Retro Bicycles
Instructions: Classic bikes and cycling culture through the decades
- 1.
Which iconic Schwinn bicycle, introduced in 1963, featured a banana seat and high-rise handlebars?
ASchwinn ContinentalBSchwinn PhantomCSchwinn StingrayDSchwinn Varsity - 2.
What type of early bicycle, popular in the 1870s, had an enormous front wheel and a tiny rear wheel?
APenny-farthingBSafety bicycleCVelocipedeDDraisine - 3.
Which BMX bicycle brand became hugely popular in the 1970s and 1980s with its distinctive padded crossbar?
AKuwaharaBHaroCMongooseDRedline - 4.
In the 1982 film 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,' Elliott and his friends famously escape on which type of bikes?
AMountain bikesBBMX bikesCTen-speed racersDTandem bikes - 5.
What was the name of the classic 10-speed bicycle that became a fitness craze in the 1970s?
ASpeed bikeBRoad racerCTouring bikeDEnglish racer - 6.
Which French cycling race, first held in 1903, is the most famous bicycle race in the world?
AGiro d'ItaliaBParis-RoubaixCVuelta a EspanaDTour de France - 7.
The Schwinn Phantom, a classic cruiser bike from the 1950s, was notable for what distinctive feature?
ABuilt-in headlight and chrome fendersBNeon paintCWooden wheelsDElectric motor - 8.
What accessory, clipped to bicycle wheel spokes, made a motorlike sound as kids rode in the 1950s and 1960s?
AA playing cardBA whistleCA hornDA bell - 9.
Which American bicycle manufacturer, founded in 1895 in Chicago, became the most iconic U.S. bike brand of the 20th century?
AHuffyBMurrayCRaleighDSchwinn - 10.
What was the name of the small-wheeled folding bicycle, designed by Alex Moulton in the 1960s, that became a British icon?
ARaleigh ChopperBBromptonCMoulton bicycleDDawes Galaxy - 11.
The Raleigh Chopper, with its distinctive long seat and high handlebars, became a sensation in which decade?
A1960sB1980sC1950sD1970s - 12.
What type of bicycle, designed for off-road riding on rough terrain, emerged in the late 1970s in California?
AMountain bikeBTouring bikeCCyclocross bikeDRecumbent bike - 13.
Which classic cycling film from 1979 follows four young friends in Bloomington, Indiana, competing in the Little 500 race?
AThe Bicycle ThiefBBreaking AwayCAmerican FlyersDRad - 14.
What was the popular 1960s bicycle accessory that consisted of long colorful strips of plastic streaming from the handlebars?
APinwheelsBFlagsCStreamersDTassels - 15.
The 'bicycle built for two' is more formally known as what type of bike?
ACompanion cycleBTandem bicycleCDual bikeDDouble rider