Do you remember bike streamers like these readers?
They attached to the handlebars and streamed out as you pelted down the hill on your chopper, streaming like a shoal of eels in the sun.
Further bike coolness could be had from spoke smackers, those bits of card pegged onto your wheel that clattered as they turned.
Happy days on the saddle.
What bike hacks did you have?
Let's see. Besides those, I had bolt-on rear-view mirrors, and generator-powered headlights. I also had a battery-powered set of turn-signals for the rear. I personalized license plate. And at one point I had a bike with "hydraulic brakes." It was actually air. But the pads squealed on the wheel rims, so I sounded like an 18-wheeler (lorry to you Brits) when i came to a stop. BUT - bikes are for kids! ;-)
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