Submitted by ArtVice t3_z3nt03 in OldSchoolCool
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ArtVice OP t1_ixmkhdz wrote
Not long after this I was perched up in the 2nd story back window of our house shooting my Daisy BB gun "in the proximity" of the nice old lady next door kneeling in her yard working. My sights must have been off bc I hit her in the leg. She jumped up and I tried to cover my tracks. Minutes later the not so nice owners of that garage were prying BBs out of the wood to show my parents. Dad whalloped me good. Me outstanding example of law abiding citizen ever since (ahem).
ArtVice OP t1_ixml5d1 wrote
A year or so later I was riding on the sidewalk and the front wheel came off and the forks dug 3 foot grooves in the concrete. I moved away but years later came back and found the faint remains of those grooves.
tl;dr Kids maintain your rides!
3InchesOfThunder t1_ixmltox wrote
cheeks for days!!
Trick_Donkey_4993 t1_ixmms7u wrote
Omg my first bike was just like that. I wish I still had it.
StumpGrnder t1_ixmn4ay wrote
Did you make ramps with bricks and boards and jump it? That was our neighborhood sport around 10-11 years old. Some insane jumps and crashes.
ArtVice OP t1_ixmqpu2 wrote
Yes! Until I came down hard once and felt like I'd broke my tailbone. Evil Knieval I was not.
psb-introspective t1_ixmrs2f wrote
Had one. A bit later in 77 though.
Fire_Mission t1_ixmsffb wrote
Holy crap. This could be my picture, but would have been 77.
ArtVice OP t1_ixmsvqb wrote
I moved from there in '72 so that's my top limit for possible year.
calguy1955 t1_ixmujdc wrote
Nice ride! What was it, Huffy? It doesn’t look like my Schwinn.
Fire_Mission t1_ixmupds wrote
I had the same (or similar) bike and the same haircut.
LastMughal t1_ixmutbf wrote
You'd have got prison nowadays, a wallopin was a good let off.
ArtVice OP t1_ixmuz5g wrote
Not positive, but probably was a Huffy. I think my 1st Schwinn was my 10 speed.
ArtVice OP t1_ixmve9k wrote
I felt horrible about it. I liked her, but shooting at regular targets had grown stale.
StumpGrnder t1_ixn4s8e wrote
Same. I still feel my mouth hitting the handlebars
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Playful-Ad6556 t1_ixndcdx wrote
Had one of these in red, white and blue for the 1976 anniversary. Great memories!
Picklepod_Saltybutt t1_ixoavpq wrote
Luckin fooser
FreidaFreak t1_ixp7l09 wrote
Dude: That’s a picture of me in 1970. #stolenvalor
greenmeensgo60 t1_ixq9jw2 wrote
cherrybombbb t1_ixr0g3m wrote
that bike is sick af
mwardent t1_ixmk2qh wrote
I had a gold stingray just like that one, greatest bike ever for a 12 yr old