tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post6002192654911477767..comments2024-03-28T11:56:48.304-04:00Comments on The Retrogrouch: Sex Sells -- Then and NowBrookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110998345857993287noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-53913151782968637712021-06-02T23:49:54.906-04:002021-06-02T23:49:54.906-04:00Dude. You do realize that's slave Leia that th...Dude. You do realize that's slave Leia that they're using in that image right? It's way more nutz that it had to be.dead cat bouncehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03324326204101942759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-81891295364684962822014-04-17T12:28:24.897-04:002014-04-17T12:28:24.897-04:00Smart move, it was a fragile poorly designed bike....Smart move, it was a fragile poorly designed bike. I should have bought a Schwinn World Voyageur instead, but there was nothing sexy in Schwinn ads to appeal to an adolescent.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00319356296178064146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-79288361200207561872014-04-17T07:26:59.073-04:002014-04-17T07:26:59.073-04:00I remember that ad. Liked the boots. I never bough...I remember that ad. Liked the boots. I never bought a Lambert, though. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110998345857993287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-5607605394255059962014-04-17T01:52:14.098-04:002014-04-17T01:52:14.098-04:00Then there was the classic Lambert ad featuring th...Then there was the classic Lambert ad featuring the sexy blond in knee-high leather boots straddling a bicycle. It was effective for sure, at least on me as a 15 year old well recent boy. I bought a Lambert. It was a bit of a lemon until I swapped out the derailleur for a Shimano Crane. <br />http://www.sheldonbrown.com/images/lambert-june-73.jpegAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00319356296178064146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-74998507794873951352014-02-24T14:30:15.117-05:002014-02-24T14:30:15.117-05:00I have actually read that -- it was an interesting...I have actually read that -- it was an interesting historical perspective. Thanks for adding it here.Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110998345857993287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-51448026395273610392014-02-24T13:31:51.747-05:002014-02-24T13:31:51.747-05:00Appreciation of sex and the bicycle, The Social Hi...Appreciation of sex and the bicycle, The Social History of the Bicycle credits the bicycle with reducing inbreeding and expanding the gene pool. Ladies and gentlemen learned to love the bicycle .ofoabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02145180145442539127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-72552963234936324342014-02-24T08:18:20.676-05:002014-02-24T08:18:20.676-05:00You know, I almost included that one. There are ju...You know, I almost included that one. There are just so many to choose from.Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110998345857993287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-68089663499840462412014-02-24T07:54:49.001-05:002014-02-24T07:54:49.001-05:00The "height" of artistic sex cycle ads h...The "height" of artistic sex cycle ads has to be the Cinelli ad with a naked woman riding a ladies bike through a wall with a sort of modern/postmodern building cluster in the distance. I always imagined the ad approval meeting featuring several leering fellows saying "artsy it up some more!" Julianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00909292629074869913noreply@blogger.com