Comments on: Bike Riding on Tight Wire Is Latest in Hollywood Fads (Sep, 1933)

By: Toronto

Toronto — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 03:57:51 +0000

Max: well, okay, but those 20ish 1930 girls are about 100 years old now, and their walkers don’t handle sand well.

(But once they’re up on the bike they’ll be fine.)

Diane — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 23:05:31 +0000

My husband has one of the original tightrope motor bikes. I believe it is from the 1940′s and he is restoring it. Pretty excited about it.

Max — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:04:13 +0000

I’d spend a lot more time at Venice Beach if they still had 1930s babes doing stunts like this.

Rick Auricchio — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:45:47 +0000

With the lower person heavy enough and slung far enough below the tightrope, it becomes impossible to fall over.

Of course, with that fat rope she could accidentally ride right off: a large rope is flat enough so that it doesn’t “lock” into the wheel rim.