Ahh the good ol' days...

[njsteve]

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Wouldn't have been easier to ride with the kick stand up?

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Yes I do...here's me and my brand new Raleigh Chopper back in 1970. And here it is now. I never could figure out how to do a wheelie without crashing, though.



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I was posing for the camera This was the first bike of my own. With 4 boys and one girl in the family, all I ever got were hand-me down bikes. I actually learned how to ride on this one. You can see the seat is in the lowest position but my feet are still about 6 inches from the ground. I wasnt too good at balancing that thing.

Oh and the shoes? I had a habit of dragging the toes and scuffing my shoes whenever I was in a huff and didn't get my way. It didn't work too well on my parents and all it ever did was make my shoes leaky in the rain. Humbug!