Hal the Elder
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Can't Find That Picture...
HEY...
There's a picture somewhere on this Forum (I think) of a middle-aged man riding a Whizzer along an open road through the countryside, with the bike loaded down with saddlebags, with the caption saying he's headed on a long road trip.
I've got to find that post, because that bike has something on it that I want to order from Mike or Quenton!
I'll explain:
In the years 1948 thru 1951 (before I got my first car at age 16 in 1952), we kids rode stripped-down Schwinn bikes. We removed or bobbed the fenders, removed the chain guard, the headlight if any, and all the other "goody-goody" sissy stuff that we wouldn't be caught dead having on our bikes. The Girls rode bikes with all that stuff, but not us!
But above all, we removed those corny, dumb-looking stock handlebars (like the ones on the Whizzers), and put on RISERS!
Whenever we saw a kid riding a "full dress" Schwinn with all the trappings, including Lights, Horn, Mud Flaps, etc, we'd usually knock him off his bike and rough him up a bit. He would then either avoid our "bicycle rat pack" or learn to strip down his bike too!
This Whizzer I've seen somewhere on this forum had the exact handlebars that we used to install on our "killer" bikes, but I've never been able to find them in bike shops or among the dozens of bars I've seen in online catalogs.
How I drool when I see those vintage bars...there are no bars as cool as those, and I want a pair for Oscar!
HAL
HEY...
There's a picture somewhere on this Forum (I think) of a middle-aged man riding a Whizzer along an open road through the countryside, with the bike loaded down with saddlebags, with the caption saying he's headed on a long road trip.
I've got to find that post, because that bike has something on it that I want to order from Mike or Quenton!
I'll explain:
In the years 1948 thru 1951 (before I got my first car at age 16 in 1952), we kids rode stripped-down Schwinn bikes. We removed or bobbed the fenders, removed the chain guard, the headlight if any, and all the other "goody-goody" sissy stuff that we wouldn't be caught dead having on our bikes. The Girls rode bikes with all that stuff, but not us!
But above all, we removed those corny, dumb-looking stock handlebars (like the ones on the Whizzers), and put on RISERS!
Whenever we saw a kid riding a "full dress" Schwinn with all the trappings, including Lights, Horn, Mud Flaps, etc, we'd usually knock him off his bike and rough him up a bit. He would then either avoid our "bicycle rat pack" or learn to strip down his bike too!
This Whizzer I've seen somewhere on this forum had the exact handlebars that we used to install on our "killer" bikes, but I've never been able to find them in bike shops or among the dozens of bars I've seen in online catalogs.
How I drool when I see those vintage bars...there are no bars as cool as those, and I want a pair for Oscar!
HAL
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