I spent a better part of my youth on a Sears bike trying to jump and crash like Evel Knievel – him and the Bionic man were my heroes, later it was rock n roll.
Reading about his death brings back all kinds of memories of why I even ride a bike.
Looking for something?
Search Bike Hugger
Most popular topics
- mobile social (192)
- interbike (141)
- gear (256)
- design (231)
- commute (159)
View all topics & browse the Bike Hugger Archives »
Subscribe & Follow
Subscribe to this blog's main feed
Follow us on Twitter
Fan us on Facebook
Suffer Faces on Tumblr
Picking on Mulu
Find us on Instagram
Read us on Android and iOS with the Currents app
Subscribe on Kindle Shop
Newsletter
Say Hello
Ads
On Currents
Built
Latest Photos, Videos, G+, Facebook
Velocity Collection
I rocked the kitchen and jumped cats with the Evil Kneivel wind up motorcycle set. The big plastic motorcycle you put in the launch set you wind up with the crank on the side. He was the first guy I imagined myself jumping the BMX bikes with poker cards clipped on my rear wheel. R.I.P. Evil.