It’s all about the wheels, man
Mickey Starling
ECB Publishing, Inc.
Join me on a throwback glance at the 1970s, when the turbulent culture shifts in America brought about a buying frenzy of a particular bicycle. This was fueled by the release of “Easy Rider” in 1969 and the arrival of Evel Knievel on the national stage in 1967, when the stuntman attempted to jump the fountains at Caesar’s Palace, in Las Vegas.
For Knievel, the jump was a vague memory because it was a massive failure. After a horrible crash (caught on