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Old 04-03-24, 01:46 PM
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Let's see your bike(s) when you were a kid!

Comon guys and guyzettes, cough up those dorky pics of your thrashed bikes way back when. Points awarded for the oldest pic. OK, I'll start. My brother and I with new RED Schwinns - 1961. (Hint, he's the goofy looking one)

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Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.

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My first bike was a Rollfast.
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I was going to say that film didn't exist in 1960, but the truth was we didn't have a camera to take a picture of the $5 orange and black 24" police auction special that was too big for me. We traded our neighbor that for his outgrown 20" Schwinn Spitfire.
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July ‘67 - I was 3.5 yo.

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I'm not actually sure this was my trike.
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Last day of school in the Madera Unified School District it was tradition to ride your bike to school.


I'm the one popping a wheelie on my American Eagle, my friend Scott had a wheelie bar on his Stingray. He could pop and hold a wheelie for a long time.
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Come on! You all have more old pics to show. Here's proof that at age eight I was an 'English Racer' three speed hooligan even wearing 'clod-hopper' boots!
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Circa 1981. Me on my beloved Team Mongoose placing 3rd at some sort of BMX enduro event IIRC.

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Trikes were hot in those days!

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I'm on the far left, basket and license plate...

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