virgin-burner 1 #76 July 8, 2007 Quote The exercise bike version comes with a complimentary porn DVD... and a handycam to do YOUR OWN! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #77 July 8, 2007 Yep. I remember but I don't know why. It only lasted two days. High-speed run down the hill with a power turn to the right at the bottom and smack into a parked truck. My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #78 July 8, 2007 Quote ...It was 'supposed' to make your bike sound like it had a motor on it. You used a playing card or baseball card and a spring clothes pin. You attached the card to the fender bracket so the spokes clicked on the card. Bejeezuz...I keep thinking of some of those baseball cards we used.... Damn, I wish I still had some of those cards from the mid-50s.My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #79 July 8, 2007 Quote Quote ...It was 'supposed' to make your bike sound like it had a motor on it. You used a playing card or baseball card and a spring clothes pin. You attached the card to the fender bracket so the spokes clicked on the card. Bejeezuz...I keep thinking of some of those baseball cards we used.... Damn, I wish I still had some of those cards from the mid-50s. __________________________________ You too? Geeze! I think back on some of those cards and comic books and... sob, sob...Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #80 July 8, 2007 I had an old Schwinn Bike... with massive (as I remember them) Chopper style handle bars, a banana seat, and a "grinder" that made engine noises on one handle. my "second" bike was also a Schwinn and both of them were hand-me-downs from my dad and his sisters (we found out years later that they were more or less considered antiques...Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
countzero 7 #81 July 8, 2007 it was a blue metallic with yellow accents Huffy dirt bike.diamonds are a dawgs best friend Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ltdiver 3 #82 July 8, 2007 Quote We were poor and could not afford to buy a bike, so we'd go to the local rubbish dump and scrounge for bike parts and build our own. At least you make me feel good that I helped someone. They said they didn't take old bikes, but I could put it in back by the dumpsters. They said that it'd be gone by morning. They'd have alot of people come by their shop like I did and when they followed their directions the bikes were always taken. It was a Tanzini 10 speed racing bike from back in the 70's. It'd taken alot of hits, but with a little love would be in shape to be back on the road again. I never followed up to find out if my sister's bike was a lucky one as well, but most likely it was. ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rapter 0 #83 July 8, 2007 My first one was a little blue bike with training wheels, I became a real bike after the training wheels came off. I still have a huffy that I bought almost 30 years ago. When I went riding with my kid he was on his "cool" BMX and I was on my "old fashion" bike, Now days he thinks mine is "cool" because it's a classic. Only the good die young, so I have found immortality, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tbrown 26 #84 July 8, 2007 Yeah, nice red, 20" wheels. And training wheels. Only used them the first day, then my Dad said they had to come off so I could learn. He did the usual thing, holding the seat while he ran alongside. After a while I noticed he wasn't there, turned my head and saw him about two houses back. I promptly crashed, but that was the beginning. The next day I was riding up and down the sidewalk like I was born to it. Took a bit longer to get the braking thing down, after running into one parked car and some little kid down the street.... Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanvasAnchor 0 #85 July 8, 2007 Very first bike of course red tri-cycle , next Big wheel , damn those things were a blast - they count right ? - skipped right over the traditional bike from there to a mini-motorcycle then ATV's 3wheel - 4wheel, but eventually got a brand new Huffy offroad bike as a gift around 8 years old . Does that count ?Who is picking up the tab for all of this ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #86 July 9, 2007 slightly off-topic: High school geometry teacher hd a Varoom Motor in his desk and would occasionally blast it in class. For you youngsters, a Varoom Motor was a little sound machine (varoom vaROOOOOM) incased in a plastic replica of a motorcycle motor. You mounted it on your bike.My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
