Originally Posted by
streetstomper
Why are you saying a 1968 catalog documents the 1980s well? The first photo clearly says ©1968. And since when do mass market department store specials have anything at all to do with bicycling further than the neighborhood park? Your snark is off-topic.
I'm pretty sure he meant that the attitudes of the 80's chased out the leisurely 60's/70's attitudes that were typified by the catalog images he posted.
Maybe people from the era just got grumpy.