Heavily promoted in the Los Angeles area in the early 1960s during afternoon kid cartoon shows was the Perrywheel, a aftermarket steering wheel by bicycles or tricycles. In my early youth I thought this was about as cool as it gets to have a steering wheel on a bicycle. The ultimate showoff item that no one would have. In my neighborhood I never did see one on the street and I never had one myself, and now, after many decades, maybe that was best for all. The company was in Los Angeles, so they advertised a lot on kid television.
I had completely forgotten about those, deadly to a kid just learning to ride, I can still feel scars on my knees, that I got with long pants on.
When I was about 12 I found a 59 Olds wheel behind a bodyshop. I put it on my bicycle and hooked up the horn buttons to work the bike horn.
I just saw the corporate headquarters building on the internet. It's about the size of a 1-car garage.
Never knew that idea was marketed, but had some early teen uncles when I was small that had steering wheels on their bikes, they also had 2, 3, maybe even 4? sets of forks slid onto each other to make chopper forks as well That was the 70s
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