K-Mart making a killing off those yellow bikes.

I remember those days. Making unstable ramps and jumping our bikes. Lots of road-rash. Running around "terrorizing" the neighborhood. Getting into trouble. Lots of fun. Those were the days.

Yep - me, too...and popping wheelies!

'If those street lights turn on and you're not in this house, you're grounded.'

Then it was a whole day of adventures, stopping by everyon's house for snacks or to grab a toy

Best life ever

It used to be okay to wear your cub uniform whenever you wanted.

Are those Raleigh Choppers? I used to have one of those. I also had a Cub Scout uniform just like the one in the photo.

Lookin' like an ET audition.

Poor kid in back has his older sister’s bike.

Showing off those "bunny hop skills" and jumping off curbs!

Local kids built a dirt course out of a construction site where they dumped all the extra dirt. . . Great times. So many injuries.

Kid with the purple second from the front making the face. Definitely got into a lot of shenanigans and was at times the ring leader.

The last Cub Scout towards the back (I think his hand is raised,) was definitely the “man I don’t think we should do this guys…” kind of kid and probably saved a lot of ass beatings lol meanwhile the smallest Cub Scout, had to always run to keep up, was always down as long as he was included and more than likely is the middle Cub Scout’s little brother.

Kid in the gray was the fighter. Lots of fights, lots of wins, and would be the first one you grabbed when another group of kids started something.

Kid in front, was the kid from the family barely scrapping by and usually had hand me downs. Everyone knew it, no one gave a hoot. Usually could be found in someone’s house eating a sammich.

Kid from second to last, was the athlete. Varsity jacket and all in just a few short years and might have went to college on a scholarship. Also, the ladies loved him. Unfortunately, he probably went with a different group of more jockish kids in just a few short years.

Kid on the end… may have had a tough childhood. Maybe the old man drank too much and was known for the brutal beatings he dished out to the poor kid. Which in turn, made the kid unwilling to trust anyone, partied his ass off in last years of high school. Wound up in jail in his 20s. Met a beautiful Christian woman, had a rough few years but eventually found Jesus. Had a couple kids, built up and owned a business that became fairly successful and now leads a youth group and works with troubled teens.

Or I’m completely full of shit and just judged and Stereo typed an neighborhood of kids lmao. Either way it’s fun to think of how their lives went and what they grew up to be

They need to bring back banana seats

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I had a banana yellow Schwinn Stingray in the 70s…great bike

I don’t think any of them are Schwinn stingrays. They look more like Huffys and Sears free spirits. It’s cool. The kids in the middle have Cub Scout outfits on. Quite the gang.

Oh my gosh those handlebars

It’s like Stranger Things took this exact photo as inspiration…

I had a bike like that. I remember paying $15- for it around 1970. Purple frame, white banana seat, easy rider handle bars. I treasured it.

The red one looks like it might be. I had one too, loved that bike!

This is photo taken just before a number of cut up shins by metal pedals with unforgiving teeth.

But the Schwinn Stingrays were the best; those Huffys (and especially Sears Free Spirit) were for losers.

Stop spoil the goonies

Yep, we’d ride three on those bikes. One in the handlebars and two on the banana seat and riding outside till after dark all summer. Wish I could go back to those days sometimes!

Or for people who did not have a lot of money. Schwinn was the original and the best.