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what push bike did you have as a kid?
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 12:53 pm
by RAINMAKER
I had mate who had a chopper...........though it was cool, anyway he went on to favour motorcycle with high bars. kawa LTD 1000, built his own chopper from XS Yamaha 650.........even cooler............now on harleys
I had six speed racer..........and cant get the hang of bikes with high bars............so favour sports bikes...........
Glad I didnt get 'Action Man' toys or I'd be buggered now.
Re: what push bike did you have as a kid?
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:06 pm
by alec
"Glad I didnt get 'Action Man' toys or I'd be buggered now".[/quote]
in more ways than one lol,
i had a Chipper (a baby chopper) then a racing bike finished up on a Diamond back bmx
Re: what push bike did you have as a kid?
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:22 pm
by pariah
Re: what push bike did you have as a kid?
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:26 pm
by lloydie
raleigh burner bmx i had it since i was six , sold it last year on ebay for £600
Re: what push bike did you have as a kid?
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:31 pm
by Wicky
My dad - bless him, bought me an obscure second-hand French racing bike in boxes, the tools needed to put it together and the rattle cans to paint it . Set me up for life
as i valued it more than anything shop bought as I had to invest time, learning and effort to put it together.
Re: what push bike did you have as a kid?
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:36 pm
by alec
I lived right by a company called Amaco bmx who used to supply mongoose and diamond back bmx's and they had a really flimsy rear door so me and my mates always had a steady stream of new bikes lol, the company moved after a couple of years cant think why, that was in the early 80's before cctv and stuff
Re: what push bike did you have as a kid?
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:49 pm
by cupasoop
Had a chopper myself but dont like high bars. Mind you, dont like low ones either.
Re: what push bike did you have as a kid?
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 2:43 pm
by pinkyfloyd
My first decent bike was a german version of the BMX. Since we lived in Germany at the time. It was a PMX and rather than the straight handlebar crossbars of the BMX it had V shaped.
Done the same things though.
Re: what push bike did you have as a kid?
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 7:16 pm
by Furrybiker
We lived on a main road so i wasnt allowed a bike
Found one in a skip when I was about 13 it was hand painted garden gate green and weighed a ton!
Re: what push bike did you have as a kid?
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 7:17 pm
by benny hedges
when all my mates got choppers i was gutted to get this...
a raleigh rodeo
i was gutted but had to sort of pretend i was chuffed.
i also asked for a leather jacket but they got me a plastic one instead with fur on the collar
then my dad got me an ace control line red baron glow plug plane - i was made up with it but he wouldnt let me have a go....
first time 'we' took it out, he was tring to start it up and severed his finger so he took it back to the shop and swapped it for one of these
tbh that was the first time i ever got anything bought for me.
i used to get given old tellys and sewing machines and stuff to take apart. never had toys when i was a kid, apart from some lego but me mam gave it away.
when i was 14 i got a 15 gear racer but cant remember what model it was
Re: what push bike did you have as a kid?
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:12 pm
by bandsawman
Aww, bless!
Re: what push bike did you have as a kid?
Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 1:48 pm
by storminateacup
Being a bit older than most on here you won't remember the Triumph Roadster in purple weighed about 3 ton unladen. Used to ride it to work and back 8 miles each way when I was 15. BMX hadn't been invented then.
Re: what push bike did you have as a kid?
Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 1:57 pm
by alec
storminateacup wrote:Being a bit older than most on here you won't remember the Triumph Roadster in purple weighed about 3 ton unladen. Used to ride it to work and back 8 miles each way when I was 15. BMX hadn't been invented then.
Is that when the penny farthing was stilla new concept
Re: what push bike did you have as a kid?
Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 2:24 pm
by BigVeeGrin
went the build it yourself route with the old man - trouble was, he only had a can of red paint so from the age of 8 I looked like a friggin postman!
Re: what push bike did you have as a kid?
Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 3:26 pm
by storminateacup
