Nothing Screams '70's Like.....? (Bike Related of Course)
 

How about a Suntour Pro-Compe 5 speed freewheel with a date code "TK" (November, 1977) and it's accompanying spoke protector?





https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5716/...92fb4fcc_z.jpgSunTour Pro-Compe 5 Speed by velocivixen, on Flickr

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5761/...04f2e3db_z.jpgBack Side Pro-Compe Freewheel by velocivixen, on Flickr

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/722/2...9de17796_z.jpgDry & Rusty by velocivixen, on Flickr

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/669/2...6a7ee781_z.jpgSunTour Pro-Compe 5 speed by velocivixen, on Flickr



https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5752/...392dbec0_z.jpg1978? Univega Gran Rally by velocivixen, on Flickr




OK, give it up. In the world of bikes, bike clothing, gloves, components, advertising, what screams iconic 1970's?

The 1972 Paramount catalog page:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JwtlzyWhfE...+paramount.jpg

What? You don't wear dress slack when you cycle? And deck shoes? How'd he get his bike on the pool deck? :p

Let me think. Early on had that war thingy my friends and I went to. I remember girls... there was drugs... alcohol. Did we have bicycles in the 70's?

A proper Peugeot or a Raleigh Super Course MK II

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/lsrgzuu2sn9...47.19.jpg?dl=0

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/y55eytn4mar..._0669.jpg?dl=0

safety flags

Yeah, my older brother went to that war.

Now I know the correct shoes to wear while riding my old bikes: Keds light blue deck shoes. Maybe I could nail on some cleats.

Hizzoner
http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=492723

Another Peugeothttp://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=492724

Only a freak would have even heard of a Paramount. We learned to ride on these:


http://schwinncruisers.com/bikes/sti...6-stingray.jpg

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=492730

and the Peugeot

High flange hubs, chrome sox on the DO's, Shimano Crane/Eagle/Lark, center pull brakes, turkey levers, stem shifters....

I probably met him somewhere.... I was infantry and there were LOTS of brothers in the infantry.

AND... I've seen your picture. He must have been MUCH older.

Nothing screams 70s more than cycling and cigarettes! Ok, maybe Farrah Fawcett in her trademark swimwear :thumb:

http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/.../Smoking01.jpg

3 cable clamps on the top tube.

Oh, so that's what all those freewheels I don't service look like.

fashion is a fickle thing..

I don't think this was ever in fashion in the US, but maybe in the UK where this Raleigh catalog was designed??

http://bulgier.net/pics/bike/Catalog...aryClothes.jpg

Steve in Peoria

High maintenance gf and a $452 Paramount? He owns the pool too. :D

What I want to know is how is his waistline as slim as the woman's?

It was probably before fencing off everything, and adding a page of "rules and disclaimers" to get to the pool.

Made in America, neon green and heavy.

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=492744

Lots and lots of drillium, especially the structurally questionable sort.

Chicks used to love the Paramount

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-g...araCatalog.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-l...975Catalog.jpg