I was a paper boy for three years starting in 1958. It was a weekly not a daily. My dad bought me an surplus Post Office bike (20" front wheel, 26" rear wheel with a large basket in the front). I was supposed to pay me back from my earnings but he never asked for it. Gave it up when I got to high school and got a job in the local grocery store.
On Monday, September 6, 2021 at 8:56:20 PM UTC-4 ericf3 wrote: > I delivered the afternoon Vancouver Sun in the South Slope area of > Burnaby, c.1962-66 on my single speed CCM bike with vee-bars. My parents > insisted I get a front rim brake added once my new route included the > steepest part of the south slope (Gilley and Carson). I had a big > wrought-iron front rack and an over-the-shoulder newsie bag. I had around > 70 papers/day, six days/week. > > Biggest load ever was when Churchill died -- he was at death's doorstep > for over a week, giving everyone time to write a tribute, sigh. > > I learned three different ways to fold the paper, and we were told to get > them within 2 feet of the front door, so no tossing from a bike-in-motion... > > My recollection is that the two local bike shops gave us paper carriers > premium service when we needed it, and for a minimal charge. Thanks, gents! > > EricF > Who now has a hoity toity basket on his Bombadil > Vancouver BC > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/683ebed9-fe0d-4875-aa42-b79a271c5ddcn%40googlegroups.com.
