artwebb wrote:Hey, sorry about the rant, just verry frustrated. I do know about quality vs. price, as I was a mechanic for awhile, and own lots of tools of many brands. Interestingly, my Great Neck tools (Autozone brand) and Stanly tools (formerly Pop mechanics, sold by Walmart) are perfectly servicable tools, although some would argue Craftsman is better (I would actualy differ as far as ratchets, as my Stanly is a better ratchet than any Craftsman I ever owned), and not one of these companies makes a servicable line wrench. But compared to my prized Snap On tools, well, when my wife asked what the difference was I had her hold, just hold, mind you, similar sized wrenches made by Craftsman and Snap On simultaneously and feel their balance, and the wife, who does no mechanical work did, and said 'oh' and never questioned my tool truck jones again. However, I don't turn my nose up at Stanly tools, as I know they'll get the job done. Now, as far as suspension components, I don't care much for suspension on a bike at all, beyond maybe a springer seat, especialy on a cheap bike, where common sense says the components can't be very good. One of the reasons I latched onto the idea of a Huffy MTB being they actualy offer a bike with no suspension at a friendly price. Huffys I've had before have been good, as I've said, in spite of quite a few people back then calling them junk (70's -90's models) Maybe one out of twenty bike shop guys would admit it was a decent product, if you knew them well, and the rest called them junk. You Fenlason have nothing to gain here, as I'm not likely to go out of state to buy a bike, so I have to take your comments as being the truth as you know it. I just wonder, have you worked (or tried to) on a Huffy recently? Is it possible the recent problems with Huffy could be an ugly rumor started by their competitors? I know guys who, if you listen to them, all Fords are junk, or all Chevys are junk. or all Dodges are junk, and in spite of the fact that I've never had a good Ford, there are guys who love their Fords. And then there are the guys who say anything but a (insert name of pricey car with snob appeal here) it's not worth even a look. Maybe I'll invest a small amount of money on a modern Huffy and see if rumors of the companies bad quality are well founded or not
My knowledge is based on personal experience. Me working on them myself.. and I have worked on Huffys every year for the last 27 years.
Actually I have to correct that.. there was a year or two, at another shop, the owner did not want me to have to work on them.. and actually for a time we did not work on any bikes we had not sold. But other than that.. yeah I work on them all the time.
Exactly what competition is supposed to be telling me Huffy's are bad? Number 1.. I am a mechanic not a buyer.. and no longer even a sales person. Our reps are professional enough, that they do not bad mouth their competitors. If they were inclined to. Huffys would not come even come into the picture. We could not get them to sell if we wanted to.
If what I was sharing was second hand knowledge .. or rumors.. I would have stated that.
As I have said I am not sure I have worked on every model they have ever made.. I also don't see the ones that are working well... which should be obvious.
I am happy to hear they make a bike without suspension..... good luck with it.
as I said a page or two back...
If you have been happy with these bikes go for it.