# Bicycle license?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bicycle-license/704403>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 12, 2014, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bicycle-license/704403 "2014-11-12T02:12:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bicycle-license/704403/21 "2014-11-12T21:29:02Z")

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Perhaps $28 was reasonable in 1949. If I remember, I’ll try to find some online newspaper and magazine archives. Perhaps I can find ads for new bikes, or classified ads for used bikes.

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**Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bicycle-license/704403/22 "2014-11-13T05:03:32Z")

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> [@Hampshire](#):
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> My first bike was a 76’ Scrambler (from West Allis Schwinn as a matter of fact). I was saving my allowance of 50 cents a week to buy it. I was probably up to $8 when my dad gave in and bought it for me. I had no idea it was $125.

I was talking about the "mag’ (tuff wheels) BMX scrambler. Not sure if you meant the same model. They came with Tange forks and were $125 in the summer of 1976. We had a Schwinn dealership in town called "Sail-n-Trail. Don’t know if their price on par with other dealerships.

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