I wish too, was about 13 and would have dressed however they wanted me to if it would have had me rocking a Paramount which I drooled profusely over at Gateway Schwinn that was near my house. It was across the street from Yamaha East and Norwest Honda so you could see Paramount's, Yamaha's, Bultaco's, Maico's, Honda's, Triumph's, BSA's and John Player Special Norton's all in an afternoon, which I did on a regular basis. Fortunately I did not miss Dark Side of Moon or any other Classic rock of the era. For what it's worth I think the pool angle played out across the nation especially in warmer places as one of THE place's to hang out and meet girls (in bikini's no less) and biking was probably viewed as healthy, wholesome transport for such activities if you didn't drive. They may have missed the age target group a bit, but that group wasn't the one with the money for such things so they included the parent age group for that. Not bad marketing from the sales numbers of the time.