Loved this, I went through elementary school during the 70’s. I recall always being in friendly competition with one of my brothers who was a year younger than me. We did everything together and it was become of him that I learned to ride a bike and to swim in deep water - he was so brave. He passed away last year at only 44yo, God rest his soul, little brother.
I was born in '75 so have some good memories from the last part of the '70s. I became a history major though and it placed the decade in a whole different light. Vietnam, an abundance of serial killers, the Cold War, rising crime rates. I would have been scared living through that time period as an adult.
I was 9 years old in 1974 and one of the things I remember most was how important a bicycle was to a kid back then. It meant a certain amount of freedom. Loved riding to my friends house, the candy store, the park. My dad would occasionally lead a bunch of us kids from our block on a hike all over town. Lots of fun! Thanks for posting this!
We know TOO much these days. Back then we were allowed to live more happily due to our social surroundings being basically just the physical one we lived in at any given moment and being less informed, hahah. Blissful ignorance!
I was 12 years old back in 1974. Had roller skates with the steel wheels that I would clamp onto my Buster Brown shoes. Brings back memories of a simpler time. Heck... we didn't wear safety helmets back then and I had a pair of those crazy plaid jeans back in the day.
@@lisalu910 - Absolutely!!! Nothing made me happier... when my mom would receive the new Sears - "Wish Book" Christmas Catalog. I'd spend hours thumbing through that thing and folding just about every page corner of stuff I'd want! GOOD TIMES!!!
@Jeffrey Stern - I sure miss those days. Pinball arcades were big back then and Elton John rerecorded "Pinball Wizard" (originally recorded by "The Who") for the movie "Tommy".
I was 12 in 1974 some of us COULD turn off the TV without getting up! We had a Zenith with a remote that did power, volume and channel selection. We also had a roof antenna that's direction was changed from a box on an end table. This was BIG TIME "Home Theater" tech! Back then it probably cost as much as a decent used car, But hey...COLOR TV!!! Remotes used to use ultrasound (sounds so high in frequency, only a dog could tell the difference!) This was done via tuned "strings" in the remote control. all a human would hear was an emphatic "click" (Really, more of a "thunk", as I remember!) This is what led to the slang term "Clicker" to mean a TV remote. In reality, remote controls for TV were a thing (if one was wealthy enough) since the '50s!
It took the whole neighborhood to teach me how to ride a bike. My dad and two other neighborhood dads came out and helped me. The moms and kids all sat on the lawns cheering me on. It was kind of hilarious, I wish there'd been a video. I sucked at it but eventually got the hang of it!
my very first bike was second hand blue girls touring bike it came from a neighbor on our street it was their daughters my dad held onto the back and within minutes he was able to let go and I had my balance it came so naturally to me
A kid riding a bike these days would be riding towards his own death for sure. It's a shame kids today don't know the simple pleasures in life as we did back then. I was 9 years old when this video was made, and we spent all day on our bikes back in the summer. As long as you were back home by dark it was all good.
OMG, this brings back memories - I was just this age, twelve years old, in 1974. We rode banana seat bicycles with sissy bars and tassels on the handlebars. No helmets, and we rode right in the street - "Look Ma! No hands!" Most of us lived to tell the story...
@@theprettygoodgatsby I'm pretty sure she was being sarcastic/joking. Cuz she was talking about her fond memories and then made a joke cuz of the not wearing helmet thing.
Some of those kids in the video are in their late 50s. I was 10 years old in 1974 and I’m 57 now. It would be great to go back to that year as a kid again.
i haven't worn those(I was an 80's-90's kid), but I do know the horrible pain that happens when bare leg meets spoke. I was doubling with my best friend, as we rode down the street..no protection of any kind. I was wearing sneakers, and my foot slipped,and we all went flying. her mom cleaned me up and doctored me, and we still went to Vacation Bible School that night,lol.
No cautions about riding a bike with both arms off the handle bar?? THAT WAS THE BEST THING EVER and you were cool once you learned to do that. Nevermind turning while doing it, lol. NO HELMETS, it never even crossed anybody's mind, hahah! Sweet memories of riding a bike all over the neighbourhood and to school, was wonderful to be a child in the 70s and early 80s!
