My ride of choice was a Team Mongoose stripped of it's epoxy coating.
I was 6'2" and 175" at 14 and had to have a full chro-molly frame.
I broke steel frames and bent aluminum ones.
Couldn't run three piece or steel cranks, couldn't run an aluminum bottom stem or bars either.
Interestingly, without knowing it- I rode that bike on Huffman Prairie, where the Wright brothers did their early flight testing.
Huffy is from the Huffman of that same name and was based in Dayton OH.
No connection to the Wright cycle co that I am aware of though.
