The Wayback Machine

Like the cartoon with Mr. Peabody, I thought it would be fun to have a thread where we post pictures from the distant past. I'll get it started.

The attached picture is from July 1985 when three friends and I rode our bikes across Iowa in RAGBRAI. It just so happened that the first day's course passed right through my grandmother's town (George, Iowa). So...we stopped by for lunch. I am 2nd from the right in the red jersey and yellow helmet.

RAGBRAI? I'm impressed, even if it was 30 years ago. Very cool.

(05-20-2015, 08:04 PM)robk Wrote: RAGBRAI? I'm impressed, even if it was 30 years ago. Very cool.

Thank you. I briefly thought about a 30 year reunion tour this summer but then came to my senses.

Great photo, Phil! I would never have guessed which one was you!  Lovely bikes! 

(05-20-2015, 08:51 PM)celestino Wrote: Great photo, Phil! I would never have guessed which one was you!  Lovely bikes! 

Thank you Celestino. I cannot speak for the others but, I was riding a Raleigh International from the early to mid 1970's.

Those were great steel-frame bikes, Phil! I haven't had any other type of frame. Granted, the triple-butted steel chromaly frames available nowadays are lighter, but just as durable! I love steel! 

Here I am in 1974. I was a senior in high school, and I had just won some awards at the science fair for the 8" telescope that I built. I wish I could go back and tell the 18 year old me that the shirt and tie would not look good 40 years later!

Great picture Mike!

(05-23-2015, 06:55 AM)bullgoose Wrote: Great picture Mike!

+1  

(05-21-2015, 05:53 AM)bullgoose Wrote:

(05-20-2015, 08:51 PM)celestino Wrote: Great photo, Phil! I would never have guessed which one was you!  Lovely bikes! 

Thank you Celestino. I cannot speak for the others but, I was riding a Raleigh International from the early to mid 1970's.

That must have been a very nice bike. They're very collectible now. I have a Raleigh Competition of that similar vintage, and while it was a slightly lower model, it it still a great bike. Reynolds 531 steel!!

(05-23-2015, 12:57 PM)yohannrjm Wrote:

(05-21-2015, 05:53 AM)bullgoose Wrote: Thank you Celestino. I cannot speak for the others but, I was riding a Raleigh International from the early to mid 1970's.


Thank you Celestino. I cannot speak for the others but, I was riding a Raleigh International from the early to mid 1970's.

That must have been a very nice bike. They're very collectible now. I have a Raleigh Competition of that similar vintage, and while it was a slightly lower model, it it still a great bike. Reynolds 531 steel!!

I still have my Competition as well. The Huret Jubilee was the lightest dérailleur on the market at the time. It hangs in the garage now while I ride my ti frame. 

(05-23-2015, 12:57 PM)yohannrjm Wrote:

(05-21-2015, 05:53 AM)bullgoose Wrote:

(05-20-2015, 08:51 PM)celestino Wrote: Great photo, Phil! I would never have guessed which one was you!  Lovely bikes! 

Thank you Celestino. I cannot speak for the others but, I was riding a Raleigh International from the early to mid 1970's.

That must have been a very nice bike. They're very collectible now. I have a Raleigh Competition of that similar vintage, and while it was a slightly lower model, it it still a great bike. Reynolds 531 steel!!

It is safe and sound at my parents house in suburban Chicago.   My brother worked at a bike shop as a bike mechanic before he could legally work (he was 12). So...they paid him in merchandise.