If you were around then, you get it. There's a hundred funny nuggets in this video.
That 70's Thing
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"Too big a bearings."
Awesome.
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I loved that!
I broke my collarbone when I was in 4th grade jumping my metallic green 3 speed Stingray over a stack of railroad ties. Broke the seat bracket on the "banana" seat. Our neighbor had a welder in his garage and he fixed it for me.
I broke my collarbone when I was in 4th grade jumping my metallic green 3 speed Stingray over a stack of railroad ties. Broke the seat bracket on the "banana" seat. Our neighbor had a welder in his garage and he fixed it for me.
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Sue the TV station for promoting this madness! Sue the bike company! Sue the mom who gave him the jumpsuit!
Okay, the last one might have been a crime, but not the kind you can sue for.
Okay, the last one might have been a crime, but not the kind you can sue for.
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I'm pretty sure Evel Knievel was responsible for thousands of broken bones in the 70's.
I was the bike fixer in our neighborhood. Had enough parts to built 8 or 10 complete bikes in the shed. If anything needed welding (sissy bars, chopper forks, bmx bars, etc) it went with my dad to the maintenance shop at the chemical plant where he worked. I found a chrome frame in someones trash. Cleaned it up and sprayed candy apple red on it. It looked awesome.
We lived close to the county fairgrounds and there was always scraps around there for building ramps. Some of the barns had clean straw on the dirt floors so - if it seemed like a sketchy distance - we'd put our ramps just inside the barn door and get a run up on the hard-packed dirt outside.
We had a trail through the woods with "deadmans" curve on the edge of a washed out ditch about 10' deep. Nobody ever died.
I was the bike fixer in our neighborhood. Had enough parts to built 8 or 10 complete bikes in the shed. If anything needed welding (sissy bars, chopper forks, bmx bars, etc) it went with my dad to the maintenance shop at the chemical plant where he worked. I found a chrome frame in someones trash. Cleaned it up and sprayed candy apple red on it. It looked awesome.
We lived close to the county fairgrounds and there was always scraps around there for building ramps. Some of the barns had clean straw on the dirt floors so - if it seemed like a sketchy distance - we'd put our ramps just inside the barn door and get a run up on the hard-packed dirt outside.
We had a trail through the woods with "deadmans" curve on the edge of a washed out ditch about 10' deep. Nobody ever died.
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There's a lot to be said for a banana seat when jumping.Bloodhound wrote: ↑27 Jan 2023, 11:36 I loved that!
I broke my collarbone when I was in 4th grade jumping my metallic green 3 speed Stingray over a stack of railroad ties. Broke the seat bracket on the "banana" seat. Our neighbor had a welder in his garage and he fixed it for me.
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Smoking in a Doctor's office or the Barber Shop, or anywhere else you wanted too. Yea, most of us remember when. the 70's!!!
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This one triggers my Wayback. The Levi's "Laughing Song".
IIRC, it was a prime signal that summer's on-the-wane and school's around-the-bend. Haw-Haw.
Laughing Levis Commercial [YouTube: 1 min]
This one triggers my Wayback. The Levi's "Laughing Song".
IIRC, it was a prime signal that summer's on-the-wane and school's around-the-bend. Haw-Haw.
Laughing Levis Commercial [YouTube: 1 min]
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...and we'd never even heard of a bicycle helmet.FredS wrote: ↑27 Jan 2023, 11:52 I'm pretty sure Evel Knievel was responsible for thousands of broken bones in the 70's.
I was the bike fixer in our neighborhood. Had enough parts to built 8 or 10 complete bikes in the shed. If anything needed welding (sissy bars, chopper forks, bmx bars, etc) it went with my dad to the maintenance shop at the chemical plant where he worked. I found a chrome frame in someones trash. Cleaned it up and sprayed candy apple red on it. It looked awesome.
We lived close to the county fairgrounds and there was always scraps around there for building ramps. Some of the barns had clean straw on the dirt floors so - if it seemed like a sketchy distance - we'd put our ramps just inside the barn door and get a run up on the hard-packed dirt outside.
We had a trail through the woods with "deadmans" curve on the edge of a washed out ditch about 10' deep. Nobody ever died.
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I love the part where he's standing at the top of the ramp thinking through his big jump.