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September 21, 2018 02:20 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/uDZ-usZbbS0/a-tiger-tail-for-your-bike-sea.html
A tiger tail for your bike seat
Huh, I had no idea tiger tails for the back of bicycle seats were even a thing.
But, according to Loyal Supply Co., the design company behind this one, it's a throwback to an old 1959 ad campaign for ESSO fuel.
Put a tiger in your tank, the message read. A simple advertisement spawned a whole generation of kids using this strange attachment in a myriad of great ways.
If it seems strange that a gas company would be offering items for a bicycle, you might not be surprised that the tail was a promotional piece originally meant to hang off your gas cap, not your bike seat.
Loyal Supply is selling their version for just $4/tail. Read the rest
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