Great American Bike Tour 1975

[Mike]

A fun an interesting video with Rivish content--Brooks saddles,
Pletscher racks, Rivish bike fitting and fashion. The rear disc brake
on the bikes is interesting. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k10233DdFi0

--mike

[James Warren]

That made my day, and it's not even 8 AM.

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[Garth]

If that doesn't inspire one who loves to ride to ride even further than you thought you could ..... better go to the ER to have their heart jump started :)

That's how riding was back then(and still is for for many of us today!) .... just wear your summer clothes and ride. I love it! 

Thanks for sharing the link Mike :)

[MSmith]

Groovy!!!

Very nice usage of the kaleidoscope effect!

I wish someone paid me to do that when I was in college.  It must have been a challenge to keep their whites white though.

-Mike in So. Boston, Mass

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[Khalid Mateen]

Thanks for sharing. I like watching videos of the seventies.  I get a nostagic feeling from looking at the haircuts, the way video screens were actually shown back then and how nice the people were then.  It is kind of disappointing that JC Penny does not promote something like that.  Like a Great American tour every four years like the PBP. 

 

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[Kris]

That has to be fake..no way they made it with normal clothing, heavy
steel bikes, and no helmets!

[charlie]

Wow! A total nostalgic trip down memory lane for me.........I thought
it was interesting also with the white cotton 'shorty shorts' you'd
think they were bicycling somewhere to play tennis. No helmets, OMG
how unsafe, what could they have been thinking......85% of them should
have had head injuries!?! I was beginning to think I was imagining
things and started feeling like an alien until......I went out riding
in my cotton cap, leather gloves, MUSA shorts and sport shoes then I
saw a 'real cyclist' wearing an all matching aero spandex one piece,
clip in shoes, aero helmet complete with the tail fin look and those
groovy (probably prescription) full coverage sunglasses. This video
helped me to remember a less complicated time.

[PATRICK MOORE]

I was in full Eddy hero worship mode back then. I still wear regular
shorts, but cycling shoes/pedals, jerseys and hats. No dam' gloves,
helmet, glasses, tight pants.

Even more nostalgic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP1KxPjh4RM

(I swear I saw Terry Jones in that video ...)

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[Way Rebb]

I liked the music, typical 70s film music that nobody ever bought or
listened but Hollywood loved to use for cheesy movies.

From the bike fit section I tried the forearm (saddle to handle bars)
measure on the Hillborne and came up way short, about four inches,
barely reached the stem. Interesting thing, I've been thinking of
trying a shorter stem. MIght be something to that. I've read a
zillion different ways to fit a bike. Is the way I have it
comfortable or optimal or am I just used to it, I dunno.

On Sep 5, 6:33 am, Mike <mjawn...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Garth]

Way .... I wouldn't go by the foreman method of bike fit ..... unless you like a really cramped position. .... which back then was a good fit . LoL :) 

[Andy Smitty Schmidt]

Next Riv ride... I suggest everyone wear matching sweat suits. 

I love that the train in the video Patrick linked to can accommodate so many bikes. Someone needs to show this to the folks at Amtrak. 

--Andy

[Allan in Portland]

Ha! Loved it. My Dad had one of those JPC bikes. Hung in the rafters for years until my friends and I transitioned from our BMX phase to our Road bike phase. It didn't take long after getting our first 10 speed to discover his old bike was a _real_ racing machine. It had down-tube shifters, 12 speeds, toe clips, quick releases, and I think contrary to the film no (or maybe one) brake lever extension.

All it needed was to get rid of that horrible disk brake. That thing must have weighed 5 lbs.

It took a couple more summers before we realized it was no racing machine. We turned on it like a lover betrayed.

:-)

-Allan

On Monday, September 5, 2011 6:33:16 AM UTC-7, Mike wrote:

[Mike]

On Friday, July 13, 2012 3:09:27 PM UTC-7, Andy Smitty Schmidt wrote:

Next Riv ride... I suggest everyone wear matching sweat suits.  

--Andy

No, everyone needs to show up with matching inflatable clowns on their rear racks.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hammarhead/4008336781/in/faves-41335973@N00/

--mike