I love everything about the 20th century, be it the 40s, 50s, 60s or 70s... Everything was better back then but I thank God for keeping me alive irrelevant. 😊
Same age and location as you. If you were in East Toronto/ Scarborough you probably had Officer Gordon come teach your school bike safety, he was also on Uncle Bobby Show, CFTO 9!!!
2000's: concerned residents call police and parents arrested for child endangerment for allowing their children to participate in dangerous "freedom" and "independence."
Ikr! It is overprotective people creating kids who r entitled pussies and have never been allowed to get a skinned-knee or in a play ground fight and who were always wrapped up with protective gear, who r now the reason why society is all messed up. It is insanity. If they just allowed kids to be kids and stopped treating them like porcelain dolls, we wouldn't be having this entitlement and woke problem with society. Like they got rid of the game red-rover when I was in 7/8th grade and dodge ball when I was in 11th. I feel bad for the kids now cuz they never got to experience fun school yard games. Those games taught character and bravery and team work and how to win and loose. O and don't get me started on teams not even taking score now days. Like wtf. They rnt teaching kids how to win with grace and loose with dignity anymore, like no wonder all these kids now days r self entitled brats. And in some states, like where I live, u can't even spank ur child at home if they did something naughty, or the parent will get arrested and the child will be taken from them. Like we r living in clown world. (Sry for the rant, iv had a long day. Lol)
I REMEMBER THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF BIKES SUCH AS 10 SPEED BIKES ALONG WITH THE BANANA SEAT AND THE COOL HANDLEBARS BETTER KNOWN AS CHOPPER HANDLEBARS BIKE BASKETS AND RACKS WORKED AS WELL
@@RemoWilliams1227 DO YOU HAVE A SEVERE VISUAL IMPAIRMENT WHERE YOU HAVE ONLY ONE EYE LIKE I DO I CAN'T SEE LOWERCASE LETTERS UNTIL YOU HAVE WALKED A MILE IN MY SHOES THEN DIRECT YOUR COMMENT IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION
And above all. If a person you don't know comes up to you, pedal away as fast as you can.Even someone a few years older than you. Remember, NO,! GO,TELL!
I had a gold one with the gold metal flake seat and sissy bar. Someone stole it about 4 months later because I didn't think I should have to lock it - wasn't EVERYONE supposed to be "honest" back then? Boy - learned a hard lesson that day.
I was a year old when this was done. Depending what time of year as my b day is in August. Man I feel old knowing this is on a page called old tv time. lol.
I love this. Will share this with my kid. She afraid to learn how to ride though without training wheels. She will go on rollercoasters and jump of the high diving board, but a heck no to riding without training wheels 🤷
The tune at the beginning of this: 🎶🎶 🎵 🎵 🎶 😊. On a serious note, this video has some valuable information. I occasionally ride my bicycle to work, and back to keep active, I always make sure to watch out. For any new riders out there, 1 tip I have is understanding you have the same rights to the road as everyone else, that means you can use turn lanes, and if you feel you need to, you have full right to take the center lane.
My mom gave mind away to someone who “needed it more”. It was about the only good birthday present I ever got, she didn’t do birthdays, but my sister did for us. I didn’t have it more than a year, and I loved it. She gave my sister’s bed my grandma got for her to some couple who had just got married. But she was always doing that. You came home, and what little you had, usually given by someone taking pity, had been randomly donated to just whomever. Fun times.
I rode BMX in the 70s. The rules were: Remove all reflectors. Remove chain guard. Jump off curbs using it as a small ramp. Ride on sidewalks and street and dirt.
I actually saw this film when I was about 12, watching it now looks like it was made 50 years ago - wait, it actually IS almost 50 years ago! . Holy crap, Am I old now! 😲..... Get off my laawwwn with yer bikes, you little....Um..What was I talking about? 🤣
Ah, someone who know what literally literally means! Not figuratively, literally. Wonderful! All those people who “literally” laugh their heads off…I’d love to see that, how they manage to still leave a comment.
OMG. The living room “scene” alone EMBODIES everything I love about the early 70’s. The decor, the clothes…too good to be true. C’mon, Elon, stop the space stuff and get to steppin’ on the time machine!
Helmets is not about "safety", it's about: "how can we do uglier the people's looks".... just like they did with the humanity's wardrobe, from 1965 forward.
Man I like this old instructional film but boy do I prefer the aesthetic of the 40s-60s ones. Without even looking at the year I could tell this was early 70s.
