How many remember this?
Oct 5, 2019 06:54:44 #
Oct 5, 2019 06:58:37 #
DaveC
Loc: Illinois
markngolf wrote:
I suspect many - we seem to be an "older" crowd. I stole this from a Facebook post. I thought it might jog some enjoyable memories. It did for me.
Mark
Mark
To me that is a modern one. Mine was a giant globular thing, took both hands to reach around it, of red and black plastic. This was on my first bike, bought new in 1945. I was envious when, later, kids started showing up with ones like in your photo.
Oct 5, 2019 07:07:01 #
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Oct 5, 2019 07:27:06 #
I had Sturmey Archer DYNO HUBS, some mounted in the front wheel, some as a combination with a 3 or 4 speed hub gear.
Oct 5, 2019 07:56:13 #
Back in the days when batteries didn't last very long. A great invention. Probably not very efficient, but it worked!
Oct 5, 2019 08:07:31 #
Oh yea. And you could get a siren that attached similary with a sting to activate it.
Oct 5, 2019 08:23:22 #
Never could get it to work very well, but thanks for the memories!
Oct 5, 2019 08:37:43 #
foggypreacher
Loc: Dickinson, Texas
markngolf wrote:
I suspect many - we seem to be an "older" crowd. I stole this from a Facebook post. I thought it might jog some enjoyable memories. It did for me.
Mark
Mark
Yes, Mark, I ran several into the ground. We used one on the front for the front light, then instead of running a wire to the rear to run the red light, we'd find an older "generator" (that's what they were called) and run the red light off that one. It certainly was brighter!
Thank you for the trip down memory lane.
Oct 5, 2019 08:57:08 #
I lusted after one of those for years, but when I finally got one, I hated it. The light flickered if the piece on the tire jumped, and, worse yet, the extra friction slowed the bike down.
Oct 5, 2019 08:58:53 #
markngolf wrote:
I suspect many - we seem to be an "older" crowd. I stole this from a Facebook post. I thought it might jog some enjoyable memories. It did for me.
Mark
Mark
Yes remember them very well. THOSE WERE THE DAYs. Thanks for sharing and jogging this old farts earlier days!!
Oct 5, 2019 09:01:14 #
Nice memory jogger Mark - we used baseball cards; wish I still had some of those cards now.
Oct 5, 2019 09:03:55 #
markngolf wrote:
I suspect many - we seem to be an "older" crowd. I stole this from a Facebook post. I thought it might jog some enjoyable memories. It did for me.
Mark
Mark
Yes I had one and it would wear he rubber-out where it met the surface of the tire on my bike.
But I was happy to have it just the same and never complained about the extra pedaling I had to do to keep the headlamp bright at times.....haha.
Oct 5, 2019 09:04:16 #
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