Check out Mike DeSalvo's new ride

[kohlboto]

So beautiful and a cool backstory:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...count=1&ref=nf

[eBAUMANN]

holy mother of pearl

[terry]

It really is the bike I've always wanted.

[rphetteplace]

Just talking to Mike now about how super cool that thing is!

[tmf]

What type of tubing was used for this one?

I had one of the True Temper Huffy's that failed on the downtube. The frame was great until then.

[FlashUNC]

Originally Posted by tmf

What type of tubing was used for this one?

I had one of the True Temper Huffy's that failed on the downtube. The frame was great until then.

That makes it even more like the pro team bikes....

[rphetteplace]

Originally Posted by tmf

What type of tubing was used for this one?

I had one of the True Temper Huffy's that failed on the downtube. The frame was great until then.

That's my understanding why Slawta ending up building some of these Huffy's. Due to failures of the True Temper tubes of the day. The bike is most definitely not that same tubeset.

[Echo]

Truely a dream! How many of the original frames do ya'll reckon are still out there? How many were originally built? Any good estimates?

[FlashUNC]

Originally Posted by rphetteplace

That's my understanding why Slawta ending up building some of these Huffy's. Due to failures of the True Temper tubes of the day. The bike is most definitely not that same tubeset.

Slawta built Hampsten's Giro-winning bike.

From what I remember, the bikes were snapping like twigs during the Spring Classics.

[tmf]

Originally Posted by FlashUNC

That makes it even more like the pro team bikes....

It previously had belonged to Raul Alcala. At the time (1988), I didn't know about the whole True Temper failure issue.

[earlfoss]

Tommy Matusch still rides his original team issue Huffy often around here. It was his main ride until some buddies at Trek gave him a carbon bike.

[tiretrax]

Originally Posted by FlashUNC

Slawta built Hampsten's Giro-winning bike.

From what I remember, the bikes were snapping like twigs during the Spring Classics.

There was a post a few days ago about how Hampsten won on a Landshark because the "Huffy"s were failing.

Nice bike. Modern tubing makes it nicer.

[jtakeda]

I'll be listing mine soon.....most likely this weekend.

[mister]

loooks like he used the rene singer lugs
pretty awesome

[rphetteplace]

Originally Posted by earlfoss

Tommy Matusch still rides his original team issue Huffy often around here. It was his main ride until some buddies at Trek gave him a carbon bike.

I remember reading a story in one of the mags about this. I remember it saying the frame was cracked for a very long time while Tommy continued to ride it.