@@sheriheffner2098 I had a red bike with a banana seat covered in red sparkly vinyl .it lacked padding just vinyl on top of steel it had reflectors and a simple hub brake and yes the chopper style handle bars
9:28 Poor Kid! 3.8 seconds later, her bike was stolen by a dude with a pair of pliers! Hopefully now that she's about 55 years old she doesn't leave her keys in her car! (locking just the front wheel is ALMOST as bad as NOT locking it at all.).
Nowadays, you can't even trust a bike stall or pole to keep your bike safe when you're not on it..bike thieves have started putting up fake poles that detach from the ground.Even if you're responsible, and try to keep it safe with a braided chain and combo lock, they can come by,lift up the pole,and the bike you paid 200 dollars of your own hard earned money to buy is now theirs for free..
Wrong. Over all, life was much better back then. People was nicer, and a lot smarter then they are today. People today only care about themselves and can't live without the internet/smartphones.
All of us used to start at the beginning of the block and race - I'd always win! My friends would say, "that's no fair, you have the fastest bike!" To prove them wrong, I'd switch bikes with them and still continue to win the races, just to prove that I was a stronger rider. 😝 🤣 🙊🤷♀️🤸♀️🚲💨
Funny those signals compared to the Finnish ones. Here we rise right hand if turning right and left hand if turning left. In the case of stop we rise our right hand up.
They just were lucky while taking their chances, I guess. Some people weren't, though and that's why it's foolish not to wear them. But, I can't believe it took until 1987 to make it a law to wear helmets while on a bike. I looked it up. Stupidity at it's finest.
Pretty well. The impossing of helmets is not about "safety", it is about *control*, and too: "how to do more ugly the people´s looks"... just like they did with the humanity's wardrobe, from 1965 forward.
Loved this, I went through elementary school during the 70’s. I recall always being in friendly competition with one of my brothers who was a year younger than me. We did everything together and it was become of him that I learned to ride a bike and to swim in deep water - he was so brave. He passed away last year at only 44yo, God rest his soul, little brother.
Rest in peace dear brother❤
I am sorry for the loss of your brother and friend :(
I feel for your loss of your brother.
I’m so sorry for your brother’s passing. May he Rest In Peace. And this 1974 video bring him back into your heart
I'm so sorry. May your little brother rest in eternal peace 🙏
The 70s is my favorite decade.
Mine too! I’m a 1973 baby 😍
My favorite Decade too 🙋🏾♀️I was 5 in a half Years of aged,during the Summer of 1974.
I was born in '75 so have some good memories from the last part of the '70s. I became a history major though and it placed the decade in a whole different light. Vietnam, an abundance of serial killers, the Cold War, rising crime rates. I would have been scared living through that time period as an adult.
Mine too. Though i wasnt around in that time i deeply admire well.. almost everything about it.
Mine is the 2020's #pandemic
I was 9 years old in 1974 and one of the things I remember most was how important a bicycle was to a kid back then. It meant a certain amount of freedom. Loved riding to my friends house, the candy store, the park. My dad would occasionally lead a bunch of us kids from our block on a hike all over town. Lots of fun! Thanks for posting this!
I have always loved these old instructional presentations. We need them now. If we had them more, there would be fewer problems in the world.
It's so cool to see how life was years before my time 😊 no cell phone,no texting,no internet, just living life peacefully 😊
We know TOO much these days. Back then we were allowed to live more happily due to our social surroundings being basically just the physical one we lived in at any given moment and being less informed, hahah. Blissful ignorance!
@@Fritha71 that's it exactly
I was 12 years old back in 1974. Had roller skates with the steel wheels that I would clamp onto my Buster Brown shoes. Brings back memories of a simpler time. Heck... we didn't wear safety helmets back then and I had a pair of those crazy plaid jeans back in the day.
Cool 📼
Me, too, born in 1962. We had the best childhood ever, didn't we?
@@lisalu910 - Absolutely!!! Nothing made me happier... when my mom would receive the new Sears - "Wish Book" Christmas Catalog. I'd spend hours thumbing through that thing and folding just about every page corner of stuff I'd want! GOOD TIMES!!!
