| Re: Old timers - fake gas tank on bikes
Badger_South wrote:
> I was reading a blurb in Urban Cycling about the culture in the 50s being
> so oriented to automobiles.
>
> One of the things that got a laugh was the mention of how bikes in those
> days had fake 'gas tanks' on the bikes.
>
> It caused me to flash back on my red and white Sears&Robuck cruiser bike
> (circa 1958), and the two part steel 'bubbles' that were connected by a big
> nut and bolt to the top tube and support tube below it that looked just
> like a gas tank on a motorcycle. Yep, that was funny to recall. I remember
> taking them off and spraypainting the frame black when I started using it
> for my paperroute. Bendix brakes, streamers - what a hoot.
OMG, my brother had one of those. I'd forgotten about that. Thanks for
the trip down memory lane!
-km
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