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Beer Bike, 1961

I’ve been hearing a lot of chatter lately about possible changes to Beer Bike, about which I honestly have no opinion. It’s striking as a historical matter, though, how complicated the thing has gotten over the years. It really was an inspired idea and in the beginning was  both much simpler and more dangerous. Here’s a look at 1961:

If you don’t have anything else to do, zoom in and check out the outfits on the crowd. There’s some great stuff, especially footwear.

Bonus:

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