By WHAM-O

[Scott Bender]

 

[biomedtechguy]

Wow man! Can you imagine the hyperventilating if that commercial ran today?
No "safety equipment" like helmets, knee and elbow pads, unsafe riding behaviors, and for the sake of not corrupting a "feel good" very cool post, I'll leave out any other "controversial" aspects of the advertisement. It's a miracle that entire generation wasn't permanently disabled or killed by their "henious injuries".
What a great ad and the Landy's race car and Little Red Wagon, heck-even the Yamaha motorcycle was cool.
Thanks

 

[66 Sat]

Haha, love it! I'll have to show my wife who thinks you'll automatically die if you ride a push bike without a helmet. Love the bare feet on the pedals too.
The world has certainly changed....and not for the better.

 

[moparedtn]

I remember those. I also remember all the lawsuits and how quickly they disappeared from the market,
too.
We didn't need no stinkin' wheelie bars anyways....

 

[mrbodie52]

I like it!

 

[ricks_RR]

i had it for one of my bikes

 

[Don Frelier]

I had a pretty nice 10 speed in my teens and rode it everywhere.
Back then I could ride a wheelie for 1/4 mile and make turns.
Then I got a 77 Fury and did burnouts around turns.

 

[6t6slodart]

Great commercial, and compared to how things are today, WOW! Today so many parents protect their little precious ones with bubble rap which doesn't allow for them to realize the consequences of making a bad decision. Isn't that how we all learned? Scott, thanks for the step back in time, when life WAS BETTER!

 

[sam dupont]

Didn't need one if you had a Schwinn single speed Stingray with that fat rear tire.

I had a 5 speed Stingray. Put a speedo on it and the next time I popped a wheelie, the front wheel, which I forgot to tighten, fell off and when I came back to earth, the forks dug hard into the asphalt.
They say crashing is good for your bones, makes them stronger.

 

[Don Frelier]

I had a similar incident with a quick release on my 10 speed.
Front wheel fell off had the quick release too loose hit a pothole and the front wheel came off.
I had such bad road rash a cop drive me home.
Part of the reason I'm afraid of roadbikes.

 

[1968rt]

Didnt they stop making the 5 speed shifters because of " testicular damage"

 

[MOPOWER871]

was that the little old lady from Pasadena? at the end .way cool

 

[sam dupont]

Little Old Lady was one of my favorites as a little kid. Go get 'em with your bad *** Mopar.
... that and:

 

[Jeff Peterson]

Dandy was sponsored by WHAM-O

 

[mrbodie52]

Little Old Lady was one of my favorites as a little kid. Go get 'em with your bad *** Mopar.
... that and:

This reminded me of an experience I had several years ago. Coming out of town was an area that the left lane would end beyond the last traffic light. So if you were in the left lane you would have to get to merge area before the person in the right lane. So one day sitting there in my Olds 88, I looked over and beside me was an elderly lady in a Dodge, so I though so sweat, I will easily get ahead of her. So as we accelerated after the light changed I gave the Olds right much gas and I heard the Dodge come to life, so I nailed the Olds and here we go racing down to the merge. Although I stayed right with her, I could pull her and had to back out and let her pass me. Then I noticed it was a new Dodge R/T and shiny red. I didn't know that "The Little Ole Lady From Pasadena" had moved to North Carolina!

 

[JDmac72chrgr]

Then I noticed it was a new Dodge R/T and shiny red. I didn't know that "The Little Ole Lady From Pasadena" had moved to North Carolina!

Sounds like you met Richard Petty's wife

 

[mrbodie52]

Sounds like you met Richard Petty's wife

You know I have actually meet Linda in my work career (several years ago before she passed). Also meet Richard on a few occasions. They are fine folks as we say down here in the south!

 

[Xp29h]

Friend of mine had one of those! It was cool! They made it look easy! Back in the day. Shorts, no shirts, no helmets, bare feet, towel wrapped around your neck riding your bike to the public pool. As we raced to the pool, get close enough and yank the towel off the other guy just enough so it gets caught in the chain and poof, he was gone! Good times!

 

[Brandy]

We didn't wear shoes from May to September. Rode bikes everywhere... None of us lost any toes...