Originally Posted by Coyote!
When nicely adjusted they made a beautiful quiet pulsating bzzz-hiss in time to one's cadence. As I recall, you adjusted 'em by carefully distorting the wire bale.
They were the same era as the "Flick Stand", a wire device that made a rigid connection between the front tire and the down tube [
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kick_stand]. . .made leaning bikes a little more stable.
Hey, Coyote, what is a Flick Stand? I think I have one of those on an old bike, but I could never figure out what it was or how it worked. Any pics? The link you gave was a bad link. Sounds interesting.