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My old bicycle
Surfing the web, I found an old ad for the bike my dad bought me...back in my grade school years. At the time, I didn't have the heart to tell dad I really wanted a Schwinn Corvette. Man, this old Huffy was heavy...the kids on the Schwinns left me in the dust. But hey, if the batteries were fresh, I could sorta listen to the local radio station. :)
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Hard to imagine what one of these pups would be worth today.....
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The nostalgia of it all...at the time, I thought I had the most "uncool" bike in town. Today? Well, I don't have a clue where it went after I quit using a bike for transportation.
That was a tube radio in the tank...the "headlight" took D cell batteries, IIRC... Funny how parents do that...buying things for their taste, not the kid's taste. |
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I was on the trailing end of all my father's siblings and cousins having kids, which meant I got some pretty well-worn hand-me-downs.
My first bike was a Flintstones Bike. No training wheels, no brakes. I learned to ride it by going to the top of the hill and then pushing off towards the bottom. The first time I got going well, I went all the way to the bottom of the hill and off of the retaining wall at the end of our front yard. I hated that bike, and was the happiest kid in the WORLD when I got a freestyle bike with pegs on the front and back, and a platform. I learned to surf really fast. |
My first bike was a Corvette!
Photo (not my personal bike however) Mine was black. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1192111411.jpg Yes, I was a kid in 1958. Wow, hadn't thought about that bike in years. It had 3 speeds. Not like new types with multiple sprockets and de-railers. It had an internal setup in the rear hub (almost like a differential?) Wierd setup. Note $80 price tag! My mother put down $10 and they financed it (I paid with my paper route, weekly). |
Souvenir...souvenir...!!!
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Seriously, what do you know about what's happening to your beauty? Any news? |
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-"You are playing golf - and youŽll like it!!!" -"But grandpa, what about my asthma ?!!!" -"IŽll give you asthma!!" |
I had one of those bikes that was made to look like a dirtbike. Plastic gas tank, big seat, front & rear shocks. It was rediculously heavy. I can't find pictures of those things anywhere... what were they called?
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RadioBike! That is awesome. I'd never heard of it before. I had a Huffy bike, but nothing special. My first bike was nothing special either. Another big brother hand-me-down. I think the only thing I got new before I was 12 was underwear.
Schwinn Tornado. The only thing missing is the cards in the spokes... and later, I had the Vroom. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1192207015.jpg |
I'm loving this one...look at those bikes...How'd we ever survive? No reflectors, no mandatory helmets...and think about it, only ridden by kids. No adult asses in spandex...:D
The bike was transportation in those days. Evereywhere in town, ballfields, the swimming pool, and beyond...to the river for fishing, etc. |
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(edit) So Mike, any memories of your favorite bike as a kid? |
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