Originally Posted by
unterhausen
having worked in a bike shop near the Bikecentennial route, the trip was usually made on a crappy bike, but many of those bikes were the main worry of the people that rode them. Then again, there weren't a lot of good choices back then unless you spent a lot of money
I worked at a shop as a kid back then. Some (most) of those bikes back then were a nightmare. We used to joke around about doing the "hammer dance", which meant getting so frustrated with a repair that you took a hammer and stomped around the bike trying to hold yourself back from whacking it. When you got your hands on a nice Japanese bike back then it was sweet. Fujis were our favorite. Things sure got alot better in the '80s.