Lol I have roller skates and I need to learn how to use them. Roller skating got popular recently and I can’t find a helmet:/
1974: I'm 7 and peddling my Schwinn to Catholic School
Happiest Memories make me cry
Born in '65. We just about lived on our bikes. A playing card clipped in the spokes was our motor.
Scratch Dog 22 several sets of tires were used over time,now I find bikes in the garage with almost new tires.
I did that to . they kept falling off or the cards that were left eventually lost their edge
Even better two or more ! Really cool !
I was 9 years old in '74. I miss these times so badly. Thank you for posting this.🥲❤️❤️
That intro song just made all my 70s dreams come true
Back when you had to get up to turn the tv off
@Jeffrey Stern - I sure miss those days. Pinball arcades were big back then and Elton John rerecorded "Pinball Wizard" (originally recorded by "The Who") for the movie "Tommy".
I was 12 in 1974 some of us COULD turn off the TV without getting up! We had a Zenith with a remote that did power, volume and channel selection. We also had a roof antenna that's direction was changed from a box on an end table. This was BIG TIME "Home Theater" tech! Back then it probably cost as much as a decent used car, But hey...COLOR TV!!! Remotes used to use ultrasound (sounds so high in frequency, only a dog could tell the difference!) This was done via tuned "strings" in the remote control. all a human would hear was an emphatic "click" (Really, more of a "thunk", as I remember!) This is what led to the slang term "Clicker" to mean a TV remote. In reality, remote controls for TV were a thing (if one was wealthy enough) since the '50s!
@Over under Sideways down Wireless remote control for television was introduced in 1956. Wired remote control for radio goes back to 1939.
And on.
i always had to hold the rabbit ears 😂or turn the station
I had a 1969 purple Schwinn Hollywood and I rode that bike everywhere!
Safely, of course.
The '60s and '70s....those were the best days.
🚴♀️🚲
It took the whole neighborhood to teach me how to ride a bike. My dad and two other neighborhood dads came out and helped me. The moms and kids all sat on the lawns cheering me on. It was kind of hilarious, I wish there'd been a video. I sucked at it but eventually got the hang of it!
my very first bike was second hand blue girls touring bike it came from a neighbor on our street it was their daughters my dad held onto the back and within minutes he was able to let go and I had my balance it came so naturally to me
Somebody should've recorded it on their phone
A kid riding a bike these days would be riding towards his own death for sure. It's a shame kids today don't know the simple pleasures in life as we did back then. I was 9 years old when this video was made, and we spent all day on our bikes back in the summer. As long as you were back home by dark it was all good.
OMG, this brings back memories - I was just this age, twelve years old, in 1974. We rode banana seat bicycles with sissy bars and tassels on the handlebars. No helmets, and we rode right in the street - "Look Ma! No hands!" Most of us lived to tell the story...
Oh dear, how unfortunate...i'm very sorry to hear that. I'm sure even so, biking was still a fond memory for you wasnt it?
Lol "most of us..." 😀
@@theprettygoodgatsby I'm pretty sure she was being sarcastic/joking. Cuz she was talking about her fond memories and then made a joke cuz of the not wearing helmet thing.
...look Ma, no teeth!
“Look, Ma. No hands!…Look, Ma. No Feet!……Look, Ma. No teeth!”.
That melody at the beginning was everywhere in the 70s.
The plaid pants are everywhere and I couldn't be happier 🚴🚴🚴
Those plaids bring back good memories... had the corduroy bell bottoms too.
Yes the 70s such an awesome era! I enjoyed the 70s comeback in the 90s and I wore the bell bottom (flared) jeans!
“Roads? Where we’re going we don’t need roads!”
Loved all the groovy plaid bellbottom pants....and the green shag carpeting.
Ha ha!!! Shag carpeting, sculptured carpeting, wall paper with velour trim all over....
What an absolutely BEAUTIFUL neighborhood! Gorgeous houses, big cars.. LOVED 1974 (I was 14 at that time)!!
Some of those kids in the video are in their late 50s. I was 10 years old in 1974 and I’m 57 now. It would be great to go back to that year as a kid again.
God bless your soul ❤... you folks had it better
Bell bottoms and bike chains have never been a good mix. I sometimes had to use rubber bands to keep the bottoms of my pant legs from getting caught.
i haven't worn those(I was an 80's-90's kid), but I do know the horrible pain that happens when bare leg meets spoke. I was doubling with my best friend, as we rode down the street..no protection of any kind. I was wearing sneakers, and my foot slipped,and we all went flying. her mom cleaned me up and doctored me, and we still went to Vacation Bible School that night,lol.
jfiorello68 Then someone finally invented the clips and Velcro bands.
