scratch that, I was thinking Deore. I have had $500 bikes with Alivio though, which seems steep for a Huffy. I think the wheels are transplants.

 

[old_skool]

Who knows - those rims are definitely Huffy, though. Maybe those are replacement rims put on a nicer bike.

I think Alivio are lower end components - maybe it was an entry level MTB from Giant, Trek, etc.

 

[Toeslider]

Well, this is interesting:

http://archive.mtbr.com/09/0EFB5D70.php

Describes this bike EXACTLY. So it really is a Huffy...learned another new thing today, Huffy actually tried to step up their game for a hot minute to compete with the bike shops.

You were right on with the Huffy Ironman call.

 

[old_skool]

That seems to be the one - probably pretty rare, too.

 

[supergoob]

Its definitely 80s sexy though. I'd ride it in a heartbeat.

 

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

great find. I'd keep it just as is, and perhaps have repro decals made for it.