Political action via bike seats, 1979

drpaddle

Dirt Disciple
In 1979, the US embassy in Tehran was siezed by locals and 52 US citizens were held captive for 444 days http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_hostage_crisis. The US bicycle industry quickly shifted to a war footing. First to respond was Persons-Majestic...

I don't believe enough of these were ever made to achieve significant retail sales. However, they circulated among those of us in the bike biz. (I'm not making a geopolitical statement here: just posting for historical interest.)
 

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Amusing.. but disconcerting that folk want the image a man puckering up on their butt hole :?
 
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