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I thought, I was confused by “mushroom grips”, but his crotch being labeled “Special Purpose” definitely beats it…
Lmao, I thought it was pointing at the seat, but no, it goes right past it lolol
Pretty sure it’s indicating the padded crossbar.
Nah, obviously it is pointing towards his genitals, there is no other way
I stand corrected.
In the movie The Jerk, Steve Martin’s character writes a letter to his mother saying he learned what his “special purpose” was for after having sex for the first time. Presumably, that was the way she explained his penis to him. This must be a reference to that.
…it went drip drip drip
I love when vintage finds are still relevant today.
Finally, some proper representation.
Well this is mildly epic
Special Purpose is almost as rad as Mushroom grips.
Holy shit, that’s old.
A bike with a stick shifter?
/edit; huh, til
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=stick+shift+bicycle&iax=images&ia=images
You won’t catch me riding that thing. Here’s my bike, no brakes, no gears, no reflectors, no context…
Shut up, Brian
Just… have an upvote 😂
Nice bike for real tho bro
“Fixed gears; steel frame; no brakes. The bike can not coast. The pedals never stop turning. Can’t stop. Don’t want to either.”
LOL, that’s a fixie. I have a freewheel. My shoes are my brakes.
Ahh, the movie that solidified my hatred of cyclists.
no gears
I clearly see one gear at the hub there m8
No shiftable/selectable gears, single speed. You know what I meant LOL!
So I guess you don’t want to be awesome.
I don’t need internet clout to tell me I’m awesome. Has anyone else done a footjam trick barefoot, no injuries?
I wonder who here is old enough to get the reference…
That shifter is amazing.
what would 10 speed mean here? 2x5?
Yep, 2x5 seems right. 3x3.33333… would be difficult to implement and 1x10 wasn’t a thing back then at least with derailleur
Now is definitely the time to share one of my least useful bits of random knowledge, which is that (this IS related) Nicole Kidman was in a movie in the early 80s called BMX BANDITS.
Pubes shirt?
This looks like the late 80s (or maybe early 90s) and what looks like a freestyle BMX bike with the caption “how to be awesome” - but no mention of Haro or Diamondback? I call bullshit.
Don’t BMX bikes typically not have gears?
Hell if I know. Were bikes with gears considered how to be awesome in the 80s or 90s?
Where i live they didn’t have gears, yet they had a gear shifter, just for the cool factor, I guess
No gears, brakes in the middle of the rear triangle, low, sloped back seat and taller handlebars.
If only a person’s belongings were a true representation of their character.
Man, they’re not kidding! That bike is awesome.
