jse Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 One of my buddies sent me a Google photo site with a bunch of 1940's bike pictures and it included some early "Trials" in the U.S. Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b40rt Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 Fantastic pics, love the guy in the first picture, bottom lip absolute determination ( does this sound a bit gay?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dschigoda Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Jon, Great photos! Can you show us the link to the website you mentioned? Thanks! Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dschigoda Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 In the first photo - he actually has Trials Tires on his bike! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jse Posted April 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Jon, Great photos! Can you show us the link to the website you mentioned? Thanks! Dave Wish I had time to learn to shorten the link addresses (my wife is a blogger, I'll con her in to it) here is the link: http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&...t=0&ndsp=20 Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jse Posted April 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Incidently, This is the bike (it's called a "Whizzer", made in the late 40's and uses a Schwinn "springer" bike frame) that turned me to a "Life Of Grime". I must have been 7 or 8 years old and used my paper route money to buy one of these, a real "basket case" as it was in three laundry baskets, all apart and in various stages of dis-repair. I had to keep the parts at a friend's Dad's garage as I knew my Mom would "not approve". It took me two months, but I got it together and running and my buddies and I took it out for a ride. That was the "Wright Brothers" moment for me, it was powered flight that captured my passion and I've been hooked on motorcycles ever since. You never know when something is going to be a life changing event, but that first ride on that old Whizzer was one. Seemed like I was going 100 miles an hour, but in reality is was probably only 15. Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b40rt Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 How bad were the brakes on his bike ? http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?img...t%3D54%26um%3D1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jse Posted April 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 How bad were the brakes on his bike ? Yipes! I think most of us that have been on bikes for any length of time can relate to the possible cause of that guy's "need for bleach".... Jon, been there, done that, got the t-shirt...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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