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James B.
Scurvy Skalliwag
Number of posts: 4634
Age: 46
Registration date: 2008-02-10
|  Subject: This is how we rolled..... Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:48 pm | |
| Normal kids had Big Wheels in the early 70's Us Biker kids had these, at least I did.  Had high gear for the start, once ya got movin'.....pull shifter back into low and ya got to scootin. Had one of these too.  and  then got one of these in 1977  _________________  |
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kmorg
Administrator
Number of posts: 12121
Age: 37
Registration date: 2007-01-02
| | Subject: Re: This is how we rolled..... Fri Jan 27, 2012 9:09 pm | |
|  I had this bike. _________________  |
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James B.
Scurvy Skalliwag
Number of posts: 4634
Age: 46
Registration date: 2008-02-10
| | Subject: Re: This is how we rolled..... Fri Jan 27, 2012 9:16 pm | |
| nice Kurt......Norwegian brand ? _________________ |
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MetalGuy71
Bukkake Tsunami
Number of posts: 14692
Age: 40
Registration date: 2007-02-01
| | Subject: Re: This is how we rolled..... Fri Jan 27, 2012 9:17 pm | |
| I had a regular big wheel...  ...then eventually stepped it up to this bad boy...  ...before moving onto 2 wheels. This ain't the exact model, but it was close... 
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bassman
Heart of Metal
Number of posts: 1476
Age: 40
Registration date: 2010-08-29
| | Subject: Re: This is how we rolled..... Fri Jan 27, 2012 9:52 pm | |
| I had a Green Machine, too!......and a Big Wheel.
The Green Machine was cooler. |
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James B.
Scurvy Skalliwag
Number of posts: 4634
Age: 46
Registration date: 2008-02-10
| | Subject: Re: This is how we rolled..... Fri Jan 27, 2012 10:52 pm | |
| Looks like a bike they slung at Grand Auto _________________ |
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exact33
The King
Number of posts: 13670
Age: 38
Registration date: 2007-02-10
| | Subject: Re: This is how we rolled..... Sat Jan 28, 2012 12:42 am | |
| I gave up biking after i nearly decaptitated myself going out of control into a cornfield. |
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Fat Freddy
Lord of all PBR's
Number of posts: 19966
Age: 41
Registration date: 2007-02-21
| | Subject: Re: This is how we rolled..... Sat Jan 28, 2012 12:44 am | |
| I had a Big Wheel and then moved up to the Schwinn Tornado, circa 1978 (it's the one on the right in this pic)  | exact33 wrote: | | I gave up biking after i nearly decaptitated myself going out of control into a cornfield. |
I haven't been on a bike since I was 14, I had a ten speed by then, and one day the brakes failed on me as I was coming down a very steep hill. Tried frantically to slow the bike down by dragging my feet, wasn't watching where I was going -- BLAM! Telephone pole. Six stitches in one knee, four in the other.
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kmorg
Administrator
Number of posts: 12121
Age: 37
Registration date: 2007-01-02
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exact33
The King
Number of posts: 13670
Age: 38
Registration date: 2007-02-10
| | Subject: Re: This is how we rolled..... Sat Jan 28, 2012 5:48 pm | |
| | Fat Freddy wrote: | I had a Big Wheel and then moved up to the Schwinn Tornado, circa 1978 (it's the one on the right in this pic)
| exact33 wrote: | | I gave up biking after i nearly decaptitated myself going out of control into a cornfield. |
I haven't been on a bike since I was 14, I had a ten speed by then, and one day the brakes failed on me as I was coming down a very steep hill. Tried frantically to slow the bike down by dragging my feet, wasn't watching where I was going -- BLAM! Telephone pole. Six stitches in one knee, four in the other. |
I was with my friends at the top of the hill (on the street) and we went down the hill. At the bottom the road ended and a corn field was there. We went down the hill full speed into the corn field but what i didnt see in the field until I hit it was a water pipe w/pump. It was all rusted so I didnt see it until it hit my throat and separated me from my bike. In retrospect it was like something you see in the cartoons but dang did it hurt. |
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bassman
Heart of Metal
Number of posts: 1476
Age: 40
Registration date: 2010-08-29
| | Subject: Re: This is how we rolled..... Sun Jan 29, 2012 3:38 am | |
| Ouch!
I bet that left a mark! |
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mc666
Master Sailboat
Number of posts: 7345
Age: 32
Registration date: 2007-01-21
| | Subject: Re: This is how we rolled..... Sun Jan 29, 2012 8:19 am | |
| i didn't have those kind of toys growing up. we were pretty poor. i got my first set of wheels when i was 14 & already working a part time job. a used 83 Pontiac Phoenix Hatchback.
i never learned to ride a bike until i was 17. _________________   |
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We used to call them Dritten Bak Styret, meaning the smurf poo Behind the Stearingwheel!