So ive been in this hobby for many many years. I know the terms "Klunker", & "Strandie" and the debate over what makes which one which...But I was thrown for a loop this AM when I read a term I have never heard of before this morning: "BOMBER". Just when you think it safe to go back in the water...
Adding to the confusion...
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Another term for klunkers from other than the Mt. Tam group.
Back in the middle of the last century, we boys in Paramus NJ called our 26" balloon or midweight bikes "bombs," especially if they showed some wear. Lightweight, 3-speed bikes were called "English racers." A friend had a Schwinn 3-speed Corvette; we weren't sure what to think of that.
MattiThundrrr
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Here's a beaut:
http://www.vintagemtbworkshop.com/1938-schwinn-bomber.html
Note the action shots near the end, including pushing the bike up the hill so they can "bomb" back down it.
http://www.vintagemtbworkshop.com/1938-schwinn-bomber.html
Note the action shots near the end, including pushing the bike up the hill so they can "bomb" back down it.
MattiThundrrr
Rattus All Terrainus
Would Alan Bond be a reliable source on the subject?
http://clunkers.net/history.htmlI think Klunkers got the k when Schwinn sold a gazillion bikes with a k on em
http://clunkers.net/history.htmlI think Klunkers got the k when Schwinn sold a gazillion bikes with a k on em
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My understanding was that Bomber was synonymous with the downhill focused coaster brake versions. While the true Klunkers of the day were multi speed for overland adventures
My understanding was that Bomber was synonymous with the downhill focused coaster brake versions. While the true Klunkers of the day were multi speed for overland adventures
When I was a kid, clunker or jalopy or heap was any kind of vehicle that I could afford or drag out of a ditch for free...bike, car, truck, go cart, or motorcycle 
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We must of grew up on the same side of tracks .
MattiThundrrr
Rattus All Terrainus
When I was growing up, we had to save up for bus fare to make a trip to the tracks. I've moved up in the world, now I have a set running right through the neighborhood
You know you've made it when they go right past the end of your yard.
We had to wade thru 3" of shag carpeting just to change the TV channel .
Mom and Dad, in the fifties, wanted a house so big for the lot we bought that they built it diagonally just to have enough room for a garage and driveway. But we couldn't afford to be less than three blocks from the tracks. Land has always cost a lot in middle America. Be Well, SS.
The dino reply was great...but, the shag reply was tops !
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