1962 Anthony Ruddy Norco CA with Ape Hanger Bicycle Handlebars - Vintage Article For Sale

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1962 Anthony Ruddy Norco CA with Ape Hanger Bicycle Handlebars - 1-Page Vintage Article
Original, vintage magazine articlePage Size: Approx. 8\" x 11\" (21 cm x 28 cm)Condition: Good
IT\'S DIFFERENT—Anthony Ruddy of Norco admitshigh-handled bike is \"hard to ride but different.\"
Motorcycles -Undoubtedly most ofyour readers who viewedthe the Jan. 8 Southlandpage photo of young An-thony Ruddy and his high-handlebarred bicycle, didso with a chuckle.According to your cap-tion, Anthony states thathis bike is “hard to ride,but different!” A truestatement! At the price ofbeing “different” he andthousands like him areplacing their life and limbin jeopardy.Unfortunately, this high-handlebar fashion is a“hand - me - down” stylefrom the motorcycling fra-ternity. (In motorcycle cir-cles these freak bars arereferred to as “Ape-Hang-ers,” for obvious reasons).These high handlebarsserve absolutely no func-tional purpose and aredangerous — both on . mo-torcycles and especially onbicycles.California’s motor vehi-cles laws are rather loose-knit in this category. It isup to the discretion of thearresting officer as to just“how high” the handle-bars must be before theyare considered as “unsafeequipment.” (We under-stand that 14 in. from han-dlebar mounting to thehighest point on the barsis considered about safemaximum—and many ofus feel that this is toohigh.)For the safety of ouryoungsters on bicycles aswell as for the minorityof motorcyclists who pre-fer these unusual handle-bars, some specific lawsshould be passed and en-forced.WILLIAM M. BAGNALL,Editor, RL- 15478

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