I remember
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When you couldn't or wouldn't talk about weed on the phone or internet...
nukklehead
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nukklehead
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Nice!!
Now lets get back on subject before we get in trouble....lol
Anybody remember a kick back 3 speed bike???
Was that one of those little "spider" bikes with the banana seat and the shift knob on the crossbar? I had me a banana seat little bike that the rear fender did nothing to keep the mud from making a streak of wet mud up your back when you drove through puddles, but sure was cool lookin'
I remember the first time I toked...It was June of 1969..
A buddy's big brother invited us up to his room and we smoked black hash..Me and my friend were 15 and big brother was 17..Me and my buddy didn't get high, while big brother was ripped, and for a week we talked with each other that maybe we were immune to the stuff! A week or 2 later, big brother invited us again..
This time we got wasted while we listened to Steppenwolf playing "Magic Carpet Ride" turned up really loud.....
A buddy's big brother invited us up to his room and we smoked black hash..Me and my friend were 15 and big brother was 17..Me and my buddy didn't get high, while big brother was ripped, and for a week we talked with each other that maybe we were immune to the stuff! A week or 2 later, big brother invited us again..
This time we got wasted while we listened to Steppenwolf playing "Magic Carpet Ride" turned up really loud.....
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nukklehead
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Was that one of those little "spider" bikes with the banana seat and the shift knob on the crossbar? I had me a banana seat little bike that the rear fender did nothing to keep the mud from making a streak of wet mud up your back when you drove through puddles, but sure was cool lookin'
I remember those to dave.. those stick shifters looked badass.. and worked like shit.. lol Good place to rack your nuts though..
Fuck the fenders.. we took them off so we COULD get dirty.. lol. pissed off mom though.
A kick back 3 speed was an adult size 26 inch bike similar to 10 speed but had the regular old man handle bars.. .The normal 3 speed had the thumb clicker and friction/pad brakes. The kick back had regular shimano brake in back but if you "kicked" the pedals back it would change gears up 2 then down 2 hence 3 speed...(the gears were housed internally in the rear sprocket.. dont remember how they did it but dont think they were very reliable either)
Not very many made it around.. probably a collectors item today..
Think schwinn and western flyer ( i think western auto hardware in the day) were the only makers but could be wrong...
Ha finally got one that even Dave didnt know... lol...
HEY, did you just call me a know it all? I highly resen...resemble that remark Have I already wrote that lame joke a time or 5? DOH!
Getting racked? Bwahahaha. I myself liked sitting on the seat not the crossbar
If you meet a guy with a real high pitched voice, maybe he had one of those bikes as a kid. 
I do remember those Schwinn's, big ass orange colored MFs. My Dad gave me and my 16 month older brother a choice, either buy those "spider" POS from the Grand-way, or wait another week and get Schwinn's. My bro wanted the Spiders. No choice for me really. So that was exactly what happened.
Came with no fender either. I saved up and got one and put it on. I got a little tired with getting jolted by that cold water on my back every time I hit a puddle. But that fender when I put it on did nothing.
Mom had 4 boys, me and my slightly older bro were just wild especially. What was a little more mud I think she musta thought? She also learned how to get blood out of clothes really good. So, as you can plainly see, we were just being helpful, dutiful sons.
Have I already wrote that lame joke a time or 5? DOH!Getting racked? Bwahahaha. I myself liked sitting on the seat not the crossbar
If you meet a guy with a real high pitched voice, maybe he had one of those bikes as a kid. I do remember those Schwinn's, big ass orange colored MFs. My Dad gave me and my 16 month older brother a choice, either buy those "spider" POS from the Grand-way, or wait another week and get Schwinn's. My bro wanted the Spiders. No choice for me really. So that was exactly what happened.
Came with no fender either. I saved up and got one and put it on. I got a little tired with getting jolted by that cold water on my back every time I hit a puddle. But that fender when I put it on did nothing.
Mom had 4 boys, me and my slightly older bro were just wild especially. What was a little more mud I think she musta thought? She also learned how to get blood out of clothes really good. So, as you can plainly see, we were just being helpful, dutiful sons.
nukklehead
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HEY, did you just call me a know it all? I highly resen...resemble that remark
Getting racked? Bwahahaha. I myself liked sitting on the seat not the crossbar
I do remember those Schwinn's, big ass orange colored MFs. My Dad gave me and my 16 month older brother a choice, either buy those "spider" POS from the Grand-way, or wait another week and get Schwinn's. My bro wanted the Spiders. No choice for me really. So that was exactly what happened.
