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Originally Posted by
Mos6502
Didn't Popular Mechanics do a story in the 70s where a group of people ordered mail-order bicycles and took them on a cross country (I think north to south) tour? As I recall none of them had any real problem with the bikes, until just after the tour when one bike suffered several broken spokes.
For the Popular Mechanics fans out there...there are bicycle related articles in the back issues ....
http://books.google.com/books?id=H9c..._issues_anchor
http://books.google.com/books/serial...sa=N&start=270
Last edited by cycleheimer; 07-21-12 at 09:08 AM.