Ohhh, I remember! Did you ever clip cards onto your spokes with clothes pins? That was fun
@@brandylou9132 Heck yeah! Motorcycle sound (we thought!,LOL!)
I watch these documentaries many times. Thank's for posting
No cautions about riding a bike with both arms off the handle bar?? THAT WAS THE BEST THING EVER and you were cool once you learned to do that. Nevermind turning while doing it, lol. NO HELMETS, it never even crossed anybody's mind, hahah! Sweet memories of riding a bike all over the neighbourhood and to school, was wonderful to be a child in the 70s and early 80s!
Agree 💯
I love everything about the 20th century, be it the 40s, 50s, 60s or 70s... Everything was better back then but I thank God for keeping me alive irrelevant. 😊
Love it! Thanks for these awesome old videos! Makes my heart smile!
Can you imagine our children learning this now? So sad.
How do you mean?
Yes. There are kids these days who knows how to bike and go far away places to travel with.
My little sis knows how to ride a bike too.
@Harper Funkhouser I think she means it's sad because most children now days don't listen to instructions lol
kids dont go places on bikes anymore. the only places you see kids riding bikes is up and down their street
Yeah kids today ride straight into cars on purpose and cause mass mayhem and terror.
Great video. The theme music makes me think of the 70's. I was 4 in 1974 living in Toronto, and that year I finally mastered riding a bicycle!
Same age and location as you. If you were in East Toronto/ Scarborough you probably had Officer Gordon come teach your school bike safety, he was also on Uncle Bobby Show, CFTO 9!!!
The 70s stole my heart I love this decade.🧸
Wish I still had my "CHOPPER"!!!
2000's: concerned residents call police and parents arrested for child endangerment for allowing their children to participate in dangerous "freedom" and "independence."
Ikr! It is overprotective people creating kids who r entitled pussies and have never been allowed to get a skinned-knee or in a play ground fight and who were always wrapped up with protective gear, who r now the reason why society is all messed up. It is insanity. If they just allowed kids to be kids and stopped treating them like porcelain dolls, we wouldn't be having this entitlement and woke problem with society. Like they got rid of the game red-rover when I was in 7/8th grade and dodge ball when I was in 11th. I feel bad for the kids now cuz they never got to experience fun school yard games. Those games taught character and bravery and team work and how to win and loose. O and don't get me started on teams not even taking score now days. Like wtf. They rnt teaching kids how to win with grace and loose with dignity anymore, like no wonder all these kids now days r self entitled brats. And in some states, like where I live, u can't even spank ur child at home if they did something naughty, or the parent will get arrested and the child will be taken from them. Like we r living in clown world.
(Sry for the rant, iv had a long day. Lol)
Exactly. A whole generation that grew up with programmed days and without the challenges that come with exploring the world.
I REMEMBER THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF BIKES SUCH AS 10 SPEED BIKES ALONG WITH THE BANANA SEAT AND THE COOL HANDLEBARS BETTER KNOWN AS CHOPPER HANDLEBARS BIKE BASKETS AND RACKS WORKED AS WELL
Linda Thrall I had a purple metallic banana seat. And what we call a sissy bars !
@@elderlypoodle9181 I HAD A BLACK BANANA SEAT WITH THE CHOPPER STYLE HANDLEBARS
Shame you didn`t have a lowercase button.
@@cassiecassie7112 I believe the capslock key is being a nuisance again
@@RemoWilliams1227 DO YOU HAVE A SEVERE VISUAL IMPAIRMENT WHERE YOU HAVE ONLY ONE EYE LIKE I DO I CAN'T SEE LOWERCASE LETTERS UNTIL YOU HAVE WALKED A MILE IN MY SHOES THEN DIRECT YOUR COMMENT IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION
And above all. If a person you don't know comes up to you, pedal away as fast as you can.Even someone a few years older than you. Remember, NO,! GO,TELL!
When following rules and safety meant something.
So true,now days, kids of today don't even care about safety unfortunately
@@KeshiaK39 Neither do most adults, and parents.
