I had a Mongoose Californian with Skyway Tuff IIs (Skyway was actually part of a display they had in the CA state capitol building in the mid-80s), circa 1983. It was a mixed-metals frame (from Taiwan), with the rear made of mild steel instead of chromoly--it was all chome (like my present Bianchi). Of stupid things to eat at a person, this really annoyed me at times...
That bike was stolen twice, and recovered by the cops twice. Talk about a hot bike...
My current (dirt) bike evokes the white-paint thing that caught on (and stuck with me) in the mid-to-late '80s--you can't forget the Redlines, Profiles, Hutches, GTs (freestyle), and whatnot in white...
Last edited by rustomatic; 06-10-2018 at 04:16 PM.
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