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Old 11-09-13 | 12:18 PM
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One of my favorite sites on the web is retronaut.com-- it's a collection of old photos and nostalgic oddities. Anyway, I did a search for 'bicycles' and there's a bit of entertaining stuff on there, so I figured I'd share with my fellow bikeforumers... Here are a couple of examples:

The Huffy "Radio Bike"!!


Annnnd welcome to the Tour de France. Smoke?


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Old 11-09-13 | 02:33 PM
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Well yeah you need to smoke just before you get to that really tough part of the race!
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Old 11-11-13 | 09:15 PM
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That web site is ahh different but interesting for sure
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Old 11-11-13 | 09:29 PM
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Ah, what's old is new again.

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Old 11-11-13 | 10:06 PM
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...The standover height is seventeen feet. Do you think the bike will fit me?
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