Originally Posted by zbillster

So this is me looking disappointed one Xmas in 1973 ... my parents wouldn't dare go to a proper bicycle store ... if it wasn't Montgomery Wards or Sears, it wasn't bought. (Unless it was golf clubs for themselves).
At least it had a lugged frame and was made somewhere in Europe? Steel 26" rims, Simplex drivetrain (the downtube shifters were constantly sliding down the tube because they forgot to braze a stop), steel cottered cranks ... this bike would be stolen when the repair shop was broken into to fix the downtube shifter issue under warranty for the umpteenth time ... and replaced with a welded stovepipe Mongomery Wards bike. :/