Had one as a kid, totally want the grown up version . . .

DoubleEagle · March 24, 2011, 07:36:03 PM

I was 29 in '78, so I was long gone from any Big Wheel stuff.

Wish there was such a thing when I was a kid..

I had a bike when I was 6 , I believe it was a 19 " and then when I was 8, I got a 26" Schwinn 3 speed .

Had lots of fun for several years on that bike.

Dolph

xcaptainxbloodx · March 24, 2011, 11:59:33 PM

Quote from: Monster Dave on March 24, 2011, 02:16:57 PM

Quote from: Monster Dave on March 24, 2011, 10:07:57 AM

all of my internets to the person who can bring me video of the drag race. (not that it would be much of a race...)

mitt · March 25, 2011, 07:16:05 AM

green machines were the bomb!

mitt

Travman · March 25, 2011, 08:05:37 AM

Quote from: xcaptainxbloodx on March 24, 2011, 11:59:33 PM
all of my internets to the person who can bring me video of the drag race. (not that it would be much of a race...)

A drag race with crazy spin-outs at the end.

Monster Dave · March 25, 2011, 09:24:38 AM

Quote from: Travman on March 25, 2011, 08:05:37 AM
A drag race with crazy spin-outs at the end.

Silver King · March 25, 2011, 09:44:51 AM

For those that have regression issues (or when the bike's in the shop), San Francisco has a big wheel race down Portrero Hill.

Silver King · March 25, 2011, 09:57:23 AM

....and then there's the San Fernando Illegal Soapbox Federation http://www.sfvisbf.com/

elyse · March 25, 2011, 10:28:53 AM

Quote from: Silver King on March 25, 2011, 09:44:51 AM
For those that have regression issues (or when the bike's in the shop), San Francisco has a big wheel race down Portrero Hill.

WHAT??? why did i not know about this before??? that looks so fun!!!

DucHead · March 25, 2011, 11:04:08 AM

You guys are a bunch of pussies.

When I was a kid, we played with bb guns, broken glass and matches.

Silver King · March 25, 2011, 01:25:18 PM

Quote from: DucHead on March 25, 2011, 11:04:08 AM
You guys are a bunch of pussies.

When I was a kid, we played with bb guns, broken glass and matches.

Ahhhh....BB gun fights with the prerequisite swear/lie that you'd only pump the gun once.

AkLiz · March 26, 2011, 06:15:30 PM

LOVED my Green Machine as a kid....absolutely LOVED it. I wish I still had it LOL. I wonder how many Green Machines were responsible for creating motorcyclists as the kids got a little older...

lawbreaker · March 26, 2011, 06:46:20 PM

... I get to watch my son tear up the neighborhood sidewalks on his green machine.... It makes me happy

... Then I get jealous 'cuz i cant fit on the damn thing

muskrat · March 26, 2011, 10:46:31 PM

Quote from: Silver King on March 25, 2011, 01:25:18 PM
Ahhhh....BB gun fights with the prerequisite swear/lie that you'd only pump the gun once.

don't forget the sling shot wars and the roman candles.

The Bacon Junkie · March 26, 2011, 11:10:35 PM

Quote from: muskrat on March 26, 2011, 10:46:31 PM
don't forget the sling shot wars and the roman candles.

Yeah, I had one of these...

..and we had the same swear/lie that we'd only pull it back halfway.

Thankfully I had a Levi's lined denim jacket that helped take some of the sting out of it. $:-\$

muskrat · March 27, 2011, 08:31:39 AM

I got many beat downs from Mom after using the slingshot. She's take it away and I'd go steal it back repeatedly.

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Had one as a kid, totally want the grown up version . . .