I believe there's a Boards of Canada video using this PSA.
I was thinking about the same
I love that band!
What song?
@island661 Everything You Do Is A Balloon.
Great video thank you
I remember my Purple stingray with a sissy bar. 1966
I had a gold one with the gold metal flake seat and sissy bar. Someone stole it about 4 months later because I didn't think I should have to lock it - wasn't EVERYONE supposed to be "honest" back then? Boy - learned a hard lesson that day.
I was born in late '63. I enjoyed a lot of the comments here.
1974, I probably put 5000 miles on my bicycle....good times
I was a year old when this was done. Depending what time of year as my b day is in August. Man I feel old knowing this is on a page called old tv time. lol.
I love this. Will share this with my kid. She afraid to learn how to ride though without training wheels. She will go on rollercoasters and jump of the high diving board, but a heck no to riding without training wheels 🤷
It would be more realistic if all those kids had baseball cards clothespinned into the spokes.
The first four actors in this film are ALL wearing plaid - Mom, Dad, Sis and even the bicycle repairman.
1974= *rides with the wind*
2020= *rides bike* 3 seconds later.. *gets kidnapped*
Its so sad and the truth! I just saw where a 15 year old boy disappeared while riding his bike in a small town in Tennessee recently! Its a shame!
My sisters were almost kidnapped, but my older sister grabbed the younger and ran. Guy tried to force them into a car.
That was the 70’s. And some other guy in a car was totally naked, jacking off, so…not all that innocent a time.
By a pedo!
These are so quaint. I remember them well
The tune at the beginning of this: 🎶🎶 🎵 🎵 🎶 😊. On a serious note, this video has some valuable information. I occasionally ride my bicycle to work, and back to keep active, I always make sure to watch out. For any new riders out there, 1 tip I have is understanding you have the same rights to the road as everyone else, that means you can use turn lanes, and if you feel you need to, you have full right to take the center lane.
Man, I did bmx for years and nobody thought me this
Came up in the 90s, was never allowed a bike. I'm 34 and still can't ride a bike.
My mom gave mind away to someone who “needed it more”. It was about the only good birthday present I ever got, she didn’t do birthdays, but my sister did for us. I didn’t have it more than a year, and I loved it. She gave my sister’s bed my grandma got for her to some couple who had just got married. But she was always doing that. You came home, and what little you had, usually given by someone taking pity, had been randomly donated to just whomever. Fun times.
Sad! 🤣
This was awesome! Thank you!
I rode BMX in the 70s. The rules were: Remove all reflectors. Remove chain guard. Jump off curbs using it as a small ramp. Ride on sidewalks and street and dirt.
I actually saw this film when I was about 12, watching it now looks like it was made 50 years ago - wait, it actually IS almost 50 years ago! . Holy crap, Am I old now! 😲..... Get off my laawwwn with yer bikes, you little....Um..What was I talking about? 🤣
😂🤣
Cool James 🥳
I was ten years old in 1974, I lived on my bike and my skateboard, No, not literally.
Ah, someone who know what literally literally means! Not figuratively, literally. Wonderful! All those people who “literally” laugh their heads off…I’d love to see that, how they manage to still leave a comment.
OMG. The living room “scene” alone EMBODIES everything I love about the early 70’s. The decor, the clothes…too good to be true. C’mon, Elon, stop the space stuff and get to steppin’ on the time machine!
I watch Ed Harris in Pollack; riding the bike and crashing carrying and drinking beer.
I love that bikes had the banana sits and it didn’t hurt your butt! 😂
remember when kids played outside?
I notice with all the talk of bike safety, these kids are not wearing helmets. Oh how times have changed.
they most certainly have changed
Helmets is not about "safety", it's about: "how can we do uglier the people's looks".... just like they did with the humanity's wardrobe, from 1965 forward.
You would think they would at least recommended it, but they weren't yet invented and they didn't exist.
“Look, Ma. No hands!……Look, Ma. No feet!…..Look, Ma. No teeth.” That was the running joke, “back in my day”. 😂😂😂
Here I clicked on this thinking it was about being a door-to-door salesman.
Lol, same thought was in my head too. 😊
That's because it says "peddling" instead of "pedaling"
Nostalgic
i wish life was like this again
Awww i would have been 13, i miss these days.
I had a bike with a banana seat and the wide handlebars
Did music like that start playing in your head when you rode your bike in the 70s?
