The Beater as I call it has had its transfiguration.
I needed a replacement for my beloved "Victor"
I searched Craigslist and the dump to no avail, my friend Jon the Archeologist was doing a site survey on some land and told me about a bike. Curious I walked the grounds until I had found it. This bike was a Huffy Timberline 3 speed missing the shifter, it had been ran over by a log skidder. I brought it home removed the decent parts and scrapped the rest. Next my frequent Craigslist searches had paid off, listed as a mens and womens comfort bikes the pics told another story. I found an old ten speed Free Spirit Greenbriar, not a great bike by any means but it is a lugged steel frame with fenders. Here it is in its original ten speed glory.
After trying to ride it as a ten speed I realized that it sucked and I missed my "Victor".
Having spare parts around is a good thing, I put a cheap crankset ( the old one weighed a ton!)
and built a rear wheel with the Huffy parts cold set the rear spacing. Now I had a single
speed bike (no shifter)I didn't have a chainguard, I did have one for a little pixie bike. So I rode it like that
2 comments:
Hi, I found your blog while I was trying to do some research on the huffy 3 speed timberline. I saw that you used one for parts, but wondered what you think of that bike overall? I am looking for a comfortable road bike that doesn't weigh a lot for a good price and the timberline came up on my Craigslist search.
Hi, Jennifer this bicycle for "light"
city use only. the frame is really flexible and the older Shimano 3 speed is rumored to be weak, I used it without problems however. Thanks for checking in. I would be happy to field any other questions regarding the bicycles on the site, or about bikes that I have experience with.
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