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    CUTTING LOOSE

    Jul 10, 2019 3 minutes
    WORDS & PHOTOS RUSS MURRAY

    RIDING bikes in the 1970s was pretty cool. Catch up with some mates a few days in advance (no mobile phones or internet), organise a meeting place (usually someone’s house) and head off on a ride on your favourite roads. There was less traffi c and the authorities hadn’t become the fun police, at least not to the same extent as today. If you did encounter the boys in blue and weren’t doing anything too outrageous, then you either received a stern warning about safety and being responsible, or

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