Girls with Sprint bicycle
Many Kiwi children cycled to school or for general recreation. Bikes were also essential for those seeking to earn some money from a paper run. The sign behind this 1978 photo of three girls states that the ‘Paper Boy of the Year’ award is soon to be presented. This Sprint bicycle has ape-hangers, a banana seat and shift gears; only a Chopper was better. More sensible riders made the Raleigh 20 one of the biggest-selling bikes of the period.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: 1/4-031914-F
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