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200 dollar pushbikes in the park
Just listening to Aus Crawl's Beautiful People and laughing at the line
"Beautiful people, they ride 200 dollar pushbikes in the park". I can't remember when that was released (and too lazy to look it up) but I can't imagine a $200 bike impressing anyone these days. If they re-wrote the song today what would the Beautiful People ride?? DaveB |
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DaveB wrote:
Just listening to Aus Crawl's Beautiful People and laughing at the line "Beautiful people, they ride 200 dollar pushbikes in the park". I can't remember when that was released (and too lazy to look it up) 1979 if I'm not mistaken. Their debut single perhaps? Parbs |
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Parbs wrote:
DaveB wrote: Just listening to Aus Crawl's Beautiful People and laughing at the line "Beautiful people, they ride 200 dollar pushbikes in the park". I can't remember when that was released (and too lazy to look it up) 1979 if I'm not mistaken. Their debut single perhaps? Parbs I thought Boys Light Up was the debut?? Torquay Pub for the clip, pure class! DaveB |
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DaveB wrote:
Just listening to Aus Crawl's Beautiful People and laughing at the line "Beautiful people, they ride 200 dollar pushbikes in the park". I can't remember when that was released (and too lazy to look it up) but I can't imagine a $200 bike impressing anyone these days. If they re-wrote the song today what would the Beautiful People ride?? $69 K-Mart. I think you need to take $200 bike as meaning "If they are so smart, why do they they ride stupid **** bikes" If Parbs is correct, then $200 would have been a LBS clunker in those days. I don't remember if K-Mart (did it exist?), etc were flogging bikes then. I know Woolies were flogging taiwanese cheapies for kids about that period. Sadly, I can not lay my hands on the receipt for my first bicycle purchase of 1974, but my log book from August 82 says I spent $353.70 buying all the parts and building my fourth tourer (racks + $78.70 and panniers-probably sewed my own). |
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DaveB wrote:
I thought Boys Light Up was the debut?? Torquay Pub for the clip, pure class! Now you're making me search for it. Google tells me Boys Light Up was the first album & single off the album released in 1980. Beautiful People which was also on that album had been released as a single the year before. Parbs |
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Wasn't this the Crawls first appearance on Countdown, with James sporting his arms in two casts? Made bit a impression upon me, though he was wearing a costume! -- cfsmtb |
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"Terry Collins" wrote: DaveB wrote: Just listening to Aus Crawl's Beautiful People and laughing at the line "Beautiful people, they ride 200 dollar pushbikes in the park". I can't remember when that was released (and too lazy to look it up) but I can't imagine a $200 bike impressing anyone these days. If they re-wrote the song today what would the Beautiful People ride?? $69 K-Mart. I think you need to take $200 bike as meaning "If they are so smart, why do they they ride stupid **** bikes" If Parbs is correct, then $200 would have been a LBS clunker in those days. Nah, I updated from my 1976 LBS clunker ($100) in 1979 to a much better quality road bike in 1979, that later morphed into my trusty tourer. It was $250, about average at the time for a mid-range quality bike. I don't remember if K-Mart (did it exist?), etc were flogging bikes then. I know Woolies were flogging taiwanese cheapies for kids about that period. Yes to all. Sadly, I can not lay my hands on the receipt for my first bicycle purchase of 1974, but my log book from August 82 says I spent $353.70 buying all the parts and building my fourth tourer (racks + $78.70 and panniers-probably sewed my own). Price levels changed rapidly in those days, due to high inflation. A $200 bike in 1979 would have become a $400 bike by 1982. I still remember in 1977 or 78, ogling over a Raleigh Carlton IIRC that a local shop, Mianline Cycles had for sale for $1000. "You could buy a car (2nd hand) for that!" In 1980 I bought my CW road bike for $750 without to much stress. -- Cheers Peter ~~~ ~ _@ ~~ ~ _- \, ~~ (*)/ (*) |
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DaveB wrote: Just listening to Aus Crawl's Beautiful People and laughing at me marty http://tinyurl.com/rl55z http://littlink.com/skeul http://makeashorterlink.com/?K2DD118EC http://groups.google.com/group/rec.b..._frm/thread/fa... hahaha |
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DaveB this is just little boy marty wallace |
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My first custom bike cost me about $300 (just after the introduction of
decimal currency) and was pretty much top line everything. These days a set of gear shifters cost more than that. "DaveB" wrote in message ... Just listening to Aus Crawl's Beautiful People and laughing at the line "Beautiful people, they ride 200 dollar pushbikes in the park". I can't remember when that was released (and too lazy to look it up) but I can't imagine a $200 bike impressing anyone these days. If they re-wrote the song today what would the Beautiful People ride?? |
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