Nope, always hated that irritating song, but there were others, not so flutey. Rock songs, yes.
I wish!!
Same with me.
I know that music
What is it?
“Peddlin’ “ would mean selling something. “Pedal’n’” would mean to pedal a bike or the like. No helmets? SHOCKING!
Man I like this old instructional film but boy do I prefer the aesthetic of the 40s-60s ones. Without even looking at the year I could tell this was early 70s.
Banana bikes!
Oh yes, I remember banana seats for sure.
I had a blue bike with a banana seat.
@@sheriheffner2098 I had a red bike with a banana seat covered in red sparkly vinyl .it lacked padding just vinyl on top of steel it had reflectors and a simple hub brake and yes the chopper style handle bars
9:28 Poor Kid! 3.8 seconds later, her bike was stolen by a dude with a pair of pliers! Hopefully now that she's about 55 years old she doesn't leave her keys in her car! (locking just the front wheel is ALMOST as bad as NOT locking it at all.).
Yep. Easy to remove.
They're in Suburbia. I grew up in the city. 🎶🎵WooHoo🎶
In the city/Eagles
Ahh the days when you had to get your ass off the couch to turn the TV off
I know someone who was born 10 years before chuck e cheese was made(1977)
Very nice video
"Should stay as far as possible to the right side of the road way"
Nowadays, you can't even trust a bike stall or pole to keep your bike safe when you're not on it..bike thieves have started putting up fake poles that detach from the ground.Even if you're responsible, and try to keep it safe with a braided chain and combo lock, they can come by,lift up the pole,and the bike you paid 200 dollars of your own hard earned money to buy is now theirs for free..
I suppose being barefoot and shirtless was seen as normal back then too because I see a lot of 70’s reels like these w/ many guys that way. 8:32 here
Love the shirtless men. That was another great thing about the 70’s. Barefoot and shirtless was great. Barefoot and halter tops for the females.
This is like manors hands of fate but with bikes😅
Época maravilhosa!! 2021🥰
Cool wavy hair, no helmet.
Back when there were no safety helmets.
I was a year old in 74.
These were the best days to people that grew up back then because they were young then. Its not by any means the best times ever
Wrong. Over all, life was much better back then. People was nicer, and a lot smarter then they are today. People today only care about themselves and can't live without the internet/smartphones.
Yeah, it actually was the best times ever.
Looks like it was made in Virginia?
I love peddlin'! 🤣
All of us used to start at the beginning of the block and race - I'd always win! My friends would say, "that's no fair, you have the fastest bike!" To prove them wrong, I'd switch bikes with them and still continue to win the races, just to prove that I was a stronger rider. 😝 🤣 🙊🤷♀️🤸♀️🚲💨
Aw. I lost my virginity in 74. Fun times.
Born in 1975!
So. Much. Plaid.
Funny those signals compared to the Finnish ones. Here we rise right hand if turning right and left hand if turning left. In the case of stop we rise our right hand up.
from jackcepticie?
Yes, you should always be careful when selling goods from door to door... you don't need to pedal a bike to peddle wares, though.
“Stay as far to the right as you can...” so when a car squeezes by you, you have nowhere to go and you get crushed between the car and the curb.
Kids today are too lazy to ride a bike.
A boy I used to know thought it was cool to pop wheelies all over the place. Boy, did he ever get banged up
A good piece of safety equipment is a ..... helmet.
No, it's actually a horn.
Who knew?
Doing that to make bike flip over was so fun. 11:54
How times have changed...new the bikers ride in the middle of the road, stop traffic, ignore everyone else on the road and act like total a$$holes.
How did any of these kids survive without a helmet??
They just were lucky while taking their chances, I guess. Some people weren't, though and that's why it's foolish not to wear them. But, I can't believe it took until 1987 to make it a law to wear helmets while on a bike. I looked it up. Stupidity at it's finest.
Pretty well. The impossing of helmets is not about "safety", it is about *control*, and too: "how to do more ugly the people´s looks"... just like they did with the humanity's wardrobe, from 1965 forward.
@@tiamarie6719 It took up till 1995 until helmets became mandatory in Australia.
Ah yes, the banana seat on your bike...a dinosaur now
so Wheres Grizzly Adams if you Like Oldies TV Shows ???