How Wal-Mart destroyed the Huffy Bicycle Corporation

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How Wal-Mart destroyed the Huffy Bicycle Corporation

The front disc brake rotor and brake pads can be misaligned, which can cause brake failure, posing crash and injury hazards. The frames of the recalled cargo bicycles can crack and can bend and break, posing a fall hazard to the rider. The training wheel assembly knob can loosen and detach from the bicycle, posing… Continue reading How Wal-Mart destroyed the Huffy Bicycle Corporation

Huffy Corporation

While slower than Class 3 e-bikes, which can reach 28mph, the lower max speed is suitable for the needs of most urban riders. Huffy is a bike manufacturer and used to have its own factories in the United States up until the late 1990s. However, due to rising costs of labor, like all other major… Continue reading Huffy Corporation

How Wal-Mart destroyed the Huffy Bicycle Corporation

We know through physics that temperature affects air pressure. So, all else being equal, people biking in Miami in August are going to have higher pressure in their tires than people huffy cruiser bike biking in Boston in January. In addition to weather, sustained deceleration using rim brakes generates friction that can increase temperatures inside… Continue reading How Wal-Mart destroyed the Huffy Bicycle Corporation