1975 JC Penny Bike Tour Film
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No helmets, tennis shorts, shoes and shirts - and JC Penney-branded 10 speeds. Oh, yeah - those were the days
I wonder how long it took for one of the wheels to rust up after that dip into the ocean?
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I wonder how long it took for one of the wheels to rust up after that dip into the ocean?
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Dunno, but I bet it was measured in "lids" back in '75
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What a great year! I was riding my Sears Free Spirit Puch at the time. I didn't have one of those heavy disk brakes.
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Wow that must of been brutal. I can't imagine cross country touring on a dedicated touring rig but let alone one of those heaps. lol. This is about four years before my time...on earth.
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Ah the seventies. You could buy a six pack of tube socks for a $1.99, your white clothes stayed forever white, kaleidoscope transition film fades were all the vogue, and ethnic groups were repped by a single token member. Such memories.
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Thanks for sharing, I was in college then. Can only imagine riding those POS bikes across the country. I think I would have tossed mine into the Pacific at the end.
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Ah the seventies.
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Thanks for posting! Beautifully done, and a real classic! Look beyond what we now consider to be POS bikes and you will see a great experience nicely captured on film. Again, beautifully done! A feather in JC Penny's cap!
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Didn't Popular Mechanics do a story in the 70s where a group of people ordered mail-order bicycles and took them on a cross country (I think north to south) tour? As I recall none of them had any real problem with the bikes, until just after the tour when one bike suffered several broken spokes.
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Didn't Popular Mechanics do a story in the 70s where a group of people ordered mail-order bicycles and took them on a cross country (I think north to south) tour? As I recall none of them had any real problem with the bikes, until just after the tour when one bike suffered several broken spokes.
https://books.google.com/books?id=H9c..._issues_anchor
https://books.google.com/books/serial...sa=N&start=270
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