Vintage pic
03-10-11 | 03:43 PM
#2
Hills hurt.. Couches kill
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 3,370
Likes: 3
From: Brazil, IN
Bikes: 1991 Specialized Sirrus Triple, 2010 Trek Madone 6.5 Project One, 2012 Cannondale Caad10, 2013 Trek Crockett
I don't know, other than the helmet, that could have been taken yesterday for all I know. There's amazingly little to date it and I still see people using those helmets! 
03-10-11 | 03:50 PM
#3
Thread Starter
Has coddling tendencies.
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 8,360
Likes: 59
From: Topanga Canyon
Bikes: 2008 Blue RC8 w/ '09 Rival
Very few cyclists wore helmets back then. It was always a stand out item whenever I saw one. I avoided wearing a helmet until 2007!
03-10-11 | 11:48 PM
#4
Hills hurt.. Couches kill
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 3,370
Likes: 3
From: Brazil, IN
Bikes: 1991 Specialized Sirrus Triple, 2010 Trek Madone 6.5 Project One, 2012 Cannondale Caad10, 2013 Trek Crockett
I guess it depended on where you live and who you rode with, I had that helmet in blue / white and wore it all the time.
03-11-11 | 05:22 AM
#6
Senior Member
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 3,113
Likes: 132
From: WNY
Bikes: Factor O2, Caad10, Caad2
03-11-11 | 12:03 PM
#7
Thread Starter
Has coddling tendencies.
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 8,360
Likes: 59
From: Topanga Canyon
Bikes: 2008 Blue RC8 w/ '09 Rival
Yes and no. This was in '89, so while the carousel is still in that spot, the ferris wheel has since been relocated a few hundred feet west after the pier was rebuilt from storm damage in '88.
1988 was my first year in SoCal, having moved there with nothing in early winter. Within a few months, I pulled a yellow Peugeot from the trash and restored it, then rode it for 4 years until stolen by tweakers. Almost all of my photos from that period of time were taken while out riding.
Here's some more.
Along the beach path.
When Venice Beach still had some glamor (before the Promenade was built).
A hot summer day.
Guerrilla filming.
Palm tree lined street in Beverly Hills.
Hollywood.
1988 was my first year in SoCal, having moved there with nothing in early winter. Within a few months, I pulled a yellow Peugeot from the trash and restored it, then rode it for 4 years until stolen by tweakers. Almost all of my photos from that period of time were taken while out riding.
Here's some more.
Along the beach path.
When Venice Beach still had some glamor (before the Promenade was built).
A hot summer day.
Guerrilla filming.
Palm tree lined street in Beverly Hills.
Hollywood.
Last edited by KiddSisko; 03-11-11 at 12:09 PM.
03-11-11 | 12:16 PM
#8
Mostly Harmless
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 58,864
Likes: 6,233
From: Norfolk, VA
Bikes: Have two wheels
Nice pics. Thanks for posting.
That first one looks kind of like my commuting getup from the early 1990s.
That first one looks kind of like my commuting getup from the early 1990s.
__________________
Originally Posted by HarveyD
I'm not sick but I'm not well.
03-11-11 | 04:04 PM
#11
Thread Starter
Has coddling tendencies.
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 8,360
Likes: 59
From: Topanga Canyon
Bikes: 2008 Blue RC8 w/ '09 Rival
Mr. Vintage, enlarged. Looks like a nice bike. Plenty of seat to bar drop, and Pcad approves of his socks. Mottled red/yellow bar tape?
03-11-11 | 04:12 PM
#13
Thread Starter
Has coddling tendencies.
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 8,360
Likes: 59
From: Topanga Canyon
Bikes: 2008 Blue RC8 w/ '09 Rival
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
buzzman
Advocacy & Safety
155
05-22-10 06:46 PM
