Originally Posted by
big john
When I used to ride motorcycles the saying was "if you have a $25 dollar head get a $25 helmet".
We said that about bicycle helmets in the mid-1970s, when the first hard shells (Bell Biker) started to supplant the cheaper traditional leather or vinyl "hairnets."
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"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069