Your first bike.

[paradise!]

CCM, gunmetal silver, canada logo near the seat, no training wheels. I thought I was a beast because I had 3, repeat THREE, reflector lights on my back wheel (3 different colors).

My parents were the kind who told the kid: "stfu get on the bike, i didn't pay for this shit for you to be a baby and not ride it" and then would forcefully put you on and push. So, training wheels were out of the question.

I remember riding it to corner stores, picking up 5 cents gum, reading the comics on the gum wrapper, and telling those jokes to my classmates. Scraping my leg and crying like a little bitch. My pedal cutting me the fuck up when I slipped. Brakes failing, me whining like a little girl.

[Ephemeral]

1964 Schwinn Stingray, red, banana seat, hanger handlebars. Left god knows how much of my skin and flesh on the street behind the home-made ramps we fabricated , friends daring each other with crazy wheelie stunts and tricks. My best friend had one with a sissy bar that I always wanted but never got.
We also all owned ‘Snurfers’, the very first generation snow boards in the mid-late 60s. back then no one called us ‘extreme’, they just thought we were all idiots.

[Pandagirl!]

It was similar to that, but bigger, and had a slightly different design. I kind of want to bring it to campus but I feel like someone will steal it.

[Xog]

my first "cycle" was actually a mini dirtbike motorcycle when I was 4 years old. God I loved that thing. I can still remember the smell of gas and oil.

My first bicycle was a custom build one from scrap that my dad threw together. He was a welder and handyman so this was no problem of course. I remember it had some insane traction on the back tire and the breaks on the bars were unique. Hard to explain. But it was one sick ass bike that I took on the trails in the woods.

MAAAN I miss being a kid.

[project dragon]

Mine was purple, and my neighbour outran me when I rode it : (

[soup]

When I was 4-5 years old my bike got stolen by this Moroccan kid, glad someone saw it happening and I got it back from that faggot.

[Dabram]

how bout 'your current bike(s)'

much better topic!!

[Jason]

pretty sure you're the only bike messenger 'round these parts, bram

[Xog]

fucking bike messengers

*sticks out briefcase to knock bram over as he zips by*

[Dabram]

I DISAGREE!!

probably around february i'm gonna buy either this bike:



or this:



my heart tells me: GET THE BIANCHI. however the trek looks absolutely gorgeous and i'm falling in love with that picture. :wub:

another more 'fun' option is to buy myself a nice old second hand steel frame bike (hopefully a bianchi otherwise something nice looking/decent.) i'm hoping on finding a pink frame, haha.
then pay some good cash for wheels (most important), so i'll probalby go for some fulcrum racing 5s. and for the looks add some white rubino's tires, probably a nice white selle italia saddle, nice small-sized handlebars (probably with white or pink ribbon, depending on what color frame i can find). and hmmmm probably put on some proper singlespeed cranks/chainrings, which should be expensive as fuck, but oh well, in the end the 'fun' option is in fact going to be so much more expensive/work, that i'll probably go for the lazy option.

[Dabram]

so yeah, if anyone has a bianchi with a frame like this:



sell it to me.

[soup]

Die trek ziet er erg retro uit, wel mooi.

Hoeveel kost zoiets +3000 euro?

[genocidal]

I don't have a bike anymore because I have a car.

[Displaced]

I can sell you this:

looks similar, but diff color:



and i can have an automotive painter buddy of mine paint it pink for you for a little extra.

[Displaced]

oh and my first bike was a Huffy BMX bike, it was blue, with white weels and blue tyres..

it was kickass..