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Old 09-03-23, 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by ThermionicScott
They shopped on price, as parents always do.
well, my parents shopped by price, which is why I was riding a bike from Sears.
It was heavy too....

Maybe people equated heft with quality, like with cars?
My dad had a 1972(?) Oldsmobile Delta 88 with a 455 cubic inch V8. It must have weighed about 6000 pounds (just a wild guess). Quality!

Steve in Peoria
(when was the last time I was in a Sears store??)
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