Came with no fender either. I saved up and got one and put it on. I got a little tired with getting jolted by that cold water on my back every time I hit a puddle. But that fender when I put it on did nothing.
Mom had 4 boys, me and my slightly older bro were just wild especially. What was a little more mud I think she musta thought? She also learned how to get blood out of clothes really good. So, as you can plainly see, we were just being helpful, dutiful sons.
Tu shay.. bet your mom was busy but loved by all the boys in the
neighborhood.. had to.. she had 4 of them ... lol..
The center gear shift wasnt a problem racking riding normally..
It was when we went into the garage and thought to ourselves.. "hmmm what can we make a ramp out of??"" Well of course the ideas were flying (cinder blocks, 2 x 6's... old political plywood signs.. lol) .. thats when the racking began...
err gruff.. er gruf... make a man out of ya boy.. walk it off...
walk it off..
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tropicannayeah
Was that one of those little "spider" bikes with the banana seat and the shift knob on the crossbar? I had me a banana seat little bike that the rear fender did nothing to keep the mud from making a streak of wet mud up your back when you drove through puddles, but sure was cool lookin'
I remember those bikes with crotch crunching gear shifters and the banana seats, the most common brand in Australia when these first came out was "Dragster". In the early seventies I fitted one of those banana seats and a lower type of ape hanger handle bars to a man sized bike. There was no gears, no front brakes and you had to pedal a half turn back to brake. The brakes were really and they built bikes tough back then.....and it was a Red Malvern Star (a famous brand of bikes from Melbourne, Australia)
I remember those bikes with crotch crunching gear shifters and the banana seats, the most common brand in Australia when these first came out was "Dragster". In the early seventies I fitted one of those banana seats and a lower type of ape hanger handle bars to a man sized bike. There was no gears, no front brakes and you had to pedal a half turn back to brake. The brakes were really and they built bikes tough back then.....and it was a Red Malvern Star (a famous brand of bikes from Melbourne, Australia)
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noyd666
can't beat a MALVERN STAR= TUFF. remember my first Malvern got pinched down the maribyrnong river , cops gave me another one out of lost and found lol.
Nadicus_Maximus
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I remember that on the east coast the only rock n roll you could listen to was Cousin Brucie out of WBAC 77 New York.
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KOMA out of Okla City in the 1960's-70's.
Throughout the 60’s and 70’s, KOMA was the favorite of teens all across the western US. With the big 50,000-watt signal and the relatively few rock-n-roll radio stations across the plains, KOMA was the main station for the hits. KOMA (along with handful of other legendary stations including 890 WLS, Chicago; 1090 KAAY, Little Rock; 1060 WNOE, New Orleans; 770 WABC, New York; 800 CKLW, Windsor/Detroit; and 1100 WKYC, Cleveland) could be heard on car radios, in homes, and everywhere a kid could tune in. Often teens in New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, and other western states would eagerly await sunset when the mighty 1520 would come booming through with the newest hits of the day. They would sit in their cars on hilltops, turn it up at parties, or fall asleep with the radio next to their beds as they listened to Chuck Berry, the Supremes, Paul Revere and the Raiders, and the Beatles. Soldiers in Viet Nam even reported tuning in KOMA to give them a little feeling of being back home.
Ahh, those were the days before FM.
Throughout the 60’s and 70’s, KOMA was the favorite of teens all across the western US. With the big 50,000-watt signal and the relatively few rock-n-roll radio stations across the plains, KOMA was the main station for the hits. KOMA (along with handful of other legendary stations including 890 WLS, Chicago; 1090 KAAY, Little Rock; 1060 WNOE, New Orleans; 770 WABC, New York; 800 CKLW, Windsor/Detroit; and 1100 WKYC, Cleveland) could be heard on car radios, in homes, and everywhere a kid could tune in. Often teens in New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, and other western states would eagerly await sunset when the mighty 1520 would come booming through with the newest hits of the day. They would sit in their cars on hilltops, turn it up at parties, or fall asleep with the radio next to their beds as they listened to Chuck Berry, the Supremes, Paul Revere and the Raiders, and the Beatles. Soldiers in Viet Nam even reported tuning in KOMA to give them a little feeling of being back home.
Ahh, those were the days before FM.
nukklehead
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WOWO ft wayne Indiana in the day.. cant remember what # it was
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noyd666
I'm sure there was a tv show not long ago about those days, cars heading for the hills fer a song and a cuddle.
WLS Chicago. One bitchin' 1966 AM radio station.
