It was different back then!

[Tobias Rodriguez]

This old family photo was unearthed a while back. Mum and dad’s chosen mode of transport in the early 70’s. That’s my sister in the sidecar!

 

[vtwinvince]

Style points!

 

[Wyndbrook]

This old family photo was unearthed a while back. Mum and dad’s chosen mode of transport in the early 70’s. That’s my sister in the sidecar!

Great photo, where did you sit, hope you were not left at home.

 

[Tobias Rodriguez]

Great photo, where did you sit, hope you were not left at home.

I am 4 years younger so I wasn’t on the scene then. I’ll have to ask how I was carted about when I came along.

 

[Jonny69]

Love it!

Crazy to think we’re going to look back on this in 40 years and see me on my cargo bike with my two little-uns in the front and think it looks so old fashioned! As a bike with no electric assist, it’s already way out of date in family bike terms.

 

[RobLoasby]

As a very young child in the 1950s (so 2-3 years old) I remember being perched on a saddle clamped to my dad’s top tube with a pair of stirrups for my feet and holding onto the handlebars. No helmet or any other protection.

It was definitely a different world then.

 

[3wheeler7]

I remember back in '64, when I was 8, being frogmarched back home by the local bobby for riding on the pavement.
A couple of years later I was stopped and driven 6 miles home in a police car by two bobbies for having only one working brake, my mate had to caddy the bike home - served him right as he sold me the bike. (a big boy made me do it!)

 

[nstarmore]

Amazing, my father in law gave me some plans to make a bicycle sidecar at home and did make me wonder if anyone actually used them bitd.

Cargo bike with sidecar, that's what we all need!

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

I think Watsonian did cycle side cars along side the MC ones.

 

[WildGoose]

This old family photo was unearthed a while back. Mum and dad’s chosen mode of transport in the early 70’s. That’s my sister in the sidecar!

I was carted about in one of those in the late 50’s. my father had it on his solo.That is the one my father had.