New Life for Old Bikes rebuild of Huffy Aluminum ATB

Follow along as I strip, refinish and reassemble my late 1980s polished aluminum ATB. It goes from ugly duckling to a real head turner that rides every bit as good as it looks.

[@brylledeuda544]

well done Sir good bike transformation :) I am very inspired.

[@NewLifeforOldBikes]

Glad to hear that.

[@edselbobpacer]

That bike looks amazing Evan

[@NewLifeforOldBikes]

thank you. It's also a lot of fun to ride.

[@edselbobpacer]

I like what u did with grinding down the welds smooth

[@NewLifeforOldBikes]

Thank you. I'm very proud of it.

[@MLRomo]

The chrome cleaned up very nice. Also I really like the no decal look. Well done! 🍻

[@NewLifeforOldBikes]

Thank you Mario. I think I might have a bit of hand pin striping done on it. I'm not a fan of all the decals, but I would like an accent.

[@jimbo4203]

Nice 👍 job

[@NewLifeforOldBikes]

Thank you. I think it was worth all the effort.

[@Cuongmantv11]

I'll give you an incentive registration and wish you success ❤😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@NewLifeforOldBikes]

Thank you so much. I appreciate it.

[@thinkpadBentnoseTheBlind]

I must also add that i think that bike is to be mid 90's at best for a Huffy.

[@NewLifeforOldBikes]

Thank you for your input. Do you know if they still used cantilever brakes in the mid 90's.

[@thinkpadBentnoseTheBlind]

Cantilever brakes,non V style, live still to this day but seemed to faze out at bike shops in the early 2000's as lower end bikes seemed to all have at least v style brakes. @@NewLifeforOldBikes

[@thinkpadBentnoseTheBlind]

Even in 1996 one could still snag a M2 Metal matrix specialized stumpjumper with full xt and with xt cantis as a non front shock model.

[@NewLifeforOldBikes]

@@thinkpadBentnoseTheBlindI appreciate the info. I thought they were phased out in the early 90's.

[@edselbobpacer]

Wear can I buy that crank removal tool at or what's it called

[@NewLifeforOldBikes]

Just look up crank puller tool on ebay. Hundreds will pop up. it's also available on Amazon.

[@edselbobpacer]

@@NewLifeforOldBikes ok thank you my friend I appreciate you I love your videos