Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Bikes sure looked funny in the bronze age

Hey, if you never rode a Sting-Ray, you have no idea what you missed. They fell out of favor when everyone wanted to be a BMX star, but these were real cruisers. I probably put hundreds of miles on mine.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Was exactly like this. Was too lazy to find the right colour in the first pic.

I remember those sweet drum brakes!

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Hey, if you never rode a Sting-Ray, you have no idea what you missed. They fell out of favor when everyone wanted to be a BMX star, but these were real cruisers. I probably put hundreds of miles on mine.

I had a regular Stingray, no hand brakes or shifter. I was still pretty young when the BMX thing hit. None of us could afford the new BMX bikes, so we did what we could go BMX our Stingrays. Strip off fenders and chain guards, 10 speed seat, and BMX handlebars.

[spike021]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Was exactly like this. Was too lazy to find the right colour in the first pic.

Dang, I _think_ my dad had one of these in a green-ish color that we ended up selling at a garage sale before the last time my family moved.

[humfrz]

My first bicycle looked something like this.

[DarkPira7e]

All I remember about bikes from when I was a kid, is that we used to ride as fast as we could, jump off, and see how far the bike would go. The bikes with the best balance were the "coolest"

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by DarkPira7e

All I remember about bikes from when I was a kid, is that we used to ride as fast as we could, jump off, and see how far the bike would go. The bikes with the best balance were the "coolest"

Explains a lot about you actually...

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Hey, if you never rode a Sting-Ray, you have no idea what you missed. They fell out of favor when everyone wanted to be a BMX star, but these were real cruisers. I probably put hundreds of miles on mine.

I'm kinda glad that I have no idea...

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by Spuds

I'm kinda glad that I have no idea...

Looks like a wheelie machine to me

[ScoobsMcGee]

Moving forward a bit, the 90s were a magical time. Even our bikes had fanny packs. (Bum bag for JD001)

[WildCard600]

Originally Posted by ScoobsMcGee

Moving forward a bit, the 90s were a magical time. Even our bikes had fanny packs. (Bum bag for JD001)

Where is the obligatory 90's water bottle carrier ?

[ScoobsMcGee]

Originally Posted by WildCard600

Where is the obligatory 90's water bottle carrier ?

Probably stolen by that one kid who everyone claimed had ADHD, but in hindsight was most likely on speed.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by humfrz

My first bicycle looked something like this.

I call BS.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by DarkPira7e

All I remember about bikes from when I was a kid, is that we used to ride as fast as we could, jump off, and see how far the bike would go. The bikes with the best balance were the "coolest"

I rode my BMX converted stingray down highway 9 a few times. We would sit at the bottom of hwy 9 at Saratoga and put our thumbs out when a truck came. Never took long. We would ride in the back of the truck, to the top, holding our bikes. Tank tops, levis cut-offs, going down 9 on a bike with nothing but a rear kick break.

Good times.