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DinoMikeSr

DinoMikeSr

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I a front end like this on 2 different bikes in the 70’s. I didn’t nor recall any kid dressing like that. The last one had 26 inch rims. On the front I put a 12 inch rim on the front. The seat was so tall I had to get a running start, put a foot on it then climb on as it rolled. Getting off in reverse, climbing down. lol. It was absolutely absurd .




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I got a shitty Huffy from Kmart in first grade. I had to keep riding it for years after I outgrew it. When I got into high school it was finally replaced by a piece of shit from Costco. The rear axle snapped when I hopped off of a curb and into the street. My piece of shit dad wouldn’t get it fixed and I couldn’t get it to the shop myself because I couldn’t drive.

After we moved to Colorado I went through a phase of waking up, eating a light breakfast, doing a hippy speedball, then biking past pastures and a lake. Eventually I got sick of high winds and the oppressive sunlight and now I do all my cycling in a dark and air-conditioned gym as God intended. Unless I move somewhere without lots of sunny days I’ll never ride a bike outdoors again. And I’m happy about that
 
My first bike was a 26” single speed Western Flyer from Western Auto. I skipped the banana bike stage. I lived on a gravel rd 1/2 mi to 1 mi from any pavement and there was no such thing as a mountain bike. After a couple of years our road got paved and I upgraded to a 10 speed from Sears.
 
jp_nyc said:
I got a shitty Huffy from Kmart in first grade. I had to keep riding it for years after I outgrew it. When I got into high school it was finally replaced by a piece of shit from Costco. The rear axle snapped when I hopped off of a curb and into the street. My piece of shit dad wouldn’t get it fixed and I couldn’t get it to the shop myself because I couldn’t drive.

After we moved to Colorado I went through a phase of waking up, eating a light breakfast, doing a hippy speedball, then biking past pastures and a lake. Eventually I got sick of high winds and the oppressive sunlight and now I do all my cycling in a dark and air-conditioned gym as God intended. Unless I move somewhere without lots of sunny days I’ll never ride a bike outdoors again. And I’m happy about that
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My parents never bought me a new bike when I was in elementary school. My bikes were hand me downs and pieced together discarded bikes from neighbors clearing out their garages after their kids were grown and gone. I didn’t mind.

When I was in 8th grade, I asked for a specific bicycle for Christmas that was made by Yamaha. It had a full suspension system with spongy shocks. I guess it must have been too expensive. What I got was a Sears bike with stiff shocks that was super heavy. I setup jumps in the empty lot across the street in AZ. I’ll say this for the Sears bike, it was a heavy monster, yet it held up and never broke from all the jumping.
 
jp_nyc said:
I got a shitty Huffy from Kmart in first grade. I had to keep riding it for years after I outgrew it. When I got into high school it was finally replaced by a piece of shit from Costco. The rear axle snapped when I hopped off of a curb and into the street. My piece of shit dad wouldn’t get it fixed and I couldn’t get it to the shop myself because I couldn’t drive.

After we moved to Colorado I went through a phase of waking up, eating a light breakfast, doing a hippy speedball, then biking past pastures and a lake. Eventually I got sick of high winds and the oppressive sunlight and now I do all my cycling in a dark and air-conditioned gym as God intended. Unless I move somewhere without lots of sunny days I’ll never ride a bike outdoors again. And I’m happy about that
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jp_nyc said:
I got a shitty Huffy from Kmart in first grade.
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I remember K-Mart used to sell the 'All-Pro' too. It was every but as shitty as a Huffy, or the Murray that was sold at Sears.

My childhood friend from across the street went through three of the All-Pros. He would break the frame within a few weeks.

I found a red and white Alll-Pro:
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jrockbridge said:
My parents never bought me a new bike when I was in elementary school. My bikes were hand me downs and pieced together discarded bikes from neighbors clearing out their garages after their kids were grown and gone. I didn’t mind.

When I was in 8th grade, I asked for a specific bicycle for Christmas that was made by Yamaha. It had a full suspension system with spongy shocks. I guess it must have been too expensive. What I got was a Sears bike with stiff shocks that was super heavy. I setup jumps in the empty lot across the street in AZ. I’ll say this for the Sears bike, it was a heavy monster, yet it held up and never broke from all the jumping.
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Back in 70's we had local county land fills for garbage. Just vacant property with giant holes dug out where all garbage was dumped. We would sneak in after closing and scavenge for bike parts. Lot's rims and tires of all sizes, handlebars. From that we would piece together different and assorted death machines. Take that and cans of spray paint and boom a different cheap ride. We basically pedaled around on junk but, we thought it was the most bad ass thing around.
 
I've got a bike, you can ride it if you like. It's got a basket, a bell that rings, and things to make it look good.

I'd give it to you if I could, but I borrowed it...
 
I had a Stingray but quickly outgrew it. The next bike was a touring 3 speed something that got stolen. I got a Schwinn Varsity after that, then a Continental. Both were yellow. All my bikes were stolen eventually and I just started walking until I could drive.
 
DinoMikeSr said:
Back in 70's we had local county land fills for garbage. Just vacant property with giant holes dug out where all garbage was dumped. We would sneak in after closing and scavenge for bike parts. Lot's rims and tires of all sizes, handlebars. From that we would piece together different and assorted death machines. Take that and cans of spray paint and boom a different cheap ride. We basically pedaled around on junk but, we thought it was the most bad ass thing around.
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Similar experience here, except instead of the landfill, we'd go to the bayou. For whatever reason, all kinds of stuff would end up there, but the most common were discarded (probably stolen) bicycles and shopping carts. We did the same thing...piece together a good bike from a bunch of parts. We could tear down a bike to the bearings and reassemble it in no time.

As far as the OP, we did that too. We'd hack saw the forks off of a couple scavenged bikes and just force-fit them together to make a "chopper". Then we started putting 26" forks and wheels on the front end of a sting-ray and keeping the 20" rear wheel. Not sure why, but we were just trying stuff. Then once the bmx trend started, we switched from the banana seat to a solo seat and kludged motorcycle handlebars and plastic fenders on our stripped down sting-rays. Good times...
 
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