The CZickness XLIV Girding our loins for 2022

[patience0830]

Had a Mongoose (when that name actually meant something and you could only buy the frames) that I pieced together with tons of hard earned $ into parts, with 3 piece crank, etc. Those were the days.

First bikes. Wow. Mine was a 1950's with no speeds, and balloon tires and the paint looked like it was rotting off. It was a Schwinn but it's best days were well behind it. Finally saved up and bought a 24" Sears model with tall handle bars and a banana seat. Some kinda blue IIRC. Wanted a Schwinn lemon peeler but could not talk my folks into going to the bike shop. But we went to Sears pretty regular..

 

[MindfulMan]

My thigh meat doesn't miss that bike. I completed the "DARE to ride 55" charity event on it. 55mi on a 20" is a chore. Did it with my childhood friend Mark, who now owns Bite The Bullet in Seymour.

The Savage is coming along. Few more coats...

Lookin' good, kemasobe !

 

[RustyHornet]

I’ve still got my childhood BMX bike, DYNO Nitro in red with black mag wheels. Still have the paperwork it came with too…. Rode that everywhere for a few years till we got into the old Schwinns as a family hobby. The rest is history

 

[ChrisK]

I had a new Schwinn Stingray that was stolen while locked at the public swimming pool. My uncle had put special marking on the frame so it could be identified. I spotted it 3weeks later and “stole it back”…..

 

[ChrisK]

Because my uncle was a machinist, he made extended front forks for two other bike’s for my cousin and me. Easy Rider Chopper Bikes!!!

 

[RustyHornet]

First bikes. Wow. Mine was a 1950's with no speeds, and balloon tires and the paint looked like it was rotting off. It was a Schwinn but it's best days were well behind it. Finally saved up and bought a 24" Sears model with tall handle bars and a banana seat. Some kinda blue IIRC. Wanted a Schwinn lemon peeler but could not talk my folks into going to the bike shop. But we went to Sears pretty regular..

Those Lemon Peelers for a long time $1200 would buy you the nicest one available… Now they are $3000 and up for the higher end options….

 

[RustyHornet]

Because my uncle was a machinist, he made extended front forks for two other bike’s for my cousin and me. Easy Rider Chopper Bikes!!!

Now you’re gonna make me dig through all my pics…. Hang on…

 

[RustyHornet]

Daddy is a body man… This was the first bike we built when I was 12… Orange County Chopper’s was the show to watch back then and everyone had to have their one! Mama said no, so we built bikes instead.

I rescued it last year from deep basement storage at my folks house. Made a few changes to suit me as an adult and it’s a rider again.

Started as a Schwinn 20” girls bike… I rode this thing EVERYWHERE as a boy!

 

[Born2vette]

First bikes. Wow. Mine was a 1950's with no speeds, and balloon tires and the paint looked like it was rotting off. It was a Schwinn but it's best days were well behind it. Finally saved up and bought a 24" Sears model with tall handle bars and a banana seat. Some kinda blue IIRC. Wanted a Schwinn lemon peeler but could not talk my folks into going to the bike shop. But we went to Sears pretty regular..

I had a blue Sears 24” with a banana seat and 3 speeds in 1969. Cool kids had Schwinns but mine came from the sears mail order store in Nora (assembly required).

 

[rkwhyte2]

Had a Sting Ray and then got a Schwinn Varsity that I upgraded with Continental parts. Wish I still had that bike.

 

[MindfulMan]

I had a blue Sears 24” with a banana seat and 3 speeds in 1969. Cool kids had Schwinns but mine came from the sears mail order store in Nora (assembly required).

In 1969, I had a Corvette !

 

[RustyHornet]

In 1969, I had a Corvette !

Dad….. I’m gonna need more bedtime stories!

 

[RustyHornet]

I had a blue Sears 24” with a banana seat and 3 speeds in 1969. Cool kids had Schwinns but mine came from the sears mail order store in Nora (assembly required).

My dads family is from Chicago, so it had to be a Schwinn. That’s just what you did. That’s what I try to stick to, I’ve ventured out a few times in my collecting, but never hung onto the others. Noticeable quality differences.

 

[MindfulMan]

Dad….. I’m gonna need more bedtime stories!

Once upon a time, there was a wild man, who ran hard & fast ..... he went to the Virgin Islands .... afterwards, they were renamed "The Islands" !

 

[T-DOGG]

Once upon a time, there was a wild man, who ran hard & fast ..... he went to the Virgin Islands .... afterwards, they were renamed "The Islands" !

His name is Chuck Norris....

 

[MindfulMan]

His name is Chuck Norris....

WRONG !!! .... you know his name, in your heart ! He looks like ME !

 

[T-DOGG]

WRONG !!! .... you know his name, in your heart ! He looks like ME !

Maybe with a beard and hair on top, you might look like him.

 

[T-DOGG]

MM at SGE in a few months...

 

[ChrisK]

Daddy is a body man… This was the first bike we built when I was 12… Orange County Chopper’s was the show to watch back then and everyone had to have their one! Mama said no, so we built bikes instead.

I rescued it last year from deep basement storage at my folks house. Made a few changes to suit me as an adult and it’s a rider again.

Started as a Schwinn 20” girls bike… I rode this thing EVERYWHERE as a boy!

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Now that is a COOL bike. Needs to be repainted red white and blue with stars

 

[Leadeye]

Never had a bike until I was in college, at home we had horses if I wanted to get around before being old enough to drive.

I should add that horses are a poor type of personal tansportaion, and that's based on a lot of years experience with them. You use them when that's all you have.