Originally Posted by
donheff
She's backwards! Here is the correct position from my memories of the 50s. We used to use the axle nuts as a foot rest. I can remember riding with one kid on the handlebars and another (my small, little brother) on the top tube. Balloon tire Schwinns rocked.
Resting the toes on those axle nuts was okay as long as you were wearing shoes. It's easy for the toes to slip into the spokes barefooted
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