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Me either, but I remember when Stingray bikes came out. One guy I knew pulled his bike into a wheelie and rode it home like that. He was at least 1/2 mile from school.

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I remember those wheelie bars. I remember thinking they were for sissies and cheaters who couldn't ride a wheelie :metal:

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I built a wheelie bar back in the day. I didn’t like it, made it too easy- not fun

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I like the kid standing on the seat in bare feet- enough to drive the safety nazis crazy

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Where's his parents? They need to watch him better! :lol::lol:

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I don't think they were into a wheelie bar in my young days riding bikes.. post up a photo for me if you will ,,I will take a look at a wheelie bar ..and just see if I member ever seeing one..

as for me I had a 26 inch bike with a 20 inch front tire and for a while had a old car steering instead of handle bars ..

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I don't remember them either.

I just remember flipping the handlebars up on my Schwinn Varsity 10 speed to ride wheelies on it. That was common at the time.

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And before the wheelie days it was sticking that Bobby Orr hockey card in the spokes with the clothes pin.

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I do Remember the Banana seat:ito::lol:








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That name sounds familiar. Was he famous? I don't follow sports. We used to use playing cards, and our parents were always asking where the cards went. :lol:

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I meant to say something about everyone in bare feet. Growing up in the pre-safety era was fun... with a few stitches or maybe a cast or two :lol:. I remember when we were teens comparing how many stitches or how many bones we broke. Kids today are so deprived :lol:


Remember the sky high sissy bars? Probably the reason they invented the wheelie bar. lean back against that sissy bar and you were poppin' wheelies real easy

Here's a bike that has it all!

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Bobby Orr , one of the greatest hockey players.
If I had the hockey cards today with some of the top players back then that went into the spokes I would make some decent $$$$ on them.

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I got this one in the shed. It's similar to the one I had when I was delivering newspapers. It has a slick on the back.
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I have mine hanging from the ceiling. I put the stock seat etc... back on someday..:lol:

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I never had one of these either

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Had one like this when a young lad ,The wedge , but I don't remember the handle bars being like that

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Wow! I forgot about the V-rooom thing. I got one of those for my birthday and immediately removed the close pins and baseball cards from my spokes.

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A Raleigh Chopper. I wanted one so bad as a kid. And those handlebars are definitely aftermarket. The Chopper came with ape hanger type bars.

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I made my owner Sting Ray/chopper bike out of a '40s-'50s 20 incher someone gave us. I never should have changed it but I wanted a cool chopper, and it needed parts. I gave it a gold base with candy apple green metal flake lacquer job. I went through a few banana seats but ended up with a Schwinn white metal flake. It was like one of these, black & white
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I was a little older when I got my first shiny new bike. It was a Sears with 24" wheels. It was purple and the tires were redwalls. It was a stick shift 5spd with dual rear brakes (no front). Cool bike! I switched to a Schwinn seat on that, too.

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My first shiny bike was a Murray Eliminator. It was next to the Christmas tree when I woke up xmas morning. I didn't pay much attention to it because I thought it was for one of my brothers. I couldn't believe it when I found out it was mine.

I rode that bike into the ground and finally cracked the frame.


http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...Eliminator.jpg

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Baddass bike! I remember those and all the muscle bikes. We sure had cool bikes offered back then.

Gotta be cool like Evil, right?

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I can picture you doing this to impress the girls: lol

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30 second Evel Knievel commercial- he includes his “safety tips”- hilarious! He’s the reason the kid in the above pic is launching himself through the air


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7fVC_wPN8qo

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That is exactly how I cracked that frame. :lol:

We were jumping fools back in those days.

No helmets. Nothing like that. But I did get a couple of nut crushers.

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What about shoes? Did you wear shoes?