Cow Horn

Handlebars.
Remember them? Everyone used to put them on their 5 speed racers,in the 70's.
Great for wheelies,but rubbish for riding down the alleys without smashing your hands on the walls.
Anyone got a set,or,where can I get a set,as someone gave me a hybrid type bike,and I would like a pair for it.

 

Worse still were those monkey hanger bars and those awful banana seats

 

Raleigh chopper style,baz?

 

eBay is awash with them.

 

I think they decided that they were a fine way of making a mess so they stopped using them.. causing accidents catching on clothing and ending up inside the rider.
I have a pair of old ex- rental bikes from the New Forest with them..

 

I had cowhorns on my bike.
One day i was giving two of my mates a lift
One sat on the seat (a backy ) the other was sat on the handle bars whilst going down a massive hill the right side of the handle bar snapped off sending the three of us carrying into a lamppost.

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A bit like the old slam bars on bmx bike I've seen those end up on the inside of a rib cage after failed bar spin .

 

I had cow horn bars with a luggage rack fixed to them .air horns and my newspaper bag on the front .It handled just like a Bay

 

Let’s see a pic...

 

Don't forget the playing cards in the wheel spokes for that real motorbike sound

 

@crossy2112 had a pink bike with a basket on the front, the kids used to mock him but he didn't care, " sticks and stones " he would shout

 

I always wondered why you gave it to me

 

We used lolly sticks

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Would be worth a few bob now!

 

Russell White the posh kid from the private houses had a chopper bike, oh how I wanted a chopper bike

 

I remember he had a stunning looking sister, I asked her out a few times but she always turned me down, must of been a lesbian

 

I made some for my bike as a teenager, didn't consider that if I could bend the metal easily in a vice, they wouldn't stay that shape for long !

 

Or sane....