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home Bicycle Price Guide
Whizzers had a wartime permit to manufacture home-front consumer products because they could provide transportation with minimal gas and rubber. By the late, 1940s, the Whizzer was producing the full bike with special frames and mounts. Whizzers were big until the mid-1950s when accidents started taking their toll and state governments ruled that this was driving, not riding.
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home Bicycle Price Guide
In a period when rideability sometimes seemed less important than bulk and accessories, the Dial-a-Ride provided a small feature reputed to enhance functionality: A knob atop the front suspension could soften or stiffen the spring depending upon the neighborhood terrain or the personal riding style of the operator.
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