When I was young my dad would go to the local dump and pick through the pile of old bikes and pick up a wheel for a quarter, handlebars for a dime. etc. He'd build junk bikes for my three brothers and I, that was the best he could afford and we tended to tear them up as fast as he could fix them.

Then, at Christmas 1972 my younger brother and I got brand new stingrays.
Don't know where they got the money, but that was the best Christmas ever.

He got the blue one and I was stuck with the yellow one but we all know yellow stingrays are faster (YSAF).

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1448071599.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1448071607.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1448071620.jpg


I just figured out what sux:
Working 7 days a week, and having another hour of work to go before you get to fight traffic for 55 minutes to get home, and the alarm on your phone says "Alarm is set for 9 hours and 15 minutes from now".

Three sons in our family and one year my parents said each of us could have whatever bicycle we wanted for our birthday. Probably the most extravagant birthday present we were ever given.

We were middle class but my folks stretched their dollars and lived very conservative lifestyles so their kids could have stuff once in a while.

Those are some cool aerial shots, Craig!

Random pic:
http://cloud1.todocoleccion.net/disc...6/48674462.jpg

I had a gold stingray in 69 like the picture above. It was stolen after I left it in the front yard. Worked a paper route, saved my money and bought a green one in 70.

Still have in the garage.

<iframe width="854" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/N1HZztie5ac" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

And now, a man with a boat on his head
 

Porsche in the family at an early age?

Yes...my father really enjoyed German automobiles....

Check it out: http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/874520-some-our-family-cars-50s-60s.html

Random pic:
http://images.fineartamerica.com/ima...e-salvador.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1448127178.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1448127188.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1448127293.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1448127308.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1448127324.jpg

Yeah, wanted one real bad as well and Christmas morning found the Sears single speed version, complete with 20" iron mag rear wheel, 16" front spoke wheel, and shift lever parking brake (still had a coaster brake too) siting under the tree. Didn't work too well for delivering newspapers and couldn't jump a ramp very well with that heavy rear wheel.

Broke a few Columbian Workhorse (newspaper bikes) frames when I tried to convert them for dirt riding back in 74. Man, I should have followed through on that idea and maybe folks would be riding DLGs instead of Gary Fishers!

Point and shoot digital camera's don't like getting wet
 

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1448154057.jpg


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1448154092.jpg

BrickSpeak LEGO Brick Speakers Audiophile Sound Art One Pair
https://www.toysperiod.com/brickspeak-lego-brick-speakers-audiophile-sound-art-one-pair-p-608.html
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1448169147.jpg

<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/134178012@N02/22564230283/in/datetaken/" title="20151119-_LW16341"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5649/22564230283_3b846bc37d_b.jpg" width="922" height="1024" alt="20151119-_LW16341"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/134178012@N02/22567592009/in/datetaken/" title="20151111-_LW16298"><img src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/723/22567592009_f735979411_b.jpg" width="1024" height="311" alt="20151111-_LW16298"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/134178012@N02/22823327589/in/datetaken/" title="20151119-_LW16358"><img src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/731/22823327589_be2bb52d69_h.jpg" width="1600" height="1068" alt="20151119-_LW16358"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/134178012@N02/22562791554/in/datetaken/" title="20151119-_LW16360"><img src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/598/22562791554_c97fd52073_h.jpg" width="1600" height="1107" alt="20151119-_LW16360"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>