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Huffy Bicycles - An Old American Bicycle Company
If you're looking to buy an old huffy, your best bet is to search for a vintage Huffy on eBay.
While we don't recommend buying a new Huffy bicycle for any serious cycling adventures, you may still want to consider a Huffy when buying a cheap children's bike online because your kids might not need anything more sophisticated than that.
Read on for more about the History of Huffy bicycles.
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Evolution Of the Huffy Bike Products
1936 - Huffman Dayton Streamliner
This early Huffy Bicycle had a streamline construction and balloon tires.
1949 - Huffy Convertible Bike
A children's bicycle with rear training wheels and foot steps.
1955 - The Radio Bicycle
Featured a radio built into the tank, with the antenna and battery pack on the rear carrier.
1969 - The Dragster
A bike with 20 inch wheels, a "banana" seat, and high-rise handlebars.
1973 - The Scout
A 10-speed, lightweight bicycle with a narrow racing saddle, dropped-style handlebars, and an American West color scheme.
1975 - The Monoshock
A bmx style bike with a single shock absorber.
1977 - The Thunder Trail and Silver Thunder
A motocross-style bike designed to look like a motorcycle with waffle handle-grips, knobby tires, and racing-like number plates on the front.
1987 - The Sigma
A 20" bike that offered hand brakes and disk wheel covers.
1991 - The Stone Mountain
An 18-speed mountain bicycle featuring 26" knobby tires and dynamic color finish.
1994 - The Blade Bike
The beginning of the generic all terrain bicycle (ATB) known for their low price and mass production quality.
1997 - The Huffy BMX
A mass produced quality product in the bmx style.
2000 - The Micro Scooter
A copy of many of the increasingly popular scooters on the market.
2003 - The Green Machine
A Children's recumbent tricycle with articulated rear steering, modified from a 1970's design by Marx toys.
The Huffman Manufacturing Company
Horace Huffman Snr - founder of Huffy Bicycles - learnt the art of manufacturing at his father's knees. His father was George P. Huffman, owner of the Davis Sewing Machine Company (1882 - 1925), and the producer of the first Davis Sewing Machine bicycle and renowned Dayton Special Roadster.
In 1924, feeling confident, he set out to establish his own company called the Huffman Manufacturing Company.
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At first Horace manufactured products for service stations and steel bicycle rims, but sensing an opportunity during the Depression in 1934, he switched to making bicycles.
Huffmans started out producing about 12 bicycles per day but as the Depression worsened and more people turned to cycling for their transportation needs that figure rose to nearly 200 a day.
The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company was their primary client however in 1938 Huffmans lost the majority of that account because they were unable to keep up with Firestone's demands. Competition was stiff and Huffmans was struggling.