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Post by kickstandman on Jan 20, 2016 3:53:37 GMT
Okay, soon I will save the instructions for making those brake handles. But back to the point, I didn't know other bikes had a similar make as in (yes, we Americans will know), the Huffy British made bikes. And this one may not actually be too bad of a bike.  oldtenspeedgallery.com/owner-submitted/billnuke1s-1960s-huffy-super-60/A lot of attractive parts on this old bike, I wonder who over there made it.  I will leave it at that. |
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Post by kickstandman on Jan 20, 2016 3:59:38 GMT
So the question really is who made those kinds of brake handles? For comparison, of course, mine still has the "safety" levers on them, heck, I like them actually.  So, to me, this says, these "kinds" of brake handles (covers) may have been in use in the UK prior. (Pretty clean Aerospace) |
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Post by cusqueno on Jan 20, 2016 14:53:15 GMT
That Huffy has the sort of rustiness I thought we only saw in the UK. It's certainly not a Mojave Huffy!
Those GB Coureur brake callipers are nice and suggest a good quality bike. What make are the brake levers? Their redness says Altenburger to me, but I'm probably wrong. Well worth renovating the bike I feel.
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Post by oldroadietehachapi on Jan 20, 2016 21:02:48 GMT
As for the brake lever covers; could you not slice a Weinmann/Diacompe cover in half? Are they glued in place or what? As for the Huffy; we yanks do remember (mostly bad memories) Huffy. The Super 60 was from the middle 60s and made in the UK; Huffy's own bikes were welded and clunkey. In the 60s and 70s they did occasionally have what was a good entry level road bike as their top of the line (these were made in the UK). I think they were made by Raleigh, but I am not certain. They were doing some things that were ahead of their time (like disc brakes). I am attaching some parts of their 1973 catalog. Jim    |
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Post by kickstandman on Jan 29, 2016 19:37:35 GMT
This was posted elsewhere but it is so fascinating and I love the look of this Huffy:  marksbikes.wordpress.com/2015/11/11/know-it-all/ Please see the rest for oneself. So, most likely, a Carlton made Huffy from what I can tell. Personally, I love a lot of Raleigh bikes but as a corporation, I'm not so sure about them swallowing up so many companies but I guess I should not complain, that's capitalism. |
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Post by 54roadie on Feb 5, 2016 20:41:32 GMT
Why does there appear to be a screw in the downtube end of the head / down tube lug?
Frank
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Post by oldroadietehachapi on Feb 6, 2016 0:13:54 GMT
I think it is a knot in the background wood (fence).
Jim
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Post by kickstandman on Feb 6, 2016 4:04:02 GMT
I'm thinking now, on those brake handles, should anyone have them, clear coat, some sort of clear covering spray might work. Suggestions are they work on decals.  |
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Post by bicyclebits on Feb 29, 2016 14:31:14 GMT
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Post by kickstandman on Feb 29, 2016 16:10:31 GMT
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Post by kickstandman on Mar 28, 2016 2:48:30 GMT
Cross posting, more Huffy lore and I saved the photo in case but for now, will just post the link: "Rare Huffy Concours" : the ad claims it is Motobecane made and the color scheme does indicate the way some of them looked back then, williamsport.craigslist.org/bik/5488781500.htmlOther websites do seem to suggest it may well be made by Motobecane. I think Mirages and Jubilees had that general design but in fact, it may well have been up and down the whole line. |
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Post by oldroadietehachapi on Mar 28, 2016 4:39:54 GMT
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Post by kickstandman on Mar 29, 2016 2:54:07 GMT
Thank you for the links, very informative. I found the article though the original article at smile politely may have been scrambled. I will try this again: www.smilepolitely.com/culture/in_defense_of_huffy/The Huffy Aerowind commerical, the Aerowind mentioned in the article: |
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Post by bicyclebits on Sept 14, 2016 22:33:11 GMT
The first batch of off shore Huffys were made by Carlton. The green bike in the illustration above is a Carlton with their distinctive Capella lugs.
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Post by eaglerock on Feb 19, 2018 9:47:40 GMT
...as also used on the Carlton Capella, and some 1973 Raleigh Internationals and Competitions.
A curious Huffy fact: The bikes ridden by the US Cycling team in the 1984 Olympics were branded Huffy. There's a widespread story stateside that the Huffy-branded team frames were built by a prominent American framebuilder (Ben Serotta, I think).
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