On two Wheels.

[Amos Hames 2]

What was your first Bycycle. Mine was a Raleigh Budgie

 

[Roger]

I think it was a Dawes. It was second hand and repainted. It wasn't anything special.

 

[Marianna]

It probably was a Schwinn, since that was the standard brand in 1951.

 

[Barrychuckle]

I think it was a Dawes. It was second hand and repainted. It wasn't anything special.

Mine was a Dawes too, in sky blue and mine was second hand also. Do they still make bikes?

 

[Seymour Upperthong]

Pre-owned 20" Columbia 1 speed with coaster brake

 

[maltrab]

Mine look something like this

 

[Seymour Upperthong]

Mine look something like this

When I was a tot, my parents bought me an Irish Mail. It was a three wheeler where you sat on a box between the rear wheels, pumped a T-handle that came up between your thighs and steered the front wheel with your feet. It seemed that no one had heard of such a thing. People from work followed my Father home to watch me ride it around the cellar for a couple of minutes. It made a lot of people smile. Although it was probably commonplace in the UK, I never saw another one in the US.

 

[Barrychuckle]

Mine look something like this

Isn't it strange how these similar vehicles tend to bookend peoples lives as a form of transportation......

 

[ferret]

I remember my little 3 wheeler with a tin box on the back that I used to ride down the footpaths to the bakers when I was about 4.
I never had a new bike ever. I always got a refurbished one of my Grandad, usually a Raleigh with racing handles. Then I progressed to making my own Frankenstein models and putting ape hangers or really wide cow horns on them. Sometimes I had to cut them down by a few inches as they were ridiculously wide and s bit of a danger on the road.

 

[onyx(John)]

It probably was a Schwinn, since that was the standard brand in 1951.

Would be worth a lot more money now than what you paid for it Marianna.

 

[Marianna]

Would be worth a lot more money now than what you paid for it Marianna.

It was a 7th birthday gift. I rode it until I grew too tall for the frame. Then my parents sold it to a younger, shorter neighbor, and acquired my taller cousin's well-used bike for me to ride.

 

[Bora Natty]

Mine was a clapped out piece of rubbish they bought for a couple of bucks from the kid that mowed our lawn. I had to start somewhere I guess?

 

[Marianna]

Mine was a clapped out piece of rubbish they bought for a couple of bucks from the kid that mowed our lawn. I had to start somewhere I guess?

Was is rideable?

 

[Bora Natty]

Oh yes (I sound like Pearl) I was only 7 if I recall, I guess they figured let him get used to riding, before I made a new one look like that?

 

[Seymour Upperthong]

I remember my little 3 wheeler with a tin box on the back that I used to ride down the footpaths to the bakers when I was about 4.
I never had a new bike ever. I always got a refurbished one of my Grandad, usually a Raleigh with racing handles. Then I progressed to making my own Frankenstein models and putting ape hangers or really wide cow horns on them. Sometimes I had to cut them down by a few inches as they were ridiculously wide and s bit of a danger on the road.

I made a Frankenstein once. I was my Father's old Iver Johnson bicycle which featured 26" wheels, a two speed hub and coaster brake. It weighed a ton, I think it was made of pipe rather than tubing. I put on ape hangers, a sissy bar with banana seat and fork extension tubes. It looked like an easy rider chopper (not a Raleigh Chopper). It was really cool, but it was a bear to ride it up hill because you couldn't stand on the pedals.

Thanks for the memory!

 

[Bora Natty]

I had a Ross banana bike, sissy bar, slick on the rear. I put a smaller wheel and tire on the front. Like you said, it looked cool..

 

[ferret]

…. Don’t forget pegging a bit of card or a lolly stick so it struck the spokes when the wheel went round to make the noise of a motorbike

 

[Amos Hames 2]

I had a couple of Raleigh Chopper bikes in my time. These things are so collectable now .

 

[Barrychuckle]

…. Don’t forget pegging a bit of card or a lolly stick so it struck the spokes when the wheel went round to make the noise of a motorbike

They were known as 'spokey dokeys' when I was young, by that time they'd evolved to plastic beads which which slotted over the spokes. They'd then make a hell of a racket as they dropped as I rode my bike thinking I was the coolest person around

 

[Bora Natty]

Oh, I went through that phase too. A couple of baseball cards, and a couple of clothes pins, sounded pretty good..