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| In 1892, the Davis Sewing Machine Company, owned by George P. Huffman, started making bicycles in Dayton, Ohio. In 1977 the company changed its name to Huffy sand reached sales of 2 million bicycles per year, mostly made in the USA. By 2006, they sold their 100 millionth bicycle and they were, for nearly 30 years, the largest bike brand in the Free World. ((Perhaps exaggerations from archived huffy.com history page: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20121016123031/http://www.huffy.com/About/History.aspx]])) ((Much info, as always, from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huffy|wikipedia]])) | In 1892, the Davis Sewing Machine Company, owned by George P. Huffman, started making bicycles in Dayton, Ohio. In 1977 the company changed its name to Huffy and reached sales of 2 million bicycles per year, mostly made in the USA. By 2006, they sold their 100 millionth bicycle and they were, for nearly 30 years, the largest bike brand in the Free World. ((Perhaps exaggerations from archived huffy.com history page: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20121016123031/http://www.huffy.com/About/History.aspx]])) ((Much info, as always, from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huffy|wikipedia]])) |
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| Huffy wouldn't use up its supply of bullmoose bars until the end of 1986 ((In fact, it's popular to buy early Huffy's merely to strip the bullmoose handlebars and throw the rest away...)). Was Huffy the last maker to use them? The tall gearing still "disqualifies" it from being a true mountain bike, but being the "free world's largest bike manufacturer," it's significant that they were missing the boat by this late date. Or perhaps they weren't missing anything and were actually very early adopters? Huffy was making and distributing American made [[raleigh:start|Raleighs]] starting in 1982, including some very interesting mountain bikes, such as the [[raleigh:start#s1982|1982 Trail Rider]] which was a clone of the [[breezer:start#breezeri|1978 Breezer Series I]]. The next year Raleigh was making a 650B [[raleigh:start#s1983|Grand Mesa]], showing clever innovation within tight budget constraints. | Huffy wouldn't use up its supply of bullmoose bars until the end of 1986 ((In fact, it's popular to buy early Huffy's merely to strip the bullmoose handlebars and throw the rest away...)). The tall gearing still "disqualifies" it from being a true mountain bike, but being the "free world's largest bike manufacturer," it's significant that they were missing the boat by this late date. Or perhaps they weren't missing anything and were actually very early adopters? Huffy was making and distributing American made [[raleigh:start|Raleighs]] starting in 1982, including some very interesting mountain bikes, such as the [[raleigh:start#s1982|1982 Trail Rider]] which was a clone of the [[breezer:start#breezeri|1978 Breezer Series I]]. The next year Raleigh was making a 650B [[raleigh:start#s1983|Grand Mesa]], showing clever innovation within tight budget constraints. |
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