Wards Chopper Fork!

[rickpaulos]

from the 1970 fall winter catalog

upper right, Chopper fork for $13.49

https://christmas.musetechnical.com/ShowCatalogPage/1970-Montgomery-Ward-Fall-Winter-Catalog/1260

 

[rickpaulos]

from the 1972 spring catalog

https://christmas.musetechnical.com/ShowCatalogPage/1972-Montgomery-Ward-Spring-Summer-Catalog/0739

 

[Da Gas Man]

Holy crack it's 50 years later and I'm still jealous. Dammit that's cool. Some kid came over to
my sister's party riding that second bike when I was like 5. Came flying down the hill and skidded
about six feet right down by the mailbox. Coolest thing ever. Only saw it once, but man, I never
forgot it. I tried to make one of my own years later by hammering together some forks I cut up
with a hacksaw and held them together with nuts and bolts. No bueno. But I was cool for just
about a minute! Crotch still hurts from that one coming apart on the fly.