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I am SO disappointed with the local bike shops

Last Post 12/17/2016 02:39 PM by Frederick Jones. 10 Replies.

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12/09/2016 02:06 PM
Do any of them have this in stock? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWDprSdH2xQ No... a big, fat no. Looks like another Grinch-like Christmas under my tree this year. I could have been the hero of the neighborhood. Yeah, I'm pretty bitter about this

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12/10/2016 01:07 AM
Thanks for the fun link. Old fart here remembers these from his youth during the Pleistocene, er. 60s. Perfect for the Schwinn "stingray" and "krate" bike series (orange krate was orange, etc.), which were modeled after chopper motorcycles. Evel Knievel, drag racing, muscle cars, chopped motos like easy rider were big then. http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/232106966066?lpid=82&chn=ps&ul_noapp=true Perhaps Pres. Trump will bring these back as part of making America Great Again. "'Merica F-yeah!" say the American Idiots.

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12/10/2016 09:07 AM
Schwinn Orange Krate - my first bike. It's where the addiction began... ; )

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12/11/2016 04:47 PM
Awesome! No helmets goes without saying, but bare feet too?! Ah the '60's, well, I was only born in 66, but the '70's were similar. My first bike was a metallic gold banana seat bike. Definitely jumped using concrete block and wooden board. Remember "choppers"? Nick

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12/11/2016 06:13 PM
For you fellow Napoleon Dynamite fans: Sweet jumps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYdps2cQkic

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12/12/2016 11:19 AM
Anyone ever have one of these on their bike?

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12/12/2016 11:54 AM
All we could afford, was baseball cards in the spokes. Held on using clothespins.

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12/12/2016 03:37 PM
If you want to be humbled - http://www.bikeforums.net/general-cycling-discussion/1091339-i-saw-someone-unicycle-today.html - go to post 13. Wheelies that put Peter Sagan to shame. Ben