Back in the late 70's and early 80's I delivered papers around our small town. Makes me wonder how many miles I put on my bike in a year just on my route. My bike was a Western Flyer banana seat bike with a frame similar to the bike in post #196. Only I didn't have those cool BMX handlebars, but instead I had the ape hanger handlebars. It also had chrome fenders but at some point those came off. I remember riding on our muddy gravel streets after a big rain and the rear fender would get clogged up with mud some times. I used to carry my papers in a bag, had one which had bags on either side and a hole in the middle to put my head through.